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The War on Islamic Masculinity – Muslim Men, Wake Up and Lead!

O Muslim men, where is your strength? Where is your leadership? Where is your honor? The West has declared war on masculinity, and too many of you have fallen right into their trap!

They want you weak. They want you soft. They want you afraid to lead. They want you to be ashamed of being a man.

Why? Because strong, righteous Muslim men are a threat.

 • A man who leads his home with authority cannot be controlled.

 • A man who raises his sons upon Qur’an and Sunnah will build the next generation of lions.

 • A man who stands firm on Islam will never bow to Western ideologies.

The kuffar know this. That’s why they have worked day and night to destroy the Muslim man—and many of you have let them!

Muslim Men Have Become Weak and Passive!

Today, instead of being the protectors and leaders that Allah commanded, too many Muslim men have become:

 • Passive and afraid to lead their families.

 • More focused on video games, social media, and entertainment than their responsibilities.

 • Scared to speak up against feminism, fearing women more than they fear Allah.

 • Emotionally weak, seeking validation instead of standing firm on their Deen.

Where is your ghayrah (protective jealousy)? Where is your courage? Where is your sense of responsibility?

Allah says:

“Men are the protectors and maintainers of women because Allah has given one more strength than the other and because they support them from their wealth.” — [Surah An-Nisa 4:34]

This is your role. Allah created you to lead. To guide. To protect. To provide. To be a man of honor and dignity.

Feminism Has Destroyed the Muslim Man!

Feminism has turned many Muslim men into:

 • Weak and submissive husbands who let their wives dictate everything.

 • Men who are scared to enforce hijab, scared to set rules, scared to say ‘No.’

 • Men who think being “kind” means tolerating disobedience and disrespect.

 • Men who are afraid of being labeled “misogynist” or “toxic” if they actually lead their homes.

Wake up! A real man leads with justice, not weakness. A real man does not fear his wife—he fears Allah!

The Prophet ﷺ was the strongest example of masculinity!

 • He was a leader, not a follower.

 • He was firm yet merciful.

 • He commanded respect and obedience, yet treated his family with love and care.

 • He was never passive or afraid to enforce the laws of Allah.

The Prophet ﷺ said:

“The best of you are those who are best to their families.” — [Tirmidhi]

Being a strong leader does NOT mean being oppressive or harsh—it means being firm, responsible, and just.

The Role of a Muslim Man – Take Back Your Authority!

O Muslim men, your role is clear. If you want to be the man that Allah created you to be, then stop following the West’s weak version of manhood and return to the way of the Salaf!

✅ LEAD YOUR FAMILY: Be the decision-maker. Set the rules. Enforce the laws of Allah in your home. Do not let your wife or children dictate how the household runs.

✅ PROTECT YOUR WOMEN: Women today are exposed to corruption at every turn—your job is to guard them, set boundaries, and keep them away from fitnah. If your wife is disobeying Allah, it is YOUR responsibility to correct her!

✅ EARN AND PROVIDE: Stop being lazy and unmotivated. A real man earns his own money, takes care of his family, and does not depend on anyone. A woman should not have to work when you are there to provide!

✅ RAISE YOUR CHILDREN UPON ISLAM: Your kids are YOUR responsibility. If they are being raised by Western schools, social media, and liberal ideologies—it is because YOU failed to teach them.

✅ BE PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY STRONG: The Prophet ﷺ said:

“The strong believer is better and more beloved to Allah than the weak believer, though there is good in both.” — [Muslim]

 • Train your body. Stay fit.

 • Discipline your mind. Stop being lazy.

 • Develop confidence and resilience.

Islam does not promote weak men! Be the strong, fearless, and disciplined Muslim man that Allah commands you to be!

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The Feminised Muslim Man – A Disaster for the Ummah!

The Feminised Muslim Man – A Disaster for the Ummah!

O Muslim men, understand this: When men become weak, the Ummah falls.

 • When men do not lead, women become lost.

 • When men do not enforce the laws of Allah, society becomes corrupt.

 • When men become emotional and passive, the next generation grows up weak.

This is exactly what the enemies of Islam want! They do not fear “modern Muslim men” who are soft, weak, and too scared to stand up for their Deen! They fear the men who follow the Qur’an and Sunnah without compromise!

They fear the real Muslim men who:

✔️ Speak the truth without fear of backlash.

✔️ Lead their homes with authority and wisdom.

✔️ Raise their sons to be warriors of the Deen, not weak followers of the dunya.

✔️ Defend Islam instead of apologizing for it.

Be THAT man. Be the man that the Prophet ﷺ would be proud of. Be the man that strikes fear into the hearts of the disbelievers because he is strong, firm, and unshaken in his faith.

Final Warning: Choose Your Path!

You have TWO choices:

1️⃣ Stay weak, passive, and silent—chasing comfort while your home, family, and Ummah collapse around you.

2️⃣ Stand up, take back your authority, and be the Muslim man that Allah created you to be.

“And do not weaken and do not grieve, for you will be superior if you are [true] believers.”

— [Surah Aal ‘Imran 3:139]

The Ummah does NOT need weak men. It needs leaders. Warriors. Men of Tawheed.

Stop apologising. Stop being weak. Be a man of Islam. Be a leader. Be the man that Allah commanded you to be!

Allah grant strength, wisdom, and true leadership to the men of this Ummah and protect us from the humiliation of weakness. Ameen.

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The Strength of Principles Without Losing Yourself

PRINCIPLES & BALANCE

Choose principles over selfishness but don’t forget yourself either.

Being selfish can shrink you.

Being too idealistic can drain you.

The real strength is knowing how to care about others without losing yourself in the process.

You don’t have to choose between doing what’s right and looking after yourself.

When there’s a will, there’s a way…

Having principles sounds easy…until following them actually costs you something.

Sometimes doing the right thing means walking away from people, leaving a job, changing your environment…and sometimes even keeping your distance from certain religious circles or places.

The Prophet ﷺ showed us that standing for what’s right takes courage. The earliest example from the Seerah being when Nabi ﷺ chose faith over wealth, fame and women (how many of us have sold our morals for some worldly extra…)

At the end of the day, ask yourself:

“What kind of person do I want to be proud of?”

Because living only for yourself can leave you empty.

Living only for others can leave you exhausted.

Maturity is knowing how to hold both.

Did the Prophets ever submit to other than Allah?

When the Prophet ﷺ was told to stop preaching Tawheed and the Oneness of Allah…

“The Prophet ﷺ said that even if he was offered the sun in right hand and the moon in his left hand- he would never leave the path of Allah.”

The right path isn’t always the easy path. But when your heart is firm, Allah opens a way. 🤍

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Ummah Unfiltered

(A JAHIL’S PERSPECTIVE)

THE PRIESTHOOD WE CREATED

Islam has no priesthood. Yet amongst parts of the conservative Muslim community, particularly in South Africa, we have almost created one. I have seen ulama treated like rock stars. Feted, fawned over and placed on pedestals, with people behaving as though they are in the presence of someone almost beyond ordinary Muslims. Respect for knowledge is one thing.

Hero worship is another. It reminds me, in some ways, of the enormous power once exercised by the Catholic Church and its clergy. The institution became so powerful and its clergy so revered that questioning the priest could almost be treated as questioning the religion itself. At its worst, that kind of devotion could become almost cult-like. Islam was never supposed to work like that. We have no Pope, no priesthood and no religious caste standing between us and Allah SWT. Yet sometimes we behave as though we do.

BLIND FAITH KILLS ACCOUNTABILITY

Question the Maulana and suddenly you are a jahil. Your knowledge is questioned. Your intentions are questioned. Sometimes even your Islam is questioned. The man becomes bigger than the argument. We strongly reject the Shia belief in infallible Imams, yet some behave as though their own Maulana can never be wrong. They would never call him infallible, but look at the behaviour. His mistakes are explained away, his excesses defended and his insults excused. His followers rush to protect the man rather than examine what he actually said. That is not respect. That is blind following. And blind following destroys accountability.

RELIGIOUS CHAUVINISM

Then there is the religious chauvinism. A layperson asks a legitimate question. Instead of answering it, the response is: Who are you? What have you studied? How many years were you in madrasa? Of course scholarship matters. An alim has knowledge the layperson may not possess. But dismissing the person instead of answering the question reeks of arrogance, not scholarship. Being an alim does not mean everyone else must switch off their brains. If your argument is strong, answer the question.

LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE NORMALISED

Some peddle hatred and constantly demonise and denigrate other Muslims and ulama with whom they disagree. The disagreement stops being about ideas and becomes personal. Vulgar language, insults, character attacks and labels. There is also a disturbing penchant for demeaning women. Women who fall foul of certain religious personalities can be subjected to disgusting language and even called prostitutes. This language is then excused because it came from an alim. It should be the opposite. An alim should be held to a higher standard of conduct, not a lower one. Then, of course, there is the visceral hatred of the Shia, pumped out over the airwaves and from lecture platforms. Theological disagreement is one thing. Constant hatred and demonisation is another. This is conduct unbecoming of an alim.

BRAVE AGAINST THE WEAK, QUIET BEFORE POWER

And here lies another contradiction. We can tear another Muslim apart over a theological disagreement but become strangely cautious around power, wealth and rulers. If your courage only works downwards, against people with less power than you, what kind of courage is that?

WHEN PEOPLE BECOME AFRAID

Then we come to something even more disturbing. There have been allegations of threats of violence from murids and followers against people who challenge powerful religious personalities. Mosques can be bullied and pressured into conformity. Critics are intimidated. People become afraid to speak. Many simply keep quiet because they know the abuse and intimidation that may follow. When Muslims are frightened to question an alim because they fear what his followers may do, something has gone terribly wrong. That is not healthy respect for scholarship. That is fear. When murids turn loyalty to a conservative scholar into unquestioning obedience, enforce conformity through intimidation and punish dissent, sometimes with the scholar’s nod and consent, devotion has crossed the line into a coercive cult.

THE COCOON

And perhaps this helps explain some of it. For decades, particularly during apartheid, parts of our religious establishment were comfortably ensconced within a Hanafi-Deoband cocoon. They knew that world, its debates, its language, its personalities and its boundaries. Then the world opened up. Suddenly they had to engage with a much bigger and more complicated world: politics, media, Islamophobia, war, international relations, Western governments, Muslims living as minorities, modern workplaces, social change, other Muslim traditions and people who simply do not share our worldview. Zionism. Hindutva. Christian nationalism. And sometimes they appear lost when forced to engage with that wider world. So what happens? Retreat to familiar territory. Attack the Shia. Attack another alim. Call the layperson a jaahil. Decide who is Ulama-ul-Haq and who has deviated. It becomes a deflection from the real problems facing the Ummah. The world is changing around us while we fight amongst ourselves over who has the right to wear the mantle of religious authority. That is not evidence of strength. It is symptomatic of weakness.

RESPECT IS NOT WORSHIP

Knowledge should bring humility, wisdom and restraint. A turban does not make vulgarity respectable. A title does not make arrogance Islamic. Years in a madrasah do not make a man infallible. And scholarship does not place anyone above accountability. Respect the ulama. Learn from the ulama. Honour the ulama. But do not turn them into rock stars. Do not fear them. Do not surrender your ability to think. And do not create a priesthood Islam never gave us. Because the moment the question changes from “Is he right?” to “How dare you question him?”, we have stopped defending scholarship. We have started defending power.

From a South African Muslim, with love

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Can I Curse My Oppressor?

Mosque imam in Sudan prays against UAE president MB

Muslims generally believe it is wrong to curse your enemies, full stop. Ulama generally promote this, and we agree it is better to forgive. But not everyone is so forgiving and this view indicates Islam has no justice system. The Qur’an talks repeatedly about taking revenge, but the Ulama rarely talk about this:

Prophet Muhammad ﷺ was instructed to do Mubahala with the delegation of Najran:

Say: “Come, let us call our sons and your sons, our women and your women, ourselves and yourselves, then supplicate earnestly [together] and invoke the curse of Allah upon the liars [among us].” — Quran 3:6

Prophet Noah عليه السلام made the following dua against the disbelievers of his time:

لا تذر على الأرض من الكافرين ديارا … ولا تزد الظالمين إلا تبارا

My Lord, do not leave upon the earth from among the disbelievers an inhabitant … and do not increase the wrongdoers except in destruction.

— Quran 71:26-28

The Prophet Moses عليه السلام made the following dua against Pharaoh and his establishment:

ربنا اطمس على أموالهم واشدد على قلوبهم فلا يؤمنوا حتى يروا العذاب الأليم

Our Lord, obliterate their wealth and harden their hearts so that they will not believe until they see the painful punishment.

— Quran 10:88

The Dua of the oppressed is powerful

“And be wary of the supplication of the oppressed, for between it and Allah there is no barrier.” [Sahîh al-Bukhârî]

Sa’eed RA supplicated: “O Allah! If she is a liar, deprive her of her eye sight and cause her to die in her land.” ‘Urwah said: “She did not die till she became blind. While she was walking in her land (concerning which the dispute arose) she fell down into a pit and died.”

[ Bukhari]

ولمن انتصر بعد ظلمه فأولئك ما عليهم من سبيل

“And whoever avenges himself after having been wronged – those have not upon them any cause [for blame].” 42:41

Prophet Muhammad ﷺ made dua against the disbelievers who had wronged him:

ملأ الله قبورهم وبيوتهم نارا كما شغلونا عن الصلاة الوسطى

“May Allah fill their (the infidels’) graves and houses with fire, as they have kept us so busy that we could not offer the middle prayer till the sun had set.”— Bukhari 6396

Ismail ibn Nazir Satia (one who is in dire need of Allah’s forgiveness, mercy and pleasure)

15th Shaban 1447

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Boycotting 

740 words – 4 minutes read

In our Deen, we have a principle that when it comes to all things, anything is permissible unless there is evidence to deem it prohibited with the exception of acts of worship. When it comes to anything outside of the realm of worship, it is neutral unless there is something that makes it prohibited or praiseworthy. So when you look at any political strategy, you’re not going to be asking the question about whether or not it’s prohibited on the basis of trying to prove whether Nabi ﷺ did it. You’re going to be looking at the implications of that action and if there are any explicit or ambiguous things that come with it that are in violation of the Deen OR if there are elements of it that serve a noble cause and this, if practised with the right intention, could actually be rewardable. Boycotting is one those things that you don’t need to prove whether it’s from the Sunnah but rather analyse the strategy and see how we can make it both useful and faithful.

Sometimes, some things do not have to be directly from sacred texts but from the natural sense of honour and protectiveness and dignity that Allah naturally puts inside us, within our fitrah that naturally makes you feel an aversion or an affinity to certain things. For example, if you were living in Makkah as a secret Muslim and Nabi ﷺ had already migrated to Madinah, would you still do business with Abu Jahal? With Abu Sufyan? Without an order coming from Nabi ﷺ, we would know inside of us that something feels wrong about this. Going to the marketplace and dealing with these people… something feels off without having to hear a single hadeeth of Nabi ﷺ. This should be a natural feeling within us for our brother and sisters.

An incident that comes to mind is something that happened in Madinah between the wife of Nabi ﷺ, Umm Habibah and her father Abu Sufyan. When Abu Sufyan came to speak to Nabi ﷺ regarding the violation of the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah, he entered their home and his daughter, Umm Habibah RA, picked up the mattress Nabi ﷺ would sit on in a way that she could sit on it but not her father, Abu Sufyan (maybe folded it in half). She knows what her father does to the Muslims, she knows her father is an enemy of Islam. Her father was bewildered and asked, ‘Are you protecting that from me or me from it?’ She replies, ‘No, I don’t find it befitting that you sit on the mattress of Nabi ﷺ.’ That wasn’t scriptural. That came from a place of dignity and honour for Nabi ﷺ just like how we should feel for our brothers and sisters who are persecuted by the enemy.

Moving on, boycotting is a form of character building. Yes, it’s inconvenient. Yes, it hampers your privileges. Yes, it means you may have to do things the long and hard way. But this controlling of the nafs will be beneficial in the long run. It’s a personal thing. It strengthens you spiritually because you didn’t feed into every whim and desire of your nafs. It’s a type of personal growth.

Thumama RA was a powerful merchant based in Yamamah from where the Makkans would buy their wheat. In his anger against the Quraysh, he put a stop on the wheat exportations to Makkah to the extent that the prices of wheat shot up, there was extreme hunger in Makkah. This was the first boycott from a Sahabi. Nabi ﷺ didn’t admonish him and him not saying anything is paving way to its permissibility. The boycott was only lifted when they wrote to Nabi ﷺ begging for it to be lifted and out of the kindness of Nabi ﷺ, the boycott was ended and Thumama RA restarted the exporting of wheat into Makkah.

The concept of reducing/removing sins will forever stand and we understand that there are wider ramifications to our sins. That is a personal thing between you and Allah and one that has to be worked on always and forever. Boycotting comes under the ‘body is like one Ummah’ hadeeth. Compassion, empathy, doing EVERYTHING we possibly can. 

Nabi ﷺ didn’t explicitly go out in protests, didn’t petition, didn’t lobby…that doesn’t mean it is impermissible or that it doesn’t have positive results.

Umm Khadeejah

10th Muharram 1447

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Intrusive Thoughts, Doubts and Anxiety in Worship

Assalamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh,

Dear Shaykh,

“I am struggling with intrusive thoughts, doubt and anxiety in worship. Am I sinful? Any advice would he helpful, JzkAllah“

Answer:

First and foremost, I want you to know that you are not alone in this struggle. What you are experiencing, intrusive thoughts, doubts, and anxiety in worship, is something many sincere believers have faced, including some of the sahabah.

1️⃣ You are NOT sinful, these thoughts do not make you a disbeliever.

I know these thoughts make you anxious and distressed, but they do not define you or your Iman. In fact, feeling upset by them is a sign of faith!

📖 The Sahabah once told the Prophet ﷺ:

“We have thoughts that are so terrible we would rather be burned than speak them.” The Prophet ﷺ replied, ‘Allahu Akbar! Praise be to Allah who has reduced shaytan’s influence to mere whispers!'”

(Sahih Muslim 132)

💙 This means shaytan whispers to believers to make them doubt themselves. But these thoughts are not yours, and Allah does not hold you accountable for them.

2️⃣ Creating these thoughts are shaytan’s trick, your job is not to engage with them, just learn to ignore them.

These thoughts only become stronger when you pay attention to them. Shaytan wants you to repeat wudu, repeat shahada, repeat salat until you feel so exhausted that you stop praying. DO NOT LET HIM WIN.

📖 The Prophet ﷺ said:

“Shaytan will come and say: ‘Who created this? Who created that?’ until he says, ‘Who created Allah?’ If this happens, let him seek refuge in Allah and STOP thinking about it.” (Sahih al-Bukhari 3276, Muslim 134)

✅ What to do:

– IGNORE the thoughts completely. Do NOT debate them in your head.

– Say: “A’udhu billahi min ash-shaytan ir-rajim” (I seek refuge in Allah from shaytan).

– Distract yourself immediately, shift your focus to Qur’an, dhikr, or any other task.

➡️ Remember: The less you engage with the thoughts, the weaker they become.

You might be getting these thoughts even in Ramadan despite shaytan being locked away, this is normal as shaytan lays down his traps and gets us used to listening to these thoughts even without him being here.

3️⃣ STOP repeating shahada, wudu and salat

I know it feels like you have to redo everything because of doubt, but repeating wudu and salat is exactly what shaytan wants.

📖 The Prophet ﷺ said:

“If one of you feels doubt in his wudu, let him not leave (his prayer) unless he hears a sound or smells something.” (Sahih Muslim 362)

✅ What to do:

– Do wudu ONCE, even if you have doubts, move on.

– Pray ONCE and do not repeat salat at all.

– If thoughts come, keep praying and ignore them.

➡️ If you fight the urge to repeat, it will get easier, inshaAllah.

4️⃣ Make salat a place of comfort again

I know salat has become a source of anxiety, but it is supposed to be your place of peace. Take small steps to make it easier:

– Keep your prayers simple and try to focus on one posture at a time.

– Listen to soothing Qur’an before salat to get into a peaceful mindset.

– Take deep breaths before praying to relax your mind.

📖 Allah says:

“And seek help through patience and prayer, and indeed, it is difficult except for the humble.” (Surah Al-Baqarah 2:45)

5️⃣ Seek assistance through duas & ruqyah.

📖 Allah says:

“And if an evil whisper from Shaytan reaches you, then seek refuge in Allah. Indeed, He is the All-Hearing, All-Knowing.” (Surah Al-A’raf 7:200)

✅ Duas to Recite:

– A’udhu billahi min ash-shaytan ir-rajim

– Ayatul Kursi (Surah Al-Baqarah 2:255)

– Surah Al-Falaq & Surah An-Nas (morning & evening)

– La ilaha illa Allah, wahdahu la sharika lahu, lahu al-mulku wa lahu al-hamdu, wa huwa ‘ala kulli shay’in qadeer.

➡️ These will help ease your heart and push away these intrusive thoughts.

6️⃣ Sometimes, waswasah(intrusive thoughts) can be linked to anxiety or OCD, which is a condition many people face. If these thoughts are making life extremely difficult, it might help to speak to one of our therapists. There is no shame in seeking help.

💙 You are NOT sinful. You are NOT a bad Muslim.

💙 Allah is Most Merciful, and He knows your struggle.

💙 You will NOT go to Hell for thoughts you didn’t bring into your mind.

📖 Allah says:

“Do not despair of the mercy of Allah. Indeed, Allah forgives all sins…”

(Surah Al-Zumar 39:53)

➡️ Keep going, my dear brother/sister. You are stronger than Shaytan, and Allah sees your effort. 🤍

🌸 May Allah grant you ease, comfort and a heart full of tranquillity. Ameen. 🤲

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Forty Lessons from Forty Years

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

To celebrate growing older, I wrote a few lessons life has taught me, alhumdu lillah.

  1. When in doubt, just take the next small step. 
  1. Life isn’t fair, but it can still be good. 
  1. Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and family will. 
  1. You don’t have to win every argument, stay true to yourself. 
  1. Cry with someone. It’s more healing than crying alone. 
  1. Make peace with your past so it won’t mess up the present. 
  1. Don’t compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about. 
  1. Take a deep breath every now and then. It calms the mind. 
  1. Get rid of anything that isn’t useful. Clutter weighs you down in many ways. 
  1. It’s never too late to be happy. But it’s all up to you and no one else. 
  1. No one oversees your happiness but you. 
  1. Forgive others and forgive yourself. 
  1. What other people think of you is none of your business. 
  1. Time heals almost everything. Give time a little time. 
  1. However good or bad a situation is, it will change. 
  1. Believe in miracles., Allah SWT is listening, Allah SWT is watching. 
  1. Allah SWT loves you because of who Allah is, not because of anything you did or didn’t do. 
  1. Growing old beats the alternative of dying young. 
  1. Your children get only one childhood, give them the best. 
  1. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere. 
  1. Envy is a waste of time. Accept what you already have, not what you need. 
  1. The best is yet to come… be optimistic. 
  1. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up. 
  1. Life isn’t tied with a bow, but it’s still a gift.” 
  1. Failure is a lesson in disguise. 
  1. You’re not behind — you’re on your own timeline. 
  1. Learn to rest, not quit. 
  1. Growth often feels uncomfortable — that’s how you know it’s working. 
  1. Let go of things not meant for you. 
  1. Gratitude shifts everything. 
  1. Most people are too focused on themselves to judge you. 
  1. Your thoughts aren’t always facts. 
  1. What you focus on expands. 
  1. Confidence comes from action, not waiting. 
  1. You can be a work in progress and still be proud. 
  1. Life is 10% what happens, 90% how you respond. 
  1. Forgiveness frees you, not them. 
  1. Sometimes peace is worth more than being right. 
  1. People show you who they are — believe them. 
  1. Energy is contagious. Be mindful of who you spend time with. 

Free five bonus!

  1. Boundaries are a form of self-respect. 
  1. You won’t always feel motivated — build discipline 
  1. Time is the most valuable currency. 
  1. Sometimes you need to slow down to move forward. 
  1. Not everyone will like you — that’s okay. 

Ismail ibn Nazir Satia (one who is in dire need of Allah’s forgiveness, mercy and pleasure)

18th Shaban 1446

16th April 2025

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Ramadhan

Dear Qur’an…

Dear Quran,

How do you do this?

Every single time, I open you up, with an issue on my mind, and you answer it, and you blow me away. It’s like I don’t read you, its like you read me.

You shatter each doubt, you break each barrier, you wipe away each tear, and you comfort like no one else. Sometimes I’m terrified to open you up, and set my eyes upon your lines, because I know, I know it’ll be like uncovering my soul, I know it’ll be out of my control, I know my heart will melt, and my eyes overflow, so I fear opening you, until, until I’m completely alone, just you, and I and my Rabb.

It’s like you read me,
You see right through the facade,
You address each subconscious thoughts,
You answer each unanswered questions,
You shatter each doubt, and break each barrier,
You wipe away each tear,
You uncover the soul and heal each wound,
Every single time.
Sometimes it’s too intense to bear,
Sometimes the uncovering of the faults and flaws hurt,
Sometimes you advice with words that I don’t want to hear,
But you’re never wrong.
And although before I open up to you,
Sometimes I feel scared,
It’s always worth it in the end,
Dear Quran, how do you always know what I need to hear?
Dear Quran, how do you console so beautifully? So completely?
You leave me so intrigued.

(Diary excerpt June 2016)

Anonymous

 

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Ruqya

10 Ways to Know if You Have Sihr

1. Sihr of Separation
This is very common form of black magic which aims to separate or make discord between two spouses, or stir up hatred between two friends or two partners.
Allah says: (…and they follow what the Shayaateen (devils) recited over Sulaymaan’s Kingdom. Sulaymaan disbelieved not but the Shayaateen disbelieved, teaching the people sorcery, and that which was sent down upon Babylon’s two angels, Haroot and Maroot; they taught not any man, without they said, ‘We are but a temptation; do not disbelieve.’ From them they learned how they might divide a man and his wife, yet they did not hurt any man thereby, save by the leave of Allah (swt), and they learnt what hurt them and did not profit them, knowing well that whosoever buys it shall have no share in the world to come; evil then was that they sold themselves for; if they had but known.) (al-Baqarah/02: v 102)
Jabir (RadiyAllahu ‘anhu) reported that the Prophet (Sallallaahu ‘Alayhi wa Sallam) said: “Iblis would lay his throne on water and would send his brigade of demons. The lowest among them in rank is the one who is most notorious in stirring up fitna. One of the demons would, after a mission, come and say to Iblis, ‘I have done so and so.’ Iblis would reply, ‘You have not done anything.’ Another one would come and say: ‘I have not left such and such person until I separated him from his wife.’ Iblis would come closer to his demon and say, ‘How good you are.’” – (Muslim in An-Nawawi : 17/157)
Symptoms of Sihr of Separation:
1. A sudden change in attitude from love to hate.
2. Exaggerating the causes of disputes between two people, even though they may be trivial.
3. Changing the mental image that a woman may have of her husband, or changing the mental image that a man may have of his wife; so that the man would see his wife in an ugly way, even though she were beautiful. In reality, it is the demon who is entrusted with the task of performing this type of Sihr is the one who would appear to the husband in her person, but in an ugly way. By the same token, the woman would see her husband in a horrible way.
4. The person affected by Sihr hates anything the other party does.
5.The person affected by Sihr hates the place in which the other party stays. For instance, a husband may be in good mood when he is outdoors, but when he returns home, he feels quiete depressed.
According to Al-Hafidh Ibn Kathir, the cause of separation between two spouses through this Sihr is that each of them appears to the other as an ugly or ill-mannered person. – (Tafsir ibn Kathir: 1/144)

2. Sihr Al-Mahabbah / At-Tiwala (Love)
Rasoolullah (Sallallaahu ‘Alayhi wa Sallam) said: “Ar-ruqa, at-tama’im and at-tiwala are acts of shirk (polytheism).” – (Ahmad) (1/381)
According to Ibn Al-Athir, At-Tiwala is a type of Sihr which makes a man love his wife. The reason why this type of Sihr is classed by the Prophet (saw) as an act of polytheism is because those who have it done for them believe that it has an effect and does the opposite of what Allah (swt) has prescribed. – (An-Nihaya: 1/200)
I would like to emphasise that the ruqyah (treatment) referred to in the above hadith is the one which seeks the assistance of Jinn and devils and consists of acts classed as polytheistic. However, the ruqyah which is based on the Qur’an and lawful supplications of Allah is lawful, according to scholars. It is reported in Sahih Muslim that the Prophet (Sallallaahu ‘Alayhi wa Sallam) was quoted as saying: “There is no harm in using ruqyah as a means of treatment provided it does not consist of anything polytheistic.”
3. Sihr At-Takhyil (False Appearance of Objects)
Allah says: They said, “Moses, will you throw something down or shall we be the ones to throw.” He said, “You throw!” So when, they charmed people’s eyes and overawed them. They produced a splendid Sihr. And We revealed to Moses: ‘Cast thy staff.’ And lo, it forthwith swallowed up their lying invention. So the truth came to pass, and false was proved what they were doing. So they were vanquished there, and they turned about, humbled. And the sorcerers were cast down, bowing themselves. They said, ‘We believe in the Lord of al-’Alamin (Jinn and mankind), the Lord of Moses and Harun. (7:117-122) They said, ‘Moses, either you will cast (something) or shall we be the first to cast (a spell)?’. It seemed to him under the effect of their Sihr that their ropes and stuff were sliding. (17:65-66)
Symptoms
1. A fixed object would appear to be mobile, while a mobile object would appear to be fixed for the viewer.
2. A small object would appear large, while a large object would appear small for the viewer.
3. The false appearance of objects: Under the effect of the magic of Pharaoh’s sorcerers, ropes and rods appeared to viewers as real snakes.

4. Sihr Al-Junoon (Becoming Insane)
Kharija Ibn Salat reported that his paternal uncle went to the Prophet (Sallallaahu ‘Alayhi wa Sallam) and declared his conversion to Islam. On his way back, his uncle passed by a people who had fettered a lunatic in chains. They said: “We were told that your companion (the Prophet Sallallaahu ‘Alayhi wa Sallam) has brought good with him. Do you have anything with which to cure our lunatic?” I recited al-Faatihah (the opening chapter of Qur-aan) and he was cured. They gave me one hundred sheep and then approached the Prophet (Sallallaahu ‘Alayhi wa Sallam) to inform him of it. He asked: “Did you say anything other than this?” I replied: “No.” He said: “Take it, for by my life, some would accept in return for a false Ruqyah, but you have done this with a genuine one.” According to another narration, “the man cured him by reciting al-Faatihah for three days, day and night; whenever he finished reciting it, he would gather his saliva and spit.”
Symptoms
1. Severe absentmindedness and forgetfulness
2. Confused speech
3. Bulging eyes and deviation of sight
4. Restlessness
5. Inability to do a task regularly
6. Disinterest in one’s appearance
7. ln severe cases, one can tell from a lunatic’s face that he does know where he is going, and he would probably sleep in derelict places

5. Sihr Al-Khumul (Lethargy)
How this happens
A saahir (sorcerer/sorceress) would send a Jinn to the targeted person, instructing him to settle in his brain and make him introverted and lonely. The Jinn would do his best to carry out the mission, and the symptoms of this Sihr would appear, according to the strength and weakness of the Jinn entrusted with the task.
Symptoms
1. Love of seclusion
2. Absolute introversion
3. Constant silence
4. Anti-sociability
5. Absentmindedness
6. Frequent headaches
7. Quietness and constant lethargy

6. Sihr Al-Hawatif (Bad Dreams & Hearing Voices)
Symptoms
1. The patient experiences nightmares
2. The patient sees in a dream as if someone were calling him
3. The patient hears voices talking to him when awake, but cannot see where these voices are coming from
4. The patient hears much whispering (Al-Waswas)
5. The patient is very suspicious of his/her friends and relatives
6. The patient dreams of seeing himself/herself falling from a high place
7. The patient dreams of seeing himself/herself being chased by animals

7. Sihr Al-Marad (Illness)
Symptoms
1. Constant pain in one part of the body
2. Epilepsy
3. Paralysis of one area of the patient’s body
4. Total paralysis of the body
5. Disability in of one of the sense organs

8. Sihr An-Nazif (Bleeding Following Menses)
How it is achieved
This type of Sihr affects women only. A saahir sends a Jinn to the targeted woman and instructs him to cause her to bleed. To do so, the Jinn enters the woman’s body and circulates in her veins and arteries with the blood. This notion of circulation has long been warned about by the Prophet (saw) in the following tradition: “Shaytaan circulates in man’s body like blood.” – (Al-Bukhari: Fath Al-Bari: 4/282)
When the Jinn reaches a known vein in the woman’s womb, he stomps it so that the vein bleeds. This fact was also pointed out by the Prophet (Sallallaahu ‘Alayhi wa Sallam) when Hamna bint Jahsh asked his opinion on the issue of bleeding outside the period of menses, and he said: “Such bleeding is but one of Shaytaan’s stomping.” – (At-Tirmidhi)
According to another tradition, the bleeding “is the result of Shaytaan’s stomping on a vein rather than from a normal menses.” – (Ahmad and An-Nasai)
Therefore, according to both traditions, a menstruation that occurs outside its normal period is one of the Shaytaan’s stomps on one of the womb’s veins.
According to scholars of Fiqh (jurisprudence), an-nazif refers to al-istihaadha (continuous menstruation), and according to doctors, it refers to bleeding.
According to Ibn Al-Athir, al-istihadha means bleeding following a normal menses. This bleeding may last for months, and the amount of blood could be little or large.

9. Sihr of Impeding Marriage
The Jinn has two options
1. If he can enter the girl, then he would cause her to feel uncomfortable with any prospective husband and; thus, turn him down.
2. If he cannot enter the girl, then he would use the Sihr of imagination, from outside. As a result, a suitor would see the girl in an ugly image under the effect of the Jinn’s whispering, and so would the girl.
Under the effect of this Sihr and under the Jinn is whispering, a suitor, who would have initially agreed to the marriage, would decline after a few days, without any valid reason.
In cases of a strong Sihr, a suitor would, upon entering the house of his prospective wife, feel very uncomfortable and see darkness before him as if he were in prison, and so would never return. During the period of this Sihr, the Jinn may cause the girl to experience occasional headaches.
Symptoms
1. Occasional headaches, which persist despite medication
2. Severe tightness in the chest, especially between al-’asr and midnight
3. The patient sees the suitor in an ugly image
4. Absentmindedness
5. Anxiety during sleep
6. Occasional constant stomach-aches
7. Pain in the lower part of the back

10. Sihr regarding Sexual Intimacy
Al Sihr Ar-rabt (Penile Erection Problem during intercourse), Al- ‘ajz al-jinsi (impotence) and Adh-dhu’f al-jinsi (sexual weakness)
Ar-Rabt Al-’ajzal-jinsi (sexual inability / impotence):
The man affected by this type of Sihr feels active and energetic about having sexual intercourse with his wife. His penis is even erected as long as he is distant from his wife. Nevertheless, as he approaches her, his penis shrinks and is unable to have sexual intercourse. It means a man’s inability to have sexual intercourse with his wife, whether he is distant from or near her, as his penis cannot erect.
Adh-du’f al-jinsi (sexual weakness):
A man can only have sexual intercourse with his wife after long periods. Sexual intercourse takes place for only a short time; after which the penis looses its rigidity.
Ar-Rabt in Women (sexual frigidity)
Just as a man suffers from ar-rabt (penile erection failure) and is unable to have sexual intercourse with his wife, a woman, too, may suffer from ar-rabt (frigidity).
There are some types of rabt in women:
1. Rabt al-man’(obstruction): It occurs when a woman prevents her husband from having sexual intercourse with her by tightly joining her legs together and obstructing his penis from entering into her vagina. This reaction is automatic and beyond her control, but one young man whose wife was affected by this type of Sihr, criticised his wife for her response, so she explained that it was beyond her control. One day, she told him to put iron shackles between her legs to keep them apart before, starting sexual intercourse. He did that, but it was to no avail. Alternatively, she told him to give her a drug injection if he wants to have sexual intercourse with her. It worked, but only one partner benefited.
2. Rabt at-taballud (lack of sexual feeling): The Jinn entrusted with the mission of Sihr settles in the centre of sexual feeling in the woman’s brain and causes her to lose her sexual feeling, at the moment of sexual intercourse with her husband. As a result, she feels no sexual pleasure and does not respond to her husband. Her body becomes numb even if her husband does what he wishes with her. In this type of Sihr, the glands do not release the fluid which lubricates the vagina, and therefore, the sexual act cannot be achieved.
3. Rabt An-nazif (bleeding at the time of sexual intercourse): This is different from Sihr an-nazif in one aspect. While, rabt An-nazif is confined to the time of sexual intercourse, Sihr an-nazif may last for several days. In this type of Sihr, the Jinn causes heavy bleeding to the targeted woman at the time of sexual intercourse with her husband, and thus prevents the man from having sexual intercourse with his wife. One day, one man, who was a soldier, told me that whenever he came home for holidays, his wife would bleed as soon as he arrived home. The bleeding would last for the holiday period which was approximately five days, but would stop as soon as he went back to work.

PLEASE NOTE:
Dear reader, after having read all the above symptoms, it is easy to start saying ‘I have such and such a sympton, I MUST be affected’. We would like to remind you that until you have sought Ruqyah from a trusted and shar’ee raaqi and the presence of Jinn has been confirmed, one should NOT self-diagnose.