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Having intrusive thoughts
I have a question if i ignore my waswas intrusive thoughts completely will I be sinful? And by ignoring I mean letting it pass and if I don’t avoid them or try to stop them. And they really are bad thoughts that I’m in too much pain because of it, everytime my heart gets so heavy to the point breath...
I have a question if i ignore my waswas intrusive thoughts completely will I be sinful? And by ignoring I mean letting it pass and if I don’t avoid them or try to stop them. And they really are bad thoughts that I’m in too much pain because of it, everytime my heart gets so heavy to the point breathing becomes really hard for me.
jisoo K
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dealing with constant doubts
Assalamualaikum, I've been constantly experiencing was was in all aspects of worship (do not read if ur facing the same situation as I ended up mimicking other people's obsessive actions as well) whether it is my wudhu that I have to redo 3+ more time or doubting the purity of my clothes, my pronunc...
Assalamualaikum,
I've been constantly experiencing was was in all aspects of worship
(do not read if ur facing the same situation as I ended up mimicking other people's obsessive actions as well)
whether it is my wudhu that I have to redo 3+ more time or doubting the purity of my clothes, my pronunciation ect...
or if I released discharge during prayer (this one always turns out to be false so it easier for me to ignore it ) but there's also mainly if I did one or two sajda. For the later one recording myself praying and then checking made me realize that I've always performed it well everytime.
So can I not even second guess it even tho the doubt is strong and am I allowed to not repeat any Salah regardless of how doubtful am I at least until the waswas is gone? and will Allah hold me accountable for not acting upon anything until it gets better?
ellma maylice
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What to do when there are doubts about wudu?
I face a lot of doubts about wuzu that my wuzu is broken. I am really frustrated with these doubts. What can I do to save myself from these doubts ?
I face a lot of doubts about wuzu that my wuzu is broken. I am really frustrated with these doubts. What can I do to save myself from these doubts ?
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How can you get ride of waswas in salah and quran and fasting and ablution?
Whenever I get waswasa of any acts of worship I want to know how to get ride of it and whenever i try to do it doesn't go away for a long time. So what is a technice to get ride of waswas as soon as i get it? Jazakumallahu khairan.
Whenever I get waswasa of any acts of worship I want to know how to get ride of it and whenever i try to do it doesn't go away for a long time. So what is a technice to get ride of waswas as soon as i get it? Jazakumallahu khairan.
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Forgetting during the prayer
Asalam alaykum everyone I am suffering from brain fog, and so I am very forgetful and it is very hard for me to concentrate. So when I pray salat, I am always forgetting. For example, whether I recited surah fatiah completely, how many rakahs I prayed. This is why I am constantly repeating each sala...
Asalam alaykum everyone
I am suffering from brain fog, and so I am very forgetful and it is very hard for me to concentrate. So when I pray salat, I am always forgetting. For example, whether I recited surah fatiah completely, how many rakahs I prayed. This is why I am constantly repeating each salat twice or more and that is very difficult for me.
Is there anything I could do to help fix my situation? I think it is probably waswasah, but I do not feel strong enough to fight the waswasahs.
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While performing wudu, some individuals often experience doubts about whether they recited Bismillah or completed specific steps correctly
Sometimes while doing wudu, feel confused if I said Bismillah or not. What should I do in case of such confusions during wudu? Sometimes the confusions are even about if I missed a step. Should I consider these as waswas?
Sometimes while doing wudu, feel confused if I said Bismillah or not. What should I do in case of such confusions during wudu? Sometimes the confusions are even about if I missed a step. Should I consider these as waswas?
Moonlight
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is my prayer valid in this situation?
Recently, I started feeling as though I missed one sujood in my prayers at least once a day. I thought this was from Shaytan, so I ignored the thought whenever it came up during Salah. I have a long history of waswas (whispers) about the number of sujoods I perform, so I assumed that maybe Shaytan w...
Recently, I started feeling as though I missed one sujood in my prayers at least once a day. I thought this was from Shaytan, so I ignored the thought whenever it came up during Salah. I have a long history of waswas (whispers) about the number of sujoods I perform, so I assumed that maybe Shaytan was trying to exploit my weakness. Every time the thought came to mind, I pushed it aside.
Today, while praying the third rak'ah, I had doubts about whether or not I performed two sujoods during the sujood. However, I had a gut feeling that I had made two sujoods, and I thought it was just waswas. So, I ignored the doubt. But after I stood up, I started rethinking whether I had made two sujoods or not. Still, I had that gut feeling that I did indeed perform two sujoods, so I ignored the doubt and completed the prayer. However, after finishing, I started to feel as if I might have actually made only one sujood.
Is what I did correct, and is my prayer valid?
RQS
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Correcting Pronunciation Mistakes While Praying
I was praying and during Surah Al-Fatiha, I made a mistake in the recitation of the ayah: "صراط الذين أنعمت عليهم" I accidentally pronounced the "ه" (ha) in "عليهم" (alayhim) as "ح" (ḥa). I realized this mistake immediately, but I thought it didn't change the meaning, so I continued without correcti...
I was praying and during Surah Al-Fatiha, I made a mistake in the recitation of the ayah:
"صراط الذين أنعمت عليهم"
I accidentally pronounced the "ه" (ha) in "عليهم" (alayhim) as "ح" (ḥa). I realized this mistake immediately, but I thought it didn't change the meaning, so I continued without correcting it and went on to the next ayah.
Later, I started worrying that maybe I should have corrected it right then and there.
Here are my concerns:
1. I wasn't sure if I was supposed to go back and correct the mistake immediately after I realized it.
2. I didn’t know that I had to correct it within the same rak'ah, because at the time, I thought it wasn’t necessary. I just continued my prayer as usual.
3. I realized the mistake while still in the same rak'ah, but I didn't correct it because I didn’t know that was required. Now I’m not sure if my prayer was valid.
4. Does this mistake, which didn’t change the meaning in my understanding, invalidate my prayer if I didn’t correct it, or is it forgiven because I didn’t know better at the time?
I’m looking for guidance on whether my prayer is valid and what I should do in the future when I realize mistakes in my recitation during prayer.
Asqa
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Oct 9, 2024, 07:33 AM
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I've heard that some sounds can make the salah invalid
If I make some sounds unintentionally, for example, when I close my mouth and open it and a sound arises, or when I swallow my saliva, does this make my prayer invalid?
If I make some sounds unintentionally, for example, when I close my mouth and open it and a sound arises, or when I swallow my saliva, does this make my prayer invalid?
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What should I do to get rid of waswasa
As-salamu alaykum, I have recently been dealing with waswasa and it is very hard to ignore, What should I do to deal with this and get rid of my waswasa Insallah
As-salamu alaykum, I have recently been dealing with waswasa and it is very hard to ignore, What should I do to deal with this and get rid of my waswasa Insallah
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No shaitan no worry 💔
Assalamualaikum I was born muslim ,and now i met 'wiswas' problem. I can't digest it which one was a whisper or my mind. And i always feels like whatever i have thought was made me left islam unknowingly!!!! Sometimes I'm sure I didn't doing anything wrong but i feel myself always carrying a lot of...
Assalamualaikum
I was born muslim ,and now i met 'wiswas' problem. I can't digest it which one was a whisper or my mind. And i always feels like whatever i have thought was made me left islam unknowingly!!!! Sometimes I'm sure I didn't doing anything wrong but i feel myself always carrying a lot of sin because i always have dirty thought about religion , god and then i feel guilty after i think it. And i feel like I'm not muslim anymore . So i keep taking shahada many many times because i don't want to left islam unknowingly!!! Always make me doubt when i was praying "will my prayer is valid or I'm already in state of kafir" Is it the best way for me to keep taking shahada many times? I can start my islam life after taken shahada or not? Even my feelings always the same everytime because i believe in allah and his prophet pbuh and whatever since first. Is there anyone have a better idea to deal with wiswas? Or at least way to make me calm . I'm really afraid if later i will die when i left islam unknowingly i don't want to go jahannam!!! Please help me and jazakallah. I'm soon crazy
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Airport dogs checking our bags
Assalaamu Alaikkum.., I'm Fathima mother of two kids and 7 months pregnant. I'm suffering with waswas problem regarding najasa.. It often comes and goes... last few days I'm having severe waswas problem with 2 issues. I use to travel vacation to my home country and some other countries as well... wh...
Assalaamu Alaikkum..,
I'm Fathima mother of two kids and 7 months pregnant. I'm suffering with waswas problem regarding najasa.. It often comes and goes... last few days I'm having severe waswas problem with 2 issues. I use to travel vacation to my home country and some other countries as well... when I travel Sometimes, airport dogs come close to my baggage and I feel their tongue touches my bags and I feel always my bags are unclean... so I try as much as I can not to touch anything with wet objects with my bags.. But, others don't do like that. Once My relative kept my praying mat on that bag and I'm not sure whether the musallaa wet or not... this happened a few months ago and even if I keep thinking I should not fall in to shaythan's whispering and I used the same mat to pray till I go to my country for 2 months vacation. But, when I come back I feel again this mat is dirty, I should wash it... some time I feel no it's not.. If I wash this will continue... last few days I'm praying on it... but my mind is always doubt in it... this is one issue..
another issue is I took one cloth in my bag with other cloths ( all were dry) but, when I take them all out, they were cool due to travel.. Now I feel my other clothes also become najis... I'm not sure with which cloths I kept that dirty cloth..
Last few days this 2 issues are making me mad... I'm full disturbed... I keep on asking dua from ALLAAH... Still my mind is heavy and always feeling that all are unclean.. I couldn't sleep properly.. I worry about my baby...
Please give me a remedy.. It might look silly... But, I don't know what to do... I'm afraid something will happen to me.. My husband always say just leave it. I'm also trying. But, I couldn't do it... Should I see a doctor?
I want to know, will najis transmit from one to another even if it little wet?
Jazakallaah....
Fathima
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Waswas about najasa
Assalamu allaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. Question: How do I wash off the najasah from my body? Everyone says that it should be washed off, but how exactly? Will it be enough to take a handful of water and pour it on the area and wipe it off? Will this water not spread the najasa?
Assalamu allaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. Question: How do I wash off the najasah from my body? Everyone says that it should be washed off, but how exactly? Will it be enough to take a handful of water and pour it on the area and wipe it off? Will this water not spread the najasa?
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Can I tell people that I have put my trust in Allah about a matter, when in reality I am facing a lot of anxiety about that matter?
I am a 34 years old unmarried woman with no fall-backs/backups in life. To cut a long story short, my career is also almost in a dumpster. It is sheerly the mercy of Allah that He is keeping me afloat, alhamdoliAllah. So I do feel a lot of anxiety about things. It's a continuous battle where fears a...
I am a 34 years old unmarried woman with no fall-backs/backups in life. To cut a long story short, my career is also almost in a dumpster. It is sheerly the mercy of Allah that He is keeping me afloat, alhamdoliAllah.
So I do feel a lot of anxiety about things. It's a continuous battle where fears and negative thoughts come in my mind, and I consciously tell myself (of course alhamdoliAllah) that Allah is so merciful that He will definitely take care of my and unfold the best plan for me, just like He has taken care of me so far.
When I meet people for a few minutes or hours in social gatherings, they give me a lot of unsolicited and superficial advise (which is not even intended at suggesting a solution for the challenges I face, but it is rather talk for the sake of talk), without thinking that if I could solve my problems, I would have done that.
My question is that is it OK if I keep telling the people that I have put my trust in Allah and Allah will make the best way out for me, I am sure of it (while in reality I do face anxiety related to these matters)?
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Images of Allah in prayer
I was recently given a video where a sheikh says that whoever visualizes an image while reciting IYYAKA NA'BUDU WA IYYYAKA NASTAEEN, then he worships that image that he visualized in his head. I am very much tormented because of this. All kinds of images appear in my mind even when I am just washing...
I was recently given a video where a sheikh says that whoever visualizes an image while reciting IYYAKA NA'BUDU WA IYYYAKA NASTAEEN, then he worships that image that he visualized in his head. I am very much tormented because of this. All kinds of images appear in my mind even when I am just washing dishes. I don't believe in them, and I say that Allah is not like anyone or anything. I am afraid to perform prayer because I am afraid of committing shirk because of these thoughts. What should I do in this situation?
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Is it possible to enter kufr because of bad thoughts about Allah?
Lately, horrible thoughts about Allah have started popping into my head that are even scary to say. At any moment, my voice may appear in my head insulting Allah. These thoughts cause me great pain and I sometimes think that I will enter kufr because of them. I am afraid that this is seen as a mocke...
Lately, horrible thoughts about Allah have started popping into my head that are even scary to say. At any moment, my voice may appear in my head insulting Allah. These thoughts cause me great pain and I sometimes think that I will enter kufr because of them.
I am afraid that this is seen as a mockery of Allah and that it takes me out of the religion. What should I do in such a situation? Am I out of the religion because of these thoughts?
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Thoughts of Allah while using the restroom
As far as I know, it is not allowed to talk about Allah while in the toilet. However, sometimes thoughts about Allah pop into my head one way or another, and I don't know if it is a sin. I don't say these thoughts out loud and I try not to think about it, but sometimes I forget that I am in the toil...
As far as I know, it is not allowed to talk about Allah while in the toilet. However, sometimes thoughts about Allah pop into my head one way or another, and I don't know if it is a sin. I don't say these thoughts out loud and I try not to think about it, but sometimes I forget that I am in the toilet. Q: Are these thoughts sinful and do they fall under the category of kufr? The fact is that I suffer from terrible waswas about whether I have committed kufr or not?
Jason14
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Bad thoughts from shaytaan
Assalamu alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuhu, I’m a person who suffers through waswaas a lot, and I often get so bad thoughts that I never want to even think of. Bad thoughts about Allah (SWT) also come and I hate it. Because I want to only Praise Allah (SWT) but these thoughts come and I get really...
Assalamu alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuhu,
I’m a person who suffers through waswaas a lot, and I often get so bad thoughts that I never want to even think of. Bad thoughts about Allah (SWT) also come and I hate it. Because I want to only Praise Allah (SWT) but these thoughts come and I get really confused if I’m actually thinking or if shaytaan is making me think like that. I would like to if these thoughts come even if it is related to shirk, are you accountable for it? Are these bad deeds?
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Impurity transfer
I have a question, someone passed stool and didn't washed hands with soap rather touched furniture corner and later my relative putted pillow on that furniture and slept. It's been weeks and now after using double pillow case would sleeping with wet hairs makes my hairs impure?
I have a question, someone passed stool and didn't washed hands with soap rather touched furniture corner and later my relative putted pillow on that furniture and slept. It's been weeks and now after using double pillow case would sleeping with wet hairs makes my hairs impure?
Laraib Daudpota
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am I getting out of the fold of Islam?
As Salamu Alaikum I'm a music composer and sound effects creator, and I mostly do freelance work in music and sound effects design. I will leave this field permanently after I learn some halal skills such as programming. but for now, I'm holding music because I'm from a third-world country, my famil...
As Salamu Alaikum
I'm a music composer and sound effects creator, and I mostly do
freelance work in music and sound effects design. I will leave this
field permanently after I learn some halal skills such as programming.
but for now, I'm holding music because I'm from a third-world country,
my family is poor, and I have a big responsibility to feed my family
(my father, mother, and brother). but I have a plan to leave this
music field.
I have been getting a serious question in my mind that even I can't sleep.
Much of my music and sound effects have been sold to many game
developers and game companies. The game company uses my music and
sound effects in their game. Among those games, there is some fantasy
game that has some shirk and kufr. Example:- If the game character is
dead they can be revived by using the magic to bring the character
back to life. My music and sound effect is used in these kinds of
games. My question is, am I getting out of the fold of Islam that my
music and sound effect is used in those kinds of games even though I
know it?
Do note that I don't believe in any kind of fantasy things in these games.
Meraj Hossain Shuvo
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