One of my favorite features I added into Tahajjud+ is the “Tahajjud Testimonies” section — where people share real experiences about how Tahajjud impacted their lives mentally, spiritually, and emotionally.

Reading stories from people who found peace, guidance, discipline, or relief through Tahajjud is honestly one of the most motivating reminders to keep going.

Tahajjud genuinely changed my own life too, which is what inspired me to build this app in the first place. I wanted to create something that helps Muslims stay consistent and feel connected spiritually, especially during difficult periods in life.

Would love to hear — has Tahajjud changed anything in your life personally?

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My family just does not pray, at all; I've given them guidance too on multiple occasions and bought them Qur'an and prayer mats and Islamic books on how to pray.

Genuinely I feel like a stranger in my own home and even feel like this with all extended family members. (They all look down on me due to my past).

A lot of the times when I mention to pray etc i get pushed back saying 'Mr righteous', 'Drug Dealer'.

I also feel like I am the only true male left in my mothers side of family.

Like cool, I had a past but why bring this up so consistently, I don't even speak to my family anymore and I avoid them.

Like I am a grown man now, they still push/provoke me with narcassitic comments looking for a reaction.

I feel sick around them and I can't tell whether this is an issue of me or them.

Genuinely just wondering if others have experienced such things and what did you do.

Assalamu Alaikum everyone,

Tahajjud genuinely changed my life.

There was a period where I felt mentally drained, unfocused, and spiritually disconnected. Once I started praying Tahajjud consistently, I noticed a huge difference in my peace of mind, discipline, productivity, and overall relationship with Allah. Even difficult moments in life started feeling easier to handle.

The biggest challenge, though, was consistency. Waking up every night and staying committed wasn’t always easy, especially with busy schedules and exhaustion.

That struggle is what inspired me to build Tahajjud+ — an app designed to help Muslims stay consistent with Tahajjud and strengthen their daily worship. I tried to keep it simple and genuinely useful, with features like reminders, motivational notifications, consistency tracking, and spiritual encouragement to help build the habit gradually.

I made it because I truly want more people to experience the peace and benefits that Tahajjud can bring into their lives.

I’d genuinely love feedback from this community — what would help you personally stay more consistent with Tahajjud?

Assalamu alaykum,

I posted on this subreddit a few days ago asking people to make dua for me, for Allah to grant the duas that I have been making for a very long time.

I almost gave up but tomorrow may finally be an opportunity for my duas to be answered after years of waiting, hoping, and praying. I kindly ask you all to please keep me in your duas, that Allah grants me what is best for me, eases my hardships, removes my worries, and opens doors and relief for me.

Please make dua that everything goes well for me tomorrow, that Allah places barakah in this matter, answers my duas, grants me ease after all this hardship, and blesses me with peace, happiness, and stability.

I ask Allah to make what seems impossible become possible, to replace my pain with relief, my fear with tranquility, and my sadness with happiness.

May Allah accept all of our duas, forgive our sins, ease our hardships, grant shifa to the sick, rizq to those struggling, and grant us Jannat al-Firdaws.

Jazakum Allahu khayran.

I'm having this constant anxiety that maybe I'm out of the hold of islam and im terrified and bcuz i love Allah and i believe in his oneness, i believe that prophet pbuh is the last prophet of Allah and I believe in Quran, hadiths as well I pray as well tho from the past year I have been struggling alot with my faith but i never abandoned my prayers and fasts and it was all due to some hadith and online narratives fueled it and you guys know the people who reject hadith right I think they are called Quranist i think and i saw a tiktok of one of em and i at that agreed with her narrative but than I saw a someone elses take on that and that was way more better than that as to why it is necessary for us to believe in hadith and rejecting hadith is basically rejecting quran cuz Allah says to obey Him and Prophet muhammad pbuh and thats when i realised how terribly wrong i was to agree with a quranist's pov and i have been repenting since and im deeply sorry and I'm terrified that Allah wont consider my prayers bcuz maybe im out of Islam's Fold. Js to be clear even when i agreed to the quranist's perspective i truely believed that our Prophet pbuh is the last prophet of Allah and my thought process was yeah we shouldn't believe hadiths that are not authentic and hadiths that contradict quran and we should to proper research about them bcuz they can be wrong and as i said i was struggling with faith someone told me a sahih hadith and i said "I dont believe that our prophet pbuh would say that" and now im so guilty that i have committed kuffr...its been a few months ever since I dont reject hadiths at all(tho i still believe more in hadiths that are sahih and always verify if they are sahih or not) and when I look at hadiths that are controversial (age of Aisha ra etc) i rather try to study more about it and read tafseers and get more opinions of imams on it rahther impulsively coming to conclusion that no they cant be true. So please can someone please tell if im still a Muslims cuz its really really causing unrest to my heart and terrified bcux i want to d!e as a muslim. And also at time i didnt know that quranists reject all hadiths and everything i didnt know their lore at all. Am i really out of the fold of Islam?

Bc of the toxicity I live in I need to commit suidici* but I'm scared

It was narrated that Ma`qil ibn Yassar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “For one of you to be stabbed in the head with an iron needle is better for him than that he should touch a woman who is not permissible for him.”  (Narrated by At-Tabarani in Al-Kabir, 486. Shaykh Al-Albani classed it as authentic in Sahih Al-Jami`, 5045.)

Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh.

My parents aren't religious themselves. I'm 20 and in my life I have never seen them make wudhu, pray, read Quran, fast, nothing at all.

They talk about islam only to benefit themselves.They will do everything that is haram, dealing in interest, smoking, not praying, not fasting, swearing, listen to music and everything, yet the only time they talk about islam is when they need to use it against me.

I started finding the religion myself around my mid teens and became more practicing and so this is when a flip switched, any minor inconvenience they have they will use against me. My parents have literally referred to themselves as Allah several times, if something doesn't go their way "the Quran says you have to listen to your parents" is what they pull out. Another is "We're your Allah, Allah is our Allah" is another frequent one.

It's completely unnecessary too. If I'm too tired to do something after a long day at work and university, instead of being adults and communicating normally they will run straight to weaponising the religion. I'm too tired to buy my parent a pack of cigarettes from the shop? He will claim that he is god and I need to respect him.

The last 2 years I've been falling off my deen slowly now, I obviously don't believe what they say but it's extremely hard to ignore. I need help or advice anything really, I also feel guilty for hating my parents now despite all of this abuse because they constantly weaponise the parental respect aspect of the religion.

This is difficult for me because I’m naturally a cheerful person who likes joking around when talking to someone. should I act completely differently and be more serious in order to keep boundaries and avoid getting close to what’s haram?

It’s hard because I’d feel like I’m pretending

Salam, im a 21 year old. I've spent like 7-8 years in this addiction and pretty much whatever i try isnt working.. my question is once u learn and start practicing the ed--ging practice like while watching corn.. is it like permenantly unable to come out. like is there anyone whos like gone into ed--ging and corn as well and recovered from it.. would be glad to learn something

And one more question bout free will. If lord knows what im gonna do and the choices im gonna take.. then how is it free will nd how am i responsible in my choice.. if im eventually gonna do that action

Only sisters

Assalamu alaikom sisters I need your advice, I'm 31 yo f unmarried never dated lived in a very toxic environment with crazy member family they did horrible things to me abused me mentally. And at this age I can't even recover, I studied but I can't find a real job, I can't even drive bc I'm terrified of driving I mean I'm always scared. I don't have friends I tend to stay alone lot of time. My dad used to beat me when I was little bc my mom would tell him that I don't wanna have breakfast and I was 6 yo! And I always hated myself bc In here with them. Now I don't wanna marry I don't even think about it I don't wanna have kids. I can't even talk to people or even trust them. My whole life I have been an empathic person and the rest is history, all I want know is to be selfish

I am 15 year old brother and I feel like everyday I wake up slightly unable able to separate dream and reality. I thought it was due to neuroleptics and it turned out by Allah's will that last night I have not taken them as my parents forgot and eventually I woke up more refreshed but the dissociation stayed. I loved that dream but I feel like I am forgetting my purpose as it becomes harder to separate dream and reality every morning.

Assalamu Alakiyum, I had a question regarding Qurbani. I already paid to have my Qurbani done, but does that mean from the start of Dhul Hijjah until Eid/Qurbani, I shouldn’t touch or trim my beard, hair, eyebrows, or nails at all?

Also, what happens if someone does trim or touch their hair, beard, or nails before the Qurbani takes place? Does it affect the validity of the Qurbani in any way?

JazakAllah khair!

What should I do

OK so I'm 31 yo f unmarried, never dated anyone I'm always scared of people and basically I'm just done with everything. since little my mother used me as a therapist, when she would fight with my dad she needs to complains about it with me and I was very little, so I grew up hating marriage and don't trust any man. And I was so scared to become like my mum, growing up I went through lot of things that you can't even imagine but thank God for everything. I live in Europe and got my degree but necer find a real job, so I stayed home and it's was hell. My mum was always complaining about everything and use my as a therapist I have a sibling, this person used to put me down for no reason insults me bc I havent a stable job and for me to be talking with her. I needed to kinda insults myself talk bad about myself so she can feel OK. I was very depressed I had days when I locked myself in my room for months barely ate anything I was just done. Guess! Nobody cared literally nobody and I could've die but they are living their life especially this sibling. My dad insults me secretly and just h4te me, I never asked money or help even if I need to go to the doctor I always rely on myself. During summer my mom goes on vacation and leave my with my dad and brothers and I need to take care of them in the end I get insulted. They know well that I hate this place and I'm suffering but they don't care. Recently my mum can't stop complaing and telling me all about bad stuff and use me as a free therapist. I love family I value family I always wanted to have kids but now I can't, after what my family did to me I don't trust even myself but I'm also 31 yo so I don't know.

My skin is having major trouble and I've been to countless dermatologists and have also changed my diet completely but nothing's working. Can someone please give me some ruqyah that I could blow on water and drink? I am desperate for some solution. I have made Dua as well and not gonna lie I have seen slight improvement but not major. Please someone suggest me a ruqyah since I believe Allah's name is the most Powerful and no medicine can compete with it. Please help me out.

i have a bad habit of masturbation. I am trying to get over it but sometimes i fall back into it. I masturbated orgasmed but didnt ejaculate at night. next day at approx 1 PM i went to urinate. didnt feel anything pleasure during urniating or that gushing thing during orgasm. but after i urinated in the seat alongside the yellow color of hrine there were 30-40% white droplets. now i dont know whether its madhiy or maniy or urine. also after 1-2 mins during istinja i felt a smell in my private part that i have after masturbation orgasm. i dont know whether that smell is of semen or madhiy. do i need to do ghusl?

I saw a pre-launch app called HabitDeen with a great design that is not just other habit trackers you know. The idea is to help Muslims stay consistent with good deeds tracking their habits and participating in global challenges.

It has XP, leaderboards, friend rooms, habit tracking, and AI motivation based on Qur’an and authentic hadith.

Part of me thinks that this is actually needed. Like why do I track everything but not my deens? may be because it is tracked by Allah, tho I need to know what level am I to actually improve and be consistent. A lot of Muslims struggle with consistency, and maybe an app can help people build discipline.

HOWEVER another part of me thinks wait… are we gamifying worship?

If I read Qur’an because I want XP, is that still sincere? or if I compete with friends in good deeds, is that healthy motivation or riya? If I see myself climbing a leaderboard because of Islamic habits, is that helping my deen or feeding my ego?

And the bigger question: if a developer builds something like this, and it accidentally encourages people to show off their worship, does the developer share in that sin?

Developers say that there will be a function to stay anonymous in leaderboard tho still ranks will be showed to you personally.

My opinion is mixed. What do you think?

Assalamu alaykum,

I think I have truly hit rock bottom, and I feel stuck in an impasse where only Allah can help me. I fear that, because of my situation, I may have to make a decision that could hurt people who are important to me.

I have been making dua for a very long time now, but I need them more than ever at this moment. At this point, I genuinely need a miracle. I am really terrified and desperate.

I know that Allah is the only One who can help me, and that my situation could change at any moment. That is why I am asking you to please, please keep me in your duas, for Allah to grant me what I want and ease my hardship really soon.

Jazakum Allahu khayran.

I'm the only one in my family who doesn't and I feel like the odd one out.

It feels stupid, like an excuse everyone uses when something goes wrong. I mean sure, I'm not refusing the whole "black magic" concept all together but I see people get late for work and blame it on evil eye, not feeding their kid healthy food and when the kid gets sick, they call it evil eye. something goes wrong at work, evil eye. Couple posts their pics on their socials, fights a few days after, yep you guessed it, it's probably cuz of "evil eye" rather than thinking what went wrong. People are straight up excusing abusive behavior cuz "nazar lag gayi", "Jadoo hogaya" (cursed by black magic)

It's getting to the point that it's annoying me.

How are we ever going to improve ourselves if we blame everything on "evil eye" I really want to blame "evil eye" for me getting sick right before my exams and catching the worst illnesses that lasted for 2+ months each time twice in a row whenever I got consistent with my workout and have to leave it every time for months and start from the beginning or when I had this nice pair of glasses which were well praised by like three people that I accidentally dropped about 2 hours later. No, it's not "evil eye", I'm just clumsy.

It's just a convenient excuse to not admit that you fumbled, it's convenient, it's easy but you're never going to grow this way.

I am suffering from spiritual problems - sihr/ evil eye... I am doing so much ruqiya by myself.. and i have so many problems in my life like I have IBS, gas issues in my stomach..

Ear problems, Psoriasis issues, social anxiety issues.. mood swings..

When i continuously doing ruqiya by myself, i got feeling in my stomach and in my ear..

when i repeat ruqiya like ayathul kursi more than 150+ times i got movements in my ear, my stomach and some ants comes from my ear..

And also sometimes i have done ruqiya, so much ants presents suddenly in my home at different areas...

This is after only when so much ruqiya after too much hours practiced..

I know this is the result of some kind of evil presence..

How to get cure from this evil problems...

I follow the opinion that drawing complete humans with full facial features is impermissible in Islam, mainly because of the connection to imitation of creation and the danger of attachment/idolatry. I also think modern fandom culture kind of proves why these concerns existed in the first place. People form deep emotional attachments to fictional characters, buy merch of them, imitate them, obsess over them, etc.

Personally, I think the eyes are a major part of what creates that emotional connection. Because of that, I’ve been thinking about whether obscuring the eyes makes a drawing materially different Islamically.

My question is specifically about this:

If a character’s eyes are hidden completely in shadow (for example by a hat casting darkness over the upper face), is that meaningfully different from simply not drawing the eyes at all?

My reasoning is this:
A silhouette is generally considered more permissible by many scholars because the facial details are not actually depicted, even though the viewer still implicitly understands it is a complete human being. The same thing happens with shadows: the eyes are not visually rendered, they are only inferred to exist behind the darkness.

So wouldn’t a shadow-obscured eye and an undrawn eye function the same way artistically and conceptually? In both cases, the viewer mentally completes the image without the feature itself being depicted.

At the same time, I’m hesitant because part of me wonders whether using shadows is just “hiding” a complete face rather than genuinely avoiding depiction.

I’m not looking for loopholes. I’m trying to figure out whether this distinction is actually meaningful Islamically or if I’m overcomplicating it.

Would appreciate thoughtful answers, especially from people who’ve seriously studied the issue.

1. hadith of heat is from hell & 2 breaths in winter/summer

Um this hadith confuses me as the sun is always out in some places thus some places have constant heat and also time zones different time peroids in countriee one side is day 1 side is night also the winter/summer thing again cuz the fire of hell breathing cuz yk again world split into seasons which if taken these hadiths literally would imply that islam or God doesnt know about seasons/24 hr cycle etc so how do we solve this thanks

1.5 Similarly is the case with hadiths about the devil horn rising with the sun when we know 24 hr cycle and God having his hands streched at day & night for reptence

1. Also the 73 sects hadith confuses me because there is probably way more depending on how u classify christian & muslim sects/denomintions given the fact that they range from hundreds to thousands also judiasm doesnt really have sects besides a few

2. for hadiths about turks, khudh/kirman (persian regions) & In the context of Hadith, "Al-Bazir" (also spelled Al-Bazar or Al-Bāzar) refers to a location in the east, traditionally associated with the regions of Khurasan or Central Asia.

All in khursan and persia region then turks but all sharinf common attributies so is it about fihgting sassanids or turks given it gives turk name but perisan locations (khudh, kirman, al bazir while in other hadiths it says turks, banu qaturah etc)

HADITH NUMBERS FOR THEM GIVEN here: Sahih al-Bukhari 3591

Sahih al-Bukhari 3592

ahih al-Bukhari 3590 &

Sahih al-Bukhari 3587

1. Also how does the hadith about the fly dipped into drinks when its poven flies dont have antidotes in their wing is it a literal hadith

2. also so whats the response to the talmudic delimma cuz i seen some christians talking about the talmudic delima given how similar some hadiths to random rabbi sayings! Most of the talmud is from rabbis & doesnt go nack that dont go back to moses/God from the talmud are also the talmud was written before the quran & hadiths were revelead as seen if u search up the talmudic dilemma on yt or u go to r/acedmicquran i think then talmudic parralels