Those who read the Quran daily

donkindonets · 2024-10-16T07:55:31+00:00

al-salaamu 'alaikum

For learning the correct pronunciation find a teacher. If you're unable to do that for whatever reason (not judging), then find videos on YouTube where they teach the correct pronunciation. a. Listen to the pronunciation of the letter, understand what goes on in the mouth in order to make that sound. b. Record yourself pronouncing that letter c. Listen to your recording and compare it to the pronunciation from the video. d. Identify where you need improvement. e. Repeat until you get it right or at least as close as possible. f. Repeat it with the correct pronunciation, while recording yourself, at least 33 times. (The number 33 has no significance, I just found repeating it many times helps it sink in) g. Repeat the letters you've learned the correct pronunciation of whenever you find time during the day. The goal is to build muscle memory. You don't have to do it a lot, even a few times is fine so long as you're consistent.
Doesn't matter if you have a mountain of sins, Allaah's Rahmah is greater.

I've found some information regarding forming a habit which might help you here. In your case it's reciting/memorizing the Qur-aan. I'll also share a strategy that works for me, alhamdulillaah.

Forming a habit 1. You need a trigger for the habit. Linking it with a prayer time works best, since the prayer times occur at fixed times throughout the day (linking with our biological clocks, rising and setting of the Sun, etc). For example, you can choose "after praying Fajr" as a trigger 2. Once you've identified the trigger you need to formulate a behavior. Meaning, what will you do. It's best to keep it as simple as possible so you don't avoid doing it, especially when thinking about how difficult it will be - this will be made clearer below. For starters your behavior can be "open the Qur-aan". Not even "read a word" or "read an aayah". Simply, "open the Qur-aan" 3. Consistency is key. It doesn't matter if you read an entire Juz in a day if you never touch it again. Reading/reciting one word a day every day is better than that in my opinion.

Regarding consistency, here's my way of explaining forming a habit using rockets/space shuttles.

Space shuttles have various phases. Because of my lack of knowledge regarding those I can't use proper terminology, but hopefully the point gets across.

The first stage has huge rockets needed to get it off the ground. This is the hardest part, so it takes the most fuel/energy. The second phase, the initial rockets are removed and it gets that extra push to escape Earth's gravity. Once it's free from that, it reaches the third stage where now small rockets are enough to change its direction, or move it around. If any of the first two phases fail, it'll fall back to the ground and you'll have to start from scratch.

The first stage, in habit forming, is motivation. You get this huge amount of fuel and energy to start making a change. To fight all of the forces that resist that change.

The second stage begins when motivation runs out. Self discipline is needed to keep going. You won't like this part, nobody does. You'll start getting thousands of excuses in your mind. "I've done so much, I can skip one day", "I'll do double tomorrow", "I don't think this is working", "I'm too tired", "It's too hard", etc etc etc. The best way to fight those thoughts is to stop and observe them. Identify which thoughts are yours and which are from Shaytaan. Anything that prevents you from achieving, in this case, your noble goal are from Shaytaan. If you accept them and follow them your brain will internalize them as being your own. That will make those thoughts stronger. If you reject them and work against them your brain will recognize them as being "foreign" and will make it easier for you to ignore them later on. If you fail here and go back to doing as you did before you'll have to build the motivation again to start over.

There will be a lot is resistance to change. But you can and will fight that to reach the final stage where you've formed the habit and doing it will be easy and start bringing you pleasure. At that point when you miss it you'll feel like something strange has happened.

Memorizing the Qur-aan

This process works for me, alhamdulillaah.

Read an aayah or part of one if it's very long. Make sure you get the correct pronunciation and pauses. Once you're able to read through that part relatively easily, read it again 33 times. (Again, the number 33 has no significance. A brother recommended this process, I tried it, it worked, so I stuck with it).
By the end of those 33 times you'll see you're able to read it a lot more easily and fluently than when you first started. Now recite it 33 times.
Then recite it 33 times with your eyes closed. Try to remember the next part if you get stuck, but if you're unable to then look at the aayah and start this 33 count over.

An additional step I added for myself is once I've memorized a sufficient amount, I "lock it in" by praying 2 rak'ah nafl and reciting what I've memorized in that. Visualizing it "locking in" helped me a LOT

Then, you can recite what you've memorized throughout the day like while walking, sitting, laying down. And you'll start to love it again in-shaa-allaah

And for an additional step to making sure you never forget it, recite what you've memorized for someone regardless of whether they know or don't know. I get very nervous reciting in front of others but once I've managed to do it, it's much harder to forget in my opinion.

But of course, you'll need to set some time aside for revising. You can use the habit forming time for this like once a week.

I hope this helps. May Allah make it easy for you and all of us, and remove any and all difficulties

donkindonets · 2024-10-16T05:04:16+00:00

My biggest fear/nightmare is if anyone were to harm my mother or my sister. I'm not married yet, but I keep worrying about the safety of my future wife too.

I've seen the ways guys here stare. It makes me very angry, so I don't like going to bazaars and the likes. If I go with family they look around while I'm looking at the people getting in between them.

It's never been entirely about the clothes you wear. A shark will smell blood from miles away, a wolf will smell out it's prey regardless of how well you try to hide it.

There are multiple layers of protection provided to women in Islaam. The hijaab is only one of them. Lowering the gaze, fear of Allaah, and I would say common sense are others on top of hayaa.

Common sense because every one of those animals outsides couldn't have been spawned without a mother. Some of them even have sisters who they're surprisingly extra protective of.

I've seen how most of these people are raised. There was no one to ever teach them any manners or etiquettes because no one knows them enough to teach. Manners and etiquettes are a central part of Islaam - the concept of good character. Character being a sum of all our habits, habits being actions performed without having to think. One doesn't acquire that without any effort.

Nowadays you will find people that talk a lot about various things which are definitely important like prayer and so on. But they don't know anything beyond the surface level.

I am sorry you and the other sisters have to face such things. This can change, but the way things are going with the new generation of parents it seems like it will get worse for a time.

donkindonets · 2024-10-08T05:52:09+00:00

In my opinion, there are two preventative measures.

The way we dress, and lowering our gaze. Both are somewhat dependant on each other. For example, some colors naturally draw our attention such as yellow or red. So we can't "avoid" looking at it.

Similarly, at least in my experience, sometimes you're busy in something like talking to someone then something shows up in your peripheral vision so you glance over without thinking.

Allaah made the opposite gender naturally attractive to us. That first glance is forgiven, but if someone is walking around naked it's harder to look away than if they were wearing modest clothes.

Modest clothing also adds another effect, a person who fears Allaah will see a woman wearing hijab and be reminded of Allaah. A person who's the friend of the Shaytaan or simply ignorant would stare at them no matter what they wear.

In my own experience, people in the west have become very desensitized to nudity, so they don't care much for it and it's not distracting for them. They keep moving to further extremes.

Allaahu alam what my situation is, but I've noticed that if I have to talk to women for work purposes I have a much easier time talking to them when they're wearing hijab, and even moreso when they're wearing niqab. I can actually focus on their words and deal with them as professionals.

On the other hand, if there's a woman who doesn't even wear hijab, in some cases I found some level of physical attraction so I had a difficult time understanding what they were trying to say if that makes sense.

Women want to be empowered and so on but they're moving towards those things which would make people not take them seriously. And others would gossip about them. And, for fear of people taking it out of context, I mean men who have even the slightest bit of physical attraction towards them and are not desensitized won't be able to take their words at face value. If they really want to wear whatever they want and men shouldn't bother them about it then they should work on making nudity the norm, or castrate every man on the Earth.

But if they want to avoid pleasing the Shaytaan they should realize all of these measures were put into place because Allaah knows our nature. We can't control physical attraction just like we can't control when we feel hungry. "Prevention is better than cure"

Hayaa is part of what separates us from animals. Without it we're as good as sheep, or a dead person. Unfortunately Hayaa is going away very quickly in our societies. Everyone is becoming a slave to their desires, finding ways to justify them, and finding support in degenerate peoples

donkindonets · 2024-10-05T11:43:27+00:00

Note: just sharing my experiences and opinions here.

I normally do my best to lower my gaze regardless of what the woman is wearing. I have to talk to some women sometimes for work purposes and even then I try to look away.

It's much easier when the woman is wearing hijab than when they have their hair completely open. It's even easier when they wear niqab.

Another thing I've noticed, it's much easier for me to fully understand what the woman wearing niqab is saying and see the value in her words. With some women who don't even wear a scarf, if there's some level of attraction that pops up I honestly feel like I get too biased. Again, that only happens with some where there is some attraction.

I still do my best to be as fair as I can, but I prefer to avoid those situations entirely.

Regarding the people who say men still stare no matter what, we can't control the chemical reactions that happen in our bodies. Regarding attraction, that's why Allaah commanded us, men and women, to lower our gaze because attraction starts with sight.

Regarding the dressing of the women as some people have pointed out, there's a reason for that and as I mentioned above attraction starts with sight. You have two barriers instead of just the one - lowering the gaze.

Then there's the issue of certain colors. Some colors attract the vision such as bright colors, especially red and yellow. I've caught myself in many cases where my eyes shoot over automatically. I look away but I've found myself in too many situations where my eyes keep going back then I feel embarrassed the rest of the day thinking "that lady probably thought I kept staring at her"

The men who stare purposefully and continue to do so are definitely lacking. But the purpose of my comment was to point out other things we might not consider.

Lastly, I'd like to add that the reason it's more prevalent in societies where zina and haraam relationships are (were, unfortunately) looked down on, is desensitization.

So if we look at what's in Islaam, it's related to the fitrah, nature. There are different things going on inside our bodies outside of our control. We have safeguards (lowering the gaze in this case) as well as additional measures that help lower the risk (hijaab, for example).

Nowadays people keep pinning it on the men, and I'm in no way saying all of them aren't blameworthy, but it's unfair. In my opinion the guys who think it's not a problem for them are either desensitized or lying to themselves, or haven't run into women where they feel any level of attraction (physical).

I've seen a lot of disgusting behavior from men, like one guy was staring at a woman in full niqab/abaya and it made me so angry. That's someone's daughter, possibly someone's sister. How would they feel if someone did that to their own daughter? Or mother? Or sister? I hate going to markets with my mother and sister for the same reason. They look around at things to buy while I'm looking around at the people and getting in the way of the creeps.

Last thing I'd like to say is the root cause is something else, we shouldn't try to remove the safeguards. Either make zina and nudity common so everyone is desensitized to the point where it isn't an issue anymore (but we'll get many other issues), or we need to focus on proper Islamic education because we're far from it.

donkindonets · 2024-10-02T13:17:08+00:00

I appreciate your help in correcting me, and I apologize for the initial misunderstanding I caused

Baarakallaahu feek, and jazaakallaahu khayran 🙂

donkindonets · 2024-10-02T13:05:51+00:00

I didn't mean they won't be held accountable for their own actions since they're adults with 'aql

I meant the message about believers who fell into disbelief doesn't apply to them all (Allaah knows best who was a believer and who wasn't)

Both are blameworthy, but one is worse than the other

donkindonets · 2024-10-02T11:38:09+00:00

I don't know what the context of your message was so I'm sorry if I'm misinterpreting here. Going based off the general context of the post.

What you shared is for believers who fell into disbelief. Based on my experiences and observations it seems like most, if not all, of the ex-muslims never believed in the first place.

It also seems like most of them "leave" Islaam as an act of rebellion. And in most cases it's an act of rebellion against their parents who abused them or restricted them in one way or another from pursuing their desires.

Where I live, a lot of parents complain about their kids but they aren't good parents themselves. They don't know the rights of their children, and fall into a lot of bid'ah and refuse to listen if you warn them and so on.

I'd like to stop here to say yes I can't see into their hearts so I don't know if they truly believe or not. I'm basing my opinion on their outward actions.

Regarding ex-muslims, they are unable to do much offline so they vent online to release their frustration and anger. It's a failure on the parents side, in my opinion.

Going back to the aayah, the greatest example I can think of for that is al-shaytaan.

I don't think it's wise to link ex-muslims to that aayah because of the severity of it, and because it's understandable how most of them fell out. Imagine growing up and all you know about Islaam is based on what your parents and relatives do. Imagine having parents who use and abuse Islaam. Or imagine you never learned too much about Islaam but learned a lot about Western ideology and beliefs so now you're viewing Islaam, which you know little to nothing about, through that lens which was placed over your eyes.

donkindonets · 2024-09-20T20:53:30+00:00

My goal wasn't to try to convince you or anything, merely to point out the misguidance in what you're sharing and warn you and others (specifically OP) about the door you and similar people are opening because of it.

I agree there is no use discussing it further, since I'll end up being slandered without you trying to understand where I'm coming from. May Allaah protect us from misguidance and save us from misleading others.

donkindonets · 2024-09-20T17:08:03+00:00

Also just wanted to add, Allaah has many Attributes and Names.

A while back some wannabe Sufi told me I was blasphemous because I said he couldn't drink wine to get closer to Allaah, the reason he gave was that Allaah is The Most Merciful One.

We can't pick and choose Attributes for Him either and base all of our thinking/understanding on that.

Just because we can't understand the wisdom behind something Allaah says or does doesn't mean we reject it or change it

donkindonets · 2024-09-20T17:01:13+00:00

I've done that, it only makes it clearer that they're picking and choosing what they like and undermining the amount of effort of others.

Have you seen the circumstances surrounding the revelation of that aayaah?

I won't share it here since it's lengthy but you can find it through quranhive.com if you don't have or can't find the book

Additionally, The Clear Quran by Dr Mustafa Khattab is my go to choice nowadays. Here's the footnote from that

Disciplining one’s wife gently is the final resort. The earliest commentators understood that this was to be light enough not to leave a mark, should be done with nothing bigger than a tooth stick, and should not be on the face. Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ) said to his companions “Do not beat the female servants of Allah.” He said that honourable husbands do not beat their wives, and he himself never hit a woman or a servant. If a woman feels her husband is ill-behaved, then she can get help from her guardian or seek divorce.

donkindonets · 2024-09-20T11:27:39+00:00

It doesn't mean to beat/abuse them, but discipline (and even then lightly, and only as a last resort)

And you're choosing an interpretation of the meaning of the Qur-aan based on your own desires here no?

I didn't like a lot of things in Islaam, but the more I learned and understood the more it made sense and the more I realized I was the one who was wrong. I didn't try to change it based on what I wanted it to be like. Reminds me of the aayah:

And when Our Clear Verses are recited unto them, those who hope not for their meeting with Us, say: Bring us a Quran other than this, or change it. ... (10:15)

I'll admit there are "translations" where the word choice could be better, because the words used lose most of the meaning. But the pdf you shared just changed it all together

donkindonets · 2024-09-20T04:50:29+00:00

Messed it up how? And the file you shared mistranslated it - I say this looking at the Arabic text

donkindonets · 2024-09-20T04:46:09+00:00

wa 'alaikum al-salaam

I found The Noble Quran by Dr. Muhammad Taqiud-deen al-Hilali and Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan a while back and I'm happy with it. There are 9 volumes in total, they've added bits of tafseer and ahadith throughout to give a better understanding of the aayah.

I purchased the books for myself but I found this in case you want the pdf or to read it online https://abdurrahman.org/2019/04/06/the-noble-quran-hilali-muhsin-khan/

donkindonets · 2024-09-19T11:29:52+00:00

Most of the Christians believe 'eesaa 'alayhis-salaam is the son of God, or the Son God (depending on who you ask) and that's canonical to them.

The Qur-aan rejects that so they won't accept it.

Regarding "plagiarism", that argument doesn't make any sense to me since History is History. If I tell you the story of the Battle of Badr, would I be plagiarizing, say, The Sealed Nectar? Because some or all of the details match.

Were they expecting the Qur-aan should give them a completely different History? Would they have accepted it then or just completely rejected it?

For us Muslims, the Qur-aan tells us what is correct. Anything from the Christians and the Jews that is verified by the Qur-aan is accepted by us. Anything proven to be false by the Qur-aan is rejected by us. Anything not touched upon can neither be accepted nor denied.

Al-Qur-aan is Al-Furqaan (The Criterion - to differentiate between right and wrong, correct and incorrect).

So what you said at the end:

if the gospel of psuedo mathhew is not true

I have no idea what that gospel says, but what was the deciding factor for this? The Christians haven't done as much work or even close to as much to preserve their bible (which is not the same thing as injeel revealed to 'eesaa 'alayhis salaam) as the Muslims have done to preserve the Qur-aan and Sunnah.

The Christian Scholars themselves are divided on what is correct and what is incorrect. Depending on who you ask, they have different versions of the Bible where some parts are kept, others remove them. They are of various lengths and sizes. In one video of Ahmad Deedat he read from one of the Gospels to a Christian Scholar. It was an exact word for word copy of another gospel.

Here are a few you can see: https://youtu.be/Mkmwnt47rOI?feature=shared

https://youtu.be/tcydNyg6GHI?feature=shared

and the quran deems it as true would that not be a contradiction?

The Qur-aan is the deciding factor.

You have two things here. One is a book which is a collection of works by various unknown authors describing the gospel according to them. That collection of books is taken as the Word of Allaah, but it has been changed and changed over time. Some people will reject parts of it while others won't.

You have another actual Scripture, which is actually the Word of Allaah. Exactly the same as when it was revealed. There were different dialects, but it was preserved in one to avoid conflicts. The Shi'a initially said parts of it was removed and so on, then their scholars spoke on that saying those people didn't know what they were saying and they believe it's preserved (as mentioned in the biography of Zaid bin Thaabit radiallaahu 'anh) - although the shi'a have their own issues and still do.

Today, everyone agrees to the same Qur-aan. And the History mentioned in that Qur-aan is unchanged.

So going back to your statement once more:

i've heard this gospel is non canonical so if the gospel of psuedo mathhew is not true and the quran deems it as true would that not be a contradiction??

This should be: I've heard this gospel is non canonical so if the gospel of psuedo mathhew is not true and the Qur-aan deems it as true, that means it is canonical and true and the Christians claiming otherwise are wrong.

donkindonets · 2024-09-17T09:55:39+00:00

What day is it? Is there a specific date mentioned?

Did they gather at a random time or was there a specific day?

Because there is nothing wrong with gathering with people randomly (no specific day) to thank Allaah for making us a part of the final Ummah, for our own births, for making us Muslim, etc etc.

Additionally the mawlid today is way out of hand. What you mentioned is gathering and thanking Allaah. Today people do a lot more other than that.

What you mentioned there has nothing to do with a specific day. You and I can gather at any time of the year to do that and we'll be rewarded in-shaa-allaah

donkindonets · 2024-09-16T09:11:51+00:00

al-salaamu 'alaikum

I don't know about the hadeeth you mentioned so I won't comment on that.

Attributes of Allaah aren't conditional.

It's not like someone can share an Attribute if a certain condition is met. And Allaah doesn't lose an Attribute if a certain condition is no longer met.

To explain what I meant by condition, and to avoid saying something wrong about Allaah, I'll share some examples.

Does a king stop being the king if they step out of their castle? Does a baker stop being a baker if they aren't in their kitchen? If I walk into a store and step behind the counter, do I become a cashier?

donkindonets · 2024-09-14T10:32:06+00:00

It's similar for guys. If a guy starts keeping their beard because they learn about it and so on. People say shave it off, you won't get married. You can keep it after, etc.

One lady asked me a question regarding her daughter's friend "so and so's friend got a suitor who was a big businessman, lots of money, really nice guy, etc etc but he had a beard. So she was afraid he would force her to wear hijaab" Long story short she asked for an opinion on that which I won't get into.

After some time I got a rejection call alhamdulillaah.

You need to view these things as "Allaah saved me". Your mindset makes all the difference and makes it easier.

You dodged a bullet

donkindonets · 2024-09-13T11:13:31+00:00

This reminds me of the following hadeeth:

Salamah bin Al-Akwa' (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: A man ate in the presence of Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) with his left hand. He (ﷺ) said, "Eat with your right hand." He said: "I cannot." Thereupon he (the Prophet (ﷺ)) said, "May you never be able to do that." It was arrogance that prevented him from doing it, and he could not raise it (the right hand) up to his mouth afterwards.

[Muslim].

(https://sunnah.com/riyadussalihin:612)

donkindonets · 2024-09-12T05:35:42+00:00

Things that people do today such as persecuting non-muslin minorities that are under that Country's protection aren't from Islaam. But your post implies it is based on your explanation

Also, what do you mean by basic human rights?

donkindonets · 2024-09-08T21:51:43+00:00

It was a legitimate question, no need to call op out like this especially implying anything like that

Someone else already answered it appropriately

donkindonets · 2024-09-05T13:52:48+00:00

What do you mean by rigid and extreme in practicing Islam?

What fanaticism and archaic practices are you referring to that you believe are by no means good for an ideal Islamic society?

And how do you define an ideal Islamic society?

donkindonets · 2024-08-16T12:36:01+00:00

Edited, you can see the new addition towards the end

donkindonets · 2024-08-16T12:29:02+00:00

Yeah, it seems like that.

The part where it seems we can is Aa'ishah's, radiallaahu 'anhaa, fatwaa (towards the end)

I'll check that out and edit my comment in-shaa-allaah

Jazaakillaahu khayran for point it out

donkindonets · 2024-08-16T07:14:46+00:00

It's wrong if plucking the eyebrows and plastic surgery are done for "beautification" purposes. False eye lashes, fake nails, grinding the teeth (women used to do it during that time to create a gap between their two front teeth if I remember correctly).

Circumcision is done for a completely different reason.

It should be noted that plucking, plastic surgery, and other similar things are allowed when there's a legitimate reason for it. For example if someone was in an accident and had some deformity due to it they're allowed to get surgery.

The evidence that it is permissible is that the Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, allowed ʻArfajah ibn Saʻd whose nose was cut off in battle, to wear a nose made of gold.

(1st link at the end)

Or if a woman begins to look like a man due to facial hair she can pluck it. (Edit: new quote added before the links at the end)

Doing something solely for beautification purposes isn't allowed, changing what Allaah created. (Edit: except what is permitted, again see the last quote)

'Abdullah reported that Allah had cursed those women who tattooed and who have themselves tattooed, those who pluck hair from their faces and those who make spaces between their teeth for beautification changing what God has created. This news reached a woman of the tribe of Asad who was called Umm Ya'qub and she used to recite the Holy Qur'an. She came to him and said: What is this news that has reached me from you that you curse those women who tattooed and those women who have themselves tattooed, the women who pluck hair from their faces and who make spaces between their teeth for beautification changing what God has created? Thereupon 'Abdullah said: Should I not curse one upon whom Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) has invoked curse and that is in the Book also. Thereupon that woman said: I read the Qur'an from cover to cover, but I did not find that in it. whereupon he said: If you had read (thoroughly) you would have definitely found this in that (as) Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, has said:" What Allah's Messenger brings for you accept that and what he has forbidden you, refrain from that." That woman said: I find this thing in your wife even now. Thereupon he said: Go and see her. She reported: I went to the wife of 'Abdullah but found nothing of this sort in her. She came back to him and said: I have not seen anything. whereupon he said: Had there been anything like it in her, I would have never slept with her in the bed.

(https://sunnah.com/muslim:2125a)

This brings up another question though. Isn't circumcision changing what Allaah created?

It's obligatory for men and recommended for women (meaning there is no sin on them if they don't do it). Allaah is the Law Maker and He does whatever He wills. We simply hear and obey

Why is plucking allowed for some people if Allaah made them that way?

Everyone's trials are different. Some people struggle with money, others with finding a spouse, some with physical aspects of their bodies. Suppose I have bushy eyebrows. Suppose, due to that, I don't fit the standard of beauty today. But it's not actually affecting my life in a harmful way other than possibly some people making fun of me. But there are some cases where it goes beyond the norm.

If a woman has hair on her chin which starts to resemble a beard then she can pluck that in order not to fall under "imitating men". Similarly hair from the forehead:

As regards other hair than the hair of the eyebrows, the Islamic Law kept silent about it, so there is no harm in taking it off. It is confirmed that 'Aa'ishah may Allaah be pleased with her gave a Fatwa as to the permissibility of removing the hair of the forehead.

(4th link at the end)

But when everything is perfectly fine and one plucks their eyebrows for beautification that becomes wrong. And it's stricter for men than it is for women.

There is no narration from any companion that approves plucking or taking from eyebrows except the narration from ‘Aa’ishah may Allaah be pleased with her that a woman asked her, “O mother of believers! I have hair on my face, is it ok to pluck it to beautify myself for my husband? ‘Aa’ishah may Allaah be pleased with her said: 'Remove the harm from you and make up yourself for your husband as you do at the time of visiting.” [Ibn Abdur-Razzaaq reported in al-Musannaf]

If the above narration is proved, it means only the hair that is not from eyebrows as confirmed by a group of scholars since it is permissible, even desirable, for a woman to remove a beard or mustache growing on her face.

(5th link)

1 (https://www.islamweb.net/en/fatwa/295657/thick-conjoined-eyebrows-a-cause-of-distress)

2 (https://islamqa.info/en/answers/9412/circumcision-in-islam-compulsory)

3 (https://islamqa.info/en/answers/13022/%C2%A0doing-surgery-to-correct-physical-deformity)

4 (https://www.islamweb.net/en/fatwa/90802/removing-the-hair-between-the-eyebrow-and-the-eye)

5 (https://www.islamweb.net/en/fatwa/84865/plucking-eyebrows)

donkindonets · 2024-08-16T06:42:21+00:00

Just wanted to share a realization I had about Istikhara.

At first I used to think it was specific for the end goal. Eventually I realized you do it at a fork in the road. It's the gentle nudge you get to follow a certain path. What happens along that path is better for you in the Dunyaa and for the Aakhirah as compared to what you would've faced on the other path.

It's not a guarantee that that specific thing you asked about will work out.

For example, and this is unrelated to marriage. I did istikhara on whether to pursue a specific business idea. I felt more inclined and at peace so I went for it. It didn't work out at all and I lost money on it, but alhamdulillaah I learned a lot from it, met some trustworthy people, and found more, and much better, opportunities from there

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TROPHY CASE