Are you currently living at least one of your answered dua’s?

I’ll go first
Asked Allah ﷻ to increase me in knowledge and Alhamdulilah I’ve known more and more about Islam than your average Muslim
Asked for fixed relationships and they became reconciled
Asked for guidance for my peers and a few have accepted Islam
Alhamdulilah for everything

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me.

Is he right? Am I too blind to see the truth? Should I go to these Tombs and waste my life doing nothing?

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Elitism, naming people "Saints" and regarding education as useless is wrong, right?

I'm around 20 years old, I live in Islamabad, Pakistan.

I have a standard view of Islam in my life. Do good things, pray. stay away from bad things, gather knowledge, be capable, provide value to others, etc. Trying to apply religious knowledge on my actual life, rather than thinking it's something only to be followed when you're in the mosque.

I am by no means perfect, or even good, so I need some advice.

My uncle is regarded as some sort of 'Saint', named 'Peer' in Urdu. He says he has followers, and can see ghosts and devils etc. He sat me down today and gave me this long lecture that has me really disturbed. It was full of weird things, but I'll summarize into points.

1. He told me his son will become some kind of huge Saint that will lead millions and that I am such useless garbage that I don't know anything about 'Walis' and that I will be a complete fool when his son takes over the whole country. He advised me to start acting like a Saint's cousin.

2. Next thing he said was that he can foresee my younger cousins (4-8 years old) to also be some Saints, but his son will be the biggest Saint of them all and will lead a revolution. I was advised to again, start acting like a Saint's cousin.

3. This was the most messed up one. He said that our blood is more pure as it's touched by the 'Light of the Saints' and that I should never marry outside our extended family (cousins etc) because other women are impure and have bad blood. He also said that a mother is vile and evil if she doesn't tell her kids to listen to this 'Peer and Wali' knowledge, specifically blaming my other aunt who wants her kid to study science.

4. He said all other things in the world are useless and will give you no faith, and the only way to actually be a Muslim is to listen to 'Walis'. He discouraged reading the Quran, and instead said 'You won't get any value from reading it unless you know this culture'. He said education was useless and has no value in Islam.

Look, I'm a simple person. I'm no Saint, no Peer, no Wali. I just read the Quran with translation and watch Khutbahs on the internet and then apply that knowledge to my real life. I learned STEM, I like Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Math etc. They have given me insight into the world, made me humble and even made my faith strong. They have given me abilities to think logically, to provide value to others. I will provide my view on what he said, and since I'm an ignorant fool, I shall seek some advice on them.

1. His son is 17, he's lazy and has terrible grades with no clear focus on anything. He's disrespectful, insincere and hates responsibility. He wants to study Computer Science but his father keeps degrading him unless he 'acts like a Saint'. His father said some nonsense about 'There are devils on his shoulder, i can see them.' while the kid just wants his approval. He even gave up studies and went to a Madrassa, which I believe was his breaking point. He has seen his father yell at, abuse and hit his mother several times, and I think he knows in his heart that it is wrong.

2. My younger cousins are too young, they are in school and their parents want them to get a good education. And they're capable too! Full of potential. And this weird crap scares me that they will be conditioned mentally to never ask questions, never understand anything, and just agree with whatever they are told.

3. This is absolute nonsense, my uncle lost all credibility the moment he uttered these words. Stuff like this is gonna fill his two sons with arrogance and then ruin the life of many more people. How can he claim to be a Saint with this type of Elitism on his mind? It's like hiding your personal agenda and hate behind a banner of Islam, and then telling me I will go to Hell if I question it.

4. The Prophet (PBUH) was a teacher, not a Saint or a Wali. How can we as Muslims provide any value to others if we don't educate ourselves? How can I save people if I don't study medicine? This is absolute nonsense to

Missing Jumu’ah because of School.

‌‌‏اَلسَلامُ عَلَيْكُم وَرَحْمَةُ اَللهِ وَبَرَكاتُهُ‎

My dear brothers and sisters, I hope you can help me with a very important question. My college is starting soon, and I'm worried about my Jumu'ah prayers because sometimes they might overlap with my classes. My college doesn't allow absences or leaving lessons without a sick note. This year, I don't think there are many Muslims in my school; so far, I only know one Muslim brother in my class. He told me that he is the only other Muslim male in that class. There might be another one, but I'm not sure yet.

I'm concerned because I know there's a Hadith about the importance of not missing Jumu'ah. The Hadith says:

It was narrated from Abu Al-Ja'd Ad-Damri - who was a Companion of the Prophet (ﷺ) - that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: “Whoever misses three Jumu'ahs out of negligence, Allah (SWT) will place a seal over his heart.”

What should I do? I can't just leave my classes, and while I can pray Dhuhr, I'm worried about missing Jumu'ah for an extended period, like a month or more.

What are my options? If you have an answer, please provide evidence from the Quran and Sunnah. Just to clarify, I am a Sunni male.

May Allah bless everyone reading this and grant us all ease in our difficulties (Ameen). Please make dua for my situation to be resolved and made easy.

JazakAllah Khair.

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Is it okay to say Jesus Christ?

A video where in it an Indian man is doing dumb stuff was sent to me.
I replied with " Bro sent us back to the before Jesus Christ was born "
To indicate that the video was negatively impacting the image of Indian people.
My friend is saying that it is shirk to say that.
I understand it IS shirk to say in vain or exclamation but what is the stance on this situation?

Any answers is greatly appreciated.

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Is Islam Really A Simple Religion?

I hear many fellow muslims often say that Islam is a simple religion, however, there are thousands of hadiths which have plenty of rulings coming from them. We have four different madhabs which have different opinions on MANY things (I myself follow the Hanafi madhab) I can understand a few disagreements here and there, but there are PLENTY of different viewpoints for certain things. Why is Islam not as straightforward when it comes to this? Why exactly is there no one way of doing things (which would make things so much easier) instead of the various ways we have today? Shouldn’t there be unity in its teachings, but instead there is lots of variation. Variation is good, but when it comes to rulings and regulations, it makes little sense for me for this to be present.

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I learned in my Christian theology class that Jesus is also a prominent figure in Islam, is this true?

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Muslim for two months

As Salam Alukam, it’s been around 2 months since I’ve took my Shahada. I fasted for the first time, for a day. Read a Quran on the app, met awesome Muslims on TikTok who helped me understand the Quran and Hadiths better. Overall it’s been going smoothly. The Quran is arriving in 2 days along with my prayer mat. I feel closer to Islam now, I’m learning Arabic, and finally decided, I’m A Sunni Muslim. Just wanted to update you sisters and brothers, from my last post about a month ago. Alhamdulillah?

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Should I wait until I’m “perfect” to get married?

I’m a late 20s Muslimah and always had a desire to have my own family however I always wanted to ensure that I have my act together first..

Right now I’m not physically, emotionally or spiritually in a good state to get married. For example I want to work on my appearance as I’m not entirely satisfied with it. On a personal level I have character flaws that I’m seeking to work on as well. And I’ve been out of employment for some months now so even financially I’m not in a good condition to get married (in case the marriage collapses I would have no financial safety net whatsoever as I have no savings either).

At the very least the thing I do consistently is work on my deen so I’ve got that going for me at least?

Anyway is it wise to consider marriage even though I’m not an ideal partner? Because I’d want someone who’s similar to me and that person shouldn’t lack the qualities I’m trying to attain.

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What surah is this?

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