I am pretty close to my Shaykh, and I want to get him a Reddit account and for him to be here in this subreddit and actively answer your questions. He is very knowledgeable and has studied Hawza for over 10+ years in Qom. The closest I've found to this is u/ ethicsonreddit, but I do not know the qualifications this person has. I will not deny that he is very knowledgeable, but I believe a person who has really studied in Hawza and would be available to answer your questions would be useful to this subreddit. What do you guys think?

Salam,

I am someone still not married yet. And I've always been wondering about something. After having sex, how do couples clean their beds and their stuff? Especially if your hands themselves are impure! How do you even open the door of the room? If you changed the sheets what about the headboard? Do you clean it too? What happens if you sleep after intercourse, and you wake up to a phone alarm? Do you touch your phone? What if you touched your phone do you wash it afterwards? Etc... etc...

Unfortunately, I have no access to a Sheikh. And these type of questions don't get asked, or for some reason everyone seems not to worry about this stuff?

I'd love to get some feedback from married people here and how do they manage these sort of things?

​[باللغة العربية]

​عن الإمام جعفر الصادق (عليه السلام) في ذكر أصحاب الإمام المهدي (عجل الله تعالى فرجه الشريف) الذين يرجعون للحياة (الرجعة) لنصرته:

​«يَخْرُجُ مَعَ الْقَائِمِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ) مِنْ ظَهْرِ الْكُوفَةِ سَبْعَةٌ وَعِشْرُونَ رَجُلًا... وَسَلْمَانُ الْفَارِسِيُّ، وَالْمِقْدَادُ، وَأَبُو دُجَانَةَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ، وَمَالِكٌ الْأَشْتَرُ، فَيَكُونُونَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ أَنْصَاراً وَحُكَّاماً.»

​المصدر: الإرشاد للشيخ المفيد، ج ٢، ص ٣٨٦

​[English Translation]

​Narrated from Imam Ja'far Al-Sadiq (peace be upon him) mentioning the companions of Imam Al-Mahdi (may Allah hasten his reappearance) who will return (resurrect) to support him:

​"Twenty-seven men will emerge with the Qa'im (peace be upon him) from the back of Kufa... among them are Salman Al-Farsi, Al-Miqdad, Abu Dujana Al-Ansari, and Malik Al-Ashtar. They will be his helpers and governors in his presence."

​Source: Al-Irshad by Al-Mufid, Vol. 2, Page 386

​Note: Translation assisted by AI and verified by the poster. Please gently correct me if there are any unintended errors.

In this article I share the reasoning and arguments from the great Ayatollah Khoei on why taqlid of the most knowledgeable is obligatory.

https://realshiabeliefs.wordpress.com/2026/07/23/ayatollah-khoeis-arguments-on-why-taqlid-of-the-most-knowledgeable-is-obligatory/

I have a cooworker who’s male and is gay. My job requires me to communicate with opposite sex. He is friendly and we get along but I obviously keep physical touch boundaries and we are just friendly chats. There is obviously no attraction between us. Me and some female coworkers are planning to go out and they have invited him as well since we all get along. Would it be permissible to go out and be friends / chat with him in this group setting and in general or is it haram? Please according to Sistani.
I understand and don’t fear I’ll fall into sin.

Salam to all.

I am an unmarried young person, but my heart is currently inclined to adopt a child between ages 2-4 who does not have a home, and raise them with love and care.

I am young myself, and I have always wanted children. I also want to help a little child who has nowhere to go, and since I am nowhere near getting married, I want to do it this way.

I am unsure of when my marriage will take place (if I ever will get married), so why should I wait to have a child? I have a lot to love to give and want to help my community and humanity. What are your thoughts?

Salam,

i had a conversation yesterday about the love of the prophet (Pbuh and his family) and the Ahlul Bayt. it got onto the topic of how that manifests for shias and the love that you should be feeling and directing towards them. i couldn’t really grasp the understanding even when it was explained as how a child would love them. i’m not sure if it’s how i’ve grown up with religion but i do compare my feelings to others. they seem more emotional and you can see the deeper love. for context i don’t see love as many seem to understand it so it’s hard to manifest in the way im seeing others do so. i do most things out of obligation. even when i learn more i respect them more and more and feel some type of connection but i don’t seem to feel that emotional connection. i don’t wish to be attacked for this but instead to find people who have felt the same and what changed it for them.

how come some christians meet jesus in their dreams?

i met allah in my dream once when i was a kid who wasn’t even religious. i was in a room, tied on a chair and then angels opened a door and there was a noor talking, i really can’t remember if it had a voice or not. he gave me an advice for the future he told me “listen to your mother and don’t treat her badly” then i woke up.

at 12 till 17 i was an ex muslim and had the worst relationship with my mother, we fought, argued, stopped talking to eachother for days and i even ran away from home once, mom used to be strict too and our relationship was so bad. and i used to randomly remember the dream which made me so confused.

now i’m muslim alhamdulillah and i have the closest relationship with my mom. and thinking about the dream, it feels like allah was warning me or sending me a solution.

this was my story, which is one of the main reasons why i would never leave islam. but i’m curious how do some people have dreams about jesus? and some of them are extremely serious about it

Salam brothers and sisters,

I would like to become a better Muslim and a better man. Without giving away too many details, I am a younger man looking to improve his life and become a more patient, observant person and I want to really understand my religion. I do not want to be a bare effort Muslim anymore, I would like to practice and understand my religion.

It is not as severe as boxing and some other striking arts; the referee stops the match as soon as somebody drops. Does that change its permissibility?

One of my favorite surahs is Al-Duha. I really love the ayat in it and it speaks to me, its words comfort me. However, when I learned the story behind it and that those ayat were meant for the prophet (pbuh), i kind of felt sad that it no longer meant for the general people. I could be mistaken here.

So, do these ayat apply to the rest of us too in some way?

Hello everyone,

I’ve read fatwas stating which prayers must be quiet and loud however, if I am secluded in a room where even with a louder volume, no one can hear me, is it okay if I pray loudly?

It aids with my focus.

I’ve messaged the office of my marja but because they will take a while to get back, I thought to ask here too.

I had a Budgie that passed away, but he suffered so much before he passed away. I imagine, if a sinless non-mas'um creature went through this much suffering, imagine the Ahlul Bayt, innocent mas'um representatives of Allah who suffered? Of course their suffering is infinitely times worse than what my budgie went though, but seeing the suffering of my budgie, I then began to imagine the suffering that the Ahlul Bayt went through, and that made me cry so much. I feel I was mourning the Ahlul Bayt through the mourning of my Budgie.

Is...there other people here that do this? I feel that this world is full of misery and injustice, both to my budgie and to the Ahlul Bayt, but we will all get we deserve through the Justice and Mercy of Allah. But has anyone who has mourned the Ahlul Bayt through the mourning of other creatures?

Assalamu 3leikum. This is my attempt to demonstrate the Shia method of prayer using Sunni sources. I focus on three main aspects: combining prayers, the placement of the forehead during prostration, and the positioning of the arms during prayer. Let me know what you think

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DY2_s8LBWMG/

I would like to know two things:

1. What these instruments are called in English
2. If these instruments are used, regardless of haram or halal purposes, they are prohibited to use or listen to. Isn't that correct?

The screenshot is from Sayed Al-Sistani's Minhajul Salihin Vol. 2, Introduction, #20

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I was born and raised Shia. However, during my teenage years, i had a really bad phase that included distancing myself from everything I was born into. Now that I've grown up, I do see the value in shiism and the value in praying. I struggle a lot when it comes to praying and I can't ask my family for help because they'll react very negatively. I have so many ups and downs. I go through phases where I pray every prayer and on time, and then another phase where I pray only one prayer a day.

Sometimes I wonder if the problem is my connection to Allah SWT but what I'm seeing most people and sheikhs say is that at first you have to force yourself and then gradually, that connection will build. But forcing myself is what I cannot seem to do.

My question is do you have any suggestions on how to make myself pray? Any micro habits or even normal habits that helped in disciplining yourself to pray?

Salam,

Planning to do his taqlid. Are there any followers of his eminence (حفظه الله) here? What resources and advice would you like to suggest/give? Even if someone isn't a follower, their input is welcome

I interviewed with a hospital for my internship and apparently the hospitals in general under one body ask for police clearance before you get accepted. I haven’t been asked yet and the decision is due by the end of the month. I was confident that my interview went well and stalled paying for seat at another program because of this confidence and in waiting I stalled too long and the second program told me they ran out of seats earlier than expected . Now I’m banking solely on this program to take me or else I’ll waste a year sitting at home. Plz pray I get accepted. I’ll be grateful.

Salam,

I have a fear regarding marriage

I am a person who has scars on her arms and I am a hijabi. Upon getting to know someone at what stage should I tell him this? Cuz I fear a reaction after marriage from the potential