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When your own past self made a choice you're not sure fits anymore

Assalamu alaikum. I'm in a weird headspace with my iman. Some days I feel rock-solid in my deen, like I'm fully convinced and connected. Then other times I catch myself wondering if I'm basically an atheist deep down. I put on hijab on my own because I genuinely believed it was fard. But now, months later, I sometimes feel like a younger version of me made that decision and I'm just stuck carrying it. I don't feel super oppressed by it or anything, but it doesn't always feel like mine anymore. Underneath all this, there's this big question: should I be chasing the dunya life I want, or the akhirah I say I believe in? How do I tell if this is just normal waswas or if my beliefs are actually shifting?

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SubhanAllah, are you me? I put on hijab young and some mornings it feels heavy, not physically but in my soul. But when I push through and make du'a, Allah sends a small sign that it’s still my shield.

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May Allah keep you firm.

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This sounds like classic waswas. Shaytan attacks hardest when you’re trying to level up. Keep doing the outer actions even when your heart feels numb, inshaAllah the feeling will rush back.

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Ya Rabb, ease her heart.

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Sis, honestly iman dips for everyone. The fact that you’re scared of losing it? That’s a sign there’s still light there. Don’t let the low days define you.

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