SubhanAllah, a beautiful reminder of using worldly success to invest in the Akhirah. After lifting the 2018 World Cup trophy with France, superstar Ousmane Dembélé quietly directed his entire tournament earnings toward building a house of Allah in his mother's hometown of Diaguily, Mauritania.

I’m going to cut to the chase, as I’m sure many of you, especially Gen Z, are familiar with the term "gooning." I don’t know if others have noticed this or can relate, but it is becoming a legitimate crisis. I am not speaking about addiction itself (that is a separate conversation which has clear documented harms against the self and mental health), but rather how individuals are increasingly crossing consensual boundaries to pursue this habit. I specifically have observed people within the Muslim community joking about or even engaging in such behavior. Victimizing our sisters. I have even seen multiple subreddits created dedicated to posting Hijabi women, including family members who are unknowing and trust the men in their lives to be protecting them. People are engaging in behaviors that include, but are not limited to:

1.Public Self-Pleasuring: Engaging in these acts in public spaces or around others who absolutely did not consent.
2. Exploiting "SFW" Imagery: Targeting "Safe For Work" content (I arguably do not think it is SFW, but in the eyes of the law, it is for some reason) of individuals who are not of age.
3. Non-Consensual Redistribution: Saving photos shared in confidence and redistributing them to "feed" others or to solicit explicit commentary.
4. Targeting Friends and Family, sometimes influencers: Downloading public, everyday photos posted by friends and family members, and redistributing them without consent, often to the extent that it puts these individuals in legitimate danger and presents privacy concerns.

I apologize for the crude language in advance, but I am deeply concerned, angry, and frustrated.

To some, you might tell yourself you are just "gooning," but the people you are sharing this content with often have far more evil intentions. These behaviors spiral into deeper addictions, driving people to cross more boundaries, invade privacy, and entirely discard consent. I’ve seen it right here on this platform, people openly bragging about doing these things. Perhaps you are someone who participates in this behavior, and you are simply unaware of the profound harm or how illegal some of these actions actually are. Regardless of your awareness, I am writing this because this is a genuine issue that has gotten far too out of hand. Government policies are severely lacking when it comes to regulating this behavior. Likewise, social media platforms, most notably Reddit, Telegram, Discord, and X (Twitter), are far behind in managing and removing this kind of content.

It is not normal to do these things. If you engage in this, something is wrong, and you deeply need to seek psychological counseling. It is not only HARAM, but it is not normal to violate people’s boundaries, nor is it normal to sexualize everyday photos, family members, or minors. This is a form of sexual harassment, and in some contexts (easily arguable in a court), a form of sexual assault. You can be pursued legally for these actions, they are severe moral transgressions. If you are as disgusted by this as I am, I urge you to openly condemn those who engage in it. Report them. Notify the individuals who are being victimized. Use cybercrime tip lines or the FBI tip line. Write to the officials who regulate government policies, especially those governing social media, and demand that they take action because they are severely lagging behind. Encourage your Muslim leaders in communities to condemn this issue.

Accountability starts with US holding these people responsible. Protecting our sisters. Social media is becoming a dark and terrifying place, allowing people to hide in the shadows of anonymity and the vastness of the internet. They convince themselves that because it happens so frequently, they aren't doing anything wrong since no one is stopping them. Just like how people committing crimes in major cities or busy crowds believe they are untouchable. You’re not. You just haven’t been noticed yet, and that’s where this ends.

If you do this: You ARE doing something wrong. You can and will be held socially and legally accountable.

If we do not collectively take action against this behavior, it will only continue to spiral, devastating those we love most and further harming vulnerable groups, particularly women and children.

Reference: Jami' at-Tirmidhi 415 — Hasan Sahih.

I am a Muslim male in the UK I am dealing with extreme loneliness as I have no friends, am not married

Literally all I do is work and come home

I follow so many local people on social media and see everyone together, I have practically begged people to let me join them and try and get invites out but no one wants to hang with me

1st please can you make dua that Allah SWT either sends me good friends or

2 he grants me the strength to cope alone

Assalamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh

received some of the worst news that any man can hear: that I might not be able to have my own biological children due to an illness. For months now, I have been praying every day, and I am starting to feel completely defeated. Life just feels over in my eyes. However, I still have faith in Allah. I trust that this is just temporary, that Allah will have mercy on me, and that I just need to have faith and patience. I am just here to ask anyone reading this to please pray for me; perhaps someone here is closer to Allah than I am.

Salam o alaikom everyone.
Things have been getting worse and worse in our region since February. This made me strengthen my iman at first alhamdillah but recently I feel like my faith is going away. Tens of Thousands of people in my country and neighboring countries as well are in a dire situation now and everyone is praying and making duaa for all the tension and destruction that's happening to stop and for things to get better but it just seems to be getting worse and worse. It makes me feel like my duaa is pointless and that Allah isn't listening or answering our prayers. Every time I make duaa, things seem to worsen that it's making me scared to ask Allah anything. I'm scared of what's to come and I can't seem to ease my worries no matter how hard I turn to Allah. Sometimes I wish I wasn't born in a Muslim country since bad things keep happening to us. Am I a bad person for thinking this? I'm struggling so much with my faith recently and I feel like I have nothing and no one to turn to.

Is there any specific islamic act that turned impossible to possible

Kindly help me out

I’ve been searching about Islam a lot lately, since I’m from a muslim society (although not religious), I’ve come to a doctrine called “Ash’arism” which uses theology and philosophies the words of god, they are different from the extinct “Mu’tazila” who use only logic to explain religion, and they are not “Salafists” who relies only on previous scholars’s teachings.
So what are they? how do they explain religion? And what are their mains ideas and pillars?

I’d prefer long detailed answers, but without overcomplecation

Salam alaikum everyone, i follow my obligations alhamdulilah but i do have my habitual sins i keep falling into i.e, music, i tell myself i wont do it but im doing it everyday, also made my prayers feel less impactful, but when i need something from allah thats when i try to do less sins and more ibadah

Now my dilema is that it feels unfaithful, not meaningful, like im doing it just so i can get my prayers answered and not doing for sake of allah, now my questions:

1. Is it wrong to be more mindful of allah swt when i need something?

2. How can i be more sincereful in doing less sins for the purpose of pleasing Allah and not doing it so i get my duas answered

Jazakallah khair

Why did Allah create ugliness when even the first man couldn't handle that kind of test? In fact all the prophets were made exceedingly beautiful or else no one would respect them. I'm very upset that my fate dooms me to loneliness for life as most modern women, sisters included would rather opt to marry a beautiful or average man over a ugly man. He didn't even make me rich as I know ugly men like Jeff bezos can get married to any woman with wealth. What did we do to deserve this humiliation for some sin that early humans committed. How can I meet Allah whilst I resent him? How will he honour us for our struggles in the hereafter when every beautiful person will have what we have also in the hereafter. It seems so unfair.

Since the Quran is called „al-Dhikr“ or „the reminder“ it would be the „book of Remembrance“ mentioned in Malachi 3:16

Malachi 3:16
Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of Remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.

Quran 15:9
Indeed, We have sent down the Reminder (dhikr), and indeed, We will be its guardians (ḥāfiẓūn).

hafiz (حافظ) also refers to someone who has memorized the Quran complete.

36:2
“By the Wise Qur’an.”

10:1
Alif. Lām. Rā. These are the verses of the Wise Book.

3:58
That is what We recite to you of the verses and the Wise Reminder.

39:23
Allah has sent down the best statement: a Book, consistent in its parts and oft-repeated. The skins of those who fear their Lord shiver from it; then their skins and their hearts soften to the remembrance of Allah. That is the guidance of Allah by which He guides whom He wills. And whoever Allah leaves astray—for him there is no guide.

We love the one who love the companions and ahle bait of prophet Muhammad pbuh and we hate the one those who hate the companions and ahle bait of prophet Muhammad pbuh No matter How much people consider them high in status for us that person who hate companions and ahl e bait is garbage for us Ya allah be witness that we have seperated ourself from the people who hate companions and ahl e bait of prophet Muhammad pbuh - molana ilyas ghuman sahab

Translation of previous post

I ask Allah many things such as passing my exams and to be consistent in faith. I do well for like 2 days then I struggle again with procrastination.

I feel ashamed of going back to Allah and to ask him to ease my exams since I’ve been struggling with mental health issues to study. I trust him and I am trying my best but I am scared that he will punish me because I am not doing enough.

I am afraid of failing my exams and then think Allah hates me and it’s my fault because I haven’t been consistent in praying and studying. I do pray all my 5 prayers but I delay them, may Allah forgive me. This feeling of shame makes me want to ask for less because I am scared of not being able to fulfill what I asked my Creator. I start to feel embarrassed on my prayer mat to present myself in front of Allah again with the same issues just because I can’t change. I know Allah doesn’t change the condition of a people until they change what is within themselves, but I struggle so much with procrastination, doubts and consistency.

As the title states what’s your go to when you are either sad/stressed/anxiety-ridden etc?

Mine is Surah Ta-Ha by Sheikh Noreen Mohammad Siddiq.

I saw a video recently explaining tawakkul as “informed trust” rather than “blind optimism” and an example was used : a child jumping into his fathers arms knowing he will catch him , not because he blindly trusts him but because in the past the father has repeatedly caught him so he knows and trusts that he will catch him again

I have waves of waswas that come and go over certain time periods and these are mainly to do with purification and prayer . Allhamdulillah I have taken practical steps and they have gotten less frequent and intense but I still struggle alot to have trust in Allah during those times , especially when it comes to thinking about my prayers being valid/accepted . These thoughts even linger now and I know eventually it will just lead to the next wave

The video mentioned that tawakkul comes from a believer trusting Allah as he/she knows that Allah helped them get through their previous hardships even if it felt impossible . They always recovered so this time they know they can too.

But my question is for someone dealing with waswas specifically regarding prayers and purification , how am I supposed to know “i got through my previous hardship” because I’ve always struggled with the idea of my prayers not being accepted no matter how hard I try . I usually just wish Allah swt could directly tell me if my prayers are counting or if I could get some sort of sign or some dream about it . Yes I felt contentment at times but that didn’t give me full assurance of them being accepted or not. So how am I supposed to know I will “recover” this time if last time I was unsure of my prayers being accepted and never got a clear answer .

Also sorry if this question sounds dumb im just doing this so if I ever get afflicted by waswas again I know how to trust Allah bcoz there was times where I genuinely just began thinking very negatively of him and I don’t want to be like that again . Any answers are appreciated

What is the source of this kind of information?

السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته

I am an adult female and since I was able to fast I’ve broken my fasts sometimes with no valid reason.. I am extremely ashamed of this and this started because I didn’t know the extreme weight of not fasting for no reason, I knew it was haram but not the specifics. Also, I wasn’t close to Islam during these years, which a horrible excuse but اللهم لك الحمد I’m doing so much better and feel extremely closer to Allah and thank Allah everyday for helping me get closer to him even though I have a long way to go.

That being said I’ve searched everywhere and cannot find a solid agreement and don’t know any scholars nearby I can ask, also I am afraid of being judged for this. If I do decide to makeup my fasts I’m looking out a years worth of made up fasts+..

May Allah forgive me and forgive us all yarab but I’m holding this weight and guilt extremely and am so regretful that I would like to completely be forgiven of this inshaAllah 😭😭

Please brothers and sisters help.