FILED UNDER: ANS General Counsel, ANS Health, ANS Medicine, ANS Mental Health, ANS Shafi'i Fiqh, ANS-General, ANSWERS (Parent of ANS blog)
TAGGED WITH:: gelatin, health, medicine, medicine with unlawful ingredients
/by Yousuf PatelShaykh Jamir Meah answers a question related to the permissibility of prescribing medication which contains gelatin. Question: Salaam, I know it is haram to take medicine that has haram elements in it (like gelatin capsules) if there is a reasonable alternative (such as tablets). So as a muslim psychiatrist, many of our medicines have […]
FILED UNDER: ANS - Supplication and Prayer, ANS Mental Health, ANS Prayer, ANSWERS (Parent of ANS blog)
TAGGED WITH:: intention, making up missed prayers, prayer, skipping prayer, wudu
/by YusufShaykh Jamir Meah offers counsel on how to establish prayer, to make up missed prayers, and how to deal with emotional stumbling blocks. Question: Assalam alaykum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatuh. I have been suffering from this problem for years. It is the worst problem in my life and I’m very scared. I have […]
FILED UNDER: ANS General Counsel, ANS Mental Health, ANS Repentance, ANS Theology, ANSWERS (Parent of ANS blog)
TAGGED WITH:: baseless misgivings, doubts about islam, misgivings and doubts, true faith, waswasa
/by YusufUstadh Tabraze Azam explains that baseless misgivings about one’s Islam are part of pure faith and such thoughts do not put one outside of the fold. Question: Assalam alaykum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatuh. I have bad thoughts keep coming over to me this last few days. It was really hard and I tried […]
FILED UNDER: ANS Islamic Belief, ANS Mental Health, ANSWERS (Parent of ANS blog)
TAGGED WITH:: baseless misgivings, doubts about islam, faith in Allah, misgivings and doubts, waswasa, whisperings of shaytan
/by YusufUstadh Salman Younas is asked about having doubts on one’s Islam and feeling overwhelmed by bad luck and misgivings about one’s faith and acts of worship. Question: Assalam alaykum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatuh. I keep thinking with very strong conviction that i keep committing apostasy and fear on the loss of my good […]
FILED UNDER: ANS - Supplication and Prayer, ANS Health, ANS Islamic Belief, ANS Mental Health, ANS Repentance, ANSWERS (Parent of ANS blog)
TAGGED WITH:: despair, desparation, disbelief, guilt, shame, suicidal, suicidal thoughts, suicide, the Prophet
/by YusufUstadha Raidah Shah Idil is asked about despair and contemplating suicide from being a lone Muslim. I struggle with thoughts of disbelief and suicide. I have non-Muslim family members and feel so guilty when I spend time with them during Christmas and so on. I feel ashamed about telling them I am Muslim, because of […]
FILED UNDER: ANS Health, ANS Islamic Belief, ANS Mental Health, ANS Parents, ANSWERS (Parent of ANS blog)
TAGGED WITH:: baseless misgivings, du`a, inappropriate jokes, jokes, obsessive compulsive disorder, ocd, waswasa
/by YusufShaykh Abdul-Rahim Reasat is asked about compulsively saying “I’m sorry” and asking forgiveness. I became heavily afflicted with waswasa when I was unemployed mainly around najasah, but alhamduliLlah I recovered from that after starting work. But recently have developed waswasa about actions or words of kufr. Also I’m obsessed with an intense fear of being […]
FILED UNDER: ANS Hanafi Fiqh, ANS Mental Health, ANS Purity, ANS Sunna, ANSWERS (Parent of ANS blog)
TAGGED WITH:: baseless misgivings, doubts about purity, misgivings and doubts, ocd, purity, waswasa, waswasa about wudu
/by YusufShaykh Abdul-Rahim Reasat is asked about severe doubts on purity in the washroom. For the past seven months I have been going through so much doubts and uncertainty in my life. I feel like searching for answers online has made it worst. Please give me direct answers to the following, and advise dua to remove […]
FILED UNDER: ANS Health, ANS Islamic Belief, ANS Mental Health, ANS-General, Knowledge
TAGGED WITH:: belief, faith in Allah, healing, holistic medicin, thoughts of disbelief, waswasa
/by YusufUstadha Raidah Shah Idil advises on how to deal with troubling and recurring thoughts. I am troubled with waswasa concerning the rightness of my belief in Allah, and nothing helps to put me at ease. What do I do? I pray this finds you well. May Allah reward you for reaching out to us. Troubling […]
FILED UNDER: ANS Halal and Haram, ANS Health, ANS Medicine, ANS Mental Health, ANS-General
TAGGED WITH:: breast implants, cosmetic surgery, fatwa shopping, fatwas, following a fatwa
/by YusufShaykh Abdurragmaan Khan addresses a sister’s concerns about rulings on breast implants. I pray that you and your family are very well. May Allah reward you all and keep you firm on the path of serving, striving, and emulating the Beloved, blessings and peace be upon him. I recently read this SeekersHub reply on breast […]
FILED UNDER: ANS Hanafi Fiqh, ANS Mental Health, ANS Prayer, ANS Seeking Knowledge, ANS-General
TAGGED WITH:: jumu'a, making up prayers, praying behind imam, praying in congregation, saying the salam
/by YusufShaykh Abdul-Rahim Reasat answers doubts about saying the final salams behind an imam. I have suffered from OCD in religious matters for over a year now. I used to repeat my salah and wudu due to confusion, doubts, etc., but I am getting better and your website has helped a lot. I am also receiving […]
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