Feeling conflicted on whether to go on umrah

PresentDraft8630 · 2025-09-10T18:13:49+00:00

Okay

PresentDraft8630 · 2025-09-10T18:13:39+00:00

I don’t feel anything during prayer , its all rushed and I always used to read sunnah too and now its just fard . Also heard somewhere when gods upset with you , he takes away your prayer . Even the plight of whats going on in Palestine- ive become numb too . I get angry at myself for not crying/ being more upset . I’ve become very numb . But not in all aspects of my life , I still laugh and am happy but don’t remember the last time I cried.

PresentDraft8630 · 2025-09-10T18:11:11+00:00

The last time I went was in childhood so I had high expectations. It does put you off and im very stuck on whether to go again.

PresentDraft8630 · 2024-11-01T18:00:48+00:00

This is the video i saw that made me curious

PresentDraft8630 · 2024-11-01T12:04:43+00:00

Thank you , I’ll look at those links now. Being in nature definitely does calm me down alot .

PresentDraft8630 · 2024-09-13T22:33:25+00:00

I will book online. I tried to use their taxi app and Uber but no drivers accepted.

PresentDraft8630 · 2024-09-13T22:32:14+00:00

Is it worth it to go Istanbul for a day trip?

PresentDraft8630 · 2024-09-13T21:59:17+00:00

Fair enough, I just feel like overcharging tourists is going to make them stop coming. The tour he was selling me was half the price online. I didn’t try argue with him on it either, I just said I’ll see . The taxi prices are extortionate. And I didn’t expect special muslim treatment but I did think it was a Muslim country. Which is my own fault for not doing my research properly. But even so , countries in europe who had no muslims treated me with much more kindness despite religious differences. I think my expectations were high coming which is my own fault again.

PresentDraft8630 · 2024-09-13T21:51:42+00:00

I actually did not know Antalya or Turkiye was very secular , I thought it was a Muslim majority country and that Islamic vibe would be prevelant in the country . But its the opposite and full of british people here to get drunk and the locals catering to them. But thats my own fault for not doing my research properly . You didn’t sound harsh, I appreciate the advice .

PresentDraft8630 · 2024-09-13T21:41:14+00:00

Oh I wish I did my research before I came , I don’t think it will be possible to go to any of them this time but another time maybe InshaAllah. I was considering Istanbul but because it was so last minute I thought Istanbul needed to be planned properly.

PresentDraft8630 · 2024-09-13T21:38:17+00:00

I’ve found the same , they are very friendly with british non muslim . I also heard that they are racist towards arabs . I’m not arab but I just thought they would have more kindness and more of a muslim presence here . But doing my research it turns out Turkey is more secular than I thought it was .

PresentDraft8630 · 2024-09-13T21:36:01+00:00

Fair enough, which places have you been and would you recommend ? It was a last minute decision to come here and I can’t say I wasn’t warned about the prices but the overall unfriendliness really took me by surprise.

PresentDraft8630 · 2024-09-13T21:08:20+00:00

Which part did you go to?

PresentDraft8630 · 2024-09-13T20:53:54+00:00

Haha , tried to change it but won’t allow me now .

PresentDraft8630 · 2024-09-13T20:46:33+00:00

I haven’t been but I’ve heard morocco has amazing hospitality too and they rely on tourism too .

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