texts: Will Shaitan receive the worst punishment in Jahannam?

texts: The hypocrites and shirk committers will receive the worst punishments in hell. Will shaitan recieve a worse punishment than them?


texts: Why is jealousy among women unpardonable and a sign of faith in men?

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While hunting for reference to the narration mentioned here I stumbled upon this quote by Imam Ali(s.a.) in Nahj al-Balagha:

  Jealousy in woman is unpardonable but in man it is a sign of his faith
  in religion (because Islam has permitted polygamy and prohibited
  polyandry).

I fail to comprehend the following thing in regards to jealousy:

why is it unpardonable for women?
conversely, why is it a sign of faith in religion for men?
what has 1. and 2. got to do with the permission and prohibition of polygamy and polyandry respectively in Islam?


texts: Does the rule of not staying out late at night because jinns are more active during that time apply to teenagers as well?

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I understand that children are to be kept inside after dusk because the jinns become more active during that time.

Does that ruling apply to teenagers as well? Even if the person is not out around town, but in front of a friends house?


texts: Am I sinful if I play games that have killing

texts: I am concerned about a game that involves killing and I play this game am I sinful or is this just makrooh


texts: Do I have to respect my father even if he is leading me down the wrong path

texts: He is Evangelical Christian and only believes the stuff that the media says about Islam and is always teaching me and my siblings that muslims will go to hell and such terrible things.He also abused both my mother and me and my siblings.He is also very neglectful and never even buys food/water or works or anything.He also makes me eat pork,skip salat,go to church with him etc.I'm honest that if he found out that I converted to Islam then something very bad will happen to me.


texts: Is chocolate haram since the average bar apparently has 8 insect parts?

texts: The FDA allows up to 60 insect parts per 100 grams of chocolate. Since all insects (except locusts) are considered haram would consuming these chocolates be haram too. Since it is hard for the companies to completely get rid of the insects since it is expensive and they would have to use more pesticides which would harm us. The FDA allows limited contamination in a lot of foods like frozen vegetables and it is said that insects are in most of our foods and to avoid them you will probably have to stop eating.


texts: Getting shares from a company that sells alcohol along with other food items

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My husband works in an online food ordering company in kuwait. This is absolutely halal food.but last year this company was bought by a German company.now my husband gets his salary from halal company because German company has its own online food delivery.and it includes alcohol also.
The German company has given a big amount of shares of it to my husband.now my question is that should he take thsee shares from them or not?? As they sell alcohol also.is it halal for us to sell these shares in stock exchange and get the money.
Remember both companies have their income from their countries.one is muslim and the other is non muslim ams involved in alcohol.JazakAllah khair!


texts: Is it permissible for me to take out a bank loan to help someone, if I'm not the one paying off the interest?

texts: I know that riba is haram in Islam. However, I need to know if it would actually be haram for me to take bank loan for helping my friend who is in a pathetic condition, if the monthly loan and everything (i.e. the interest on the loan) will be paid by him and not myself.


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I have two questions.

What are sins and what are mistakes?
When we do something against the command of God in unawareness; is it a sin or mistake?

Did prophets make mistakes only or they sin also? I read in my textbook that the prophets were sin-proof. Satan could not reach them.


texts: What is the interpretation of Qu'ran 35:45 "...if Allah were to impose blame on the people for what they have earned..."?

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And if Allah were to impose blame on the people for what they have earned, He would not leave upon the earth any creature. But He defers them for a specified term. And when their time comes, then indeed Allah has ever been, of His servants, Seeing.
  Qu'ran 35:45

What is the meaning of this ayah? Does it mean that all creatures including animals commit sins that are so grave that they deserve to be eternal inhabitant of hell or the death penalty if it wasn't for the mercy of Allah? Does this include our beloved prophet Muhammad s.a.w.s? If Allah were to punish men according to what they deserve He would not leave on the back of the (earth) a single living creature: but He gives them respite for a stated Term: when their Term expires verily Allah has in his sight all His servants.


texts: Will a hafidh go jannah even if he disrespected his parents?

texts: Will a hafidh go jannah even if  he disrespected his parents before he became a hafidh? This is a question I have always been curious about because i heard that the parents of a hafidh will have crowns but will they still have crowns if their son disrespected them before he became a hafidh but didn’t repent to his parents only Allah.


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Salamin alaykum..
I am a father of 2 boys 5 and 8 years old. I am divorced. And my ex wife live in another country. So I am alone with children.

I have found a woman I would like to do nikah with.. She is also divorced with 1 boy but also has a girl that is 11 years old..

I would like to ask if it is permissible for us to do nikah, thinking that she has a girl?

If possible I would reguest the answer in English and Arabic to show family elders..
We are Muslim following hanafi

May God bless you

Maassalame.


texts: Do people who never convert to islam still go to hell even if they believe in God?

texts: Will God punish people for not being Muslim? If they ask for forgiveness, repent, and never repeat the same sins will they still be sent to hell for not being Islamic? Or if they refrain from drinking alcohol and give to charity, will they be sent to hell for not becoming a muslim?


texts: When a girl starts her period can she turn to her father or brother for guidance about this important matter?

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Recently I have come across this claim that it is not Islamic for a girl to discuss this biological phase with her father and brother and periods can only be discussed with her mother or husband.
Is this true?


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As it is clear, there are many narrations from Shia Imams. (As well as the traditions of Prophet Muhammad (SAWW). I couldn’t exactly figure out which Imam has the most hadiths? Or in other word, most of Shia hadiths are from who? (Except the apostle of Allah (SAWW) who has the most narrated hadiths)

(Note: Although it is said that Imam Ali, Imam Sadiq and Imam Baqer (peace be upon them) have the most ahadith, but I am looking for the answer by authentic reference)


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Since I'm unable to read Arabic, I only inspect English-language fatawa.  I'm wondering if this biases the fatawa I access.  It seems reasonable to speculate that scholars who write fatawa in Arabic might be more traditional, and have less "progressive" views, than English-language authors.

Question: Are English-language fatawa biased differently to Arabic-language fatawa?


texts: What is the difference between Mutah marriage and Misyar marriage?

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I know we have two kinds of marriages in Shia jurisprudence and also two kinds in Sunni jurisprudence.  The ruling of permanent Nikah is similar in five sects (Shia and Sunni). But I want to know the differences between Nikah Mut'ah (in Shia jurisprudence) and Nikah Misyar (in Sunni jurisprudence).

Please show me in what kind of sources (Quran, Sunnah, etc.) we find the legality of two this kinds of marriage.


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A grace is a short prayer or thankful phrase said before or after eating. The term most commonly refers to Christian traditions. -- Wikipedia

Here's a Catholic example:

  Bless us, O Lord, and these, Thy gifts, which we are about to receive from Thy bounty. Through Christ, our Lord. Amen.

There's an implication of shirk in this passage, which is obviously unacceptable in Islam.

In my experience, ordinarily the host (or one of the hosts) will stand up and say grace, while the remaining people bow their heads and remain silent.

Question: What can a Muslim do when dining with Christian friends who say grace?

I don't want to be unfriendly nor disrespectful, nor obstinate in religious matters.  It seems like I could mentally replace "Christ" with "God", which seems like it would make the passage Muslim appropriate.  Alternatively, I could say something like "in the name of God" (basically Bismillah in English), which would probably be not too off-putting.


texts: Does fondling during ghusl invalidate ghusl?

texts: I was meaning to ask that during my ghusl, i used my hand to clean my private parts.  but what i thought was that i had to put my fingers in deep to clean up but i was wrong. Do i have to do ghusl again because i did feel aroused and i was kind of fondling with it before. i did wash it again after that happened in my ghusl because i felt like i wasn’t clean after a while Please let me know.


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There has already been for you an excellent pattern in Abraham and those with him, when they said to their people, "Indeed, we are disassociated from you and from whatever you worship other than Allah . We have denied you, and there has appeared between us and you animosity and hatred forever until you believe in Allah alone" except for the saying of Abraham to his father, "I will surely ask forgiveness for you, but I have not [power to do] for you anything against Allah . Our Lord, upon You we have relied, and to You we have returned, and to You is the destination. (Surah 60:4)

Here, can anyone please explain these phrase: "there has appeared between us and you animosity and hatred forever until you believe in Allah alone"?


texts: Is it mentioned why God protected the Qur'an from corruption but not the Bible?

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In Islam it is believed that the Bible was revealed by God but was then corrupted by man.

Does Islam provide an account of why God protected the Qur'an from corruption but not the Bible?


texts: Can we say "رضی الله عنه " after Khalid bin Al-Walid?

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There is a tradition In Sahih Bukhari, Book 64, Hadith 368 in which The Prophet (pbuh) stated clearly his low opinion on what Khalid had committed:

The Prophet (ﷺ) sent Khalid bin Al-Walid to the tribe of Jadhima and
Khalid invited them to Islam but they could not express themselves by
saying, "Aslamna (i.e. we have embraced Islam)," but they started
saying "Saba'na! Saba'na (i.e. we have come out of one religion to
another)." Khalid kept on killing (some of) them and taking (some of)
them as captives and gave every one of us his Captive. When there came
the day then Khalid ordered that each man (i.e. Muslim soldier) should
kill his captive, I said, "By Allah, I will not kill my captive, and
none of my companions will kill his captive." When we reached the
Prophet, we mentioned to him the whole story. On that, the Prophet (ﷺ)
raised both his hands and said twice, "O Allah! I am free from what
Khalid has done."

knowing that The Prophet (pbuh) did not please with him, can we say that Allah was pleased with Khalid bin Al-Walid by mentioning "رضی الله عنه" after his name?


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Sometimes when I wake up I find a sticky, white, transparent fluid. I'm not sure whether it's madhiy or maniy but I read that semen can be thin and clear on the Internet.
Also I find this fluid only after I wake up, not when I'm awake/feeling aroused. No matter how aroused I feel when I'm awake I won't find any fluid on my clothes or anything.
So should I do ghusl everytime I wake up and find this or just do istinja and splash water on my clothes?
Also it would be helpful if someone could submit this question for me in Islamqa.info.


texts: Should we say 10 rakat sunnat moqada prayer at the Friday prayers?

texts: In accordance with the Hanafi school I want to know about  the Friday prayer, that whether it's compulsory to say 10 Rakat Sunnat moqada in the Friday prayers?


texts: Is it sunnah to eat dates before going to eid al-Fithr prayer?

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Asslamu alaikum,

Is it sunnah to eat dates before going for eid al-Fithr prayer? Any references for that?

Jazak Allah Khair


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Consider this verse:
قُلْ أَمَرَ رَبِّي بِالْقِسْطِ ۖ وَأَقِيمُوا وُجُوهَكُمْ عِندَ كُلِّ مَسْجِدٍ وَادْعُوهُ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ الدِّينَ ۚ كَمَا بَدَأَكُمْ تَعُودُونَ - 7:29
The last verb can be translated as:
you return
you will return
one is present, the other is future.
How do we distinguish verb tenses in Quran?


texts: Does the Quoran at any point say whether a Muslim should be able to kill for their religion or that they mustn`t?

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So is there an explicit statement for anything like this? What is the general view on murder?
Thank you in advance.


texts: Do Shia read darood E Ibrahim in tasshahud?

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Sunnis recite darood E Ibrahim in final tasshahud of every prayer.

Do Shia also recite darood E ibrahim? And is it different from Sunnis?

Searching google gives link to Shia chat and topic doesn't mention darood E Ibrahim being recited in prayer.

Sunni darud-e-Ibrahim: www.google.co.in/amp/s/islamgreatreligion.wordpress.com


texts: Does Islam restrain/prohibit Jews from to pray in a mosque?

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The Israeli government does not allow Jews to pray on the Temple-Mount, out of respect to the Muslim faith. This is enforced by Israeli police.

So I was wondering, is it because it's against Islamic law for Jews to pray in a mosque? (They are praying to the same god, after all). Or is this a political issue? (i.e. the Waqf being worried that Jews praying there could lead to other issues).

I hope that someone here can explain.


texts: Does Allah (SWT) love the kaafir since He is the Al-Wadood (Most Loving)?

texts: Does Allah (SWT) still show love and mercy to the people that disobey and disbelieve in Him?


texts: What should I do if my cell-phone rings during salaat?

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I always keep my cell phone into silent before starting prayer. But Sometimes I forget to do this in a hurry. One day my cell phone rang on the mosque during a prayer; and in this unfortunate situation, I turned off my cell phone with minimum movements of my hand.

Was I correct? What is the best thing should I have done in this situation?


texts: Some scholars say Muslims who don't pray are not unbelievers, but are executed: on what grounds is this justified?

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A Shafi'i fiqh book states:

f1.4  A Muslim who holds the prayer to be obligatory but through lack of concern neglects to perform it until its proper time is over has not committed unbelief (dis: w18.2). Rather, he is executed, washed, prayed over, and buried in the Muslim's cemetery (O: as he is one of them. It is recommended, but not obligatory, that he be asked to repent (N: and if he does, he is not executed)).
The Reliance of the Traveller, by Ahmad ibn Naqib al-Misri (translated by Nuh Ha Mim Keller)

(Here, "N:" indicates a "comment by Sheikh Nuh 'Ali Salman" and "O:" indicates an "excerpt from the commentary of Sheikh 'Umar Barakat".)
Islam Q&A affirms this stance: The Maalikis and Shaafa‘is are of the view that the one who does not pray out of carelessness and laziness, not because he denies that it is obligatory, is to be executed as a hadd punishment....
Question: On what Islamic grounds is this justified?
The Qur'an says:

And never is it for a believer to kill a believer except by mistake. ... But whoever kills a believer intentionally - his recompense is Hell, wherein he will abide eternally ...
Qur'an 4:92-93

And there's various hadith which talk about not killing Muslims, e.g.:

... Abusing a Muslim is Fusuq (i.e., an evil-doing), and killing him is Kufr (disbelief).
Sahih al-Bukhari 6044
... It is not permissible to kill a Muslim except in one of three cases: A adulterer who has been married, who is to be stoned; a man who kills a Muslim deliberately; and a man who leaves Islam and wages war against Allah ...
Sunan an-Nasa'i 4743 [grade: sahih]

I asked a related question here: How is Qur'an 4:93 (which forbids killing a believer) compatible with the death penalty?  One of the comments there suggested that it can be justified through And do not kill the soul which Allah has forbidden [to be killed] except by [legal] right (Qur'an 6:151).  Thus, I would expect there to be some kind of "legal right" to execute a believer who doesn't pray.


texts: Does praying the Salat express agreement with all aspects of Islam?

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I asked a related question yesterday. (I'm not sure if it's a duplicate as the emphasis is quite different)

I'd like to pray Salat at the mosque tomorrow, as I think it is a great way to worship and pray to God, but I'm worried that doing so might signify a total acceptance of Islam's teachings and (more concerning) an implicit denial of Catholicism. What is the muslim perspective on this situation? Would it be a denial of my existing faith to participate in Salat?

In Catholicism we have the Eucharist, and if you participate in the Eucharist you are making a non-verbal statement that you agree with all the Church's teachings. Hence it would be inappropriate for a non-Catholic to join in. Is it similar with the Salat?

A related way of phrasing the question: I believe in all the Christian doctrines such as the incarnation and the trinity at the same time as believing in the oneness of God. Would it therefore be inappropriate for me to participate in Salat?


texts: Difference between commerce and Riba in Islam, Does commerce entails risk?

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What's the difference between commerce and RIBA in Islam?

Let's take the example of looking for a loan to buy a house.

Traditional banks are using Riba because they lend you money, you buy your house, you pay the bank monthly payment with totality exceed the total borrowed.

Now a so-called Islamic bank called me and they pretend that they are doing commerce and don't use Riba, but I don't see any.

The principle is this:

You need to find first a house by yourself, then the bank buys it, then sell it to you, then you pay them back in an exact way like with Riba banks.

For me it's exactly the same thing, they borrow you money with interest, the bank pretending to do commerce is risking absolutely nothing, and in case you can't pay back the house, the bank will take the house !!!

Also with this so-called Islamic bank, they charge you 20% of the price of the house, whereas traditional banks charge 3% more (in Europe). which means the bank is making fortunes and lose nothing at all.

For me, the definition of commerce entails risk, which means, the Islamic bank decides first to buy for example 100 houses with its capital. then looking for a customer, with the risk of having a house not sold.

any insight, please?


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1.) Lately, I have been having a psychological crisis. Does Allah want me to go to Jannah? I go to the masjid for young adults and these sexist boys whom I grown up with. (Their parents are close friends with my parents.) They bully me and they are discouraging me. I overheard them saying they are praying to Allah so I will not go to Jannah because I do not deserve to go because I am selfish? I once said I want to go to the highest Jannah. They heard and said it was selfish of me. They said I do not deserve to go. You know the hadith "none of you is a believer till you love your brother what you love for yourself." I told them that hadith and their response was was that the hadith applies for muslim men to help each other and not muslim men to want the muslim women as they want for themselves-whether mahram or not- i got discouraged and been feeling guilty. I earlier said that I do not want to Jannah because I felt unworthy. I still do. But I feel I am too selfish and greedy to want the best for myself. I want good people to go to Jannah but not myself anymore. I do not want to go to hell either because of the pain. But not heaven because I do not deserve it because I am greedy to want not only Jannah but Jannah furdouse.

2.) Is it sinful for me to not want Jannah? Is it sinful for me to give up on myself? I know Allah will forgive me but I feel that I do not deserve it and If I want Jannah then I am greedy. Rigbt now, I want to go to Jannah again but I feel unworthy and guilty.


texts: When asked "what's the ruling on a Muslim that doesn't pray" did Sheikh Mohammed al-Ghazali reply "the ruling is YOU invite him to the masjid"?

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This was recently posted on /r/Islam on Reddit:

  Question: "What's the ruling on a Muslim that doesn't pray?" Answer: "The ruling is YOU invite him to the masjid!" ~Shk. Muhammad alGhazali (d. 1996)

Sheikh Mohammed al-Ghazali al-Saqqa appears to be the sheikh in question, but I'm unsure about the reliability of this quote.

Question: When asked "what's the ruling on a Muslim that doesn't pray" did Sheikh Mohammed al-Ghazali reply to the effect of "the ruling is YOU invite him to the masjid"?

I found other sources for this online, but nothing reliable.  TopIslamic.com writes:

  Shaikh Muhammad Al-Ghazali was asked, “What is the ruling of the one who left prayer?” He replied, “The ruling is for you to take them along with you to the mosque.” Be a caller, not a judge.

IlmFeed.com writes:

  A man asked Sheikh Muhammad al Ghazali: “What is the ruling of a
  person who doesn’t pray?” He said: “The ruling is that you take him
  with you to the Masjid.”

Storify.com writes:

  "A young man asked Shaikh Mohammad Al Ghazali: "What's the ruling of
  the person who stops praying?" He replied: "The ruling is to take him
  with you to the masjid!"


texts: While taking wudu, we should inhale water to the nose from the right hand and exhale it

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السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته،
While taking wudu you should inhale water through the nose with the right hand  and exhale it,
But I did the exhaling of water with the right hand instead of left, I did the same with my ghusl. Is my prayers and ghusl valid


texts: Is it allowed to visit a man's house when he isn't home for repair work?

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Assalau Alaikum to my Muslim Brothers,

If a Muslim client who is a male is out of town and his wife is Alone at home, is it permissible for 2 male contractors at the permission of the husband to visit the house to carry out a few measurements and repairs?

I know that a single male contractor visiting the house of the client where his wife will be alone, is absolutely haram. But my question is, what if 2 or 3 men go along for the job?

Please give me some references


texts: If my husband has on repeated occasions said "talaq" but later apologised, are we divorced?

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I am extremely upset about the whole situation. My husband had an extremely abusive childhood & real tough life throughout his 20-40's which actually made him very bitter & angry. I did my research and find that he has some mental disorder personality which has turned into more complications. There is so many arguments and much bitterness from him that I find it difficult to talk to him about issues on a daily basis as he starts judging me quickly. Every time I say anything to him, a fight starts between us and in this time all he says is: 'Talaq Talaq Talaq .......Talaq'  or something like I divorce you about ten to twenty times.

After he is cool, he comes back to me as if nothing happened, and apologises for his words. He is not religious at all, I just don't know how to deal with this situation. I have a child, and I don't want my baby to suffer cause of him.

Can someone please advise me, is it already divorced? What should I do? I am too confused, just can't tell anyone.


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From a question a Christianity.SE, How did St John of Damascus view Islam?, we have the following snippet:

  The writing of St. John of Damascus basically runs like this: ... 6. He proceeds to make fun of some strange additional books written by Mohammed especially the first about a Camel that went to heaven -- Mike

Firstly, I've never heard of such a story (neither, it seems, has Bing muhammad camel heaven).

This also strikes me as odd because, as far as I know, the Prophet Muhammed was illiterate.  (See: Was the prophet illiterate? and Prophet Muhammad SAW was illiterate, who wrote the Quran then?.)  However, it's possible that "written" here may not literally mean writing (e.g., it could be an oral tradition).

Question: Did Muhammad write a book about a camel going to heaven?  Is anything like this plausible?

E.g. perhaps before his prophethood, e.g. childhood, he might have written some stories.


texts: Adhan when it causes a disturbance to local non-muslim majority

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Currently, in the UK (and perhaps other places where non-muslims are a majority) there is a debate as to whether Adhan should be recited on a loudspeaker if it could cause aggravation to the local non-muslim population.

In such a situation could a call to prayer (on a loudspeaker) be justified if it causes disturbance i.e. is it an obligation no matter what the scenario, or merely something that is preferable under the correct circumstances?


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I just read this surat and I came across some ayats I didn't understand. So I hope I can get a clear answer from you.

  The Messiah, son of Mary, was not but a messenger; [other] messengers have passed on before him. And his mother was a supporter of truth. They both used to eat food. Look how We make clear to them the signs; then look how they are deluded.

Who is meant by "they"(christians?)? The first thought that crossed my mind was Maryam (A.S.) and 'Isa (A.S.) but that can't be right because that wouldn't make any sense whatsoever.
So does "they" refer to the disbelievers?
In ayat 73 of this surah non-believers were mentioned and that would be the most reasonable explanation for the reference but I'm not sure. Can someone confirm or defend their own view of this ayat?


texts: What does "Every king has a Hima" mean in Sahih al-Bukhari 52?

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Sahih al-Bukhari 52:

Narrated An-Nu'man bin Bashir:
I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying, 'Both legal and illegal things
are evident but in between them there are doubtful (suspicious) things
and most of the people have no knowledge about them. So whoever saves
himself from these suspicious things saves his religion and his honor.
And whoever indulges in these suspicious things is like a shepherd who
grazes (his animals) near the Hima (private pasture) of someone else
and at any moment he is liable to get in it. (O people!) Beware!
Every king has a Hima and the Hima of Allah on the earth is His illegal (forbidden) things. Beware! There is a piece of flesh in the
body if it becomes good (reformed) the whole body becomes good but if
it gets spoilt the whole body gets spoilt and that is the heart.

So the word Hima literally means "private pasture". And what is Every king has a Hima referring to in
this Hadith? How should we understand it?


texts: Why Shoyookh (Shaikhs) of Shia put an Ammamah (turban) on their heads?

texts: Usually, the Shoyukh (Shaikhs) or Aalims (scholars) of Shia put an Ammamah or turban on their heads, what is the purpose of this act? And why some of them wear it in black color and many of them wear white Ammamah?


texts: Is it true that if you read the last three ayat if surah hashr and die on that day you will become a martyr?

texts: I read that if someone reads the last three ayat of surah hashr in the morning and dies during the day, he will become a martyr. And if someone reads it in the night and dies he will become a martyr. Is this true and can you please tell me ways one can die as a martyr?


texts: can recitation of the quran (ruqya) be used to heal physical ailments?

texts: Hi i was at a mufti Menk lecture the other day and he mentioned that to the best of my understanding and recollection that Quran can be used to heal people from sicknesses. also I have come across narrations which mentions that prophet Muhammed approved the use of Ruqya for scorpion stings. my question is can Quran recitation be used to heal physical ailments and are there any evidences to suggest which verses for which ailments?


texts: Is circumcision mandatory for Non Muslim; if he want to accept muslim faith?

texts: Is circumcision necessary for Non Muslim; if he want to accept Islam but uncomfortable with circumcision?


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Whenever I go bathroom and urinate or defecate when I pour water to cleanse myself I feel splashes of the dirty water hit me. This makes me feel dirty and I then go and wash myself again but in the bathtub with a shower hose.
Are these splashes impure? How can I avoid them? Will wiping wet hands over area of splashes purify?
Thank you


texts: Is there nothing in the Quran and Hadith about praying in Arabic?

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The prophet, peace be upon him, prayed in his native language which he can easily understand. Also there is a hadith that states you should take a breath between surahs while saying prayer and I think it is so that you can understand what you are saying. What other reason could it be?
Praying in Arabic does not accomplish these things.

Is there really nothing that specifically talks about praying in Arabic, so that I feel that it is the right thing to do?

I am a "man of understanding" and do not accept someone else's interpretation when the reasoning is not clear or sensible. It is not sensible to pray in a language that you cannot understand. period.

Interestingly, the Bible has no quote of the prophet Jesus saying "Worship me". Seems the same lesson/trial/test to me. Though Id rather mess up prayers than break the first commandment :)

For sure I am not praying in Arabic if there is nothing specifically saying this in the Quran or Hadith. Thank you for the answer(s). Praise God that he has made Islam a clear religion, and truly it is a mercy upon us full of blessings and peace of mind.


texts: Can a Muslim woman study abroad without a mahram?

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Can a Muslim woman travel and study overseas without a mahram?

Like to pursue her masters or on university exchange. Can her  husband prevent her from going if he isn't comfortable with her going?


texts: Is this compulsory for a Muslim to obey all the government rules in a non-Islamic country

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By non-Islamic, I mean a country that is not ruled according to Shariah. Not necessarily non-Muslim-majority. For example, my country, Bangladesh, is a Muslim-majority country, but not a Islamic country.

And by rules, of course I mean those rules which do not contradict Shariah. I am sure if a rule contradict shariah, it cannot be obeyed by a Muslim.

I believe most countries have an age restriction for marriage. Bangladesh has 18 years for women and 21 years for men. Now, I have seen many people give their daughter to marriage before 18. Perhaps because it is encouraged by the Prophet (S).

Now, Is it farz for a Muslim to obey such a rule? Or it depends on situation and type of the rule.


texts: Is it permissible for Muslim men/women to modify or set their eye brows?

texts: Can I please have references for whether modifying, setting or doing anything with the eye brows for the sole purpose of looking good/better is permissible for our Muslim men/women or not?


texts: Islam forbids bad nicknames! What if people keep their own?

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Bad nicknames are forbidden in Islam.

  And do not insult one another and do not call each other by [offensive] nicknames. Wretched is the name of disobedience after [one's] faith.
  Qur'an 49:11

Though good nicknames prevail, Just like the one of great Sahabee Abu Hurayrah [pbuh].

Some people keep their own nicknames. If they are good, let them prevail but some keep bad ones like Serial Kisser, etc. Some people including women give themselves very hateful and vulgar nicknames. This practice is too common on the internet and when asked they cite the reason as anonymity.

Good or bad, are muslims allowed to choose nicknames for themselves in this way?

References to scriptures would be highly enlightening to all.


texts: Is it necessary to take bath before making wudu? Is there any authentic hadith? I heard from some people that wudu in in complete without taking bath? Is it True?


texts: When should I break the fast for iftar when I can hear multiple adhans at different times?

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I live in an area where there are multiple masjids in the vicinity. Adhan can be heard from all the masjids, but the adhans are called at different times. The last one I hear is almost after the completion of first adhan I hear. In such a situation which adhan should I consider for making and breaking fast?

Currently I am relying on the first adhan which I hear and it is not from the nearest masjid. But it's the Juma masjid I go to on Fridays.


texts: Can I not fast certain days of Ramadan month but make up for it after it ends?

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Can I not fast certain days of Ramadan month but make up for it after Ramadan ends?
It's because of school and stuff.


texts: Is it haram to discuss our father's careless employees at home?

texts: My father owns a shop he tells us about his business and carelessness of his workers at home.  Is it haram for him to do so? And is it haram us discussing about it at home? I mean he is telling us about his workers is it wrong?


texts: If 1 rak'ah of fazr salat is done within the waqt, then will the salat be acceptable?

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Well, we all know that salat must be performed within the waqt (specified time span).

Now I heard once that if 1 rak'ah of the obligatory fazr salah (2 rak'ah) is performed within the waqt, that is, before the sunrise, then the whole 2 rak'ah will be counted as being performed within the waqt.

Is this true and are there any sources supporting this claim?

If there's any problem in my question please inform me. Thanks!


texts: I’ve committed a lot of sins. Will Allah for give me?

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Please don’t judge me
I’m a girl and I’ve been attracted to girls since I was a little girl. I never thought abou the possiblity of me being gay because I lived  in a Muslim country.  I never even thought about it. I thought ever girl felt  the same way I feel about women’s body.  Last year I met this girl and I fell in love with her. This is first the first time I ever fell in love with anybody. Everything start to make sense. I hateted myself so much for that. I told myself your going to hell for being attracted women anyways so stopped praying. Or doing any good deeds. I started watching lesbian porn. And now I’m addicted to it. I  love Allah so much and I want repeat to Allah, but I don’t know if Allah will forgive me. My question is what can I do to become better Muslim and will Allah forgive me?


texts: Sunni - Is it obligatory for a Muslim to adhere to one specific School of Thought (Madhhab)?

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[This question has been asked and seeking answers from Sunni or Ahlus Sunnah perspective]

Assalamu 'Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuh.

This is a very hot and one of the most heavily debated issue in the current Muslim World. I have no intention to ignite the fuel anew or start some kind of battle, but I'm curious to know - Are Muslims required to adhere to one and only one specific School of Thought? Is it really obligatory for them? What is the importance of adhering to a specific School? Are other Schools wrong, given that the fatwas and masaails related to certain important topics differ from one School to the other?

Also, nowadays, most, if not all, Salafis and non-denominational Muslims talk heavily of abandoning Schools of Thought, and say like, "The identity is Muslim and only Muslim - not Hanafi, nor Shafi'i, nor Maliki, nor Hambali, nor Sunni, nor Shi'a.". Is this statement of theirs okay? To some extent, they blame the Schools of Thought of creating discord and destroying unity and harmony among the Muslim Ummah. How much justified is this fact?

A humble request: I expect honest, unbiased and sober answers pertaining to the standards of Islamic etiquette. Please don't show any kind of hostility, grudge, bias or offense in your answers. Wassalam.


texts: Under Islamic rule, which legal matters can kuffar regulate within their own community?

texts: As far as I understand it, in an Islamic state, sharia generally applies to kuffar as well, but some legal matters are left to the kuffar to regulate within their community (I think marital and inheritance law fall in this category, but I'm not sure; some crimes may not apply either, such as apostasy, or zina, but those are guesses). Could we gather a comprehensive list of the legal matters that are left to kuffar communities to regulate for themselves?


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What does Islam say about drawing pictures of people or taking photos?

In case it is prohibited, then I must mention that i cannot fly to mecca to perform umrah or hajj without there being a photo of me on the passport.

Are photos prohibited? Are they not? Does the permission depend upon the use/context?


texts: Why hajj isnt 3 month like in the quran and hadith?

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In surah 2 verse 197
Allah says:
Hajj is [during] well-known months
I go in the very conventionnal french website which is dedicated the the maliki madhab
and they said the known months are
Shawwâl, Dhul Qi'da et Dhul Hijja.
So my question is why Saudi arabe restrein the hajj to only 5 days instead of the 3 months
have you any info on the reason?


texts: Poverty and Islam: should we accept being poor?

texts: I was talking with my friend last time about poverty in the world and he said: "Allah gives what he wants to who he wants, we should just accept that". But if someone exploits another via employment shouldn't we say that it shouldn't be accepted according to Islam? Also shouldn't we all live equally if the laws of Islam are applied?


texts: What was this hadith....that listener may understand it better than conveyor

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I can't find it in English on google...

Basically it was like pass on the message because it's possible that listener may understand it better than conveyor.

I could be wrong. I am sure it was like this.


texts: I buy and sell shoes from Nike to make money. I recently found out they do not allow buying their shoes for resell. This is stated in their terms. Do they have any control over what I do with the product and is it haram to sell the shoes that I buy from them.


texts: Does Islam support marriage between siblings?

texts: In Islam it is said that human being came from the Adam and Eve and it is added that when they get married, they had 41 children and they were twins. Holding this into hand, does Islam permit marriage between siblings?


texts: Besides Muhammad, who else claim that they are prophets around his time and place?

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I've heard that there are many "copycats". They claim they are prophets too. Of course, anyone can claim they are prophets. They have many followers too.

Who are they?

Any lists?

Anyone compile lists of them?

I am not questioning whether they are false prophets or not. I am questioning whether they claim they are prophets and whether people believe them.


texts: When the sunnah mukkadah prayer before fard prayers are prayed i pray them at home and i give azan and iqama are they prayed between them or after iqama?


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I'm aware of this hadith relating to Eid al-Fitr (see: Is it sunnah to eat dates before going to eid al-Fithr prayer?):

  Narrated Anas bin Malik: Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) never proceeded (for the prayer) on the Day of `Id-ul-Fitr unless he had eaten some dates. Anas also narrated: The Prophet (ﷺ) used to eat odd number of dates. -- Sahih al-Bukhari 953 (sunnah.com)

And, on one occasion (unrelated to Eid al-Fitr), two Muslim friends from Algeria told me it was better to eat an odd number of dates.  I've been trying to eat only odd numbers of dates ever since (except when I eat 0 dates).  Hence:

Question: Is it generally important to eat an odd number of dates?


texts: Can I be romantic with my fiancée for her emotional well being?

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Assalamu-Alaikum.
I am in a difficult situation and confused. 2 years ago I started dating a Christian girl, however a couple months back I started cleaning my heart and reconnected with Islam and start a fresh halal life. I left all the bad I was doing (weed, porn, music, etc.) and made sincere tawbah multiple times, may Allah accept it.
However me and my girlfriend have been in deep love. I told her I'm becoming a better Muslim and we stopped seeing each other or being romantic and instead I began teaching her about Islam. I wanted to fix the situation and make my life halal but not give her up so I told my parents about her, she was prepared to convert to Islam and we tried to get the nikkah done so we can be with each other. Nevertheless, her mom opposed and said she's too young and this would destroy her family. During that period where I stopped seeing her she became very depressed and lonely (she's is pretty emotional) so I tried emotionally consoling her that saying "we'll get the nikkah done soon, its gonna be okay". But now we can't get the nikkah done for I don't know how long which would emotionally destroy her, understandably as she can't be with the love of her life. Leaving her is not an optional for that would devastate me and her and tear my heart apart.
Nikkah is also not an option for some time. And not being with her for what seems 4-5 years would emotionally destroy her. I am confused on what to do and have asked Allah for guidance, inshallah I can get some here. Currently all I can think of is asking her what the bare minimum is (such as holding hands or saying "I love you") we can do with each other so that she will be okay during this waiting period (I realize there will be sin on my end but I cannot bare putting her through 4-5 years of misery)


texts: Ruling on shortening both sides and back of the hair more than the middle

texts: is it prohibited for Muslim men to shorten hair from both sides and back than middle?


texts: What is the correct way to refer to the prophet Muhammad (in English)?

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Disclaimer: I am not a Muslim, and I know very little about Islam, so sorry if any of this is offensive, it is not my intent to be offensive.
Similar question:Muhammad, Mohammad, Muhammed, Mohammed, Mohamed, or Mohumed?
This is not a duplicate because my question is about how to refer to him, not how to spell his name.
I have seen some people refer to him as “Muhammad” and others refer to him as “Muhammad(PBUH)” and there are probably other ways to refer to him. What is the correct way to refer to them without offending Muslims?
Also, does this vary between Shia and Sunni Muslims?


texts: Can muslims play die / dice based board games?

texts: I was told that playing games such as Ludo or Snakes and Ladders is haraam as you use a die / dice. What is the correct opinion on this.


texts: Is the Holy Quran for the humans only or for the Jinns and Angels too?

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There is mentioned in the Holy Qur'an (72: 1-2)

  Say, [O Muhammad], "It has been revealed to me that a group of the jinn listened and said, 'Indeed, we have heard an amazing Qur'an. It guides to the right course, and we have believed in it. And we will never associate with our Lord anyone.

The incident of a group of Jinns being amazed by the recitation of the Qur'an. But does this mean that the Holy Qur'an was revealed for them too? If so how is it guaranteed that they come to know of it? And what about the Angels? Do they need the Holy Qur'an?


texts: The reward for reading khatem (finishing) Quran different in Ramadan?

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Is the rewards for khatem (finishing) of the Quran in Ramadan different or more than the khatem (finishing) of the Quran in other months?
For example, do I get more rewards when I finish reading the Quran in Ramadan?
Or is the same rewards applied all year round?
I tried to research online but could not find answers. I am asking because someone told me that anything good we do in Ramadan is always better more rewards so I was then thinking does this include finishing reading the Quran in Ramadan too that I would get more rewards.
Thank you.


texts: What is the difference between Wahhabism and Salafism?

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What is the difference between Salafism and Wahhabism?

(As I know they are different from Sunnis. So what is their opinions?)


texts: Can you and your spouse stay at their own parents place right after nikah?

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Assalamualaikum
I want to know is it possible that I can stay at my place and she can stay at her place right after the actual nikah (After signing the marriage contract) until the time comes? Cause I don't want to have a Haram relationship with her. And I am in love with her. So I want to have a halal relationship. But we are still really young and still am a student (I am still just 18) so I was wondering if it was possible that I can make the relationship halal but stay at my place and she can stay at her place and when the time is right we can arrange a traditional marriage ceremony or feast few years after the actual nikah. Is that possible?


texts: How many verses to read in Salah or only full Surahs?

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Salam
In Salah are we supposed to only recite full surahs? Or can we recite just some verses from the middle of surah. For example can I recite ayat al kursi in 1st rakah and then verses 1-5 of Surah al baqarah in 2nd rakah?
I only know about 5-6 Surahs from memory and would like to recite something different.
Thanks


texts: How to stop a toddler from masturbating?

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I've been bought up in a culture where masturbation is a dirty disgusting thing, something which you never do, never talk about, and never even think about, and I have always thought that islam forbids masturbation.

  Imam Shafi’i stated that masturbation is forbidden based on the
  following verses from the Qur’aan (interpretation of the meaning):
  "And those who guard their chastity (i.e. private parts, from illegal
  sexual acts). Except from their wives or (the captives and slaves)
  that their right hands possess, - for them, they are free from blame.
  But whoever seeks beyond that, then those are the transgressors."
  23.5-7 Here the verses are clear in forbidding all illegal sexual acts (including masturbation) except for the wives or that their right hand
  possess. And whoever seeks beyond that is the transgressor. http://islamqa.info/en/ref/329

I read a question here at SE titled: Explaining to a toddler when masturbation is appropriate.

The title caught my attention.  The reason for this I will be explaining below, but when I read the comments and answers, I was really shocked.  It seems masturbation has become so "the norm" these days that parents actually encourage their children to do it, but in private.  I guess that is still better than encouraging them to masturbate in public.

Anyway, at the same time I was a little relieved, the reason for this is because I have a toddler, she seems to masturbate too.  I am concerned about this, and I was a little relieved when I realised that she is not the only toddler on the planet who does this.  She is only little so I am sure she will not be sinning for this act.  However, what does islam say about this and how would a parent go about stopping such a a dirty disgusting addiction preferably with islamic techniques, islamic parenting techniques etc?

Before people start judging us and thinking it's the parents fault, they should not do that type of stuff infront of her, or they should make sure she doesn't see anything inappropriate.  You will be on the wrong track for thinking that.  She basically has full body eczema, and I think she "discovered" her private area while trying to releave the itchiness of her eczema problem.


texts: Is it haram to lose wudu during the pray, and then continue the prayer?

texts: Salam alaykum  brothers, today when I was at the mosque, I lost my wudu during the prayer (2nd rakaat, while reciting Surah Al-Fatiha if I remember correctly), after that I was too embarrassed to just leave, I finished the surah contemplating whether I should stop and leave, I did rukoo partially thinking that I'd still get hasanat for doing it, and I did prostrations also partially thinking that I would get hasanat, I was doing sujood and then feared that what I'm doing is sinful, so I stood and left my salat without Salam. I say partially because the main reason was that I was too embarrassed to leave and I also showed little or no khushu, but Allah knows best. Also, my prayer was sunnah, does that change anything?


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can i marry my father's sister's son's wife's elder brother's  daughter?
Is it permissible as we know 4th Khalifa Hazrat Ali(RA)married Fatimah(RA) But our PROPHET MUHAMMAD(SWA) and Hazrat Ali(RA) was cousins but they are from different father and mother and they didn’t have any blood relation between them.


texts: Can I marry and divorce two sisters every 2 years so that I can be with them both?

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My wife wants me to marry her sister. I've explained to her that Islam does not allow two sisters in marriage with the same guy at the same time.

She says that she can take Khula from me, so that I can marry with her sister.

She also says that she and her sister want me to be their husband turn by turn every two years. Is it possible in Islam ?


texts: Is the existence of the world a miracle?

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Miracles are used generally in theological/religious contexts; outside of them they're seen as either rationally explicable as signifiers of theological truths that are uncovered by hermeneutics of various kinds.

I want to see whether there are other valid ways at looking at miracles that might signify the presence of Allah.

For example - one question is why is there something rather than nothing. Physics starts from the supposition that some substance is there, and then establishes the laws that it obeys (generally conservation laws).

The explanation that the universe appeared out of nothing through some fluke quantum fluctuation doesn't explain anything, or more precisely it just pushes what is to be explained further back - that is the laws that guarantee a such a possible fluctuation. It's easily seen that a similar argument results in an infinite regression. Nor does Smolins offering of a eco-system of universes seeding each other offer a way out of this conundrum.

Hence the fundamental question remains - why something rather than nothing - does this count as a miracle?

For example, in Quranic hermenaeutics, the world is called th Greater Qur'an because it also signifies the presence of Allah (as Creater);

Is there anyway around this argument of infinite regression? I can't see that it is possible. In fact it has some contact with the antinomies of Kant who demonstrated there are question beyond the remit of reason. Which means that they must remain either unresolved or must be filled by faith of some kind.

A second possibility is the limits of causality that Hume identified, as well as al-Ghazali. Hume offered no resolution. Al-Ghazali offered Occasionalism - that is the world is sustained from moment to moment by the Allah. (In Koranic Hermeneutics its referred to the verse Al-Fatiha where Allah is called the Sustainer of the Worlds). Kant, of course offered a reasoned resolution by correlationism (which signifies the correlation between the human mind & the real). One might say, rather than God sustaining the illusion of the world as phenomena, it is the human mind - one has substituted Man for God - in at least as this position; but of course this still rather leaves noumena as undescribable and unexplained.


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A few translations of Qur'an 79:30 say that the Earth is egg-shaped.  For example:

And after that He has spread out the earth in the egg-shape (for habitability). -- translation by Ali Ünal
And more, He has extended the earth (far and wide also in the shape of an egg): -- translation by Syed Vickar Ahamed

First, the Earth is not egg-shaped (it's very close to a sphere; an oblate spheroid with a small eccentricity), which is apparent from photographs, e.g.:

But I'm more interested in if the Arabic in Qur'an 79:30 implies "egg-shaped", like the translations above state.

وَالْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَاهَا

It doesn't look like it; the "literal" translation is listed as:

And the earth after that He spread it.

which doesn't say anything about egg-shaped.  It therefore seems to be an unexpected translation, so I'm puzzled as to how this came about.  There's more than one translation that says this, so there may be something I'm unaware of here.
Question: Why do some translations of Qur'an 79:30 talk about the Earth being egg-shaped?


texts: How to remember the time for prayer and to fight the Satan whispering to us?

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I have a problem lately, I don't know why I keep missing my Isyaa' prayer. It's been almost 2 weeks now. I want to keep praying and pray to Allah and I keep forgetting or just jump into bed and sleep.

One time, I made my wudu and got ready to pray but then I sat on my bed for a while and dozed off, the next thing I know it's already Subuh pray time.

How to strengthen our faith and to fight satan?


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before starting every work as a muslims we say "bismillah".
before starting namaz in ist rakat we say bismillah is it important to say bismillah in 2nd rakat and 3rd rakat or not?


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If a person promised to Allah, that is i will do such and such if i get such and such, but afterwards that person broke the promises.
What is the expiation for breaking this type of oath.
How to do repentance?


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In this video, Adnan Ibrahim argues against Ijma'. He also quotes Imam Ahmed:

  "قال " من ادَّعى الإجماع فقد كذب ، وما يدريه لعل الناس اختلفوا
  Imam Ahmed said: "The one calling upon ijma' has lied!"

The same quote is found here, more context of it:

  والإجماع إجماعان ، إجماع ظني وإجماع قطعي ، والأول هو الذي يثبت بالبحث والتحري عن أقوال الأئمة ، ويحتاج من مثبته إلى استقراء لكتب الخلاف ، وهو الذي أنكره الإمام أحمد وقال " من ادَّعى الإجماع فقد كذب ، وما يدريه لعل الناس اختلفوا " .

In this video, he denies ijma' to be a part of his methods of usul al fiqh.

Which sunni scholars denied ijma' as a method among the methods in usul al fiqh?
This question is of course based on another question, did any sunni scholars really deny ijma?

Disclaimer: I am not supposing these quotes are proofs too deny ijma', rather it seems some have used them when aruging against ijma'. I know they are possible to be interpreted in another way in its context. Also, it seems to be different interpretations of what exactly is ijma'. And the person denying ijma' isn't necessary denying the matters as five prayers a day and such.


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I have some questions about the first wife of the Prophet.  My questions are:

What was her name?
How did the prophet come to know her?
How old was she?
Who was her father?
Who was her mother?

But, if I am only allowed to ask one question at a time, then that single question would be:

Was the first wife of the Prophet a virgin before she got married to the Prophet i.e., was the first wife of the Prophet previously married/divorced?


texts: Will Angels still not enter a home if there are pictures of animate objects in cupboards, drawers or boxes?


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When you stand and pray and say” Allahu Akbar” Allah stands before you and the minute your mind goes wandering on silly things in life. Allah turns his face away from you and says (is there something better than me taking you away from me)

Is the above hadith Authentic and if so from which book?


texts: What are the proper etiquette to follow while referring to holy names?

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I have seen that there are some practices which are followed while referring to holy names or holy things. For example, I have seen many people do this:

  ... Prophet Mohammad (May Allah please be upon him)...

Why do we do this? What is this called? Is it haram to not do this?


texts: Did the Quran exist in it's present order before the death of Prophet (SAW)?

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I was reading the below Hadith:

  Narrated `Aisha:

  Once Fatima came walking and her gait resembled the gait of the
  Prophet (ﷺ) . The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Welcome, O my daughter!" Then he
  made her sit on his right or on his left side, and then he told her a
  secret and she started weeping. I asked her, "Why are you weeping?" He
  again told her a secret and she started laughing. I said, "I never saw
  happiness so near to sadness as I saw today." I asked her what the
  Prophet (ﷺ) had told her. She said, "I would never disclose the secret
  of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)." When the Prophet (ﷺ) died, I asked her
  about it. She replied. "The Prophet (ﷺ) said: 'Every year Gabriel used
  to revise the Qur'an with me once only, but this year he has done so
  twice. I think this portends my death, and you will be the first of my
  family to follow me.' So I started weeping. Then he said. 'Don't you
  like to be the chief of all the ladies of Paradise or the chief of the
  believing women? So I laughed for that."

  Sahih al-Bukhari 3623, 3624

The bold sentence highlighted above makes we wonder if the order of the verses was divinely inspired and not put together by Caliph Umar (RA) as claimed by some.

Will it be more appropriate to think that the Sahaba knew the whole Quran by heart as it exists today and Caliph Umar (RA) only put it in a standard book format because he feared it may be lost/corrupted due to the large number of death of Huffaaz in a recent battle?


texts: What does Prophet SAW want to say to Sa'd in his last response in Sahih al-Bukhari 27?

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Sahih al-Bukhari 27:

Narrated Sa'd:
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) distributed (Zakat) amongst (a group of) people
while I was sitting there but Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) left a man whom I
thought the best of the lot. I asked, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Why
have you left that person? By Allah I regard him as a faithful
believer." The Prophet (ﷺ) commented: "Or merely a Muslim." I remained
quiet for a while, but could not help repeating my question because of
what I knew about him. And then asked Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), "Why have
you left so and so? By Allah! He is a faithful believer." The Prophet
(ﷺ) again said, "Or merely a Muslim." And I could not help repeating
my question because of what I knew about him. Then the Prophet (ﷺ)
said, "O Sa'd! I give to a person while another is dearer to me, for
fear that he might be thrown on his face in the Fire by Allah."

What does the Prophet want to say to Sa'd in his last reply in this Hadith?


texts: Is it permissible to use/own silk bed-throws?

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I have read some hadith about silk:

  Abu Musa al-Ash'ari reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Wearing silk and gold has been forbidden for the men of the my community but is lawful for its females." [at-Tirmidhi]

And

  Hudhayfa said, "The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, forbade us to drink or eat from gold and silver vessels and to wear silk and brocade or sit on them." [al-Bukhari]

Does this last hadith prohibit the use of silk in bed throws?


texts: How to respond when you hear multiple Azans(call to prayer)?

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Asalamualaikum,

I think many of you may have come across this issue. Generally when we hear the Azan , we do the following:

Repeat what the Mu'aththin says, except for when he says:

"حَيَّ عَلَى الصَّلاَةِ وَحَيَّ عَلَى الْفَلَاحِ"

Hayya 'alas-Salaah (hasten to the prayer) and Hayya 'alal-Falaah (hasten to salvation). Here you should say:

"لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللهِ"

Laa hawla wa laa quwwata 'illaa billaah.(There is no might and no power except by Allah.)

But these days, if you happen to live in a muslim populated area, you will find a lot of mosques near by. I start answering the first Azan, I hear. Very soon other mosques also starts their Azan and it becomes very difficult to hold on to the first Azan. The voices of the Azan-s are almost similar. I am not sure what to do in this situation.


texts: Are we rewarded for dhikr in the mind only without uttering a single word?

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Are we rewarded for dhikr in the mind of the type of saying 1000 times estagfirullah, la ilahe ilallah,  Alhamdulilah, ja mukal libel kulubi thebit kalbi ala dinik in the mind only without uttering a single sound or word? In other word you say them only in the mind without moving the lips.

And Does Allah accept and reward an invocation or supplication of the type: Allah please give me good understanding of quran and sunnah, Allah please give me strong iman, Allah please give me good health and solve my problems, if it is done in the mind only without moving the lips, without uttering any word or sound?


texts: What is the punishment for slapping someone's face?

texts: I have heard that slapping someone's face is forbiden in Islam. I want to know what is the punishment for it.


texts: Left one ayat in the middle of surah in Salat

texts: If I am praying and mistakenly I forgot one ayat in the middle of a surah and complete the remaining part of surah (e.g. in surah al-Naas I accidentally skipped ayat no 3 and recited the rest of the surah as normal). So how will be salat main while I am Imam?


texts: Why does a man's witness count as two women's witness in Islam?

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Why is it that whenever witnesses are required in Islam, two women are required to take the place of only one man?

The Quran in Sura 2:282 says:

  And let two men from among you bear witness to all such documents
  [contracts of loans without interest]. But if two men be not
  available, there should be one man and two women to bear witness so
  that if one of the women forgets (anything), the other may remind her.


texts: Sahih Buckari Book of Funerals number 435 hadith explanation

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Narrated Jabir: A man was buried along with my father and I did not
  like it till I took him (i.e. my father) out and buried him in a
  separate grave.

Sahih Buckari Book of Funerals number 435

Who's father this hadith talking about . Is it Allahs apostals or Narrator Jabir's ?


texts: What is the ruling on working in bank projects?

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A company is likely interested in hiring me and I am actually going through several interviews. It is a software vendor company that develop products for testing, validating, and virtualizing services. These products are agnostic to any business domain.

In case I am finally hired, I'll be providing consultancy regarding these products to any customer who will acquire a license. It could be retail, transport, telecom customers,...etc.

My question is: Is it permissible for me to accept the job if I am aware that I will likely have to provide consultancy to customers such as banks?

As far as I know, I will not be involved in any riba-involved transactions, nor I am aware of the kind of service they will virtualize.


texts: Is wall permissible material for tayammum?

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I was taught that a wall or any place that has the capability to acquire dirt can be used for tayammum but after going through this answer on What are the materials used for tayammum? which prohibits the walls without a reference and also going listening to a speaker on youtube I came across this new information that walls are not allowed for tayyamum.

I would like to know if there is a difference of opinion and which madhabs do or do not allow wall as an object of tayammum
If wall is not allowed, then how would a bedridden person suppose to do? he/she can go to the toilet with great difficulty in the first place so how should he/she prepare oneself(the wudhu replacement) for salah?

  perform Tayammum with clean Earth

  (al-Nisa’ 4:43)

In my opinion walls/doors ( irrespective of painted or not), are permissible since everything is directly or indirectly is created from products of Earth (example trees, paint polymers etc which are made from materials found on earth itself and not Mars)


texts: Why in Islam there are prescriptions regarding health? But not Penicillin?

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There are rules in Islam like brushing teeth, being clean, avoiding dead animals and taking bath regularly and not fasting when it's harmful.

Am I right to assume that such things exists in Islam because of their health benefits?
If that is the case and Islam recommends/commands actions that have health benefits, how do you explain that it didn't prescribe making medications such as Antibiotics and Penicillin.


texts: Does your imagination become true if you say Inshallah?

texts: We want many things in our life. Sometimes we get what we want and otherwise not. So by saying Inshallah will your wish become true? Does saying Inshallah makes your every wish come true?


texts:
Is it cruel to give a cat catnip? Cats go after the herb by themselves, but too much can make them aggressive.

Would it be considered halal or haram to give a cat catnip?


texts: Is the shaytan released right before Eid or after?

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There are numerous examples in the hadith literature referring to the fact that during the month of Ramadan, the shaytan is chained.  For example, as narrated by Abu Hurayrah and transmitted through Bukhari,

  Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "When the month of Ramadan starts, the gates of the heaven are opened and the gates of Hell are closed and the devils are chained."

This does however leave me with a question regarding this tradition: When is the shaytan released from hell?  Is it right before or after the Eid day?


texts: Would it be sinnful to shave a beard for a job?

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Would a person become sinful if he shaved his beard, unwillingly, in order to comply with the requirements of a career that he entered (not knowing, at the time, the ruling on beards). He may not be confident of finding another stable job to support the family at short notice. Is he allowed to keep the job until he finds another job which would allow him to retain his beard?

Please provide answers which reference hadiths and the Quaran, not simply opinions.


texts: Is it a sin to not give money (sadaqah) everytime we are asked in the streets?

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Salam,
Are we supposed to give money to every person asking in the streets ?
I decided to give a certain amount every Month, but this amount is not enough Big to give everyday to people.. but I Can give more.. it's a weird question.


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According to the following hadith:

'Amr ibn al-Harith, the brother of the Umm al-Mu'minin, Juwayriyya bint al-Harith, said, "When the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, died, he left neither dirham nor dinar nor slave nor slavegirl nor anything other than his white mule which he used to ride, his weapons, and some land that he made sadaqa for travellers."
Riyadh-as-Saliheen by Imam Al-Nawawi, volume 3, hadith number 475

What happened to the slave girls of the prophet? Were they freed or sold or did they die?


texts: Is it permissible to speak with the spouse after engagement?

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Can one speak with his/her spouse after the engagement has completed? Engagement happened as a confirmation of nikah/marriage.

The issue is parents does not like to have the marriage/nikah quickly but they wish to have to at the end of the year even though engagement is done on the beginning of year. So its quiet hard for one party to control eyes so requires the nikah to happen quickly so that at least both partners can have a halal relationship.

Can he secretly consult the girl which he has not yet done and does not want to do because he feels like he is loosing feeling of marriage and being dragged to towards committing zina via eyes?


texts: Sometimes my parents are yelling and angry with me for no reason

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Selam alejkum.

I wanted to ask something releated to my parents that concern me to much. I love my parents very much and i try to respect them in any way possible. I know that Quran and our prophet Muhamed a.s said that we should respect our parents in any way possible and I try to do that for the sake of Allah.
My concern here is that whenever i make the most simple mistake possible such as letting the window open or even sometimes when i dont make any mistake at all they start yelling at me and become angry with me like its the end of of the world.
Even when they yell at me that way,I dont argue with them at all despite that I feel very angry inside for them yelling at me.
I fear allah and i wanted to know if made a sin behaving like this and if I have make a sin everytime my parents are yelling at me. I would really appriciate your answer with islamic arguments for this issue.
Thanks again.


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Are teachers allowed to hit children according to Islam?

In the passed, when I was very little, my parents used to send me to Quranic class.  I noticed that teachers would hit the students for many reasons:

If they had not completed their homework
If they were talking instead of reciting
If they were not paying attention
If they were day dreaming
If they were doing something naughty

I noticed this type of punishment in the following forms:

Using a bamboo stick to hit the hands of the child
Using a bamboo stick to hit the back of the child
Using a bamboo stick to hit the legs of the child

So basically, the question I am asking is this:

Does Islam give teachers the right to hit their child students?


texts: Do you get any thawab for teaching others about technology free of charge? Or is there both sin & thawab for both good use and bad?


texts: Source for a story about Muhammad's follower who felt Muhammad was too lenient with his wives?

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I remember reading a story about Muhammad in which one of his followers felt that Muhammad was too indulgent with his wives, or too kind, or didn't require the proper formal respect from them. So this follower mentioned it to Muhammad, but I can't remember what Muhammad's response was.

In all my big stack of books, I can't seem to find the story any more. Has anyone heard of this, and does anyone know where I might find it again?


texts: What do the words "Muslim" and "Kafir" mean?

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A previous question asked what does the word "islam" mean?

The answer was unambiguous: submit in Arabic means Islam.

In the spirit of this previous excellent answer, what do the Arabic words Muslim and Kafir mean?  In particular, I would like to know the definite meanings of these words, as well as the general meaning of the roots from which they are derived.

In parallel (and assuming it's different), what does the actual Arabic word for "non-Muslim/non-believer" look like?  Is it intellectually honest (unbiased) to translate Kafir thus?


texts: What are the levels of Islamic scholarship?

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What is the highest level of Islamic scholarship and how does one acquire it?  Is it a mujtahid mutlaq?  I hear many terms mujtahid mutlaq, mujtahid, Mufti, mufasir, muhadith etc
Wouldn’t you have to be a mujtahid mutlaq be a mufasir or a muhadith since you should know a lot of Hadith if you are going to write a thafsir or give verdicts.
Would people like syed Qutb and Abdullah Yusuf Ali be considered anything considering they were not scholars I believe yet they wrote thafsirs.
Many people do a 3 year degree at Islamic universities, what level of scholarship/title are they given?
And what type of study/how long do you typically need to get the various levels of scholarship?
Salam
Thanks


texts: What exactly are the conditions of al-Bukhari and Muslim?

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I've noticed that this question has never been asked before even if we have posts such as:
What are the requirements of a "Sahih" hadith?
Which criteria the Rawis(Arabic: 'narrators') of Sahih-Hadith had to fulfil?

I've tried to address this topic before in my answer on What are the terms of that which has reached Tawatur?, however I didn't mention what exactly these conditions are, even if I have a hint of an answer about it, at least for one of the related partial questions which I want to have answers.

And here I quote the partial question which I'd like to have answered:

So what exactly is the condition of al-Bukhari (is it solely related -as-sanad- to the narrator chain or also to the content al-matn- of a hadith)?
and what is the condition of Muslim?
What is the difference between both conditions?


texts: For a married women, who's order is superior father or husband according to Islamic point of view?

texts: Who's orders are superior for a married women father or her husband? What is in Islam about this thing?


texts: What is the evidence of praying nafal from Maghrib to Isha in the masjid?

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I heard a Hadith (in brief) that Hudaifa (ra)'s mother sent him to prophet Muhammed (pbuh). He went in Maghrib. prophet Muhammed (pbuh) continued praying till Isha. After that he Hudaifa (ra) talked with prophet Muhammed (pbuh).

As far I know this is the only evidence of praying from Maghrib to Isha in the masjid.

Can anyone please confirm the Hadith and cite reference please.


texts: Giving Khateras over Zoom -- wearing a headscarf?

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Salaam!
Ramadan Kareem!
I'm a student and I'm supposed to give a khatera for our MSA meeting over Zoom later this afternoon. I don't normally wear the hijab, but do I need to for this?


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In these ayat, the companions of the Fire and the companions of Paradise talk to one another.

And the companions of Paradise will call out to the companions of the Fire, "We have already found what our Lord promised us to be true. Have you found what your Lord promised to be true?" They will say, "Yes." Then an announcer will announce among them, "The curse of Allah shall be upon the wrongdoers." -- Qur'an 7:44
And the companions of the Fire will call to the companions of Paradise, "Pour upon us some water or from whatever Allah has provided you." They will say, "Indeed, Allah has forbidden them both to the disbelievers." -- Qur'an 7:50
[Who will be] in gardens, questioning each other About the criminals, [And asking them], "What put you into Saqar?" They will say, "We were not of those who prayed, Nor did we used to feed the poor. And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who engaged [in it], And we used to deny the Day of Recompense Until there came to us the certainty." -- Qur'an 74:40-47

(See the section Conversations between the people of Paradise and the people of Hell at IslamReligion.com.)
This raises the question:
Question: Can people in heaven and hell ordinarily communicate with one another?
If people in heaven and hell can ordinarily communicate with one another, it raises some bizarre problems, e.g., imagine talking to a close relative who is in hell; difficulties communicating while being punished without respite.
So perhaps these ayat are meant to be a metaphorical I told you so.  And if they're taken literally, it may still just mean this is a once-off case.
I don't know which it is though.


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Salam,

IF one has missed Asr salah, how are they able to make up for this? Do they read the qaza as soon as possible? or do they read it at the time of Maghrib and if so, then at what time of the Maghrib salah? Before the actual Maghrib Salah or after Maghrib salah?

Thank you,


texts: Is masturbation permissible if marriage is not likely to occur?

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I am a young person female who have muscular dystrophy which means I can't move my body and 90% depending on everything wheelchair bound. So my problem is that I  have started get feeling sexual and I know that I won't be getting married to anyone due time illness and zina is a big sin and there is no option for that.

But the feelings are getting stronger for me day by day, I have read that those who can't afford to get married should fast by hadith but I can't even do that due to my genetic disease also Masturbation in Islam is forbidden then what should I do I  am getting very upset now a days & frustrated


texts: If someone offer Salah prayer inside the Kaabah, in which direction do they face.


texts: Is the prayer for a spouse instantly accepted?

texts: I heard that when parents pray for their children Allah accepts it instantly. Does Husband-wife's prayer does the same thing?


texts: Who has the right to name the baby, father or mother?

texts: I am aware that this is the right of the parents to name their newborn (children). (It could even be counted as a wajib/mandatory practice for parents to choose an appropriate and Islamic name for their children.) But I was wondering if it is considered as the right of father or mother to choose the name of their baby(s)?


texts: Is it Zakat, if you donate to different charity organizations?

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I have for sometime now willingly, donated money monthly to different charity organizations, that are specialized in helping humans, and animals for a better life.

Is it seen as Zakat?

Another question of mine is.
I am in a poor economic situation, and there will be a time where I cannot keep helping these organizations. How will the best way to keep doing Zakat for me?

Thank you, for your time and help.


texts: Difference between صَلِّ and بَارِكْ after the tashahhud

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Salamo3alaykom, I have a question regarding the linguistics after the tashahhud.

للَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ، وَعَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ، كَمَا صَلَّيْتَ عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ، وَعَلَى آلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، إِنَّكَ "حَمِيدٌ مَجِيدٌ، وَبَارِكْ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ، وَعَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ، كَمَا بَارَكْتَ عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ، وَعَلَى آلِإِبْرَاهِيمَ، فِي الْعَالَمِينَ إِنَّكَ حَمِيدٌ مَجِيدٌ

In this sentence what's the difference between  صلّ and  برك?
 I know that صلٌ in this context doesn't mean "praying" because Allah subhana wa ta'ala definitely does NOT pray since he is Allah.but it might mean "sending blessings ", but also barik means "sending blessings". I've found some BAD rough translations in Italian and French that in this very context translate صلّ as praying, and I thought in myself that this is impossible because Allah subhana wa ta'ala does NOT pray because He is Allah (so this would be shirk because there's no superior over Allah), the All-Mighty. So can someone clarify the difference between برك and صلّ  in this context please?


texts: I have been wondering about the interpretation of scholars regarding praying in an environment rather then earth. For example today there already astronauts living on the space station for months. Or in the not far future it seems that people would be able to travel or maybe establish colonies in mars. How would they pray under these conditions? I want focus on issues like direction, how to perform praying rituals under lack or low gravity force, the time of pray etc.


texts: Can I call a non-Muslim as "My Brother"?

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If a Muslim lady works with non-Muslims, can she call the males as her brother out of respect.

Does Islam give her permission to do so?


texts: Is this hadith authentic? "Alcohol itself is prohibited and intoxication in every other beverage."

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I saw this hadith quoted by Mufti Ebrahim Desai in an AskImam.com fatwa 6408:

  Furthermore, Rasulullah (Sallallaahu Álayhi Wasallam) said, 'Alcohol itself
  is prohibited and intoxication in every other beverage.' (Hidaaya vol. 4 p.
  497).

Question: Is this hadith authentic?

It probably is, since it was quoted in this fatwa.  It was also in two other AskImam.com fatawa by the same author (10687 and 6) but the quotes are identical.

My Google-fu didn't help here.  I don't know what "Hidaaya" is, but if it's this http://www.alhidaaya.com/sw/, then it's not in English.  Google says it's Swahili.

It's also available from IslamQA.org (and the other two mentioned are here and here).  This is the text of the fatwa:

  Category: Food

  Fatwa#: 6408

  Asked Country: Canada

  Answered Date: Aug 13, 2002

  Title: Are coke and soft drinks haraam or mushkook(doubtful)? Please reply!

  Question

  I recently received a copy of Mujlisul Ulama 25 page document in
  english regarding their fatwa against comsumption of all coke and
  carbonated drinks due to the syrups being extracted with alcholic
  slovents. I read on your website other fatwas, but an still confused?
  Is it mushkook, halaal, haraam? are you a part of this Mujlesul Ulama?
  Do They have any email contact? I can also forward you the documents
  via email if necessary.

  Answer

  Principally, if the alcohol is extracted from grapes or dates it is
  not permissible. Rasulullah (Sallallaahu Álayhi Wasallam) said, ‘Khamr
  (wine) is from these two trees, dates and grapes.’ (Mishkãt p. 317).

  Furthermore, Rasulullah (Sallallaahu Álayhi Wasallam) said, ‘Alcohol
  itself is prohibited and intoxication in every other beverage.’
  (Hidaaya vol. 4 p. 497).

  In view of the abovementioned Hadith, since the alcohol in coke is
  from ethanol which is fermented from sugar cane mollasses and does not
  intoxicate, it is permissible. However, if one is doubtful, he may
  exercise precaution and abstain.

  and Allah Ta’ala Knows Best

  Mufti Ebrahim Desai

The hadith itself is copy/pasted all over the web: e.g. these forums IslamicTeachings.org; SearchQuran.com; MuftiSays.com; PakLinks.com; IslamicBoard.com; Islam.SE, but they are all almost identical.

(I ask because it arose for my answer to this question Haraam or Halal? - Coke and Pepsi contain 0.001% Alcohol)


texts: I would like know how to perform 'kazaa-e-umri'?

texts: I have perform a salah / namaz  at mosque during ramdan.I feel that I want to do kaza for recent all namaz. I would like to know procedure as well as ayat can recite during namaz. Thank you.


texts: Question regarding drops after urination

texts: I'm making this because I get drops of urine that come out 5-10 minutes after relieving myself. I have made a habit of using tissue to cover my private parts in order for it to not make contact with my pants, however I am asking if I should wash my private parts before making wudoo for my next salah and if so whether or not I need to make qada for the Salah I haven't done this for. In addition, I'm a Sunni hanafi Muslim if that helps as well.


texts: Does proclaimed belief in the oneness of God bring a non-Muslim closer to the Ummah?

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A person becomes Muslim by showing he believes "There is no god but God and Muhammad is the messenger of God". Given that socio-political custom is a construct of peoples' different geographic and temporal experiences, would the proclamation of the tahlila - showing a belief in Tawheed - bring a non-Muslim any closer to the Ummah?

In reverse, if a person of Muslim heritage chooses to only state the first half of the Shahadah, where does he stand?


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In Islam a lot of thing are strictly time based like. For example

Ramadan starts from this day in the evening to this day in the evening. The reward for prayers is more in Ramadan.
Laylat al-Qadr (Lailatul Qadr/Shab-e-Qadr) happens on a particular moment in the last 10 days of Ramadan (in the middle of the night).
Prayers are taken at particular time because they are accepted only if done on time,

case: 1

Lets talk about Laylat al-Qadr (where one night is equal to 1000 years according to the holy quran). If am in Saudi arabia and lets say I experience the Laylat al-Qadr, it will be day light in parts of United States. Does that means Laila-al-Qadr is not a universal event but rather revolves around the Earth as Earth rotates.

case: 2

Also about Ramadan. If if starts in Saudi Arabia and it hasn't started in England till the next day, that will mean a Muslim who pray in Saudi Arabia will be rewarded more then the Muslim who pray in England. Because in one place it is Ramadan, in other it is a regular day.

So my question is how do we interpret time in Islam? Is it unique event that happens in Islam or it happens over an interval in time which could be as long as many days?


texts: If I promote web hosting services whose users use it in the wrong way, is my commission haram?

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I am an affiliate marketer. I promote website hosting offers on my website. Some hosting companies do not allow adult content hosting, others say: if there is no violation with the laws in their country, they will allow it. But both do not advertise the adult hosting services.

As a Muslim, I started thinking on what else can be hosted on servers. I found that many things can be hosted without having any conflict with web hosting providers. Like music, pictures (which may include nudity), content against Islam, etc.

My question is: if I promote web hosting services, is my commission haram because their clients, whom I forwarded to buy that services, are using it in a wrong way, or that is the web hosting provider responsibility in front of Allah?


texts: Why does surah nr. 40 have two different names?

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I've read different names of surah nr. 40 in two qurans. The one was surah ghafir (the forgiver) and the other one was surah mu'min (the believer).
So my further questions are:
Who gave the names of all the surah?
I mean the quran in the book form was made after the prophet (peace be upon him) died. Did he gave the instruction to the order and name of all the surah?
And why does some surah have multiple names?


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Wikipedia - Kalam:

ʿIlm al-Kalām, usually foreshortened to kalam and sometimes called "Islamic scholastic theology", is an Islamic undertaking born out of the need to establish and defend the tenets of Islamic faith against doubters and detractors.
The contemporary Islamic scholar Nuh Ha Mim Keller holds the view that the criticism of kalam from scholars was specific to the Mu'tazila,

Why did the Mu'tazila criticize kalam?


texts: Will voluntary fasts compensate any shortage in obligatory fasts on the Day of Judgement?

texts: If I had fallen short of my obligatory fasts without being aware, will my voluntary fasts be counted to compensate them on the Day of Judgement like the way shortage in obligatory Salah is compensated with voluntary Salah?


texts: I have a best friend in my opposite gender. He is just a friend of mine, I don't have any sexual attraction towards him, we just talk as best buddies without touching each other. Is it haraam in Islam?


texts: What are the various positions in Prayer (Salat) called?

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I would like to know what the names of all the Pillars (Arkans) that are in a Prayer(Salat). I know a few names Ruku, Sajda, etc. but I want to know the rest.

Please provide a detailed explanation.


texts: How we should deal with people who offend islam and Muhammed(saw)?

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Most people believe that they're allowed to say anything and they're allowed to express their opinions saying that it's 2015.
My question is that nowadays people make jokes about religions especially prophets, even offensive ones, so what I should do about them and how exactly should my reaction be?


texts: My husband married me in the year 2015 2nd feb and the next year he married another woman on 21stjan 2016 without my knowledge. We are medical students i am a bhms and he is mbbs and also my cousin. So we were not staying then as we were students. I found out now that he is living with the other girl and when i said to leave me he is not Willing to divorce me. Now what i should do please help.


texts: Is it permissible to wear shorts which are just above the knees? Because as per my understanding, a man's pardah is from the navel to the knees.


texts:
In the YouTube Crash Course Philosophy video Indiana Jones & Pascal's Wager: Crash Course Philosophy #15, Hank Green discusses Pascal's Wager, saying:

Does believing in something because it's the safest bet really win you a ticket to heaven?  Doesn't God want you to be less self interested when it comes to believing in Him?  Well not according to Pascal.  He thought how and why you choose to believe doesn't really matter because the fact is God doesn't care how He gets you, as long as He gets you.
Okay, so how do you will yourself into believing in something just because that's where the smart money is?  Easy.

You essentially brainwash yourself into true belief, so that what starts out as self-interest can actually grow into an honest conviction.
And you do this, basically, by walking the walk and talking the talk.  Start going to church, start praying, hang out with other believers.  At first, it might seem weird and disingenuous, but over time it'll become an ingrained part of your belief system.

This raises the question (replacing "church" with "mosque" above):
Question: Is brainwashing yourself into conviction a legitimate path to Islam?
As in, is Hank Green's description an acceptable way to become a Muslim?  The way he described it, it does not sound like a particularly satisfying way to convert.


texts: I need help with 3:59 of the Qur'an. Some say there is a grammatical "error". The verse concerns the creation of Adam AS but the saying kun fayakun (فيكون) is in the present tense. It is stressed that it should be kun feekaana (فكان) in the past tense. Can someone address this?


texts: Does Quran promote eunuchs by allowing them?

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Verse 24:31 tells that women should guard their selves except from the following people:

... husbands, their fathers, their husbands' fathers, their sons, their husbands' sons, their brothers, their brothers' sons, their sisters' sons, their women, that which their right hands possess, or those male attendants having no physical desire, or children who are not yet aware of the private aspects of women.

I interpreted "male attendants having no physical desire" as eunuchs. Is this correct? If so, doesn't allowing them to guard women effectively promote castration? I understand Islam prohibits castration, but allowing them to guard women promotes the eunuch supply chain. For example, I wouldn't buy something that was stolen because I don't want to promote stealing. Perhaps I would be forgiven for buying something I didn't know was stolen, but it's obvious if someone is castrated.


texts: Can I do the traditional marriage ceremony few years after the nikah?

texts: There is someone I fall in love with. And so I want to marry her. Cause before marriage touching her will be a Zina. So I want to marry her. But she wants to have a traditional ceremony. Or at least a big feast. Traditional feast. And I am from Bangladesh. So a traditional marriage ceremony is very expressive. Also there are a lot of other reasons. So right now it's not possible for me. But again I don't want to commit Zina. so is it possible to do the ceremony few years after the nikah? When I will have no other problem to make a traditional ceremony or feast. Till then she can stay in her place and I can stay at my place but we will have a halal relationship by signing the marriage contract. Is it possible to do the ceremony few years after the actual nikah?


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I've heard that Mecca was closed/forbidden to non-Muslims...  I've also heard that the first is a myth, and that non-Muslims (mostly thinking of foreign tourists) may very well enter Mecca -- but that there perhaps aren't much to do for non-Muslims in Mecca...

What is correct?  Is Mecca open for non-Muslims (tourists) or not?  (Link to some official source is especially welcome.)  I'm thinking more current enforced Saudi law, than tradition or the Quran...


texts: Context for "there is a Jew behind me, come and kill him"

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What context, if any, is there for the following, which is referred to in the charter of at least one major political organisation nowadays?

  The Day of Judgement will not come about until Muslims fight the Jews,
  when the Jew will hide behind stones and trees. The stones and trees
  will say O Muslims, O Abdullah, there is a Jew behind me, come and
  kill him. Only the Gharkad tree, (the Boxthorn tree) would not do that
  because it is one of the trees of the Jews. (related by al-Bukhari and
  Muslim)


texts: Does a disabled person with learning difficulties unable to generate income have to pay zakat

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AA.

I know you have answered a similar question but I need further clarification.

A 19 year old girl has learning difficulties (bur not insane) and will never really be able to earn an income. The learning difficulties arose as a result of medical negligence.

She has been given lump sum compensation to cover her care needs throughout her life.

Does she have to pay zakat on this lump sum payment?

JA

TS


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There's a range of translations of Quran 54:17; here are some examples:

  And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth?  --  M. M. Pickthall

  We have made it easy to learn lessons from the Quran. Is there anyone who would receive admonition? -- Wahiduddin Khan

  And indeed, We have made the Qur'an easy for direction and guidance, but is there anyone who will take advice? -- Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

  We have really made this Qur'an easy (to understand)! Is anyone there to heed? -- Dr. Munir Munshey

It seems there's two major interpretations of this ayat:

The Qur'an is easy to understand.  This could be in order to help everyone, despite their level of education.  I've also seen it argued that the repetitive nature of the Qur'an is evidence to support this interpretation.

  The Qur'an's guidance for man’s conduct are plain and easy to understand and act upon...

  ...Masha Allah, how easy Allah has made it for us to memorise the Qur’an and increase our rewards. -- Productive Muslim

Admonishion in the Qur'an is easy to understand.  "Do good and get closer to paradise.  Do bad and get closer to punishment".

  Some people have misconstrued the words yassarnal- Quran to mean that the Quran is an easy Book; no knowledge is required to understand it so much so that a person even without the knowledge of the Arabic language, can write a commentary on it, and can deduce any injunctions he likes from its verses independent of the Hadith and Islamic Law, whereas the context in which these words occur, indicates that they are meant to make the people realize this: One means of the admonition are the dreadful torments that descended upon the rebellious nations, and the other means is this Quran, which guides you to the right path by argument and instruction.  -- Islamic Studies

It's unclear which is correct.  (And I cannot exclude the possibility that both of these interpretations are simultaneously correct.)

Question: Should Qur'an 54:17 be interpreted as meaning the Qur'an is intended to be simple to understand?

Answering this is probably going to require familiarity with the Arabic:

  وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا الْقُرْآنَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ


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Is it permissible to go to umrah, with a person who is clearly a
magician , that person is a MUSLIM yet engages in acts of shirk, astrology , witchcraft , especially when you are a minor ?


texts: Who are the three infants who talk at their cradle period?

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I heard a speech about hazrat eeshah (A.W).

In the bayan

  Hazarat eeshah (A.W) is one of the three infants in the history who
  talk at their cradle period

It's in quran that eeshah (A.W) talked at his cradle period. I want to know , Who are the remaining two?

Add some references to the answer.


texts: Is communication with non-mahram via sms, email, facebook, and social gatherings allowed?

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I know we can't talk with non-Mahram, but the fact is when we are studying at a college it's impossible, so we are advised limit the communication to only what is important and other things like joking around is not allowed and avoid.

My question is, what about sending an email to everybody in an email contact list? Or forwarding a text message which has any special Dua or a reminder? Only for a religious purpose? Also this can be related to sharing a religious post in a Facebook group which has wide audience (males, females, non-Mahram to each other)?

If all of the above is allowed? Will a Muslim women be allowed to do dhawah by spreading Islam in a social gathering where both male and female is sat together?


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When a person kills himself ,he goes to jahannam.
Allah says in the Quran:

{Surely Allah does not forgive that anything should be associated with Him, and forgives what is besides that to whomsoever He pleases; and whoever associates anything with Allah, he devises indeed a great sin.}
(Quran 4: 48)

So my question is,when a person committed suicide,will Allah forgive him if He wants?


texts: Wife Betrayal revealed by my employing organisation. Company wants me to either divorce my wife or leave the job! What to do now?

texts: My company, being very disciplined, has asked me to consider divorce or quitting the job because my wife was linked to one of my colleagues (betrayal or cheating was limited to phone calls / sms only with only one casual meet in public with a friend of hers). I have forgiven my wife and I can observe her changed behavior towards our life. She does not want to leave me. We have two small kids.  My parents do not want me to leave the job as I have earned a respectable position with formidable repute and bright scope for future. I want to live with my kids, my wife and with the will of Almighty Allah and my parents. What to do?  Please reply urgently.


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I applied to a certain place and for this year they made a requirement they had optional, but unfortunately I put yes to it, due to me thinking I might be able to achieve that, but I got lower than I expected and the only way I can opt out of submitting is to tell them I didn't do the test they had, is that haram?
I realize that's lying.


texts: I want to know is hot Cheetos haram to eat or halal because I recently downloaded an app that tells where foods are halal or haram is called scan halal anyways it said that  U.S hot  Cheetos are haram cause the have enzymes but it also said that these enzyme are from beef not pork so I want to know why is it haram if the enzymes are coming from beef can somebody plz tell me is it’s halal or haram caz I’m so confused here by the way these are U.S Cheetos so its khosher


texts: Does the Islamic 24-hour clock start at maghrib in countries that practice the Islamic calendar? If not, why?

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I understand the Islamic day begins at sunset/maghrib (e.g. If the date changes with sunset, why is 'Asr called the middle prayer?).

However, it is less clear whether the daily 24 hour clock also begins (i.e. 00:00 (0 hours and 0 minutes)) at this time, as practised by countries or major international organisations which adopt the Islamic calendar.

I would be grateful if members here could inform as to the whether it does? And if not (e.g. it starts at the (Gregorian calendar) midnight), why this is the case? That is, the justifications (especially theological/fiqh (vs practical/logistical) for the discrepancy between the accepted theological basis of the start of the day, and the actual practice?.

Thank you.


texts: Would my prayers be invalid if I read a letter of durood shareef wrong unintentionally?

texts: Had my prayers been valid if I had been reading a letter of durood shareef wrong unintentionally