Salaam all,

For those that speak Arabic, which of these two translations is closest to the classical Arabic of the Qur'an?

They are both very similar in the English language, with Arberry slightly more "succinct".

Any thoughts would be massively appreciated!

JazakAllah Khair!

Atheists and ex-Muslims who came/came back to Islam,what is your story?how did you come back?

Assalamualaikum

This is a question for my brother's and sisters who were Atheists or ex Muslims how and why did you come to Islam/convert?

This is for both brothers and sisters.

What are your thoughts on people who say that hijab wearing women are brainwashed or Islam is not made for the modern world?

Hello 28 year old male here im sure this question gets asked many many times but i am and have had a lot of interest in islam for a long time. As a white Christian from a conservative family i literally have no idea how to even approach new faiths. Im not sure how the process works just looking for guidance.

Hi all. I’m Khadijah, and for context I recently took my Shahada at my local mosque 🥳 (oml I still can’t believe it!).

However, as I begin to start living as a Muslim, I’m left wondering what to do with my accounts that show me before I reverted. Those accounts use my old first name as their usernames, have pictures of me in outfits that aren’t modest withount hijab, drinking, etc.

What should I do about them? Purging them all I’m afraid will make me look too radical or invite too much attention, but I don’t want to remain too tethered to my old name and also having those photos publically posted feels so wrong. I’m just a bit overwhelmed haha

Hello, I know so little about Islam now, but want to learn about it. So when Muhammad was alive, how did he make people believe what he says? What qualified him? Because just telling them to follow him itself would not be enough, because anyone can do that. Did people see him performing miracles? Were things about him prophesied? What made people believe his words, ending up making his companions write the Quran?

Salam Alaikum, so two weeks ago there was another thread on guards stopping people from entering Makkah.

What struck out most to me was the arrogance of a non-Muslim commentator in suggesting they had the right to treat the haram as their tourist place.

In general it is becoming increasingly common for people to make up false accusations online about the restriction.

This post will therefore finally give all the reasons why Makkah remains off limits for non-Muslims.

I’m also hopping mods will add this post to the commonly asked FAQs so non-Muslims don’t keep bringing this topic.

1. The Quran is clear on the Restriction

“O you who have believed, indeed the polytheists are unclean, so let them not approach al-Masjid al-Haram after this, their [final] year.” (At-Tabwa 9:28)

As is shown our commands from God are very clear, and the haram is defined via the Meeqat points. The Quran clearly prohibits non-Muslims, and this includes Christian’s and Jews as well.

There are some that will argue that the restriction doesn’t apply to the city, but they are wrong. This isn’t up for any further debate, and the idea of reforming or issuing a fatwa is irrelevant since we cannot go against the words of Allah (SWT).

The key to access the haram is the shahada, since people of the book do not confer the Kaaba to be Abrahamic.

2. Preserving room and space for pilgrims

One of the biggest misunderstandings non-Muslims seem to understand is that the haram can handle tourism just like Jerusalem and Vatican.

This is a very wrong interpretation.

The foot traffic is much more significant in Makkah, and most often hotel rooms and prayer spaces are completely filled. Sometimes the crowds will pray on the streets due to a lack of space.

For many pilgrims they will only get to see the Kaaba and city once, due to visa, health and financial reasoning.

So if tourists and non-Muslim worshippers were allowed it would get very difficult. Every hotel room would be taken over, and even the hotel Isaiah’s would be filled by people gawking.

In addition the mosque is meant only for worshipping and pilgrimage.

It would be unacceptable for tourists to block the path between Safa and Marwah, or to disrupt the prayer congregations around the mataf.

3. Preserving the sanctity

Another key issue people for some reason people ignore is that the Haram is a sanctity and holy site.

This is where millions of people come to peacefully pray and do their pilgrimage.

Yet what I have noticed is the increased amounts of misinformation and slander spreading against mosques in the west by both ex-Muslims and non-Muslims. Also more of the than not they come inside to spread fitnah.

The Haram is not going to become such a place.

We do not need the likes of Jai and Doc, Sam Shamoun, etc coming in with their puppet ex-Muslim to preach and spread misinformation.

What would happen is they would come with their cameras to record and then mistranslate the prayers. Majority of the world doesn’t consider our faith Abrahamic for some reason, so these YouTubers and Tik tokers will make it seem like Imam Dossary or the prayer congregations did something wrong.

From there on non-Muslim audiences will automatically accept whatever misinformation is coming their way. There will also be more risk as many non-Muslims tourists and worshippers will come with such mindset.

4. Prioritizing the safety of our people

This point is further inspired by point 3, a lot of non-Muslims have a neocolonial and disrespectful mentality with regard to Islamic Guidelines.

If tourists were allowed they wouldn’t respect the haram, with them purposefully doing Tik tokers dances, preaching with their bibles, etc.

Also imagine trying to pray peacefully and as your finishing your prayer, people have been reloading and staring at you for no reason.

Or imagine being a niqabi and a non-Muslim woman comes inside wearing beach wear and mocking you will you try focus on Ibadah.

There are way too many who aren’t interested in our dignity either, so there would be a high risk of non-Muslims harassing, attacking or even trying to desecrate the Kaaba.

In addition there are a lot of non-Muslim oppressors that shouldn’t be anywhere near.

Imagine being a Palestinian and coming face to face with an IDF veteran in the Haram that harmed your family.

Imagine being a Gujarati Muslim who suffered in 2002, and you notice a group of RSS leaders roaming with a priest.

Therefore it is important for Makkah to remain closed, and it is not up for further debate or negotiation.

I won't go into very much detail but this year my Muslim mother got into gambling, she never gambled before, never drunk alcohol, never did drugs, her only addiction she struggles with is cigarettes. Every night she comes home and tells me about the money she lost and won, she knows it's haram and doesn't use it for personal use but still, what's the point? She's lost thousands of her own money for money she won't even use.

In the beginning she justified gambling because my brother struggled with substance abuse and needed money, so everytime I would ask her to stop she would say anything she gets she gives to him when he bothers her with money which was almost everyday. She doesn't work.

My brother on the other hand is somewhat recovering from substance abuse for many years and his mind seems to slowly be fading. For the past month he's been telling me about him seeing signs and dreams of Christianity (Authobillah) and usually I try talking sense into him but it's very strange, he keeps saying things like father, son and the holy Spirit so casually and it really confuses me. He's never been like this. He still believes in Allah but only he knows what's in his heart.

I couldn't ever tell my mum this because I know it would possibly cause her to have a heart attack. She's previously told me she thinks he may believe in something else but he doesn't tell her what he tells me because he knows she couldn't bare it. So I'm just left to carry this. It's truly been a trying year but Alhamdulilah always, I cannot guide whom I love, I just hope my mum doesn't suffer from whatever the outcome is.

If you have no words of support please do keep me in your prayers, Dua is so much more powerful than we think. Jzk

I was in a live stream earlier today, and the streamer asked how my day was going. I opened up and mentioned that I’ve been struggling with depression lately.

​She was very comforting, but then she started praying for me out loud in the name of Christ, and a lot of people in the chat started typing "amen." A lot of people I work with also say things like this and pray for me for example when we chat they be saying I pray in the name of christ you find a good job and ect.

​Because prayers in the name of Christ don't align with my Islamic faith, I didn't say "amen" or participate in the prayer. Instead, I stayed silent and just said "thank you" to acknowledge their kindness and good intentions.

​Was I wrong or disrespectful for not praying along? Is saying "thank you" a sin in Islam?

i’ve been thinking lately about love as a whole and how ive started to believe all love is conditional to an extent and this got me wondering if allahs love is conditional upon the fact that we worship only him and pray and if we committed shirk or stopped praying would allah still love us, and yeah i know allah loves a sinner who repents but what if he didn’t repent or just didn’t believe does allah still love that being because at the end of the day that’s his creation and why condemn him to hell if he knows he will never believe. would appreciate if anyone could explain it to me

Is my purpose in this world just to pass this test? What about the dreams I want to achieve here? I want to be a scientist In Sha Allah. I want to research and find out more about the things Allah gave us in this dunia. That's okay as long as it doesn't keep me away from Allah right? I have so much I want to do and learn and achieve, is it okay to want both? Is it okay for me to strive towards all my purely worldly goals here?

Im never going to stop believing in God but sometimes I see non-Muslims talking about God and I kind of feel like what am I doing here? Is this the right religion? I see those Hadiths going around and they confuse me a lot and I feel like maybe they are right.

I’m also low on faith and I don’t usually pray a lot, coming from someone who was super religious but due to mental health I lost it all. I also feel super weird about covering up, niqab and all.

Can anyone tell me how to tackle it? I love Allah swt but I’m so tired of doubts in my heart. Which are never for Allah just the Hadiths and some parts of Islam.

Salamoalikom everyone! I am very in love with a guy in my school. At first it seemed like he liked me too, but his behavior suddenly changed. I am very heart broken because im very in love with this man. If you could. Please make dua for me that he will fall in love with me as well and suggest tips as well ❤️