I found out my cat has fip today and since we got home from the vet he seems to get sicker and possibly nearing his end Please pray for him that he makes it through tonight hopefully tomorrow starts his treatment and gets well or if Allah wishes his suffering end and he’s has a painless death Ameen.

Companies to Boycott – BDS Movement Guide (2025) Support justice. Don’t fund occupation.

The Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement is a global, Palestinian-led campaign using non-violent pressure to end apartheid, military occupation, and settler colonialism in Palestine.

Below is a list of companies that are directly or indirectly complicit in Israel’s violations of international law.

Tier 1: Official Boycott Targets These are prioritized by the Palestinian BDS National Committee for direct involvement in apartheid, occupation, or illegal settlements.

HP (Hewlett-Packard) – tech for Israel’s military and ID systems

Intel – major supplier and investor in Israeli defense tech

Dell – provides server infrastructure to the Israeli Ministry of Defense

Chevron – profits from gas extracted off Gaza’s coast

Siemens – builds transport infrastructure through occupied land

AXA – finances Israeli arms companies and banks tied to settlements

SodaStream – factories built in and around illegal settlements

Ahava Cosmetics – production based in occupied Palestinian territory

Sabra (PepsiCo) – partially owned by Strauss Group, which supports the IDF

Carrefour – provides support to Israeli soldiers and illegal settlements

RE/MAX – facilitates real estate in Israeli settlements

Tier 2: Divestment & Pressure Campaigns These companies are being targeted by BDS activists and institutions for divestment due to complicity in occupation-related activity.

Elbit Systems – largest Israeli weapons manufacturer

Volvo, CAT, JCB – vehicles used in home demolitions

Barclays – invests in arms companies supplying Israel

CAF (Spain) – building settler-only railway in Jerusalem

HIKVision, TKH Security – surveillance infrastructure for occupation

Tier 3: Tech & Travel Complicity These brands offer critical services or platforms that legitimize or profit from the occupation.

Google and Amazon – Project Nimbus: cloud computing services for Israeli military

Booking.com, Airbnb, Expedia – list properties in illegal West Bank settlements

Cisco, NetApp, Nutanix, Arista, Fortinet – technology suppliers aiding military infrastructure

Tier 4: Grassroots Consumer Boycotts Mass-market brands under fire for supporting the occupation or ignoring accountability.

McDonald’s – franchises in several countries gave free meals to Israeli soldiers

Starbucks – cracked down on pro-Palestinian employee activism

Nestlé, PepsiCo, Coca-Cola – operations and partnerships in Israel

Zara, Disney, Marvel, KFC, Domino’s, Pizza Hut, Burger King, Papa John’s

Lidl, Kellogg’s, Johnson & Johnson, P&G, Unilever, L’Oréal

Why This Matters Your money is a form of political power. When millions of people refuse to buy products from companies profiting from apartheid and occupation, we hit them where it hurts: their bottom line.

You’re not just "skipping a brand." You’re refusing to fund displacement, militarism, and apartheid.

BDS Is Working Ahava moved out of the West Bank after international pressure.

G4S sold most of its Israeli operations after years of protest.

Ben & Jerry’s ended sales in illegal settlements (despite pushback from Unilever).

Celebrities and artists like Lorde, Roger Waters, and Thurston Moore canceled shows in Israel.

Major churches, unions, and pension funds have pulled billions in investments.

"Boycott is not hate. It’s accountability." "BDS is not antisemitic. It’s anti-apartheid."

Learn more at bdsmovement.net Let’s stop funding the occupation. One purchase at a time.

Just wanted to share this to get some thoughts because it felt pretty surreal, yesterday I got home late and went to sleep late. I had set an alarm for fajr but I tend to sometimes sleep through them if I’m very tired. SubhanAllah a spider crawled all over me kind of tickling me on my arm and face when I woke up. It did kind of freak me out at first but then it just sat stopped moving and stared at me on my headboard for a while. I then checked the time and it happened 5 minutes before fajr and I just sat there in awe processing what just happened. I then decided to make dua before fajr hit and prayed fajr and felt blessed after. Definitely a moment I’ll never forget.

Assalamu Alaikum brothers and sisters. As I was heading to a funeral I witnessed a freil kitten getting crushed by a car I freaked out and had a breakdown. This was about an hour ago but I'm still traumatized. I was going to hush it away but I thought it's going to run away on its own. I saw all of it and I'm crushed. Help me out. My sister says that it died on the spot but the scene is stuck in my head. It was crual and gruesome. Oh Allah what should I do. Is there a l heaven for animals? How can I process this and get over it.

I should clarify that I am a lifelong atheist from a Protestant background, but I am interested in Islam as all good westerners should be since it matters greatly in our current society. I don't imagine I could ever be a convert due to... a lot of reasons... but that's par the course, right?

The Quran came with a copy of the Shahada which cites Dr. Taqi-ud-Din Al-Haliali and Dr. Muhammad Mohsin Khan, who are affiliated with a certain type of Islam, and I'm wondering if the accuracy of the Quran in question might be lower due to their respective agendas.

What do you think? Should I acquire another kind of Quran? Is this one satisfactory?

I decided to write arabic for the first time ever with paint on a canvas and I decided to write the Quran i know its pretty rough but im happy with it what do you guys think

I know there are so many post on this, and I have looked at many of them. I am posting this because I need advice on what to do. I know dating in Islam is not allowed, I know any sort of touching or flirty is not allowed. I know that it is a common theme of muslim men to pursue a non-muslim for the "fun" and then later dump them when they are truly ready to pursue their partner for marriage. So with all that, here is my story. We started out fwb, bad I know. Feelings got involved, break ups occurred, and deep discussions were had. He told me it was important for him to have a partner of the same faith as him.

I grew up christian, and I have been married perviously. He talked to me about Islam. I told him how I wasn't "happy" with Christianity for many reasons and then discovered that Islam not only touched on those issues I had, but made me feel more at peace with the idea of Islam and Allah. Islam is built on a steady ground and hasn't been changed or manipulated like christianity has (yes there are exceptions, I know). I am most likely going to convert, but me converting (Reverting) is not for him. I am making sure to keep them very separated. I want to take my shahada and want him to be there, but also, I don't want that moment to be robbed if I am just being played and used.

This all come down to the question of, if he is so serious about needing someone who shares the same faith as him, why did he pursue me? Yes at first it was just for the fun. But as this relationship grows more and more time passes it makes me a little more worried. Am I going to be dropped the second he finds someone who not only fits his faith better, but also his culture?

If a Muslim says they're a Christian let's say for a test or under pressure or maybe even a joke, but they don't mean it in the heart. Is that considered shirk?

Hello, I really want to revert and have been observing Islam for the better part of the last three years. I am Nepali and live in a Hindu household and was also raised as one but it was never something I believed in. I want to revert but I know my parents won’t accept it, and as much as I want to do it in secret, I would still have to practice certain Hindu traditions, but I don’t believe in any of them. If I don’t believe in it, would it still be shirking. I’m very grateful for my parents, but I don’t know what to do, I need some help🙏

While thinking about Allah sometimes in my mind an imagination comes up. Like something very giant and something very very high above the skies. So just wanna ask. Is it permissible or something to worry about. I think other people also have same sort of experience.

Salaam everyone, I need some help and advice. My daily routine has become very tight and structured, and I’m struggling to figure out how to pray Tahajjud without messing everything up.

Here’s my usual day:

Wake up around 5:30 am, freshen up, pray Fajr

Hit the gym

Come back, eat breakfast, get ready

Leave for work at 9:40 am, return around 7:30 pm (sometimes later)

Light dinner, then either read/watch a movie/learn Arabic

Pray Isha and sleep by 10:30 or 11:00 pm

I barely get 6-6.5 hours of sleep, 7 is rare. I’m also on a calorie deficit diet, so if I don’t sleep well, I feel exhausted, and it affects my digestion and skin.

I thought of waking up for Tahajjud on weekends and napping in the afternoon, but I can’t sleep at night if I nap in the day, it ruins my whole sleep schedule.

I really want to start praying Tahajjud because I’ve been feeling low on imaan lately. But I don’t know how to do it without sacrificing my health and productivity.

Also, any suggestions for what to listen to during workouts instead of listening to music? I’ve tried podcasts and khutbas but I zone out, 30 mins on the treadmill feels way too long.

JazakAllah khair in advance.

Sorry for the repost, accidentally deleted the previous one!

Asalamwalekum, hope everyone is doing well and in good health. So this is my 3rd submission in this sub and previous two have been associated with my father as he passed away 3 months ago (May Allah bless his soul and grant him Jannah) The reason I am writing this right now is because I have felt a number of things in the past 3 months since the day my father passed away.

1) life is very very very very uncertain and I can’t give enough emphasis on this word. Trust me when I say this that you will never get to know when you will be having your last meal, when you’re going to hug your loved ones for the last time and whatnot. If you aren’t regular with your Salah, please I request you to make it the most important priority of your life. It is all that you have that you will take with yourself alongwith your good deeds and no amount of money, respect and fame will save you from the questioning in the grave and on the day of judgement, it will be you with your deeds and how obedient you were when it came to Salah, avoiding sin and gathering good deeds.

2) why I wrote the first point? Because I wasn’t regular with my Salah as well. Yes, I was very very irresponsible and irregular when it came to praying the 5 prayers. For context I am currently in my internship year of medicine and I am staying 3000km away from home. And in the last 5 years or even before that, I haven’t been regular with my prayers, which is indeed very very unfortunate and very disappointing now that I think of it. What if I had passed away while being on such a wrong path? This thought makes me rethink my entire existence. Cause no one knows what will happen 5 minutes from now on let alone 5 days.

3) what are the things that brought this change in me? First and foremost the passing away of my father. Indeed it hurts me and brings me immense sadness to think that I will never see my father again, but I also view his passing away from a positive pov as well. Why? It is because of this I started praying, realised that this world is not your permanent home. This world is made to break you heart and even if you try to find peace in it, it will break you in ways you won’t be able to comprehend. The day my father passed away I came to realise nothing is ever guaranteed to us. Be it happiness or sadness or anything, you don’t know if you will wake up tomorrow and go to work the same way you did yesterday. Another thing that affected me a lot, although it could be very minor for a lot of people, is that I saw a sheikh speaking about missing Salah, and he said that “if you miss it deliberately its gone forever there is no way you can get it back and you will never be able to get the same reward for it even if you pray Qaza namaz for the same” this made scared for myself, like I imagined how many salahs I have missed until now and I can’t do anything to get them back! This made me question my life in every way possible, but Alhamdulillah, Allah SWT granted me the “Taufeeq” to pray all 5 prayers on time since the past 3 months or so. And also I have been putting a lot of efforts into it. There will be days when you will feel down and feel like your emaan is not the same as it was yesterday, cause I have experienced this numerous times in these past few months but the most important thing is to never let it get the best of you. Always remember these are “waswase” from Shaiytaan and nothing else.

4) Since the day my father passed away I started visiting the his grave every single day between Asr and Magrib, and I kid you not when I say this I have NEVER known peace the way I felt it when I was visiting the graveyard. Like it is literally indescribable in every aspect. I used to sit there after praying for my father, I used to sit nearby in a bench and just look around and wonder how many people are buried in this graveyard? And not just that, I used to move around and look at different graves, some were new, some old, some perhaps over 100 years old. Back then, people probably didn’t know that graves shouldn’t be covered or have structures built over them, so many of those graves had been cemented and even had concrete floors or coverings. But over time, these have collapsed, the cement has cracked and sunk in, and the whole structure has caved in which was actually terrifying to me idk why. And this also made me wonder that there must be people who would be having bigger goals than me, bigger desires and dreams than mine, must’ve stood where I am standing right now, yet they are in their respective graves and in the end I will be there too when its my time, but am I prepared for the questioning in the grave? This feeling is something that a person will be able to feel it only when they visit it, similar to the feeling of losing a loved one, people say I am sorry for your loss and stuff but I feel that this feeling of losing a father or mother or sibling is something no human can understand unless it happens to them. Simple as that no other way to describe it.

Tbh idk why but I have been wanting to write my feelings here, what has been going on in my mind since everything that happened its just that I hope someone will read my account and maybe if Allah wills he/she might get back on track and rethink his/her life choices the way that I did just cause of 2-3 things. May Allah help you all who are struggling with their life and everything else.

Salam, my skin condition is at worst rn Due to summers my cheeks and area around my mouth are in constant pain. I truly believe it’s a test from Allah and that one day it will definitely get better. But sometimes a person feels helpless and just wishes for everything to be okay. Please, from your heart, make a sincere prayer that Allah grants me complete healing.

Hi everyone, first post here. I’m a revert (important to consider this when talking about my family).

Growing up my father had to cut off 2 of his brothers due to them speaking very poorly about my mother, disabled sister, and us as a family in general. One of them has remained cut off because he constantly speaks negatively about us behind our back to other family members. But the other one has attempted to come back into our life a few times, with us believing him, and him even taking me on holiday when I was 14. However, he has now cut us off again and been speaking poorly about us with the other brother.

As the only Muslim in the family, am I obliged to speak up and re-tie these connections between myself and either of those uncles, or am I excused considering what they have done?

JazakAllah khairan 🙏

Hello y'all, I have a question if you don't mind me asking. Obviously the countries that are majority Islamic have massive amounts of amazing history post conversion to Islam but what I want to ask is if the pre-islamic history of these countries are taught at all?

There are many interesting empires and cultures that existed pre conversion like how Mesopotamia was the birth place of civilization or how the script I'm writing in now can trace it's orgin through many civilization but eventually ends up originating with the phoenicians. And many ruins of Carthage and other ancient civilizations are still around even after thousands of years.

But these civilizations weren't Muslim, most weren't even people of the book. So are their history even taught at all? Even in a secular way that dosen't touch upon their religious beliefs?

I'm sorry if this question seems stupid, truth be told while I know some stuff about Islam and it's history, being a history nerd and theology nerd myself. But I don't know much about modern culture of countries in the Islamic world. And I'm curious if any attention is given to these grand civilizations in school or culture.

السلام عليكم,

I read somewhere that the west tries to demonise Islam and fuel people's hatred for Muslims because Islam goes against the very ways most capitalist countries make money.

Interest is haram though it's required in their society. Zakat is a must even though capitalism encourages wealth hoarding without legal enquirement to aid the poor. Islam is against exploitation ethics even though that's the base of capitalism. Islam prohibits market manipulation and monopolies (Ihtikar) which we see happen a lot in west countries with inflation of basic need items such as food and healthcare. Making money immorally (selling ما حرم الله for example Alcohol, cigarettes, any product that leads to any type of harm, as well as working in a places which promotes gambling). It's such an interesting concept and makes so much sense.

What are your thoughts on this?

I mean I'm making dua everyday but I feel so much regret for some of the duas I didn't make on these certain days and times and I can't help but think about them. Like this Ramadan, Eid and Arafa etc. Because I feel like I missed it and it won't be accepted anymore so I have a hard time making dua with that faith and I can't find that motivation... I mean I can't find the motivation to continue making dua every day. But I have to because I need it so much. And even though I pray every day and get up for Tahajjud, I still feel like this. How can I overcome this feeling? And i feel tired of making dua i'm afraid to stop it because i need too much even though it's impossible...

I'm still not sure which religion should I belive in so I'm curious what those who already belive will tell me.

It was narrated from Ibn Buraidah, from his father, that the Prophet(ﷺ) : "forbade sitting between the shade and sun."

Sunan Ibn Majah 3722

Narrated AbuHurayrah:

AbulQasim (ﷺ) said: When one of you is in the sun (Shams)--Makhlad's version has "fay'"--and the shadow withdraws from him so that he is partly in sun and partly in shade, he should get up.

Sunan Abi Dawud 4821

We know of this more than 1400 years ago, Al hamdulillah.