COUNSELING

Confusion has become an essential part of modern day life, where nothing seems fixed anymore. You might not be the only one facing difficulties in your personal life, nor the best one to solve them all on your own. We all need help at some point in our lives. Consult us, we might be able… Read more

Salamu alikum Brother/Sister I know that being respectful and obedient to parents is highly emphasized in the Qur’an and in all Islamic Literature. But simply, according to my own opinion of the matter, there needs to be mutual love and tenderness. How would be the case if I am myself deprived of that love and… Read more

Dear counselor, I’m wearing what I call “moderate Hijab”, that’s to say, I wear “relatively” tight jeans, and sometimes a bit tight tops, but my hair is fully covered and I almost don’t wear make up at all. Is there such a thing called moderate Hijab? Frankly; I cannot give up showing a glimpse of… Read more

Salams brother/sister I’ve just converted to Islam and as you can read below, my name is Samuel and I live in the UK. I was wondering if I have to adopt a new name like Mohamed or Ahmed, do I have to grow a beard and wear shortened pants? I mean no offence towards those… Read more

Dear Counselor, My name is Randir. According to people’s opinion of me, I’m a good Muslim, I pray, I’m good to my family and try to help others as much as I can. But I lie a lot, I lie even about trivial things that do not matter much to me and I just can’t… Read more

Dear Counselor, I know that we Muslims should hold our beloved Prophets in great respect and relate to them as our role models, but honestly I find difficulty committing to that. How can one adhere to the way of thinking and attitudes of people, with all due respect to them, who lived centuries ago? I… Read more

Dear Counselor, Over the past few months I started developing a tormenting feeling that everything I do is Haram, and that my prayer is always incomplete, which drives me crazy; as I keep repeating each unit several times till I reach a point where I don’t really know how many Raka’s I’ve prayed. Same problem… Read more

I understand that for our Duas to get answered we first need to develop certainty that Allah will fulfill them. But knowing myself, I cease to have this sense of certainty. I know it’s wrong, and I’ve discussed this issue with many of my friends and those who have a good deal of Islamic knowledge…… Read more

I’m a 19- year old Muslim girl living in Netherlands with my family. I’m not a Hijabi, yet I consider myself more on the conservative side. But not accepting the fact that I am different than most of my colleagues and so-called friends puts me in situations where I have to compromise… Dear Counselor, Salams,… Read more