Anonymous #1 7w

Pretty well Alhamdulillah, just finished an exam I studied like crazy for that I think I did well on and now I’m making a fire sandwich. Wbu?

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Anonymous OP 7w

what kind of sandwich?

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Anonymous OP 7w

Mine’s pretty good so far as well! I just had noodles and did some of my homework, I have to do some studying too later on though. I hope you did well on your exam !!!

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Anonymous #2 7w

It was basically me throwing stuff together lol. I had some taco ground beef leftover from dinner in a pan that I put over a toasted ciabatta roll, some chipotle aioli, pickled red onions, sliced cherry tomatoes, cilantro, some melted mozzarella cheese, and tomato soup to dunk it in

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Anonymous OP 7w

not bad, not bad

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Anonymous #1 7w

Grades just got in for the multiple choice section and looks like I aced that 😎 should find out about the written portion in a few days

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Anonymous #4 7w

I don’t really have any tbh, it’d better if they converted to Islam but like that’s their own decision and God guides whom He wills

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Anonymous ffsakejcx 7w

Tbh I’ve really only studied those as beliefs academically, I don’t know much about them as lived in communities. Obv as someone who believes Islam to be true I’d want them to see that as well. I wish them the best as any other person

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Anonymous #1 7w

Good luck with the hw!!!

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Anonymous OP 7w

I got another one. So does islam have its own form of ascensionism?

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Anonymous OP 7w

Why better, I want to know the judgments behind it without any nuance and diplomacy. doing some risk assessment

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Anonymous ffsakejcx 7w

That’s a pretty interesting question, in a metaphysical physical sense yes with how we transcend this reality to another after death, as well as the example of the mi’raj ascension journey of the prophet peace be upon him. But in the spiritual sense of this life alone you could say there are forms of this in tasawwuf, or sufism as known to the west (the internally focused aspect of Islam) where we as believers through purifying the self attain greater spiritual stations so to speak

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Anonymous ffsakejcx 7w

As we pray with greater intention, follow in the footsteps of the prophet peace be upon him, be truly good people, tame our egos, sublimate our basal desires to the highest good of God, see truth as it is, & try to submit to God in this life; we arrive toward a state of fan’a as people, or annihilation of the ego. When in such a state, we are opened up to what we truly are & to the divine experience so to speak. It is a spiritual path of purifying one’s self, that accordingly purifies the world

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Anonymous #4 7w

Well if someone is converting to something they’re usually in search of truth and earnest in that. Christianity has many good elements within it that offer spiritual benefit and transformation to people the world over, much like other faiths, but this is more the result of the earnest intentions within the believer and God’s will than the systems themselves imo. Islam is humanity’s true religion, the proper way in which God has set for us to know Him. So to want that for another person would be

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Anonymous #4 7w

Better for them. Many people take up the label of Islam and Muslim, but this is no guarantee of the beliefs internalizing within them, or their intentions toward truth being pure. Indeed many of those who call themselves Muslims may find themselves in hell through their own decisions, while a special Christian pure of heart, although mistaken in their belief, may find themselves in heaven via their good decisions—it is God’s will alone after all. God’s mercy is greater than we know, but God also

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Anonymous #4 7w

Commands us upon what is true, and what is right. Islam makes categorical claims of God’s one-ness (not trinity), of Jesus peace be upon him being a human messenger alone, of the truth in the prophet Mohammed peace be upon him’s final message from God. Islam and Christianity cannot simultaneously be true. So for all those who seek truth, they will find it in Islam best as the last bastion of preserved revelation from the divine. It will lead them to what they seek and more in this life & after

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Anonymous #6 7w

Creeps like this get me to understand what women have to deal with on the regular on this app. Being a creep is haram

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Anonymous OP 7w

I appreciate your answer. What if a person decides to search for the truth through Christianity partially because of family rebellion

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Anonymous OP 7w

Ok cool!

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Anonymous OP 7w

Is there a goal or outcome of islam is trying to achieve?

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Anonymous ffsakejcx 7w

The outcomes in a holistic sense are already set, God’s will is omnipresent in every fabric of reality and beyond. Islam, literally meaning submission to God, is just the proper acknowledgment of this fact. Islam is the nature of existence itself whether we recognize it or not. If we zoom in from that more cosmic scale to the individual and societies, then we can see the fruits borne from the prophet peace be upon him’s message in his time

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Anonymous ffsakejcx 7w

This ultimately shows us that guidance from the divine is to be manifest not just through our internal character but the way in which we deal with the world, with each other. The prophet pbuh brought justice, rights, responsibilities, & ways of orienting ourselves to reality. The role of man in this world as per God in the Quran is “khalifa” meaning steward or successor on this earth, that means we are here to care for this planet, for ourselves, & for each other. But how are we to effectively

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Anonymous ffsakejcx 7w

Do any of that? How do we know the ways in which we care and carry out justice are true? From truth itself, from Al Haqq, from God through his messenger and all the wisdom that entails. This temporary life of ours often encounters injustice and falsehood, so it is our duty to correct that with the tools we are given—to bring truth and justice as best we can. So Islam when followed properly builds that just system, society, and self in the here and now before true justice is dispensed on the day

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Anonymous ffsakejcx 7w

Of judgement when existence itself ceases and is accordingly reorganized by God. Out of love for God, which can be found through loving others from our brothers & sisters or the ants & the trees, we take care of everything. We give everything its proper due, recognizing that we with this idea of ego in ownership & self are not really as individual as we think, in fact we all belong to God. So go help the homeless, the elderly, the dogs, the depressed, the unjust by turning them toward justice

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Anonymous ffsakejcx 7w

All this is an act of worship, of remembrance of the one truth of everything: Allah, God, Elohim, Deus, whatever you call Him. He is one in absolution from which all guidance and truth and love and experience flows. The outcome is recognition of truth itself (God) and what that truth demands of us in action regardless of what our egos may mold us toward. Peace, justice, love, care, all that jazz

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Anonymous #4 7w

Well they won’t find truth, Islam is the only real truth there is, what they may find is God’s love should God choose to make one aware of it. This only really happens when there’s a lack of willful ignorance of the truth of Islam though. Wanting to go about this process as a form of rebellion against one’s family corrupts the intention toward finding truth, and mocks what many Christians dearly hold to be true themselves. In Islam we call this hardening the heart & feeding the nafs (ego)

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Anonymous #4 7w

When we knowingly reject truth, we at a psychological and spiritual level (indeed the word root word psych comes from Greek for spirit or soul) actually create distance from truth by making things about ourselves and what we want without direction instead of things as they truly are. The more we engage in this centering of self, the less we center Truth/God, and the further we drift from life’s true purpose in this short mirage of a life before our last breath, when truth makes it as clear as it

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Anonymous OP 7w

I knew she was a stone cold liar. Thanks for the insight

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Anonymous #4 7w

Was when we were born, we are left without chances to act upon it, accountable for what we did do, and what we did choose. One’s family could be terrible and say that two plus two equals 4, this truth has no bearing on their being terrible, it is true regardless of how they are. So acknowledging this fact is not submitting to the family, it is submitting to truth. The truth calls upon us to be good, and the family is judged by this just as much as ourselves

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Anonymous #4 7w

No problem! Who is a stone cold liar? I’m confused

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Anonymous OP 7w

Can I do the fasting thing too as an outsider along with the Islamic community? And how would a diabetic go about this or a woman?

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Anonymous ffsakejcx 7w

Yeah ofc you can, though as someone with a sibling who has type 1, it’s not required upon people whose health may be harmed from taking up the fast. And women who are in the midst of menstruation aren’t required to fast either. But if you’d really like to for the spiritual reasons: make sure you haven’t recently been in DKA, your HbA1c is good, check your blood sugar every hour, and promise that you’ll end the fast immediately if needed

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Anonymous ffsakejcx 7w

Honestly check with your doctor at your next visit if it’s something that you can handle well. The fast from dawn to sunset each day is not just from food, it’s from water and sexual activity as well. Then on top of those if you want have actual spiritual benefit you are to fast from spiritually harmful consumption and behaviors overall like engaging in lying, arguing, fighting, gossiping, or using bad language. Many Muslims will spend more time doing voluntary prayers, reading the Quran, and

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Anonymous ffsakejcx 7w

Otherwise islamically reflecting on everything or helping the needy compared to baseline the rest of the year. Those are the required fasts (for those who can) of Ramadan though, voluntary ones include fasting every Monday & Thursday. Islam is really just what you make of it, easy or difficult, & the advice of the prophet pbuh is to make things easy for yourself & others. So if you want to fast, just stick to the bare basics without the extra stuff till you’re ready. Easy differs by person

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Anonymous ffsakejcx 7w

If you can’t do the physical aspects of the fast for health reasons then do what you can on the spiritual side or do a fasting window that’s actually tenable for you. God knows what someone’s intentions are, so if your intention is to fast despite circumstantial limitations and you make the effort that will be rewarded accordingly. People who can’t physically fast do fidya, which is giving one full day’s worth of food to ppl in need for every day of required fast missed

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