Counseling

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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……

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,…

I’ve been searching for answers for myself and finally got The Muslim Tribune page. I am a young unmarried lady sufering anxiety and panic attacks. It all statred when I was etermely angerly and there came the breathing problem.   Assalamu alikum warahmatu Allah wa barakato (peace be upon you) I’ve been searching for answers…

“We are a young Muslim family and we’ve just settled down in the US this last 4 years. My wife and her family have been here from the last 15 years and we moved closer to their home to make it easy and convenient for both us and them. And there started the problem…” Assalamu…

I always set my intention firm to stick to the Sunnah path, the path of our beloved Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. But regrettably, each time I set my heart to such intention I fail to commit… Please help me! Dear Shaikh, Assalamu alikum, I always set my intention firm to…

When the deadly Hurricane Sandy first hit America, it prompted some people, commenting on the incident, to think and say that it was Allah’s wrath sent to punish Americans. Do you think this is true? I understand there are many Atheists and Polytheists in the States, along with many followers of other religions, including Christianity,…

“And who is better in speech than one who invites to Allah and does righteousness and says, “Indeed, I am of the Muslims.”- (Quran 41:33) Does this mean we should all work in the field of Da’wah, should we all some way or another engage in Da’wah activities? I understand that calling to Allah and…