Question: Assalamu ‘alaykum. Allah doesn’t tax a soul more than it can bear, but why do I feel like I have passed my limit already? I have been depressed/anxious for 4 years. I can’t sleep because my heart races in fear that I’m a failure. I fall asleep at sunrise and wake up in the […]

Answered by Shaykh Farid Dingle  Question Does crying in the ritual prayer invalidate the prayer? Answer Dear questioner, Thank you for your important question. No, crying during a ritual prayer (salat) wouldn’t normally invalidate the prayer. If one intentionally makes sounds while crying to utter something distinguishable as a letter, then one would invalidate the […]

Question: I have a boyfriend who lived with his ex-girlfriend like a married couple and was sinful when he was schooling in South Africa, like smoking, drinking alcohol, and smoking weed. I don’t know if he sincerely repented. Is it good for me to marry him considering the ayah (An-nur 24:26) that evil women are […]

Question: I was in a relationship with a guy, but I broke up with him as he was not good and was abusive to me. But after a year, I still somewhere feel his presence in my heart. I don’t want to go back, but I can never move on and love my future spouse. […]