I need help with my faith

[Who Am I?]

Yup, knowledge is so important to the deen.

The Prophet(pbuh) said; With knowledge man riseth to the heights of goodness and to a noble position, associateth with sovereigns in this world, and attaineth to the perfection of happiness in the next.

This is why I am the Seeker of Knowledge. There is no more powerful weapon against Shaytan and his attacks of ignorance than knowledge.

 

[Flame of Hope]

This is why I am the Seeker of Knowledge. There is no more powerful weapon against Shaytan and his attacks of ignorance than knowledge.

Alhamdulillahir rabbil al ameen!

This is how a Muslims needs to be... and this is the best attitude to have.

 

[Ramadhan]

This is why I am the Seeker of Knowledge. There is no more powerful weapon against Shaytan and his attacks of ignorance than knowledge.

Alhamdulillahir rabbil al ameen! This is how a Muslims needs to be... and this is the best attitude to have.

I agree.
however, along with knowledge, we must also equip ourselves with humbleness, both cannot be separated.

Iblees possessed much greater knowledge than humans will ever attain, they even had direct knowledge of the creator, but it was their arrogance (or in the other hand, lack of humbleness) which sent them to hellfire.

There are plenty of people, who have acquired knowledge, but because of their arrogance, they became atheists instead. I have friends who are really smart and have so much knowledge but they became atheists.
It requires humbleness in order to acknowledge and accept that we are merely created and very weak and limited and that we depend on Allah SWT for everything.
And this is, in my opinion, is one of the benefits of our daily 5 times shalah, where we ask Allah for protection, strength and mercy.
The moral of the story: do not ever miss shalah.

 

[May Ayob]

It requires humbleness in order to acknowledge and accept that we are merely created and very weak and limited and that we depend on Allah SWT for everything.

Yes I agree, If one does not observe humbleness and sincerity into their work it probably has no value , because those deeds can lead someone to be proud of what they are doing and thinking that they are better than others because they do many deeds that seem to be good but they are only doing it to seclude themselves from people and in order to put them themselves in higher rank , one who does a good deed should do it privately and sincerely no body needs to know about it so it is pure and it is for God s.w.t alone

Salaam

 

[May Ayob]

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[Who Am I?]

Alhamdulillahir rabbil al ameen!

This is how a Muslims needs to be... and this is the best attitude to have.

:wa:

I've always thought knowledge was key, even before I became a Muslim.

I agree.
however, along with knowledge, we must also equip ourselves with humbleness, both cannot be separated.

Iblees possessed much greater knowledge than humans will ever attain, they even had direct knowledge of the creator, but it was their arrogance (or in the other hand, lack of humbleness) which sent them to hellfire.

There are plenty of people, who have acquired knowledge, but because of their arrogance, they became atheists instead. I have friends who are really smart and have so much knowledge but they became atheists.
It requires humbleness in order to acknowledge and accept that we are merely created and very weak and limited and that we depend on Allah SWT for everything.
And this is, in my opinion, is one of the benefits of our daily 5 times shalah, where we ask Allah for protection, strength and mercy.
The moral of the story: do not ever miss shalah.

:wa:

I was once like one of those whom you describe, when I was an atheist. I thought I knew everything and you couldn't tell me any different. After many years of anger and self-loathing, I finally realized that I didn't know everything, and started looking for answers. That story you all know.

 

[Starrynight]

Salamo alaikum sister,

it is quite healthy to go through these thoughts as they are a sign of strong eeman.

Hazrat Umar R.A, the beloved companion of the Prophet Muhammad saww, was also a revert, but before reverting he was a strong enemy of muslims, but after reverting to Islam he used to cry so much over his earlier ways, even though he had been given many blessings from Allah swt. It is his famous quote that,

" Were all the good people from this world to be lifted into jannah, and Allah swt announced that there is only person who will go to hell fire, I would think that it is definitely me."

And we all know that he had such a strong faith, that The Prophet Muhammad saww had once praised him by saying " Were there a Prophet after me, it would be Umar r.a." And Umar R.A was among the only 10 people who had been given the news in their life times that they will go to jannah, such was the level of service they had for islam, and such was their state of worry that Allah swt foretold them so that they would worry less. And such was their gratitude, that those companions started working even more in the way of Allah swt, in order to be worthy of such a blessing.

It is also said in a hadith, that Even Shaitan was so scared of Hazrat Umar that he used to change his way if he saw Umar R.A coming ahead. (because shaitan probably knew that if he cast a doubt to Umar r.a, Umar would become more strong in his faith)

Hence, we should also adopt the same approach and try to become more strong by reading the Quran, listening/attending to its scholarly explanation, because that really makes you faith really strong, Alhamdulilah, and cures away all those doubts.

I really liked hearing that story. Thank you

 

[Starrynight]

:wa:

I've always thought knowledge was key, even before I became a Muslim.

:wa:

I was once like one of those whom you describe, when I was an atheist. I thought I knew everything and you couldn't tell me any different. After many years of anger and self-loathing, I finally realized that I didn't know everything, and started looking for answers. That story you all know.

Isn't it crazy looking back before we reverted how we used to be?

 

[Ramadhan]

Isn't it crazy looking back before we reverted how we used to be?

not only for the reverts, but also to people like me, who was once lost ways and went outside Islam. yes, arrogance and ignorance played their part. Alhamdulillah we all now are back in the fold of Islam and shirottol mustaqeem (the straight path). May Allah SWT have mercy on us and never let us go astray or anger Him again. ameen.

 

[Who Am I?]

Isn't it crazy looking back before we reverted how we used to be?

Don't remind me. I cringe sometimes when I think back at what I said and did, and I thought I was so cool at the time.

 

[Flame of Hope]

Don't remind me. I cringe sometimes when I think back at what I said and did, and I thought I was so cool at the time.

Not at all a bad thing to be reminded of those days. It's a good thing to cringe and feel ashamed about things you've done in the past..... in your ignorance.

It ensures that we won't commit those mistakes again in the future.

So don't dismiss this as trivial. I encourage you to think about the past and the mistakes you made. It's good for your spiritual health.... for it teaches humility. How can anyone feel proud if he were to think and reflect upon all the stupid stuff he did in the past?

 

[Who Am I?]

Not at all a bad thing to be reminded of those days. It's a good thing to cringe and feel ashamed about things you've done in the past..... in your ignorance.

It ensures that we won't commit those mistakes again in the future.

So don't dismiss this as trivial. I encourage you to think about the past and the mistakes you made. It's good for your spiritual health.... for it teaches humility. How can anyone feel proud if he were to think and reflect upon all the stupid stuff he did in the past?

:wa:

Well the danger of that is dwelling too much in my past. I tend to do that sometimes when I start thinking about what I said and did. I have to be careful to maintain a balance of humility and not cross the edge into despair.

 

[Flame of Hope]

:wa:

Well the danger of that is dwelling too much in my past. I tend to do that sometimes when I start thinking about what I said and did. I have to be careful to maintain a balance of humility and not cross the edge into despair.

Yes, the key is moderation. The path of Islam is the Middle Way. If you go to the extremes, you'd be following Shaytan.

And do you know what is needed to stay in the middle and not go to extremes?

Thought, vigilance and knowledge.

 

[Insecured soul]

I need advice on refueling my iman (sp?).
I was really happy after taking my Shahada. I prayed on time everyday, and still do. My family reacted well, or not at all. I feel very blessed. One area though I think I did wrong was trying to jump in too quickly. I tried to be the perfect Muslim and overwhelmed myself. I always felt that if I wasn't perfect people wouldn't love me. I felt this about God too. I thought if I wasn't perfect, God wouldn't want me... God wouldn't love me. In my mind, I know this is crazy. God loves us all. Why else give us life and provide for us? But in my heart this fear I've carried my whole life when it comes to people is impacting my relationship with God. I have backed off and am starting smaller. I pray, try to slowly stop bad habits, read the Qur'an and Sunnah's during the day, and also take time to relax away from Islam (perusing old hobbies like reading). But lately, my prayers have felt routine, like something I just do.
I want to become closer with God. I have prayed for guidance. Inshallah my iman will be strong again soon.
If anyone knows what I'm going through or has kind advice that would be really helpful.
Thank you

Subhan allah,

Worrying for safeguarding your imaan is a sign of imaan itself. our hearts changes thats why
rasull allah pbuh used to make dua to allah azzawajal to keep our hearts steadfast to islam.

we might loose khushu at some point in our ibadah and it might feel like just like an exercise but u should never stop doing any ibadah as islam means submission to allah and we should do things (amaal) even if we dont like or not feeling so to do it.

try to listen to quran recitations, try to understand meanings and always learn..... and may allah make u feel the sweetness of imaan and help us all die on complete faith.

salaam alaikum warehmatullah

 

[Who Am I?]

Yes, the key is moderation. The path of Islam is the Middle Way. If you go to the extremes, you'd be following Shaytan.

And do you know what is needed to stay in the middle and not go to extremes?

Thought, vigilance and knowledge.

:wa:

Knowledge... the one thing I constantly strive to attain.

 

[SFatima]

:wa:

Well the danger of that is dwelling too much in my past. I tend to do that sometimes when I start thinking about what I said and did. I have to be careful to maintain a balance of humility and not cross the edge into despair.

I agree with that, one should not dwell so much in the past, it obliterates your forward thinking and positiveness . A new muslim is a born again person, all his past sins are washed away, so no need to worry about them, just do lots of Astaghfaar and strive to move ahead InshALlah!

 

['Abd-al Latif]

I need advice on refueling my iman (sp?).
I was really happy after taking my Shahada. I prayed on time everyday, and still do. My family reacted well, or not at all. I feel very blessed. One area though I think I did wrong was trying to jump in too quickly. I tried to be the perfect Muslim and overwhelmed myself. I always felt that if I wasn't perfect people wouldn't love me. I felt this about God too. I thought if I wasn't perfect, God wouldn't want me... God wouldn't love me. In my mind, I know this is crazy. God loves us all. Why else give us life and provide for us? But in my heart this fear I've carried my whole life when it comes to people is impacting my relationship with God. I have backed off and am starting smaller. I pray, try to slowly stop bad habits, read the Qur'an and Sunnah's during the day, and also take time to relax away from Islam (perusing old hobbies like reading). But lately, my prayers have felt routine, like something I just do.
I want to become closer with God. I have prayed for guidance. Inshallah my iman will be strong again soon.
If anyone knows what I'm going through or has kind advice that would be really helpful.
Thank you

:salamext:

Don't feel bad, but smile because every affair is good for the believer.

Don't overwhelm yourself by thinking that for you to feel the affects of your prayer and worship, you have to do some kind of major task.

First free your mind from all the buzz, rush and excitement of whatever is occupying your mind, even if these are your past fears. Worship Allah with sincerity and pray to him with attentiveness in the heart. If these actions are done sincerely for Allah, and according to the Sunnah of the Prophet saws1 then you will feel Allah's gratitude in your heart and an ease and facilitation of the affairs of your life.

Sometimes you have to take a step back to take a giant stride forward. Remain optimistic of Allah and never give up hope that you can achieve your aspirations as a Muslim.

...Allah desires ease for you, and He does not desire for you difficulty... [2:185]

 

[Who Am I?]

I have to share this with somebody because it's been on my mind since it happened and it is bothering me a bit.

One of my friends called me yesterday out of the blue. I didn't think anything of it until he straight up asked me if I was still studying Islam. I told him that I was but I didn't tell him that I converted yet. He went on this rant about how I should be careful, and Islam is false, and he thinks I should go back to being the old me (the one who drank, smoked, cursed, was angry, and wasn't happy with who I was). Apparently the old me is more fun and the new me is boring.

This guy is a Christian and he's a good guy, but sometimes he gets on my nerves with his personal crusades. I let him talk for a while but then told him I had to go. I didn't sleep a whole lot last night because I was thinking about all of this and it's in my head now. When I did sleep, I had a dream about telling my family and them flipping out. It woke me up and I couldn't get back to sleep. I even missed a couple of prayers last night because I was worried about it.

I don't know where to go from here. I prayed before I went to sleep that Allah will show me a sign, but I feel like I'm missing something...

 

[SFatima]

oh dont worry about these silly pushy friends, I've had many of those, Infact I was just about to post up a thread here about it because it was annoying me too.

That is one reason the Prophet Muhammad saww specifically recommended sincere religious friends to prefer for our company because our friends really do influence us. It is a hadith " beware of who you be-friend , for a person is on the religion of his friends".


So I would suggest brother that , either you come out with your religion or gather strength of faith, because this laying low is also we

 

[Who Am I?]

oh dont worry about these silly pushy friends, I've had many of those, Infact I was just about to post up a thread here about it because it was annoying me too.

That is one reason the Prophet Muhammad saww specifically recommended sincere religious friends to prefer for our company because our friends really do influence us. It is a hadith " beware of who you be-friend , for a person is on the religion of his friends".


So I would suggest brother that , either you come out with your religion or gather strength of faith, because this laying low is also we

Well right now I am trying to learn what I can, so that when the time comes to reveal to all, I can stand strong.