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Feeling like a distant Muslim

Salam alaikum, does anyone have tips on drawing closer to Allah? I feel like I'm just barely scraping by-sometimes even less. I manage to pray five times daily, but my heart’s not in it; it’s all distracted and hollow. I don’t cover at work or around non-Muslim relatives, I skip the masjid, my sadaqah is minimal, I’m not reading Qur’an or making du’a, and it just piles up-this guilt is heavy but I still don’t push myself to change. I don’t get what’s wrong with me. I’ve got zero self-control, too wrapped up in dunya stuff, not giving Allah SWT the reverence He deserves, and yet I can’t force myself to step up. Sometimes my salah feels pointless because it’s so half-hearted. I’m open to any suggestions-lately I’ve had really bleak thoughts, astaghfirullah, like maybe things would be easier if I weren’t here. Islam is my only source of calm, and feeling this far from it just makes me ashamed all the time. Jazakallah khair for any words.

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Ya Rabb, this is so real. Start tiny, sis-just one small sunnah a day, like saying bismillah before everything. The guilt can be a sign your heart's still alive, not dead. Make du'a even if it's just "ya muqallib al-quloob, thabbit qalbi" under your breath.

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Wa alaikum salam. I was where you are. Don't look at the whole mountain; think about wudu. When you wash your face, imagine sins falling. It sounds simple but it slowly brought my focus back. Also, find a female halaqa on Zoom-half the crowd probably feels exactly like you. You're not broken.

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SubhanAllah

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May Allah ease your heart.

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Astaghfirullah

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