As Salaam Alaikum,
My husband and I live in the United States of America, and from miminimum research my husband and I could be divorced in as little as one month.

The first 4 months of him even waiting to pronounce a divorce hasn't even passed! So I am facing the possibility of being stripped of my rights by the government before Islamically I am stripped of my rights as a wife.

I will not have any governmental rights to my husband what-so-ever. Yet, I will feel obligated to honor him as my husband spiritually. What do I do?

thank you all very much for your prayers.

i spoke to him today and he is still not budging from this decision, and it just makes me sad. i want to move on with my life, but I love this man very much and he is just my everything.

please continue to pray, but just pray for the best for me at this point as I can't be with a man who does not want me.

my heart is hoping that the best is being with him, but only God knows what is best and only he knows the future.

i am just so afraid of being lonely.

As Salaam Alaikum,
I don't live in the U.K. so I am not sure of what city would be good or anyhting but I would like to say this

There are some of you all who are against the idea of establishing our own community where the majority of Muslims follow only the Quran. I have to really say that I disagree with this opinion. I know that no matter how modern I may be (and yes I say "modern" because in our modern way of thinking we particularly love the idea of "individualism&quot, I would really love a community like this.

I too want to go to the mosque one day and hear nothing but references to the Quran. I want to send my children to a Quran school too, where what they learn IS the Quran. I want to go to a "halaqa" and study the Quran myself. I want my children to grow up with a group of friends who are Muslim and believe only in the Quran. I want my children to marry Muslims who believe only in the Quran.

It is lonely being the only one in your town who believes in this. Really lonely. Constantly being told you are wrong, going to hell, and not even a Muslim! Having people cut their eyes at you and think that you are crazy.

And I am not foolish enough to believe that we would all agree on the same things, but still.

I would love to have this.

As Salaam Alaikum Fajr,

As far as I am concerned the Quran tells me to cover my breast and lengthen my clothes. That's it. He doesn't tell me how to wear a "khimar" (besides covering my breast) or how long my "jilbab" should be.

Fajr,
So you think that just because my hair is pretty, I should be covering it? How about lowering your gaze? There are a lot of people into many different things and find the slightest things attrative. Anything from skin tone, to eye color, eyebrow shape (be them bushy or thin), or maybe just the color that I may be wearing. Why is it my responsibility to cover up because YOU find something attractive, after the fact of following God's rules??? Huh.

God commanded us to be modest. NOT UGLY... NOT UNNATRACTIVE! Modesty does NOT mean ugly. Modesty does not mean unnattractive. Matter of fact, many people find modesty ATTRACTIVE and are grossly disguisted by people who show everything.

On top of that, an adornment? Why must smoething that comes naturally from me an adornment?

There are many women who like certain hair styles on men.... short hair, long hair, afros, dreadlocks! Should they be covering their hair too?

On top of that just because the Prophet Muhammad may have allowed his wife to do somthing does not mean that it is an obligation. Again, you represent a case where Muslims make no distinction between the personal life and hte spiritual life of the Prophet.

salaam

As Salaam Alaikum,
God says that he revealed the Quran in Arabic so that the Prophet would understand.

So, I don't think that the Prophet would understand a word like "salwar kameez", "sari", or "komono". Therefore God probably used the word "jilbab", which is arabic, so he couuld understand... thus be familiar with.

So no, I don't question if I should be wearing a "jilbab". I mean, just imagine the next quesiton...."when is a jilbab a jilbab?" (when it is covering clothes under it? but what if someone isn't wearing clothes under it? should they wear a second jilbab to cover the first jilbab?)

peace

As Salaam Alaikum,
My husband left me about 6 months ago and I still so heartbroken. I no longer cry as much as I do anymore, and I have met significant progress in my life since he initially left. Now realizing that there is only about a month left to finally settle the divorce in an Islamic sense, over the past several days I have found myself very upset.

I prayed to God so much to reunite my husband and I and allow us to rebuild our marriage, but he is still gone and as far as I can see I am truly "out of his life". I feel so heartbroken. I know that life goes on, I've been living life a bit since he's been gone. But in my heart I much rather prefer that we were together and we could really try to work it out. I think of so many people who had chose to work it out after a seperation, so many marriages that worked after a seperation, etc and I just feel so upset that this doesn't appaer to be the case for me at all.

I don't know what to do. I've prayed over our situation alot but my husband still has not returned what so ever. I just don't understand why this happened to me. I don't understand at all! I loved my husband so much, soooo much. He was my first love, and we really had so much going for us. I just wish that I could be with him.

Why did this have to happen to me? I don't understand. I prayed and I prayed and he is still gone. He hasn't returned. He hasn't spoken to me. It really hurts!

Hello,
I'd like to know if alcohol is haraam. I know that there are different opinions about this amoung those who follow just the Quran. I'd like to read some of them please.

Thanks!

As Salaam Alaikum,
I am reading the Quran right now I came across these verses

1778-81
Observe the service of prayer from the sun's declining from the meridian to the darkening of the night, and the recitation at dawn. Indeed the Recitation at dawn is palpably evident. Say a supererogatory prayer at the hour of the first watch Your Lord may raise you to a most exalted station. And pray "O my Lord, let my entry be with honour, and let my exit be with honour, and grant me power from You which would help me." And say "Truth has come and falsehood nullified." Verily falsehood is perishable.

My questionare

1.) What is the hour of the first watch?
2.) When do we say these prayers? During salat? After salat? SHould these prayers be included in the salat?

Thanks

As Salaam Alaikum,
I know that I craeted a similar topic but since it was trashed by some really horrible comments, I decidded to create another one.

I would just really like for everyone to pray to God for me concerning my marriage. Please, please pray that my husband reconciles with me because truly lessons have been learned and I would really like for us to give it a real and clear shot before he files for a divorce.

Really, I am in need of lots of prayers so please pray for me and keep me in your prayers. I love my husband dearly and right now everything is just horrible and we just need eachother.

Much of this is due to arrogance and horrible mistakes. Please pray to God that we reconcile. Please pray because all I do is cry. I have cried every single day since he has left. It's so horrible. Please pray for me brothers and sister, I am really pleading with you all because I love my husband. He and I were really focused on our future, with school and all.... and everything has been thrown off tracks. Both of us are suffering financially and both of us are not enrolled in school this semester.

Please, please pray for us. Please pray for us because I love him and I know that deep down inside he loves me, but his anger is overwhelming him right now mixed with arrogance and jsut confusion. Please pray that my husband returns and we reconcile. Please. Please. I love him lots and if you all could just pray for me, pray for my marriage, please. I am really begging you all to keep me in your prayers because I need them a lot right now.

Please pray that my husbands heart softens and so does mine. Please pray for me. Please pray for me.

Thank You.

salaam

As Salaam Alaikum,
As I am typing this I am crying. I am crying because of stress and how though I have knowledge, I really have such little knowledge.

I wish that there was a Quran translation for non-arabic speakers that actually included arabic words when being read.

And what I mean by that are major words/concepts that Muslim love to stress over.

Such as "salat", "hadith", "sunnah", "zakat", "Muslim", "Mumin".

Etc.

As I try to become a better person, follow the straight path, and be righteous I become even sadder and sadder. I swear I wish that I knew arabic.

Are there any english translations out there like this?

thanks

As Salaam Alaikum,
Right now I am not reading the Quran too much, but this just popped up in my head while surfing... (so please don't give me smart comments like , "look it up yourself&quot

Does the Quran actually ever say, "follow the Prophet Muhammad"?

I ask this because many hadith followers will say we are suppose to obey and FOLLOW the Prophet.

The "follow" part gives them support to say that even if someone claimed to observed the Prophet doing something, it is enough to make it a command for folks. They obligate themselves to doing something based on what they believe the Prophet did, not nessarily commanded.

Does anyone have any insight on this?

As Salaam Alaikum,
If my husband divorces me, which he is insisting on doing, by local law what should I do?

A local law divorce will strip me of all rights to him as a wife in the eyes of the government!

Should I still wait the Islamic way?

I know that we need to follow God's way, which is what I am insisting on my husband doing.... but what happens if i am stripped of my rights during this time?

I really valued being married in the eyes of the government and I frown down on Muslim marraiges that are not legally sanctioned by the government because it puts people, particularly women, in such an awful position.

My husband insists on this way and intending on filing the divorce papers.

I still have many months until I am Islamically divorced. Unfortuanntly though I can be divorced in the eyes of the government much sooner than that.

I feel that my rights are being taken away from me. That I am being stripped. Why should I then wait even more months to move on with my life?

Does God say anything about situations like these?

In a way my husband would be persecuting me, don't you think? Because he is denying me of my God given rights. What should I do?

This is partly what is stressing me out so much. I know that I can move on with my life, etc but I am freaking out because he will strip me of all of my rights soon if he goes ahead with filing the divorce papers. I feel that he is violating my rights and everything. I will be his "ex-wife" according the law and it upsets me so much, truly i will have absoloutly NO RIGHTS over him according to the government. My husband will be persecuting me!

As Salaam Alaikum,
I am really in need of prayers.

My husband is saying that we divorcing and I do not want to. I would just really like to work our problems out before it is too late. I even told him about he must wait 4 months to even come to that decision, but he doesn't seem to care at the moment. I am very scared because I love this man so mcuh.

If you all could please pray for me I'd really appreciate it.

I love this man with all of my heart and he is just someone that I care about so much.

Please pray for me.

thank you

As Salaam Alaikum,

this is just a thought that I connected together this past week that really opened a new way of thinking for me

Often people become very intersted in Islam because they see it as a religion that does not worship the "white man". Christianity is often portrayed as an evil religion that was forced upon people, where Christian missionaries would encourage/force converts to throw away all of their cultural identity in replace of European values, clothes, and culture because it was percieved as the Christian way.

Islam is seen as something where people can come from all races and woship the same God, regardless of race, nationality, or cultural background.

I would say that this idea attracts particularly non-white converts in the Western world.

Now when looking at Sunni-Islam though, at least the people who practice it.... I see the same sort of "cultural imperialism". I see non-Arabs embracing Arab traditions, clothes, and even accents! I see them completly shunning thier country of origin, cultural traditions, and clothes. And of course thsi is preached by peope--- to follow an obviously Arab sort of lifestyle, that is disguised as Islam.

Now I am in no way attacking Arabs or (white) Europeans here.

I'm just saying that this thought came across me and I really thought "wow". I have always been critical of the way that people imitate Arab culture simply becuase they believe that it brings them closer to Islam, but I never compared it to the same sort of criticism that Christian Europe has gotten when it came to this same sort of technique--- Follow the European way because it the Christian way.

Today I saw so many (i assume) black Muslim males in Arab dress... They were wearing the Saudi head gear and everythign like they were some prince!

It was crazy.

As Salaam Alaikum,

Hello everyone! My name is Ibelieveinitonly and I am so happy to have join this site! I follow only the Quran and basically I have been this way all of my life. I never was one to accept hadith, I always knew that somethign was wrong. But for so much in my life I felt that I was the only one. Not anymore. I am just really happy to be here and discuss Islam with you all. I have to say though that I have my own reasons for joining and that is because I want to meet other Muslim who believe only in the Quran in the Atlanta area (please go to the meetup area for a plan on it). I do hope that I regularly post here though.

Thanks!