Advice

Waswasas

Q: I have been getting shaitaani waswasas for a while now. I have read some duas and prayed to Allah for protection. But in a day I keep getting them 3-4 times. And these waswasas are so bad that I will prefer dying than speaking of it. I am very afraid. I am afraid that I may commit shirk or kufr if these waswasas keep coming in my mind. Please help me in this matter. Provide me some ways to get out of this situation.

Dating

Q: I have a problem and it's hard. I really can not handle this feeling anymore. I really try to focus on salaat and dikr. But it is not enough. I have no one to talk to besides Allah Ta'ala. I want to get married and I even tried muslim dating sites. After some emails I met someone he told me that he wants to come home. I told my mother after couple days. He said I could never be his wife but he liked me and he wanted to date me more. I didn't do anything with him so I got scared and broke the contact with him. It was the little hope I had that was destroyed and I feel angry and sad and stupid. My father is in bad health he can't search for me and my brothers also can't because they dont have the time. So I am forced (thats what i feel) to date men only with the intention to get married. But they want other things and I can't do that. Am I weird not wanting sex. They call me old fashioned And they say they dont trust me because I am almost 31. I just can't take this anymore. I don't have someone I can ask for advise. Please give me yours. I don't want anything just some advice because I don't know why I am here and why I feel so much pain. It really kills me inside. I want to end this. I know these days are hard to do things in a halaal way but when halaal is really hard I am afraid I will do haraam.

Premarital relationships

Q: I am a divorced woman. My question is about courting in Islam. What is the steps one should follow when considering courting? I want to follow a correct procedure as when I got married before, my father did not allow any courting. Should the guy want to see me he was to come home, as a result I barely knew him and ended up abused and divorced a year later. Please advise.

Relationship with one's sister who wishes to marry a non-Muslim

Q: My oldest sister is planning to marry a non-Muslim guy in a church in front of a priest. She is aware that she is going against Islam and says she is following her heart and mind. If this makes her a disbeliever, what is my relationship with my sister after she commences with this marriage? My parents are not in favour and have no say in this, what according to Islam are we supposed to do?

Relationship with one's brother who has left home to marry someone he wishes

Q: My youngest brother (on many occasions in the past) disobeyed and disrespected my parents because of a girl he wishes to marry. It has gone to the extent that he has packed up his things and left home. He is now planning to marry this girl. We have been told to just let him be. In the process my parents have became very ill and decided to leave their residential home to not be present when the wedding takes place. After he marries this girl, what is our role (according to Islam) in terms of our relationship with him and his wife?