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Salam, I am very young (teen) and lately I have been having trouble with my faith. A lot of the time I feel as if I am only religious because of the fear of Allah's punishment. Subconsciously, I
think Allah is being unfair to punish someone under excruciating conditions because they didn't believe in him. In modern day I feel it is even harder. There is no prophets or miracles taking
place in front of our eyes. I have also started to think about many things. What if Islam is wrong and we are heading to hell because Isa was the son of god but we didn't believe. What makes
Muhammad's (PBUH) word better than Buddhas? Even if they are headed for something better, why do evil greedy people get to enjoy this lifetime while innocent children suffer in war-torn
countries?. Why dosnt Allah do any of the things he used to do in the prophets time like sending down angels to destroy countries? Recently I have stumbled on a website that has made me
even more unstable, called ******* where they have pages of contradictions in the Quran. If Allah sent down these revelations shouldn't they be perfect? Why would Allah allow other
religions to flourish? It makes me feel like hes trying to deceive us (astagfirillah). I feel like there is a devil whispering in my ear, more and more reasons to doubt Islam. This question is kind
of what i feel: ********
I really want to become a firm Muslim but my mind cant let go of all the doubts and questions. I try to go to the mousque more and listen to lectures and closer to allah, but I still feel the same
way. I feel ashamed to go to my sheikh with this. I need advice on what to do. Thank you and Ramadan Mubarak.
Having fear of Allah is a very good thing, it stops you from commiting sins, some people live their life with absolutely no fear of Allah and even go so far as to insulting Allah
Astagfirllah.
We should fear Allah to stay away from sins but we should also love Allah to do the things that are pleasing to him, whilst being happy doing them as this is pleasing to Allah.
Kinda like you love and fear your mum right lol
You love your mum so youll do things that will make her happy and stay away from doing naughty things to not get her angry or upset, well Allah loves you soooo much more than your mum does and knows you inside and out as He is the one who created you.
Allah never punishes anyone unjustly, for those who never got the message of islam & those very disabled/mentally ill, they will be tested on the day of judgement to see if they do believe in Allah, from what i remember of the lecture, they will be told by Allah to jump into jahhanumm (there will be a pit next to them with the fire there) if they trust/believe in Allah, those who jump, jump into jannah :) and those who dont go to jahhanumm for not trusting Allah.
No there isnt any miricles or prophets infront of our eyes per-se, BUT the Quran is a miricle of Allah, there are signs, miricles of Allah all around us, such as nature these are beautiful creations of Allah to remind us of how powerful Allah is, the sun, the moon, the stars all have their specific jobs to do by the will of Allah. So we dont need to physically see anything, we just have to believe that Allah is our one and only creator, and prophet mohammed s.a.w is his last and finall messenger, why ? Because Allah told us this and we undoubtedly believe everything Allah has told us, there are signs all around us of Allah, that there is a creator of everything, nothing works without something happening, everything was created, nothing just suddenly appeared. Being a muslim is about believing in Allah without ever seeing him, that is true faith, if we was to see "miricles" of Allah, everyone would just believe and there would be no test of faith, hence our test is to believe(have faith & hope in Allah)
Ok lets put it this way Allah is God creator of everything not a human, no human/ animal attributes astagfirllah, and to say Allah needs/has a son would be putting human attributes to Allah Astagfirllah, Allah is above everything above needing children to carry on his "lineage" Astagfirllah, humans/animals have children to carry on their lines to carry on their names to carry on the species.
Allah is beyond anything and everything that we can possibly think of, beyond our capability of knowledge or understanding, we cannot attribute any form of human attributes to Allah, as He is beyond the needs/capabilities of humans, humans get tired, lazy, hungry, we die, we are born, we get ill, etc etc Allah is above and beyond any of these things. He is All powerfull and self sustaining.
Well this life is temporary and basically a testing ground for us, so you may see people who live marvellous lives, they have everything they could ever want or dream of, but still they feel empty inside as they dont have Allah, they have no faith, they worship money, power and status and they will be punished in the next life for eternity, we may suffer here greatly, unimaginable things may happen, but every single person will be judged and their affairs set straight, every wrong will be put right, Allah is the best of all judges, Allah knows every single one of our cries for help, our pain, By Allah it will never be in vain, as Allah will never treat anyone unjust on the day of judgement, the believers will have anything they ever wanted in jannah for eternity :) for their reward of being steadfast, having patience through their trials
While those who chose to act currupt, who choose to oppress, torture, murder, rape, steal, associate partners with Allah, tur away from Allah, they will be thrown into jahhanumm as that is their punishment.
Remember we have free will, you can choose what you do, how you act etc BUT however Allah wills it thats how it will happen
And honestly stay away from those websites, they are full of people who like to cause dis-unity & fearmongering, talking on matters they have absolutely 0 knowledge about and write dribble.
Are there any more doubts or questions you have that we can help to clear up in sha Allah