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Hi, I’m Fateemah and I’m new here and I don’t even know how to use the app yet😁😂

hey does anyone know of a support group or class for moms who need to learn how to cook for only 1-2 people (as opposed to kul al 3ayla) pls send recs before I have aneurysm! thanks!

People are wild here, especially the fake profiles🤣🤣🤣🤣

I think one of the hardest things about practising Islam today is learning how to balance deen and dunya without allowing either to swallow the other. It’s easy to give black-and-white answers to situations that are anything but black and white. It’s much harder to actually live those answers every day.

For most of us, completely avoiding interaction with the opposite gender simply isn’t the reality we live in. We study together, work together, seek advice, solve problems, and navigate the same spaces. Pretending otherwise doesn’t make someone more practising; it just ignores the reality many Muslims like me are trying to make sense of and navigate with sincerity.

But acknowledging reality doesn’t mean reality gets to redefine Islam.

That’s the distinction I think we often miss.

Allah’s boundaries aren’t suggestions to be negotiated based on convenience or culture. They’re limits established by the One who created us and understands us better than we understand ourselves. The challenge isn’t deciding whether those boundaries exist because they do. The challenge is learning how to live within them while still functioning in the world we’ve been placed in.

For me, that’s what balance looks like. I don’t need to withdraw from society to protect my deen, nor do I need to dilute my deen to function in society. I can interact respectfully, work professionally, learn from others, and contribute where needed, while remaining conscious that not every door needs to be opened, not every conversation needs to become personal, and not every connection needs to become a friendship.

I think we sometimes imagine taqwa as avoiding the world altogether. But perhaps real taqwa is walking through the world every day, surrounded by opportunities to compromise, and still choosing Allah’s limits not because someone is watching, but because you know He is.

Balancing deen and dunya was never supposed to be easy. If it were, there would be little struggle in obedience. The goal isn’t to see how close I can get to Allah’s boundaries without crossing them. The goal is to love the One who placed those boundaries enough that I no longer feel the need to test them.

I sincerely pray that I can be the kind of person who understands and follows life through Islam to the best of capability that Allah blessed me with. Ameen.

If Pakistan is puppet of USA for securing their borders from the Afghan warmongers, Who have made life difficult for their citizens within their own country.
There are so many lies spread on social media.
We hosted Afghanis for 40 plus years. We provided them free identity. They used our passports. They were doing tax free Businesses. They married with our women.
Upon leaving Many of them still were in good mind. They left with thanks. And some stupid people forget Pakistan's kindness
And started speaking against Pakistan. And some also started praising Idol worshippers.
But they are not puppet. They are not Modi Puppet. They are still good for killing Civil people of Pakistan, attacking on Mosques. Doing drug businesses. But Pakistan is US puppet.

She liked my profile, I like hers back, I initiated convo saying "Salam, I hope you are doing well", and she blocks. Spare me the b*llocks of saying hi first.

Apollo will defend my honor and make dua nonetheless. (I have to hide him from the incoming stupid fireworks)

Let the haters talk 🗣️

Love me some “Trash bag therapy!” 🗑️ 🚮 🤩🥳
Decluttering is my kind of “self-care”.

Any decluttering/minimal-living & “downsizing-their-belongings” enthusiasts here?🙃

We consume waaay more than we need…
and if you grew up as a millennial in Indian Asia…chances are you or your parents had some form of slight(-or big!!) hoarding tendencies…

Im guilty 🙋🏽‍♀️ & a recovering hoarder tryna minimize & downsize & detach myself from this fleeting Dunya.

-You?

(*If you have a wide range of interests like crafting, reading, sewing, painting like me- you prolly have a lot of clutter you’re stuck with too!🤭🙈)

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