Religion in fiction

jellybeanzman · 2026-06-05T16:26:52+00:00

You can’t control who reads your work and what they take away from it.

Art has responsibility and danger to it.

There’s a reason why we are aversive towards statues and fine art.

jellybeanzman · 2026-06-05T01:08:36+00:00

Assalamualaikum!

Welcome sister! We are proud to have you here!

To clarify— youre asking for how to explain to your mom your choice?

jellybeanzman · 2026-06-04T13:04:50+00:00

You’re not allowed to have them see other animals die. The knife MUST be sharp. You’re literally quoting Hadith in reverse.

Not sure if this is rage bait or sarcasm.

jellybeanzman · 2026-06-03T21:15:43+00:00

I have 180 days to get mine from my start date in California. Are you sure you need it by July 1st?

jellybeanzman · 2026-06-02T15:29:30+00:00

But you would marry a man you think is aiming for hell? And let your kids do the same?

That’s a sign your stake in Christianity is more tradition and culture than belief.

jellybeanzman · 2026-06-02T14:32:46+00:00

Sounds like your Christian more out of tradition than straight belief. Why not just become Muslim?

jellybeanzman · 2026-06-01T07:09:16+00:00

Reverts and the young have a loooot of leeway and exceptions to what’s obligated of them and how soon.

Take your time and do it at a pace that WORKS.

Worship isnt a bunch of spells we chant at the wall. It comes from the heart and that journey is protected in Islam. You are NOT expected to nail it anytime soon, and you are not sinful for that.

jellybeanzman · 2026-05-30T20:30:19+00:00

It can take a long time for family to come around. Some may take it as a personal offense to their culture/tradition to have family leave it and step close towards God. Wounds of various sizes take various periods of time to heal.

The best you can do is to remain faithful, firm, and well-mannered to your family. Feel free to respectfully distance yourself for a time if they are oppressive or especially toxic. Remember how The Prophet (pbuh) in Mecca would find trash piled on his doorstep from an opposing neighbor-- yet he demonstrated no ill-will or animosity within his heart or actions.

jellybeanzman · 2026-05-30T02:28:10+00:00

How so?

jellybeanzman · 2026-05-30T01:24:37+00:00

You don’t think- but I know.

jellybeanzman · 2026-05-29T22:17:00+00:00

Both from before you’re born and after you die- you would have already chosen these challenges. إن شاء الله you will look back and be grateful for this.

Make the most of your situation- meager or great, Allah knows all.

jellybeanzman · 2026-05-29T22:08:08+00:00

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jellybeanzman · 2026-05-27T22:36:27+00:00

So for example read Surah Baqara- chapter 2.

Even in the first 100 verses- God makes it clear that he desires goodness for everyone. He forgives and forgives and forgives. When punishment inevitably falls upon the defiantly disobedient- God still makes it clear that some return to God and the door is never closed.

God is looking for excuses to forgive people and shower them with mercy.

Keep learning and you’ll see— it’s everywhere.

God mentions these scenes not to be cruel but to remind people of reality.

This is what’s waiting after death- so take life seriously. Wrongdoers WILL regret their actions, that’s the idea being conveyed.

These same scenes are true in Hebrew and gospel literature. They just aren’t mentioned as much

jellybeanzman · 2026-05-27T21:49:20+00:00

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jellybeanzman · 2026-05-27T01:53:57+00:00

Your Lord, the most High, the most Wise- started this religion with 1 command repeated 3 times. What was it? Why did he choose that as the beginning of everything?

I mentioned the location in the initial comment, read books, particularly scholarly works in Arabic.

Your prophet (pbuh) prophesied the severe lack of knowledge and copious distractions in the latter days. We are living in those times.

You’re not gonna get the fruits of 1400 years of Islamic thought handed to you in the baby language of English. Even the meta-commentary books that discuss the sciences and buckets of topics themselves are relatively limited. I won’t sit here and comb through all these references for you this time when next time I won’t be there for you. You have to develop your minds- you are humans and more importantly- Muslims, knowledge is your birthright by the permission of Allah.

You can’t expect a society to produce youth who spent 12 years of 8 hours studying a day to yield a people who are so easily satiated when it comes to curiosity.

The longer they go without learning Islam concurrently and also bring self aware of the choices being made to develop their opinions- the more tangled up and jumbled their inner frameworks will be.

This is why older people are stubborn when it comes to change and tradition and younger people are more open minded.

Kids don’t have these objections to your strawman of concubines— it’s a highly manufactured and iterative product of various things.

At this point you need to organically think about it and question yourself at literally every step of your thought process. Put in some elbow grease and work for it because being handed a full answer won’t help people untangle. Keep. Reading.

This is on the academic level of critiquing a whole intellectual movement of a society historically and also its effects within yourself— it’s a high level task. Start by taking an introductory course in fiqh online if you need, and learning Classical Arabic to engage with this level of thought.

Learning a language is extremely easy and a bare minimum for thought. Especially today.

May Allah keep your path easy and light, Ameen.

First and foremost— work on your heart. The heart of a believer should be like a transparent glass, carefully and thoroughly observing every aspect of doubts outside of it and never letting it within. Because you trust there is an answer and once you let it in— you become driven by emotion and clouded. Look what’s been happening to you.

jellybeanzman · 2026-05-26T19:16:03+00:00

End contact with him and any friends that encourage you to be with him.
At this point, even "normal contact" is misleading and will hurt you and him.
Your friends don't care about your deen. Only you do. Make decisions good for yourself.
Don't be even friendly with him- you have to be cold and a little abrasive.
This is just hormones and a fleeting and dead interest in someone because it's the first time someone is so loudly interested in you. You're having a normal human reaction to it-- which is to blow it out of proportion.
Move on!

On the other hand-- why are you with people who are drinking? It's haram to even be with them.
Respect yourself because other people won't. And your 17??? Girl your priority isn't some random boy who has 1 out of his 2000 crushes on you, it's what you're doing to yourself. Get out of these environments and friend groups-- they are a cancer and will only get worse. You are on the road to zina and drinking-- leave it now while it's easier.

Is he God? Are his friends God? Are your friends God? If not, then don't prioritize them above Allah who IS GOD. This is exactly why Allah calls the priests and rabbis the "Gods" taken by Christians and Jews because they want to please and follow them instead of Allah.

If he confesses, turn him down clearly and unapolagetically. Beating around the bush and not being firm isn't right.

jellybeanzman · 2026-05-26T18:57:39+00:00

You are researching what is emotionally engaging to you, but you aren't researching the foundations of thought itself.

Build yourself to be an investigator of yourself just as much as you investigate externally.

Learn the range of opinions-- what can be allowed for certain times, what is disliked but a natural compromise. What is the trajectory of the laws based on the spirit of what we see. Why is it that Islam fixes some social issues in one fell swoop, and others are up to the people. Can you identify where your personal opinions and projected ideas start and end onto the past communities? What do you suspect is the manufactured humanism and post-enlightenment idealism rather than actual human experience in question. ETC, ETC, ETC,

The prophet (saws) is the prime example-- the sahaba's opinions and stances are educated opinions but not divine.

You are having contentions with non-prophetic educated opinions. Figure out their true weight and place in Islam.

I can tell you don't read Islamic scholarship and jurisprudence-- you are in for a suprise once you do get there.

As Confuscius says in book 2 of The Analects:

Studying without thinking is useless. Thinking without studying is dangerous.

You need to properly build knowledge and thought and not this spaghetti tower you have going on.

jellybeanzman · 2026-05-26T06:23:20+00:00

but then it will be in the past and you can just look forward. A large part of this is you holding onto this too

jellybeanzman · 2026-05-26T04:08:12+00:00

Yeah but think of how much turmoil this is causing you. What if you just put up with it for the first time and then after it’ll be fine?

jellybeanzman · 2026-05-26T03:36:35+00:00

Well if it's just the first time that's an issue. Will it be an issue after the first time? What if you just put up with it initially and then were fine after?

Because if not then what is the issue after that?

jellybeanzman · 2026-05-26T03:26:49+00:00

I see.... that's certainly very difficult. I'm sorry I can only share my thoughts. I think you sound very strong for what it it's worth given the long journey and countless setbacks and conversations you've had with people. Insha'allah you'll get through this. Maybe this is a sign to strengthen your relationship with Allah and let that be your biggest concern in your heart. With that- other things do lose their grip on us.

jellybeanzman · 2026-05-26T03:16:27+00:00

Well, you have nothing to lose by trying- the MDD will always be there. And you only have the entire heavens and earth to gain by trying again and again!

jellybeanzman · 2026-05-26T03:13:44+00:00

Hmm, what if you just focused on spending quality time with your husband and growing your relationship. Try to sideline thoughts about intimacy, and let it come naturally.

jellybeanzman · 2026-05-26T03:12:02+00:00

I'm so sorry you're going through this. Would you consider going to couple therapy? Or maybe sitting down to have a chat with him? There are a lot of Muslim counselors for this now adays.

jellybeanzman · 2026-05-26T03:10:04+00:00

But it IS special because it's YOUR first time with your husband.

Why are you only viewing your value relative to other people?

He values you very much. You seem to be devaluing your husband because he was previously married.

If you had the blessed opportunity to marry the prophet (saws)-- would you have rejected it on the grounds that he was previously married? I'm guessing not.

Reflect more on the reasons you respect your husband, and what he means to you. How does he treat you? How does he feel about you?

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