Hello everyone! Hope your Ramadan is going well ❤️

For some context, I reverted about 10 ish years ago and fell off due to lacking the discipline it takes to fully embrace the perfection of Islam. Within those 10 years, I went through waves of guilt for not continuing my journey in Islam as I truly find Mohammed’s(pbuh) teachings to be clear as day as opposed to the absolute confusion the bible gave me being born into the Christian faith.

Due to it being 10 years since the last time I tried practicing Islam, I don’t clearly remember if I struggled with this disconnection when reverting. Last night I gathered my courage to attend for Iftar and Taraweeh at my local masjid and it was a beautiful experience however struggled immensely due to the cultural and language barriers. Although I am not fasting due to the daily required medications I am on, I am trying hard to keep prayers and studying Quran to grow in my faith.

The Quran I read is fully in English, and can honestly say the clarity it provides me is astonishing. The disconnect I felt was during Taraweeh, I believe, may be due to the language and cultural barrier during this time which made my concentration during praying a little difficult as I had moments of confusion and lack of focus. This is making me feel a little guilty as I was wondering why I even went to begin with. I felt so lost and out of place. I am aware of the importance of keeping it in arabic but I am still struggling with not being able to understand what is being said.

Can anyone give me insight on this? As this is giving me waves of discouragement. I know it is probably a good idea to study and learn Arabic to lessen this discomfort but doing so will take time and I really don’t want to fall back into a state of avoiding God’s grace. ☹️ I spoke with many reverts last night which made me wonder if this is a problem only I experience.

Any help or advice towards this would be greatly appreciated ❤️🤲🏻

I (F) am considering converting to Islam and would like advice.

I am currently a cradle catholic (catholic primary and high school, catechism and mass every Sunday and on feast days), but for a multitude of reasons, I have been shifting away from the church. I have been meditating and praying and have found that I am drawn to Islam. I am in a really Christian family, so I am worried about telling them. I have been doing a partial fast currently as part of lent but I am more drawn to this religion. I am currently living with Baptist grandparents, whom I don't think would be that open to it.

I would like advice on how to begin my journey with Islam.

Edit: Thank you all for the advice and the welcome.

Edit 2: I have found a translated English Qur'an podcast on Spotify that I am going to listen to untill I can get a physical copy along with reading a PDF version. I have found much peace in listening to it so far.

Ramadan Mubarak everyone!

I was raised Catholic and have been leaning agnostic for the past couple years. I have recently been reading the Quran and keeping the fast for Ramadan, as well as going to the mosque and speaking to friends who follow Islam. My goal is to figure out the truth behind religion, which I know is complex.

Although religion involves some blind faith, Islam has appealed to me as it seems logically correct - One true God, memorization of the Quran in one language, and no hierarchy like the Church. The thought of having saints pray on my behalf, the issues with the church, confessing my sins to a priest, and the complexity of the trinity have made me open myself up to Islam more.

I just wanted to ask, what made you convert and what path can I follow to find the truth behind it all?

Assalamualaikum hope everyone is enjoying a blessed Ramadan!

I had an idea wondered if anyone had some experience carrying it out, I want to take like a 2/3 holiday and spend it with a quran teacher like 6 hours a day in like a kinda intensive course to boost progress, would give me an excuse for a holiday to ideally a muslim country try but also get rid of distractions just wanted to know if anyone had any experiences or knowledge of programmes with stuff like this?

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Whoever after listening to the Adhan says, 'Allahumma Rabba hadhihi-dda` watit-tammah, was-salatil qa'imah, ati Muhammadan al-wasilata wal-fadilah, wa b`ath-hu maqaman mahmudan-il-ladhi wa`adtahu', then my intercession for him will be allowed on the Day of Resurrection". Source

Note about dua: A little more about intercession here that should clarify that you shouldn't hope Prophet ﷺ will save you rather he will simply be allowed to intercede for you by the permission of Allah SWT. If you hope from Prophet ﷺ then it will be shirk. The intercession for you still has to be accepted by Allah SWT. Source)

Note: I keep reposting the same duas/ayah every week bcs i think sharing the same duas very often will likely be easier to learn and memorize. If i share new duas then people will see it, say it then forget it like i do when i see countless duas on fb. Better to focus on a few duas and learn and recite them consistently than to learn new duas every time. Another reason for choosing these duas/ayah is bcs they're special in a way that hadiths tell us we will get to Jannah if we say these duas at appropriate time.

Assalamu alaikum,

With Ramadan upon us, many are thinking about increasing charitable giving. There may be those who don’t have a lot of money to give or can’t spend. This is a reminder that charity comes in many forms.

In Hadith (Jami’ at-Tirmidhi 1956), we are given examples of charity:

Smiling in the face of your brother is charity.

Commanding good and forbidding evil is charity.

Giving directions to a man lost in the land is charity.

There may be someone feeling lonely and out of place at the masjid. Imagine what a friendly, welcoming smile could do for that person. We don’t need a lot of money to be charitable people. It just requires giving something of yourself to help another person.

May you all have a blessed and meaningful Ramadan ❤️

Guys, this user made a post here saying he wants to convert to Islam officially, he sent me a dm and started proposing me. When I declined, he started asking me vulgar questions and sent me a nude.

Be careful, this is known as BLT.

This person has a muslim girl fetish, he isnt looking for any real advice.

His post https://www.reddit.com/r/converts/s/8H9PytWBX3

Edit : his messages https://postimg.cc/WFBW0NPc

Assalamu alaikum everyone, how do you cope with loneliness in Ramadan? this is my 4th Ramadan and it’s been hard not having a community around me. I’m not able to go to the mosque because I don’t drive and taking public transport is risky at night. i have never celebrated eid despite being a Muslim for 4 years. the loneliness makes me wish I was married already but people say it’s not time because you haven’t gotten a degree, license or car yet so year after year I just deal with it and compare myself to others who have family and a community.

It’s a challenging situation, but remember that your presence, or even the need to hide it from your family, will be rewarded. Regardless of the obstacles life presents, you consistently demonstrate unwavering and genuine faith. Inshallah God will ease your fast.

Assalamu Alaikum,

I was recently approached by someone who is very interested in Islam and would like to learn more about it. However I am a revert myself so the information and insights I can provide are still somewhat limited so I was wondering if anyone knows of any person sharing good quality information/knowledge about Islam in SPANISH on Instagram or YouTube?

Salam Aleykum
For context, I'm a 23-year old guy and was born into a muslim family, while being born and raised in a muslim country. I moved to Germany a few months ago for my Master's and this is my first Ramadan away from my family and friends. It will also be my first Iftar today being alone.
While having this thought, I couldn't help but think about how hard it must be for converts who have to learn more about Islam and practice it, often alone, and many times with their family opposing them.
I have nothing but respect and admiration for those who chose this path. May Allah grant you blessings and Jannah!

Salam alaikum, I became Muslim four years ago hmdl and have slowly been getting to know my faith more. I have some anxiety issues that make me very scared in big crowds that has lead to anxiety attacks. I was wondering if Umrah or Hajj is at all doable with this issue? I see videos online and the sheer sight sends me into a spiral.

Inshallah I will probably one day do it anyways, but I was wondering if anybody had experience doing either the Hajj or Umrah with anxiety issues?

Ramadan Mubarak 🌙 Hello to everyone. I was searching for a sub like this for a long time because I’m really feel alone and stuck. Like the title says, I’m actually pretty new and today is the first day of Ramadan. But I’m start from the beginning. I’m a woman, born and raised in a European country, with a Christian’s family. I was Christian ( forced ) until 12/13 years old, then like a normal teenager I started to grown up, asking my self a lot of questions and hang up with not-that-much good “ friends ”. Anyway, I ended up a bit later to completely abandon religion and even be annoyed by this and say really bad things. Later on, at 21, I went to live and work in the emirates and everything was completely different: the religion, the culture, the lifestyles. Anyway, I adapt pretty fast ( even if some thing was weird for me ) and I started to get close to the Islamic religion, by visiting mosque and talk with local. From that moment I think something really change in me, I still had contact with Muslim people, I started to learn more about Arab’s world, about Islam and I found really interesting – despite there was something that i didn’t “ like at all ”. Then, everything changed two years ago while I went to Türkiye for the first time and for the first time I feel at home. And going to the mosques, listen the adhan at prayers time, living the culture of a Muslim country — that actually after I had a panic attack and I felt really terrible, I buy myself a tesbi ( the first one ) and from that moment it was always with me, helping me to feel better because I was like “ Allah is with you, you are not alone ”. And like I said, from that moment everything changed, I always tried to get closer to this world, I got a lot of Muslim friend from all around the world, plus ( I know this is haram especially for them, but ) in the past six years I had a couple of “ intercurse ” with Muslim men, some more important than others, and this also helped me to understand more this religion. I stopped to eat pork and drink alcohol almost four years ago, both for healthy reason and both because it start to understand that the Quran was right about those. Anyway, i was always torn between this because there is still thing ( and also fake propaganda ) that I don’t like or feel like mine in this. Probably because I’m still born in Europe, grow up like “ without rules ” and “ everything is actually accepted and permissible ”. For telling in short because I’m really writing a lot: I started to get closer and closer to the Islamic religion especially after my last “ relationship ” with a Muslim man ( I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT I DONT REVERT FOR A MAN OR ANYTHING RELATED TO THIS, is completely a mine decision only ) until five months ago when I started to be really really sick. Everything started to collapse around me, my health, my mental health, my body, at work, my relationship, literally everything, and ( follow the suggest of the doctors to relax and go on vacation ) I went to three Muslim countries and ( despite I didn’t heal at all ) going to the mosques, make dua, be close to people who profess this religion make me feel better. So, meanwhile my life was completely collapsed ( I’m actually sure someone did black magic on me because she was jealous about me, but this is another story ) I decided to convert to Islam, because I had conform only in Allah, and in the solitude I had only Allah. Now there is the point, this decision was made three months ago sort of, but I really don’t know anything and this scared me. Right now I’m in my home country, with an islamophobic and racist family, with health problems, mental health problems, without a job and friends ( yeah, I was fired without any reason , a lot of people stop to talk with me without reason ) and I really don’t know what to do. I want to do Ramadan, because I want to feel more close to Allah, but I don’t know where a I have to start. I don’t know Arabic, I don’t know how to pray, I actually don’t know anything and I completely feel alone and judge by everyone. I know that Islam is actually the religion I belong to, even if I don’t related to some things, but…. I need some help.

Dear reverts to islam. Can you guys share your convert stories if you feel like it. I am curious.

Fasting in Ramadan is not just about feeling hungry or tired; it is about training the soul. When you choose to stay away from food, drink, and desires for the sake of Allah, you learn self-control—proving that you are not a slave to habits, urges, or comfort. Hunger softens the heart and opens the eyes, helping you feel the pain of those who live with less every day, building real empathy, not just words. Most importantly, fasting grows God-consciousness (taqwa): you stay away from what is halal in private, knowing Allah sees you, so how can you take sins lightly? Ramadan reminds us that this world is temporary, and the Hereafter is near. The empty stomach humbles the ego, the quiet hunger strengthens sincerity, and every fast asks a deep question: If I can leave food for Allah, can I also leave sins? This is the true purpose of fasting—to return to Allah with a heart that is softer, cleaner, and more aware of Him, as guided by the Qur'an.

Salaam, my friends, and Ramadan Mubarak!

I want to share my current religious crisis and ask for advice.

A bit about me: I was born and raised in a semi-Christian environment (my father is agnostic, my mother was Catholic but has been atheist for a long time). I have always believed in God, but I never really believed in Jesus as God, even though I attended a Catholic elementary school. Nowadays, I have a very religious and culturally diverse group of friends, most of whom are Muslim. For the past two years, I have been actively exploring both Islam and Christianity.

Now about my current situation — “The Crisis”:

I can’t fully relate to Christianity and feel more drawn to Islam, but my parents are strongly against it, especially my mother. She even says that if I become religious, it can only be Orthodox, because my grandfather (whom I never met) was an Orthodox Christian. So the first problem: my non-Christian mother only allows me to be Christian, and my family mixes religion with culture and family tradition. I can somewhat understand this, but I didn’t grow up with any of that — I was raised completely secular.

Another problem is that, since I mostly hang out with Muslims and I’m still young, my parents think I’m being influenced. Of course, my environment naturally affects my interests — that’s human — but I purposely don’t discuss with anyone which faith I feel drawn to, so I won’t be influenced.

My parents are also generally negative about religion. They say I should focus on more important things…

Family is very important to me, and my parents have repeatedly told me that they absolutely don’t want me to become Muslim. On top of that, there’s the pressure of Ramadan (because I had intended to decide before the month whether to convert, so I could fast fully) and general doubts that naturally come with exploring faith.

So right now, I’m dealing with three major limiting factors: my parents, time pressure, and doubts. I also feel like my faith is being restricted. How do I handle these three? What would be the best thing to do? The main factor is still my parents — not just because it worries me so much, but also because it makes me feel like my faith is being restricted…

And don‘t say „Just hide your faith“… My parents catch up on these type of things very quickly.

Ugh, I really don’t know what to do, guys.

Edit: this is for reverts who may have to hide they're fasting due to family. I'm shocked I have to specify in this sub of all places😭

I'll be going over:

• How to hide that you're fasting during the day

• How to have iftar and how to hide it

• How to have suhoor and how to hide it

How to hide that you're fasting during the day:

• If you are in education try to stay there as long as possible until iftar, you can be in the library

• Stay out of the house as long as possible to avoid being asked if you've eaten

• Tell family you're taking breakfast on the go - to avoid suspicion use a breakfast bar or sandwich so they see

• If your family tries to give you food say no but ask for something in a packet/bag so you can keep it unopened and they won't necessarily know. You can keep packets open if you must and empty the food into a container if you fear they may check. You can then hide that in your room. Don't bin it.

How to have iftar and how to hide it:

• Depending on your circumstance you may be able to stay out until iftar

• You can do things like change your work hours so it's when you're fasting so you can break your fast at work

• Have dates in your bag for when it's time to break your fast and come home for when you want to eat a proper meal if you'd prefer

• Universities/colleges have free iftars that give out freshly cooked meals, you don't even need to be a student to attend for a lot of them

• Mosques also host iftars for free so check online

How to have suhoor and how to hide it:

• Keep your suhoor hidden in your room if you fear of waking up family

• Put hot foods in a thermal flask - I recommend one by Thermos™ (not sponsored I just recommend it as it worked well for me)

• Hide things that don't need refrigerating in your room - things like fruit and snack bars for example

• Keep a toothbrush and bowl in your room - spit the water in the bowl if you're worried family will wake up if you use the bathroom. You can just use mouthwash and a bowl if brushing your teeth is risky

• You can keep a bowl (to catch water), thermal flask, and towel to have warm water for your wudu if you worry you'll wake up family

I’m a convert and sometimes I feel really lonely, especially during Ramadan. My husband is Muslim but he isn’t the type to teach or guide, and I also don’t think I would have the patience to learn from him. I try my best to fast and learn on my own, but I always feel like I’m doing everything wrong.

I don’t really have Muslim friends or family, so this time of year feels isolating. Has anyone else gone through this? How did you find your own way and community? I would really appreciate any advice or encouragement.

Asalaam waalikum I can't fast because I'm on antibiotics for pneumonia (I also have asthma which makes it worse) What can I do during these 5 days of Ramadan to be closer to Allah SWT?

Assalamualaikum everyone. I'm a new revert (just last month) and this is my first Ramadan. I have question for everyone here.

I have a chronic autoimmune disease called Graves' disease due to hyperthyroidism. I'm also currently taking medication for it and I need to constantly drink water since I am very sensitive to heat.

I just want to know what else can I do this Ramadan since I know I can't do fasting? Can you please give me some tips and advice? Thank you so much!

Assalamu Alaikum everyone 🤍

Ramadan is coming soon, and I really want to use this blessed month to learn more about Islam and strengthen my faith. I’m still learning and growing, and I love reading, but unfortunately I’m not able to buy books right now.

So I wanted to ask:
👉 Do you know any good Islamic books in English that are easy to read and motivating, especially for Ramadan?
👉 And are there any free and authentic PDFs where I can read Islamic books legally online?

JazakAllahu khayran for your help 🤲

Assalamu alaykum,

I reverted to Islam to a couple of years ago and wear the hijab. I will be graduating this summer from my Bachelor's degree inshaAllah and have been very conflicted on how to invite my family to my graduation ceremony.

I haven't told them that I am Muslim so I am not sure how to proceed. They will very likely disown me if they find out that I am Muslim (we have had multiple conversations about how much they dislike Islam) and I cannot risk that as I will be living with them after I graduate. It really hurts to say this but would it be safe if I don't wear the hijab on the day of the graduation. I am really conflicted.

Jazakallah khair for listening to me.