Feeling Lost in My Deen
As-salamu alaykum, everyone. I come from a Muslim family, but lately I’ve been feeling like I’m just scraping by with the bare minimum in my faith. It’s tough because my siblings aren’t really practicing-they skip prayers and seem to get annoyed whenever our parents bring up Islam, maybe since they know we haven’t turned out as religious as they hoped. I end up feeling so guilty and worried about them, and honestly, it shakes my own faith too. I keep thinking about the akhirah, and the whole idea of eternity makes me scared, especially since I don’t read the Quran often and I feel like my prayers are rushed or not done right. For anyone who’s been in a similar spot, how do you deal with this kind of anxiety? It’s so heavy I can barely focus on daily life. And how did you manage to draw closer to Allah and learn the right way to practice Islam? How can I stop being so afraid of what comes next?