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Start from the situation you are in rather than from the taxonomy. Each entry gathers the topics that bear on it and shows the most recent answers first. The example questions are neutral illustrations of how people ask, not quotations from any recording.

Draft grouping, 2026-11-01; the channel owns the final list.

Prayer in daily lifeFitting the five prayers into work, travel, study and a body that does not always cooperate: what is required, what is forgiven, and what to do about years missed.8 topics · 70 answers Ramadan, fasting and HajjEverything that comes up between the moon sighting and Eid: what breaks the fast, who is excused, making up, taraweeh and the last ten nights; and the questions of the Hajj season.9 topics · 34 answers Marriage and familyGetting married, staying married and what happens when it ends: the contract, intimacy, in-laws, polygamy, divorce and the rights on each side.10 topics · 101 answers Parents and childrenBeing someone's child and raising your own: duties to parents, parents who are harsh or absent, what to teach children and when, siblings and the wider family.6 topics · 25 answers Love, dating and relationshipsBefore marriage and around it: attraction, dating apps, a partner with a past, friendships across genders, and the Muslim difficulty with romance.7 topics · 98 answers Work and moneyEarning, borrowing, saving and spending: mortgages, student loans, crypto, insurance, charging for religious teaching, zakat, and a job that clashes with prayer.7 topics · 62 answers Food and drinkWhat is on the plate and in the cup: halal and tayyib meat, eating out, pork and alcohol in ingredients, smoking and vaping, supplements and substances.5 topics · 50 answers Health and the bodyMedicine, surgery, fertility, mental health and fitness; what the tradition asks of a sick body and what it forgives it.8 topics · 78 answers Appearance and dressBeards, hair, hijab and niqab, jewellery, tattoos and the line between religion and culture in how a Muslim looks.5 topics · 138 answers Death and griefLosing someone and facing your own death: funerals and burial, what helps the dead, mourning customs, the grave and what comes after, and living with loss.8 topics · 31 answers Doubts and faithWhen belief wobbles: reason and revelation, the problem of evil, atheist arguments, questions about God's nature, and the difference between a doubt and a sin.10 topics · 269 answers Mental health and moodDepression, anxiety, anger, loneliness, guilt and self-worth, read alongside the Quran and with professional help welcomed.11 topics · 49 answers Purpose and motivationGetting unstuck: goals, habits, resilience, gratitude, new beginnings and the short reminders that keep people going.7 topics · 70 answers Women's questionsQuestions women ask most: hijab and dress, menstruation and worship, travel and mahram, mosque and leadership, marriage and divorce rights, and the hadith used against women.11 topics · 157 answers Converts and newcomersStarting out or starting again: what to learn first, which school to follow, family and old friends, holidays, and not being bullied into other people's version of Islam.9 topics · 210 answers Technology and mediaLife online: social media and its bubbles, music and film, games, AI, pornography, dating apps and the pressure of being watched.7 topics · 111 answers Community and politicsLiving as a Muslim citizen: voting, protest, Palestine and other causes, free speech and blasphemy, extremism, race, sectarian tension and what to make of the news.11 topics · 365 answers Jinn, magic and the unseenPossession, the evil eye, amulets, dreams, horoscopes and the end of times: what is real, what is folklore, and how to tell the difference.7 topics · 229 answers Making sense of hadithFor anyone who has met a troubling hadith: how reports are graded, why a sahih chain is not the end of the story, Bukhari, fabrications, and the difference between Sunnah and hadith.8 topics · 331 answers Reading the QuranGetting into the text: how to read it, surah by surah reflections, the stories of the prophets, hard verses, variant readings, and the Quran and science.9 topics · 317 answers The Prophet and Muslim historyThe Prophet's life and the claims made against it, his wives, the companions, the first splits, the great dynasties, al-Andalus and the subcontinent.9 topics · 175 answers Studying Islam and schools of thoughtFor students and the curious: how to study, the Maliki school and its texts, following a madhhab, legal theory, creed, Sufism and the sects.10 topics · 297 answers Critics, debates and other faithsFor anyone who arrived through a controversy: the replies to critics and polemicists, debate reviews, exchanges with Christians, atheists and Shia scholars, and the Mufti's own account of why his views look different.11 topics · 484 answers Poetry, books and ideasThe lighter and deeper side of the channel: Urdu and Arabic poetry, Rumi, the book club, philosophy, science and the big questions.8 topics · 70 answers