texts: What was in Injil before it was changed according to Islam?

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This is a follow-up questions for this one and a similar (though not the same) to this one.
Supposing the Injil/New Testament was changed, what was in it originally? I know there are some hints in Quran for this, and I'm interrested in other islamic sources (Hadith or prominent Muslim scholars) too, if they address this topic.

EDIT: I'm also interrested in what is in Bible and wasn't in Injil according to Islam. Some issues are well known (whether Jesus was God or just a prophet, crucifixion etc.), but I have few more subquestions, especially concerning morale. According to Quran and other Islamic sources, is it possible to assess whether these parts were (or could be) in Injil or not?

a) all food is clean:

Mark 7:14-23

  Again Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen to me, everyone,
  and understand this. Nothing outside a person can defile them by going
  into them. Rather, it is what comes out of a person that defiles
  them.”
  After he had left the crowd and entered the house, his
  disciples asked him about this parable. “Are you so dull?” he asked.
  “Don’t you see that nothing that enters a person from the outside can
  defile them? For it doesn’t go into their heart but into their
  stomach, and then out of the body.” (In saying this, Jesus declared
  all foods clean.) He went on: “What comes out of a person is what
  defiles them. For it is from within, out of a person’s heart, that
  evil thoughts come—sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed,
  malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. All
  these evils come from inside and defile a person.”

b) connected - importance of love and purity of heart:

Matthew 5:21-22a

  “You have heard that it was said to the people long ago, ‘You shall
  not murder, and anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.’ But I
  tell you that anyone who is angry with a brother or sister will be
  subject to judgment.

There are similar passages for other sins next to this one, ending with this:

Matthew 5:43-48

  “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your
  enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who
  persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven.
  He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on
  the righteous and the unrighteous. If you love those who love you,
  what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that?
  And if you greet only your own people, what are you doing more than
  others? Do not even pagans do that? Be perfect, therefore, as your
  heavenly Father is perfect.


texts: How many times or when do we need to make the 'laylatul qadr dua'?

texts: There was a Hadith of when Aisha (رضي الله عنها) asked the prophet (عليه الصلاة والسلام) about what Dua to make in laylatul qadr, he told her: (اللهم انك عفوٌ تحب العفو فاعف عني). When during laylatul qadr should we make this Dua and how many times?


texts: Is eating with left hand permitted when eating with right hand is difficult and uncomfortable?

texts: I am a left-handed person. I have a great difficulty and discomfort in eating or drinking with my right hand. In Islam, in this situation, is it permissible to eat or drink with the left hand?


texts: Is it true that Islam is a religion of peace?

texts: I noticed when looking at various discussions regarding Islam, Muslims say that the word Islam means peace. Then they provide some verses from the Quran and some stories of the prophet Muhammed being merciful and kind to other people. However, the prophet did wage many wars? and Muslims started attacking other empires. Doesn't this contradict the sentence "religion of peace?"


texts: I am professional web developer and got a contract to fix a pub site. Is it permissible to fix this site, or not?


texts: Why is the weakest of homes, the home of spider?

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There is a verse in Quran addressing the spider's home as the weakest:

  The example of those who take allies other than Allah is like that of
  the spider who takes a home. And indeed, the weakest of homes is the
  home of the spider, if they only knew. 29:41

Two questions:

Why does this verse say "spider takes a home". What's the meaning of "take" here, as we know that spiders build their house themselves.
In what terms is the spider's home the weakest?


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The eesha salaah timing in the masjid in my neighborhood is usually very late. In fact during winters (like currently) they delay the salaah to the extent that sometimes it is nearly 35 minutes later than the neighboring masajid. So much so that I prefer going to the other masjid and completing my eesha salaah there.

I am not aware why they delay eesha salaah to such an extent that it becomes inconvenient for everyone (or maybe just some), however I think this may have something to do with hadith of the Messenger (SAWS) that the eesha salaah would be the last thing he would do before retiring.

I have a feeling that we may quite possible have misunderstood the import of this hadith: he would not intentionally delay his salaah; rather it was the last thing he did before retiring, regardless of the time. There is a difference between the two statements: it is not automatically implied that the Messenger (SAWS) would delay his salaah. This is especially telling since he (SAWS) always insisted on praying as early as possible, and I don't think eesha salaah should be excluded from this injunction.

I would be grateful if anyone with knowledge in this area could throw some more light on this. My knowledge in this matter is sketchy at best.


texts: Is it arrogance to want to be given credit for your work instead of other people?

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At school, I'm a founder of a club relating to a subject I'm extremely passionate about. My best friend is a co-founder of the club. I worked extremely hard to get this club to start up. My friend didnt really do much. He did like 10% of the job where I did 90%.

The thing is, my friend being the head of 3 other clubs gets most of the credit and most of the recognition whereas people barely approach me with anything related to it. I want more credit because I created the whole thing.

Is it haram in Islam to want to be recognized for your work? I am afraid of falling into arrogance, so is it considered arrogance?

On a related note, is there any place where Allah or his messenger say that people will be given credit for their work in this world?


texts: What are the adab a women should take on when working?

texts: I work in an INGO and I am the only female in my Office.  I do wear the Hijab,  but I wonder, what types of adab should I take on during the working hours?  What does Islam recommend for a women in the workplace?


texts: Looking for references for meat to be valid only if a muslim or ahlu kitab slaughters it

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Where ever I read, be it here at stackexchange, or other websites or books, I cannot find any references that really support the claim  that the one slaughters animals has to be a muslim (or from ahlu kitab, even here there is different of opinions).

I am sure there are some references somewhere in the Quran or in the Hadiths, because I cannot believe that so many people just claim this without any support.
But I am starting to get the feeling that this claim has developed by analogy (qiyas) because I cannot find any text proving otherwise yet.

For instance, in this answer, there are no references at all:

  The person who beheads the animal (either male or female ) must be Muslim .

In this answer too:

  The slaughterer must be either Muslim, Christian, or Jewish.

I could go on and on quoting these claims without any references.
I am looking for references for these claims.

EDIT:
I am looking for the basic proof of the argument. I.e the most basic argument with references to the Quran and Sunnah which supports the claim that the one slaughtering has to be muslim. For instance, if the verse 5:3 is the basic verse to prove that only meat slaughtered by muslims is halal, then it's enough with that verse, no need to add the verse 6:121 for instance. But if the scholars think it isn't enough proof with only 5:3, and the also add 6:121, then 5:3 + 6:121 would be the basic proof.


texts: I am a woman.i want to know whether it is Haram or not touching your own breast by your self

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Is touching your own breast an act of masturbation?
Is it halal or Haram?


texts: Is marriage without a Wali for a divorcee woman valid?

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I found recently that all women should have a wali or wakil (lawyer) to represent  them during  the Nikah otherwise it is not valid.

This is my second marriage.

Before the marriage, I told him I need someone to represent me because I have no male relative, the Imam who did our Nikah had told me I don't need one and I can represent myself because I was a divorcee and two of his relatives witnessed the Nikah and that's enough.

We have a child together now.

I have the following questions:

Was the Nikah valid?
Have I committed a sin because I didn't know?
What can I do or how can I repent?
What will make of our child if the Nikah was not valid? (Illegitimate?)

I'm scare, afraid I committed  a sin unintentionally.  Any guidance  would be gladly appreciated.

FYI - That imam did not represent me and said it is not required


texts: Can I break my fast on the day of my exam due to diabetes?

texts: I suffer from type one diabetes and I am having exam in this week in uni. I am currently fasting and I have a problem: if I am not feeling quite well in exam, it would cost me a a lot. I was wondering if you give me an advice to make my decision: Can I break my fast on the day of the exam due to my poor health condition?


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From NewMuslims.com:

  ...those for whom the message of Islam did not reach, or it may have reached them but was distorted, or they did not hear about Prophet Muhammad, may Allah praise him.  They will be tested on the Day of Judgment. Those who obey will be saved, those who disobey will be doomed.

A comparable quote is at Islam Q&A:

  Everyone who hears the message of Islam in a sound and correct form (and rejects it), will have evidence aginst him. Whoever dies without having heard the message, or having heard it in a distorted form, then his case is in the hands of Allaah.  Allaah knows best about His creation, and He will never treat anyone unfairly. And Allaah is All-Seer of His slaves. --  Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid, 1998

Question: In what ways can the message of Islam be distorted?

Basically, I'm seeking some examples of how the message of Islam might be conveyed in a distorted form.  I suspect the these sources are primarily referring to People of the Book, but I'm not fully clear on this.  Something along these lines:

  The Islamic view of the Christian Bible is based on the belief that the Quran says that parts of Bible are a revelation from God, but believe that some of it has become distorted or corrupted (tahrif), and that a lot of text has been added which was not part of the revelation.  -- Islamic view of the Christian Bible, Wikipedia

But it may also include other ways of being distorted.  Indeed, Westerners often see extremal versions of Islam in the news, which could be reasonably considered as "distorted":

  In some of our countries, including the United States, Muslim communities are still small and relative to the entire population, and as a result, many people in our countries don’t always know personally somebody who is Muslim. So the image they get of Muslims or Islam is in the news, and given the existing news cycle, that can give a very distorted impression. -- US President Barack Obama, sourced from CNS News, 2015.


texts: If menstruation has ended before sunrise in Ramadan is it accepted to fast, if one had eaten before the ghusl?

texts: If my menstruation has ended before sunrise and I had taken shower ghusl, but before that I had eaten on time for sahur is it accepted as fast?


texts: Can we eat the food which comes from a religious celebration or festival

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Can we eat the food which is kept in front of idols. In my company after celebrating the festivals (some fruits or coconut in front of idols)they give it to all the employees Is it halal?.

In the ayah Surat Baqarah:173 (emphasis mine):

  He has only forbidden to you dead animals, blood, the flesh of swine, and that which has been dedicated to other than Allah. But whoever is forced [by necessity], neither desiring [it] nor transgressing [its limit], there is no sin upon him. Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.

Mention that it is haram. But
sometimes I thought that after reciting bismillah Can we it that?(note that I am talking about only fruits not meat)


texts: Why do sects insist on existing even though it is clearly forbidden?

texts: there are some verses in the Quran which clearly prohibit to be in sects or to identify oneself as someone other than a plain muslim, so why do sects insist on existing even though it is clearly forbidden?


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Is real estate business allowed in Islam?  I live in the US and most buyers within the US buy a property with a mortgage loan, and I know anything to do with interest is not allowed. The only reason why I am concerned and I am questioning this is because of the agent's involvement with the buyer. As an agent, if I represent the buyer I am technically taking a part in how the buyer will buy the house; all-cash, or mortgage.

I really like real estate and I was wondering if it is allowed according to the teachings of the Qur'an.


texts: Was Dua-e-Qunut part of the Quran earlier?

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There is a saheeh report from Ameer al-Mu’mineen ‘Umar ibn al-Khattaab (may Allah be pleased with him) that he used to recite in his qunoot soorat al-khal‘ and soorat al-hafd in Fajr prayer, and that this qunoot may be called as-sooratayn.
  This was narrated by Ibn Abi Shaybah in his Musannaf (2/315) and ‘Abd ar-Razzaaq in his Musannaf (4969).

However, is Dua-e-Qunut mentioned in the Quran?


texts: Erectile dysfunction has led to an unsatisfying marriage with my husband; would it be a sin to ask for divorce?

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I have been married for four years and Allah has blessed us with a son. Ever since my son was born my husband has had issues being intimate with me. When I asked, he gave me different reasons (which were lies).  After some time, I came to find out that he has erectile issues.

I sought different ways to help him and even went for duas and local forms of medicine. The problem remained I therefore tried another maalim who conducted different duas for us. But my husband does not show cooperation and does not make any effort in trying to find a cure for what he is going through. We might try to have sex at night and fail, but in the morning he will act as if nothing is wrong. He told me he had gone to the hospital once, but every time I try to ask him on the situation he just brushes the topic off or comes up with another story that isn't true.

I am no longer in love with this man because now every little thing he does irritates me. If I ask for talaq will I be committing a sin?


texts: Is it Sunnah to be in an abluted state all the time?

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السلام‌عليكم،

I want to know whether it Sunnah to be in an abluted state all the time? I mean in a state that one can offer salah. For example, when ablution is invalidated,  one immediately renews it.

I searched web but didn't find anything for my answer.

Some hadiths may be found that answers it as 'yes' but these hadiths should be from As-Sahihain (Sahih Al-Bukhari and Sahih Al-Muslim) as we cannot follow a doubtful hadith.

This is something people recommend but I cannot accept it unless it is verified. As Allah commands

  "And do not follow a thing about which you have no knowledge..." [17:36]

and

  "...Say, Bring your proof, if you are truthful.
   [2:111]

Thanks.


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My mother gave me up for adoption.Her parents persuaded (or even forced) her to do it because in  where she lives, it was great shame to have illegitimate child. So basically, my family rejected me to preserve honor.Now, 19 years later, i want to meet my mother and her other children she has with her husband (who probably doesn't even know that she has illegitimate child).

The question i want to ask is ; How should i  treat my mother? She never breastfeed me, she  didn't do any of the obligations mother has over her child so am i to give her full respect and love despite all of that,or am i allowed to disobey her?
What about my other relatives, aunts and uncles, how should i treat them?


texts: I joined in ist rakat and jamaat was in raku. Do I have to repeat ist rakat OR Joining in rakuh will complete ist rakat.


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Does it break my wudu if:

I use a towel and change my clothes?
I become completely naked and then wear the fresh clothes?


texts: Does Allah forgives the woman who commits suicide, when it is her very husband who asked her to do so?

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A woman in my country committed suicide. Through a lot of evidences, it has been proved that it was his husband who requested her to commit suicide.
The husband was partaking in adultery and didn't want her wife to be in the way between his and his fellow fornicator.
The wife who loved her husband dearly and was greatly hurt by his abuse decided to comply with his wish.
It is also proven that the husband used to abuse her and hurt her physically and mentally. She was forced to bring money from her father which the husband used to spend on his fellow fornicator. The family also received a huge dowry from her family.
And yet the husband and her family kept her impoverished. There had been times when she hadn't eaten anything for three days straight.
However, despite all of this she still loved her husband and was completely loyal to him. And when he wanted her to commit suicide she complied with his wish with a broken heart.
All of us in my country are praying that Allah forgives her for her sins including the sin of committing suicide and is granted the highest level of paradise.
However, we are just humans swept by emotions.
I wanted to know from the scholars what lies in wait for her.
Would she be forgiven? Cause after all she has just complied with her husband's wish and had loved him despite his treatment.
I am not a scholar but I do know that Allah has promised paradise to those women who love their husbands and remain loyal to them till the very end. So what will happen to her?
Last but not the least it is my sincerest wish that she is forgiven.


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I am a newb at Islam and Arabic, however, I have been learning Arabic and I have come across a question that can be said in Arabic:

  مَنْ رَبُّكُمْ

  "Who is your God (to a bunch of guys)?" with a response of:

  رَبُّنَا الله

  "Our God is Allah".

This confuses me a little bit because Muslims, and Google, all say that the only word for God in Arabic is Allah, with al-lah being its particles; a.k.a lah-un with a definite particle.

So where has this Rabbun come from and is lah-un really the Arabic word for God or is it really meaning something else?


texts: There is always confusion of moon sighting and deciding on Eid but I hear somewhere that the moon need to be a certain percentage to say it will be Eid next day. If that is true then what is a percentage of the moon sighting?


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In holy Quran there is a verse in Surat Al-Ĥadīd (The Iron) - سورة الحديد about giving loan to Allah.

  Surat Al-Ĥadīd (ayah 11. ) Sahih International
  Who is it that would loan Allah a goodly loan so He will multiply it for him and he will   have a noble reward?

I have few dilemmas about this subject, Can someone please direct me in right way about this.
Here is some of them:

Are we allowed to ask for goods through this type of loan, correct me if I'm wrong or misunderstanding the term "loan"? For example: "I'll pray for 40 days two more dawn prayers besides the obligatory prayers, and for reward I seek halal food"
Is there any hadith which describes how we can use this blessing of Allah?
How I can give loan to Allah in the correct way?
What if I fail?


texts: Is it okay to expose your sins for the sake of Jahaliyaah?

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I am aware exposing your sins is forbidden in Islam, however, I’m writing a book that I’d like to advise future Muslims not to make the same mistakes I’ve made. I was wondering if I could tell them what I did in order to prevent them from taking the wrong path in case they stumble upon that road?
I’ve heard of the term, Jahaliyaah but does that justify it’s okay to tell people my sins not for fun but for the sake of preventing them from making the same mistakes I did in the age of ignorance?


texts: Can a son use his own salary without his father's permission?

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I am eager to know, can a son use his own salary without his father's permission.

Does the father, who is head of the house, has the right to stop his son from spending the money the way he wants to.


texts: There is an app called Giftiz which rewards you with points for downloading apps. In order to get the points, you just have to launch the app or pass a certain level, get a certain score, etc. My question is this: Is this halal or is it a form of gambling?


texts: Is it acceptable in Islam for a married man to meet another woman and catch up with her without the presence of his wife?

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What do you think of a husband going out for lunch with another woman (who's an old close friend and not muslim, unmarried but in a relationship), just the two of them but in a restaurant in a public place. The husband tells the wife of course and he has nothing to hide. In fact he asks the wife whether she wants to come along and she says no (probably mad) so the husband proceeds anyway.

Main question is it acceptable in islam for a married man to meet another woman and catch up, just the two of them?


texts: Is getting into the actuarial profession haram or halal?

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I haven't seen this posted anywhere in this forum. Is getting into the actuarial profession halal or haram?

Please elaborate on your reasons. I want to know because I graduated from an actuarial science master's degree. If it is haram, do I have to unlearn what I learned in college?


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Some people use the term wisdom \ hikmah to explain some apparently unjustifiable actions. So Who has the authority to have a say on whose "wisdom" is correct and demonstrate acts of wisdom?

Also, Does wisdom mean that actions which always work out in the long term?

my take is that wisdom is simply experience learned while doing some actions so as to know what works and what does not. Is that correct?


texts: Is it fard to recite dua masura before finishing the prayer? The dua that is recited just before finishing the prayer. I once read it is optional.


texts: I am looking for a name for the Islam that is not part of any direction of reform movement (Salafist, Salafi, Fundamental Reform, Modern Reform, Liberal Islam), i.e. following the four schools of Sunni Islam (possibly including similar traditional Shia schools). I would say «conservative» Islam but I do not have the impression that this is a commonly understood term. Is there a more-or-less established term in English or Arabic?


texts: Looking for hadith about people who suffered in this world

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For my studies I need to know whether there are reliable ahadith about people who suffered (even maybe killed, or whatever) in this world, but in Hereafter they were extremely happy and considered themselves extremely lucky that they suffered so much in this world. Because, after all, it was for a limited time, and because they suffered so much they are going to go to the Paradise. And had they given the opportunity again, they would again opt for suffering no matter how much.

(Once I heard, I think a hadith, that those children who suffered in this world and were killed, like those Palestinian children, would say that they were meant to go to Paradise anyway but their condition was a test for others---whether other Muslims would help or not. Whether true or not, it gave me the idea that there may be other such ahadith.)


texts: A non muslim woman wants to divorce her non muslim husband to marry a muslim, does the muslim man get a sin for breaking up a marriage

texts: I am  a muslim man. A woman, a good woman i met before i converted and loved once, has come back into my life. I have not commited fornication and will not. But she wants to leave her unhappy marriage so that she may convert and marry me. Can i allow this to happen? Because in all honesty. I love her still and know that we are already great for eachother and that under the blanket of islam, the marriage would , inshallah, hold firm. I am torn between my lonliness and my respect for allahs covenant of marriage. Please. I need a thourough and accurate judgement. Please. Thank you all. And please, dont judge your brother. I do want to know what is right and not just do what suits me.


texts: Is there a better term than 'calculator' available here?

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The term calculator is used this khutba in the Nahjul Balagha compiled by Sharif Razi

  Praise is due to Allah whose worth cannot be described by speakers, whose bounties cannot be counted by calculators and whose claim (to obedience) cannot be satisfied by those who attempt to do so, whom the height of intellectual courage cannot appreciate, and the divings of understanding cannot reach; He for whose description no limit has been laid down, no eulogy exists, no time is ordained and no duration is fixed. He brought forth creation through His Omnipotence, dispersed winds through His Compassion, and made firm the shaking earth with rocks.

Obviously, there were no such things as calculators then. What is the term that has been translated by this and is there a more appropriate term in English that is available?


texts: Does the soul sleep after death until the day of resurrection?

texts: When Jesus resurrected Lazarus from the dead, he reported to be asleep for 4 days and he didn't go to purgatory. Does that mean the soul sleeps after death until the day of resurrection?


texts: In Hinduism Brahmin class maintain strict vegetarian diet forever. What about Islam? Is it sin to maintain vegetarian forever?


texts: Can women watch the football of men? (Shi'a view)

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According to the 30th verse of Surah Al-Nur:

  قُل لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَغُضُّوا مِنْ أَبْصَارِهِمْ وَيَحْفَظُوا
  فُرُوجَهُمْ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ أَزْكَىٰ لَهُمْ ۗ إِنَّ اللَّـهَ خَبِيرٌ بِمَا
  يَصْنَعُونَ ٣٠

  Tell the believing men to reduce [some] of their vision and guard
  their private parts. That is purer for them. Indeed, Allah is
  Acquainted with what they do. (30)
  http://tanzil.net

So it shows the significance of controlling of our eyes in looking at non-Mahrams.

I was wondering what the view of contemporary Shi'a scholars such as Ayatollah Khamenei is  regarding watching football matches? (For women, to watch football matches of men)


texts: I had a guy friend who was of different religion and by his provocation I sent him my upper body pics without clothes he saw it several times after that I had a boyfriend whom i never met personally but he saw my private parts through pics several times too and then I got provoked by myself and sent my upper body picture without clothes to two completely strangers on a website but it had no option of deletation or saving or sharing  tho Ik it has no risk of being viral but i regret it so much and now i want to forget it do tawba and also wanna know if should tell this to my future husband.


texts: How to complete wudu while not being circumcised?

texts: I am not circumcised and I have just converted. I am willing to become circumcised, but my wife wants me to wait a year to ensure that I am still devoted to Allah(SWT). How do I complete wudu with this in mind?


texts: Who inherits beside the daughters if the mother has siblings?

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If a mother dies leaving only two daughters. The two thirds of her wealth will certainly pass to her daughters.

  Allah instructs you concerning your children: for the male, what is equal to the share of two females. But if there are [only] daughters, two or more, for them is two thirds of one's estate. (4:11)

But will the other third pass only to her siblings who are (still) alive (in the present case only two sisters are alive) or to the heirs of her death siblings too?
And how this third will be distributed?


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From Wikipedia:

In Islamic jurisprudence, qiyas is the process of deductive analogy in which the teachings of the Hadith are compared and contrasted with those of the Qur'an, in order to apply a known injunction (nass) to a new circumstance and create a new injunction.
In Islam, bid'ah refers to innovation in religious matters. Linguistically the term means "innovation, novelty, heretical doctrine, heresy".

The scholars who produce online fatawa seem to use qiyas liberally.  Some seem to just go by their gut as to what is true, relying on their past experiences and familiarity with the Qur'an and Sunnah.  Particularly in cases when there cannot be precedent in the Qur'an and Sunnah (e.g. software, flights), it's sometimes hard to tell if scholars are simply making stuff up, i.e., bid'ah (instead of saying "I don't know").
Question: When does qiyas (deductive analogy) become bid'ah (innovation)?
In cases where scholars verge on bid'ah, I feel I should be careful following the instructions.  But it's hard to distinguish between what is an inseparable part of Islam and what is a gut feeling of a scholar.  Hence this question.
There might not be a clear-cut boundary, but some guidelines for identifying bid'ah would be helpful.


texts: Is there a hadith about Friday prayer (Jumu'ah) being centralized and grouped in one place?

texts: I'm not sure whether it's culture or if it has roots in hadith, but I feel the Jumu'ah (Friday prayer) should be a centralized event, by which I mean that if in one region there are several mosques, only one of them should host the Jumu'ah salah. Can someone bring up relevant texts?


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I'm having a hard time tracking down information about how to classify torturing someone (beating, sterile needles under fingernails, waterboarding, starvation, sensory overload, sleep deprivation, that kind of physical torture) in terms of criminal law. I could see it as being a simple matter of qisas, but I'm not sure whether that's the case and how qisas is applied in matter where there is no permanent damage.

Question: What crime is torture classed as, and what is the punishment for it?


texts: How does a Muslim regain taharah after using a western style toilet?

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Compared to indian style toilets, western toilets are comfortable but cleanliness-wise, worst because using it involves the resting of thighs on the commode which is mostly unclean.

Though after use, taharah can be regained by washing the thighs, it is not practical to do it with pants (izaars or bottoms) on and hence ghusl could be preferred.

Performing ghusl after use is also not practical when he is outside home (trains, flights, etc.). How then would a Muslim use the western toilets and regain taharah without ghusl?

This question is very important because these days all toilets in trains, flights and hotels are being westernised.


texts: Will our good deeds not save us and in fact cause us to go to Jahanum?

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On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) say:
  The first of people against whom judgment will be pronounced on the Day of Resurrection will be a man who died a martyr. He will be brought and Allah will make known to him His favours and he will recognize them. [ The Almighty] will say: And what did you do about them? He will say: I fought for you until I died a martyr. He will say: You have lied - you did but fight that it might be said [of you]: He is courageous. And so it was said. Then he will be ordered to be dragged along on his face until he is cast into Hell-fire. [Another] will be a man who has studied [religious] knowledge and has taught it and who used to recite the Quran. He will be brought and Allah will make known to his His favours and he will recognize them. [The Almighty] will say: And what did you do about them? He will say: I studied [religious] knowledge and I taught it and I recited the Quran for Your sake. He will say: You have lied - you did but study [religious] knowledge that it might be said [of you]: He is learned. And you recited the Quran that it might be said [of you]: He is a reciter. And so it was said. Then he will be ordered to be dragged along on his face until he is cast into Hell-fire. [Another] will be a man whom Allah had made rich and to whom He had given all kinds of wealth. He will be brought and Allah will make known to his His favours and he will recognize them. [The Almighty] will say: And what did you do about them? He will say: I left no path [untrodden] in which You like money to be spent without spending in it for Your sake. He will say: You have lied - you did but do so that it might be said [of you]: He is open-handed. And so it was said. Then he will be ordered to be dragged along on his face until he is cast into Hell-fire.

  It was related by Muslim (also by at-Tirmidhi and an-Nasa'i). (sunnah.com)

Does this mean that even our good deeds will not save us and in fact cause us to go to Jahanum?

I mean even if the reciter taught people the Qur'an just so they would say "oh look he is a Qari or Hafiz" they still did a good thing to learn and then teach people. They still followed the advice of the Prophet (saw). But all that will go to waste because he will be cast into hell anyways for wanting people to thing good of him. This makes me think that there is no hope. We have no chance of going to Jannah. We are told that Allah loves His servants more than a mother lover her child but then why are there such strict rules. After all it is in human nature to want people to think good of you and to feel good about you are doing.


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I have been drawing for two years and got amazing results in that time. Even people I don't know compliment me, but is drawing a character that came from your mind haram?

Ex: Paul Gilligan's "Poncho" from pooch cafe.

And if so is it haram to draw them eyes?


texts: A reference of a narration where Ibn Abbas takes off an amulet while reciting Qu'ran 2:165

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I recently came across this where it said
[Ibn Abi Hatim reported about Hudhaifah (May Allaah be pleased with him):
He saw a man with a piece of twine on his hand (as a protection or cure from fever) so he cut the twine and read the verse: “Most of them believe in Allaah and still practise Shirk (polytheism).” (Quran, 12:106)... Hudhaifah’s reciting the verse of Quran is a clear-cut proof that Companions used to recite the verses dealing with the major Shirk to condemn minor Shirk. As Ibn Abbas (May Allaah be pleased with him) did by reciting the verse from Surah Al-Baqarah. (Quran, 2:165]
I see that the reference for Hudhaifah is from Ibn Abu Hatim but where is this referecnce from Ibn Abbas?


texts: Duas for helping one from stammering issue

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I am having this stammering problem since from childhood. At school I have been embarrassed many times because of my stammering issue.I went to speech therapist but doctor says there is no complete cure only some breathing exercise which has been not so effective on me.

So if there is any dua which our prophet Muhammad said for helping one from speech problem.
If there is any dua for this,please answer


texts: Sunni viewpoint about "vasi" or "hojjat" in each era?

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According to Shiism, in every era there must be one person to guide people and to help them obtain spiritual growth and fulfill their responsibilities towards their society. This person is not a prophet because Muhammad (peace be upon him) is the last prophet but instead he is a complete man who has knowledge of everything from Allah and is infallible (Ma‘sūm). These are the 12 Imams, from Ali Ibn Abi Talib to Hojjat Ibn al-Hassan, Mahdi.

This is because it is assumed that all men and women are fallible and their knowledge is very imperfect, therefore they must be guided by a Divinely appointed legitimate authority (called Imam, vasi, hojjat, etc.). See here and here.

My question is:

What is the Sunni view about this issue, i.e. having a person to guide people who is infallible and has knowledge of everything bestowed upon him by Allah?

If the belief is that there is no need to having such a man, what is the reason?


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According to shia view Hazrat Ameer Mukhtar piece be upon him got the government and honestly killed all the mean killers of Maula Hussain(A.S) and his companions(Peace be upon them).
What is the view of the rest of the fiqs about Hazrat Ameer Mukhtar (Peace be upon him)?


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We Muslims say “La Ilaha Ilalah” which translates to “There is no God but Allah”.
However, in Arabic, Allah means God. Some also say, “There is no God but God”. Would it be better to say “There is no God But Allah” to signify the name Allah applying to the name of God? Because saying the latter doesn’t really make much sense. If the former, that doesn’t make that much sense either because it ultimately translates to “There is no God but God.”
Does the word Allah mean God but does it also mean the name of God? Which is why it’s said: “There is no God but Allah.”
Perhaps the Arabic phrase would get a better context?


texts: Are individuals sold into European Atlantic slavery and their slave descendents to be considered slaves or captives?

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This is a question for those who take it upon themselves to find who who their fathers are, i.e, doing genealogy research.
For those captured and sold into slavery, and then their descendents who lived through slavery in Europe and the Americas, how exactly have scholars classified them. Are those initially captured considered considered captives, while their progeny is considered slaves? Or are they to be considered slaves and so when looking at lineage certain confusions can be laid to rest by simply using generational consensus on the rules of slaves?
By confusions, an example is where a European "slave master" has a child with his "slave". If the mother was to be considered a captive, then in such a case the child would be considered a child of zina and hence the lineage goes through the mother. On the other hand, if the mother is to be considered slave, then would that not mean that the lineage goes through the slave master?
As for "generational consensus", or simply things that past generations have done without disagrement on the requirement that Islam affirms those actions and hence the generational consensus does not against the shariah, an example would be the famous:

إن المولود يتبع أباه في الإسم والنسب، ويتبع أمه في الحرية والرق، ويتبع خير والديه في الدين
A new born follows his father in name and lineage, and follows his mother in freedom or slavery, and the child follows the parents who had the best religion (for when a child befre puberty dies, and if they are to be prayed over and buried in muslim cemetaries).

Of whom who mentioned this were Ibn Al Qayyim Al Jawziyyah in his أحكام المولود.
Back to the topic at hand, for what Islam has affirmed of Slavery when it came in the time of Ignorance of the Arab, is that what we use for classifying and applying rules to historical individuals important to our personal lineage? Or is the fact that, regardless of how the Arab got their slaves before Muhammad ﷺ sent, Islam officially cut off all forms of slave procuration except for one which was allowable for our ummah, and so the Europeans taking Africans or Natives as captives and their generations of slavery are not to be counted as "Slaves" but as captives?
That was a long question, but I hope it was understandable. Again, to summarise my question, are the generations of slaves in Europe and the Americas to be considered slaves or captives? What have the scholars said on this matter and which scholarly works should be read to further research this matter?


texts: Putting Qur'an beside your head when sleeping

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Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuhu
I had many people says to me that if you put Qur'an beside your head or read some verse before sleeping, you will not have bad dream or any nightmares.
I this true and by which source


texts: Does questioning someone's imaan out of irritation make me a disbeliever?

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In an argument with a non-practicing Muslim friend, I became irritated and asked him Do you even believe? (or something similar).  I apologized immediately afterwards.  Does this make me a disbeliever now?

Today I remembered falsely calling someone a disbeliever makes you a disbeliever.  What about the situation above?


texts: In heaven, we will be able to remember the friends who were on Earth? What about those who enter via different gates?

texts: In heaven, we will be able to remember the friends who were on Earth and in the seven gates of heaven? Say if a person was in the first gate, will he be able to go to the second, third, fourth, etc.


texts: Is my fast valid if I do ghusl after eating sohor?

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Sometimes when I wake up for fasting, I notice I had ejaculated (not the result of masturbation, but a wet dream). Despite that fact, I eat and drink completely, then I do ghusl in order to pray al-fajr.
Given I ate while not pure, will this fast be accepted?


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It was narrated that 'Aishah said:
  “The Verse of stoning and of breastfeeding an adult ten times was revealed, and the paper was with me under my pillow. When the Messenger of Allah died, we were preoccupied with his death, and a tame sheep came in and ate it.”

The hadith above is taken from Sunan ibn Majah and is graded Hasan but is the text sound? Although it is corroborated by other authentic Hadith, none of them even mentions the breastfeeding of adults. Need help.


texts: Do waswas increase in evil and intensity with the increase of sins and decrease with the decrease of sins?

texts: We know that in general the stronger the Iman is the lesser calamities someone has. Does this include waswas? Meaning that the smaller the amount of sins, the smaller the amount of waswas. Are large quantities of waswas punishment for sins? In other words the more good deeds we do and the  lesser sins we do, this will cause the waswas to decrease the quantity of evil they contain and intensity and frequency. And the more bad deeds we do and lesser good deeds we do, this will cause the waswas to increase in quantity of evil they contain and intensity and frequency.


texts: Would we able to meet the Non Muslim person whom you love in jannah?

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Asslamalikum
Alhamdulillah i am a Muslim and I live in India. all Of a sudden I fall in love with my girl best friend who is a non Muslim (Hindu) and because of differeces of cast we cant unite.
I love her so much but since Muslims can't marry a women until she believes so I can't have her as my wife. So my question is WOULD WE ABLE TO MEET THE NON MUSLIM ONES IN PARADISE AS I LOVE HER VERY MUCH BUT I CANT BE WITH HER IN THIS WORLDY LIFE.
I am very depressed these days and I have turned my self to Allah the creator and but I can't find the solution to it.
SINCE ALLAH SAID I WILL GRANT EVERYTHING TO MY SERVANTS IN PARADISE SO WILL HE GRANT ME THE PERSON WHOM I LOVE IN PARADISE?


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I keep hearing a lot of this word and am interested to know who and when one is referred to as  kafir?

How he is treated by Islam?


texts: Has anyone historically accepted and tried Allah's challenge?

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The Qur'an challenges people to bring something similar to it.
All of the people I know including myself read these verses and think "then this is a divine book, because nobody can bring something similar".
Do we have any historical record of a person or group actually accepting that challenge, spending time and energy on it, (and failing of course) after delivering their writings which have persisted till now.
Please note that I've seen this question already:
Challenge of the quran
My question is not about why but about historical evidence.


texts: If it really is makruh to name a child after an angel, then why do so many Muslims have the names Maalik and Raqib?

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Some scholars regard using the names of angels (peace be upon them) as makrooh. (Source: https://islamqa.info/en/1692)

Is there any hadith or verse of Quran that supports this? I don't want to jump into conclusions but I think this might be from a weak hadith. Because if it was really makruh to name someone after an angel, then why do so many Muslims have the name Maalik and Raqib? In case you don't know, these are also names of angels in Islam (Source: http://www.rahmahmuslimhomeschool.co.uk/index/al-malaikah-the-angels-the-names-and-the-responsibilities/).

I'm sure you know Al-Maalik and Ar-Raqib are also names of Allah and we are allowed to name children after names of Allah as long as we omit the "Al-". Would that mean we can name a child after any of the names of Allah except for Maalik and Raqib?


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While "kufr" and "shirk" may both be translated with the shorthand "disbelief" by some translators, there is a distinction between the two in Islam. Kufr is mostly about rejecting Islam, while shirk is about accepting any deities instead of/besides Allah.

However, this distinction is not entirely clear to me, for the following reason: when someone rejects Islam, they will have some mental model of how the world functions, and necessarily that mental model will not be grounded in a belief in Allah as described by Islam (otherwise they would not be rejecting Islam). For example, Islam teaches that everything in creation was created by Allah and is sustained by him and only by him. Someone who does not believe in Allah will have some competing idea, such as things exist by themselves, some other godhead sustains them, maybe a monotheistic god created them but now put a power in them by which they sustain themselves, etc. All of these beliefs would be shirk if I'm not mistaken.

Due to this, does kufr therefore imply shirk, in the sense of: every kafir is automatically also a mushrik?


texts: I have a best friend from the opposite gender, we talk online through chatting apps and we have normal conversations at school, we are never alone together always in a public setting, we have never touched before. Is this friendship haram or halal?


texts: Why did Umar bin Al-Khataab sentence a lunatic woman to death?

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Why did Umar ibn Al-Khattaab sentence a lunatic woman to death even though he knew that an insane person is not to be punished for his or her crime?

Narrated Ali ibn AbuTalib:
Ibn Abbas said: A lunatic woman who had committed adultery was brought to Umar. He consulted the people and ordered that she should be stoned.
Ali ibn Abu Talib passed by and said: What is the matter with this (woman)? They said: This is a lunatic woman belonging to a certain family. She has committed adultery. Umar has given orders that she should be stoned.
He said: Take her back. He then came to him and said: Commander of the Faithful, do you not know that there are three people whose actions are not recorded: a lunatic till he is restored to reason, a sleeper till he awakes, and a boy till he reaches puberty?
He said: Yes. He then asked: Why is it that this woman is being stoned?
He said: There is nothing. He then said: Let her go. He (Umar) let her go and began to utter: Allah is most great. (Sunan Abi Dawud 4399)

It should be noted here that Umar ibn Al-Khattaab (Radhi'allahu'anhu) was even criticized by Hazrat Ali ibn abi Talib (Radhi'allahu'anhu) for sentencing that lunatic woman to death. Umar (Radhi'allahu'anhu) even knew that an insane person should not be given capital punishment since such a person is not responsible for his or her actions.
Can someone explain?


texts: Does the status of being a mussafir have any non-ritual significance?

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Being a mussafir (traveller) has significance for ritual purposes, in particular: I think all schools of law allow shortening prayers and some allow praying prayers during different times than usual, and a mussafir is not required to fast during Ramadan.

I'm wondering whether there are any legal effects of being a mussafir that have nothing to do with ritual obligations?


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There seems to be a number of Sunni madhhabs which are considered extinct, e.g.: Awza'i, Jariri, Laythi, Thawri, Zahiri.

Question: According to the four Sunni schools, is it impermissible to follow an extinct madhhab?

For this question, let's put aside the impracticality of actually following an extinct Sunni madhhab, and suppose some current-day Muslim believed that one of these madhhabs was the one they wanted to follow.  In the case of the Zahiri school, this is not just hypothetical; Wikipedia writes:

  Although the Zahiri school is commonly characterized as extinct, it still retains a measure of influence and is recognized by contemporary Islamic scholars.


texts: Offering salah in front of a curtain that has parrot images

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Assalam alaikum,

Today I got one doubt while offering Isha namaz.

I am staying in a hotel. Towards qibla direction I have a glass window. On the other side of glass window, two statues are there. One more thing is the window can be covered by curtain which has images of a parrot.

While offering Isha, my own image appears in mirror. For the the above reasons I offer salah  by covering glass window with the curtain though I have images of parrot. This is the only option I see. I cannot change the hotel also.

Please tell me if this is correct way or not.

If it is not the correct way, please best possible approach to offer namaz.

Jazakallahu khair.


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I've read here that one version of the Shahada (شهادة) is

  There is no god worthy of worship except Allah and Muhammad is his messenger

Does this imply that there are, or may be, gods unworthy of worship?


texts: i missed my salah for yesterday and today - can I read them as qaza together?

texts: assalaamu alaikum warah matullahi wabarkaatu. bro could please help me in answering my questions for salah, i’ve Tried searching for some help on the internet and it’s onky made me more confused, my question is I wasn’t able to read all my 5 salah yesterday and I wasn’t able to read fair, zuhr, asr and maghrib. I’m planning onto reading isha rn would I be able to read qaza namaz for my missed salah for today and yesterday together or is there any other way?


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Muslim (315) narrated that Thawbaan, the freed slave of the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said:
  I was standing beside the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) when one of the Jewish rabbis came and said: Peace be upon you, O Muhammad. I gave him a shove that almost made him fall over and he said: Why did you push me? I said: Why don’t you say, O Messenger of Allah? The Jew said: We only call him by the name that his family gave him. The Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: “My name is Muhammad, that my family gave to me.” The Jew said: I have come to ask you something. The Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: “Will it benefit you anything if I tell you?” He said: I will listen. The Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) scratched the ground with a stick that he had with him and said: “Ask.” The Jew said: Where will the people be on the Day when the earth is changed to another earth and the heavens (likewise)? The Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: “They will be in darkness near the bridge.” He said: Who will be the first people to cross (the bridge)? He said: “The poor muhaajireen.” The Jew said: What will be presented to them when they enter Paradise? He said: “The choicest pieces of whale’s liver.” He said: What food will be given to them after that? He said: The bull of Paradise, which used to graze along its edges, will be slaughtered for them.” He said: What will their drink be? He said: “From a spring there that is called Salsabeel.” He said: You have spoken the truth. I came to ask you about something that no one on earth knows except a Prophet or one or two men. He said: “Will it benefit you anything if I tell you?” He said: I will listen. I have come to ask you about the child. He said: “The water of the man is white and the water of the woman is yellow. If they meet and the maniy of the man prevails over the maniy of the woman, it will be a male, by Allah's leave. If the maniy of the woman prevails over the maniy of the man, it will be a female, by Allah’s leave.” The Jew said: You have spoken the truth; you are indeed a Prophet. Then he left and went away. The Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: “This man asked me what he asked me, and I had no knowledge of any of that until Allah granted it to me.”

Can anyone tell me the the vol no., book no., and hadith no. of the above hadith?

The closest hadith to this that I found is Sahih Bukari, Vol. 6, Book 60, Hadith 7

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


texts: Can Christians use the word Allah according to Quran?

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Christians in Malaysia were fighting in court to use the word "Allah". According to Quran, it seems that one shouldn't use Allah to describe a comic book character.

But I have questions on that specific Quran verse that is used to forbid describing a comic book character with the word Allah:
 Nor is there to Him any equivalent [112:4]

Judging from the literal reading the verse, this verse also forbids the use of Allah on any God, be it Christian God, or Jewish God, because all these religions are not exactly worshiping the same God. Especially Christian God because Christian God is a trinity which includes Jesus ( Nabi Musa), so if Christians use Allah, that means Jesus is also Allah, which is wrong.

Am I right on this?


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I have read in many places that circumcision hasn't proven to be any helpful to our health and no advantages of it have been found.

Why are we required to get circumcised when we are born?
Are there any Hadith regarding this ruling?


texts: Should I do Ghusl even if I find a wetness but it looks different?

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Assalamu alaikum.
Recently, I've found out I've been getting frequent emissions at night. I remember seeing a dream but don't remember seeing any sexual content in it. However, on one website it said that emissions can either be: Maniy (Semen) or Madhiy (Urethral Fluid)
When I wake up, I usually use a pieice of white tissue or cloth and wipe with it, but the liquid on the tissue is white, and doesn't have a smell and is less in quantity. These are the characteristics of Madhiy, which in this case Ghusl is not required, so I begin to think its madhiy, so I don't do ghusl.
The website also told me that Maniyy is yellowish for a female (me) and has a smell, and is emitted in loads (more in quantity). But these characteristics did not apply to what I found on the tissue.
Prophet Muhammad s.a.w (pbuh) Also stated that if a man sees a dream and doesnt emit, ghusl is not necessary, but if he doesn't remember seeing a dream and he still emitted, ghusl is necessary. But to be on the safer side, I do Ghusl just incase.
However, I was informed that if desire is felt before sleeping, it will be Madhiy, but if not, it will be maniy. I do feel desire before sleeping.
So is the liquid Madhiy or Maniyy, and does it require ghusl? Please inform me!
Jazakallah.


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As I understand, after marriage, the husband is ordinarily expected to provide a reasonable place for the wife to live.

  A wife has the right to financial maintenance, including food, clothing, and housing according to what the husband can afford.  It is the husband’s responsibility to work and support his wife.  -- NewMuslims.com

Although I'm not sure if these are more what you'd call "guidelines" than actual rules.  Al-Islam indicates it is possible for the couple to organize more suitable arrangements, if mutually agreeable:

  No matter how rich the wife might be, she is not obliged to act as a co-provider for the family unless she herself voluntarily chooses to do so. Spouses do inherit from one another. Moreover, a married woman in Islam retains her independent legal personality and her family name. -- Al-Islam

For this question, I have in mind the specific circumstance of when a woman owns a house and gets married afterwards.

Question: If a woman owns a house then gets married, is it inappropriate for her husband to move into her house?

Maybe it's acceptable.  Perhaps a Muslim husband might find such a role reversal dishonourable.  Or perhaps this is totally out of the question for some reason I'm unaware of.


texts: Will Allah forgive me for repenting this sin (masturbation) so many times?

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I am a 16 year old Muslim boy. I discovered masturbation at the end of my 7th grade and have been addicted to it since then. I didn’t know it was Haraam. One day, I read an article about it and really got shocked and I stopped doing it for about a week and a half, but then I did it again unable to control myself. I couldn’t talk about it to anyone as it is so embarrassing. I always try to control it, but I fail. It just gets me depressed all the time when I think about the punishment I am going to get. I apologise to Allah when I pray but I end up doing it. I just couldn’t stop it.

After I masturbate, I observe that it affects my studies; I can't focus on my lessons.  I was a bright student up until when I was in my 7th grade, and now I'm in my 10th grade I am the weakest in my class. I am going to face my board examinations in March and I couldn’t concentrate on my studies.
I wish I could get the best remedy in Islam.


texts: I am a left handed man, i do istanja with right hand because it is very difficult to do it with left one.is it right or not. Please give me suggestion in the light of hadis .


texts: Confusion about Qur'an Qur’an 33:37 and 33:4-5 and Adoption ruling?

texts: We know that in Islam adoption is not allowed Qur'an verses Qur’an 33:37 and 33:4-5 pertain to that. My Question is which of these verses came first, 33:4-5 or 33:37 in terms of order of revelation!?! Did adoption become haram after Prophet Muhammad s.a.w married Zaynab or before in 33:4-5


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My family is very religious, and in my childhood they didn't let me opt for modelling and fashion design as a career! I had good grades and was forced to get into "good noble profession" for ladies. The problem is I am extremely depressed and not happy at all.  My personality is doomed but I can't find a way.

Is fashion design, modelling, acting, painting allowed in Islam?


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"The believers are those who believe in God and His Messenger, then have not doubted, and have struggled with their possessions and their selves in the way of God; those -- they are the truthful ones." [Quran 49:15]

"[ Allah will say], "Throw into Hell every obstinate disbeliever, preventer of good, aggressor, and doubter" [Quran 50:24-25]

These verses seem to indicate that having doubts will take you outside the fold of Islam.

Question: Does having doubts turn a Muslim into a non-Muslim?

Allah should know that human beings can have doubts. But Allah made it such that having doubts turn you into a non-Muslim.

Many Muslims use hadith to prove that having doubts is ok as long as you don't speak about them or act on them. But the Quran verses above prove otherwise.


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There are various schools of Islam including the main ones: Sunni, Shiism, Sufism, Wahhabism.

Which Islamic school should a non-Muslim convert to first?


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Recently, someone reportedly described Mohammed as a deity. Oddly enough, it wasn't someone insulting him that described him as a deity, but someone responding to him saying that you can't insult a deity. Is Mohammed regarded as a deity by Muslims?

I think I know the answer to this, but a quick google search can't confirm it.


texts: What is the purpose of putting a red flag on the dome of Hussain ibn Ali(as)'s shrine?

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I see there is red flag on the dome of Hussain ibn Ali(as)'s shrine, which is replaced with a black one for the month of Muharram and Safar. Which is not to be seen on the dome of any other religious figure's shrine.

What is the purpose of this red flag?


texts: Are Christian images of Jesus sacrilege?

texts: If Islam prohibits depicting prophets, and consider Jesus a prophet (although not the biggest one), are all these images of Jesus in Christian hands some kind of sacrilege?


texts: Levels of obligatoriness of rulings within schools of law

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I sometimes come across the term that a ruling is "mu'tamad" within a school of law - what does this mean? I am aware that some rulings are foundational and universally shared among the adherents of a madhhab, so perhaps that is what it means, but I'm not sure. Is that what it means?

I've also come across the remark that al-Ghazali once made with regard to some ruling of ash-Shafii, basically saying "I wish ash-Shafii was more lenient in this point" (i think it was related to ritual purity, or prayer, but I don't remember the precise issue now), yet he felt compelled to follow ash-Shafii's view. In that respect I'd be interested to know what levels of bindingness rulings within a madhhab have, and to what degree this applies to fuqaha. I'm aware that there is ijtihad with regard to rulings within the madhhab and (full-fledged, so to speak) ijtihad where a scholar may and must rely on his own findings in all matters. The nuances and legal categories here escape me, and if anyone knows, I'd be interested to see them clarified.


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I have this doubt since a long time. Some of my friends said that it (drink) will affect your mind  and your body. This may be correct when we drink a large amount of drink. Even if we drink a very small amount of drink it will not affect our mind and scientists say that which is good for our health.

So small amount of drink is allowed?

Or else what is the correct reason behind this?


texts: Is violence especially discouraged during Ramadan? And what about lesser jihad?

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Is violence especially discouraged during Ramadan?

I've heard people talk about Ramadan as a month that's meant to be peaceful, but I'm worried that they may be Christians who think that if Christmas is supposed to be peaceful, then the same must be true about Ramadan.

I tried looking at the "religious practices" and "crime" sections of Wikipedia's Ramadan article, but couldn't find anything.

Also, are individuals deciding to engage in, or exhorting others to engage in, lesser jihad specifically during Ramadan a modern phenomenon, or did it happen in historical times?


texts: Why does the Quran not mention a punishment for the people of 'Isa pbuh?

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When we read the Qur'an we find verses addressing or referring to the (wrongdoers among the) people of almost all prophets and messengers and their punishment see for example:

  Has there not reached them the news of those before them - the people of Noah and [the tribes of] 'Aad and Thamud and the people of Abraham and the companions of Madyan and the towns overturned? Their messengers came to them with clear proofs. And Allah would never have wronged them, but they were wronging themselves. (9:70)

  And if they deny you, [O Muhammad] - so, before them, did the people of Noah and 'Aad and Thamud deny [their prophets], (42)
  And the people of Abraham and the people of Lot (43)
  And the inhabitants of Madyan. And Moses was denied, so I prolonged enjoyment for the disbelievers; then I seized them, and how [terrible] was My reproach. (22:42-44)

But I couldn't find similar references for the people of 'Isa () (Jesus) and wonder if this actually is the case and if so is there an explanation why a punishment for them is not mentioned, even if they have wronged him ()?


texts: i used to imagine allah...but i realized it was shirk and kufur....i want to repent but my mind keeps imagining pictures of allah please help

texts: assalaam alykum...i am currently 13 but since i was about 4 years old i had an illness called maladaptive daydreaming it continued till i started to pray my 5 prayers about 2 months ago.. i got evil thought since i started praying till now so i turned back to allah..but the problem was that i imagine allah and i read on an article that im worshipping the image not allah swt (astaghfiruallah) i read that yesterday my heart is beating so fast i dont know what to do..i want to repent but i keep imagining allah swt.. even though i used to imagine allah..when i make dua my dua gets answered.. i am so terrified that allah is mad at me.. im terrified of allah punishment..please help..


texts: Who is the person of trust in Muwatta' Malik?

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Sunnah.com offers seven narrations from al-Muwatta' where Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laithi (the narrator of al-Muwatta') starts quoting the chain saying:

َحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنِ الثِّقَةِ، عِنْدَهُ
Malik informed me from the person he truts (also translated:  a reliable source) ....

In the book of Hajj where the not named narrator has apparently informed Malik about something ibn 'Omar () said.
In the book of business transactions where the reliable source informed him from Amr ibn Shu'ayb ... from the Prophet ().
In the the book of general subjects where the person of trust informs him from Bukayr ibn Abdullah al-Ashajj  ... from the Prophet().
In the book of drinks where the person of trust again informs him from Bukayt ibn Abdullah ibn al-Ashajj ... from the Prophet ().
In the book of Zakat where the reliable source informs him from Sulayman ibn Yasar ... that the Prophet () ...
Again in the book of general subjects where the person of trust informs him from Bukayr ibn Abdullah al-Ashajj  ... from the Prophet().
In the book of prayer in congregation where the person of trust informs him from Bukayr ibn Abdullah al-Ashajj  ... that Maymunah the wife of the Prophet() ...

From a superficial view it seems that the ahadith 3,4, 6 and 7 could have been transmitted to Malik from the same source. While the other three narrations could be from different sources, but is it that simple? I don't think so!
I remember to have read in an introduction of a commentary of al-Muwatta' that some of these unnamed persons in al-Muwatta' are identified to a certain level, and If I remember well one of those (I'm think Malik used to refer to his friend and mate imam al-Laith by a special introduction like saying: I was informed by the one I trust/don't have any doubt of his uprightness ...).
My question is to what extent is it possible to identify this "reliable source" and is it one single person or more then one? And which candidates were named to occupy this "free" space in the narrator chain?


texts: Is the strage narration "...you should praise Allah and your anus" authentic?

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Is this strange narration authentic?!

  One day ‘Ali attacked Amr ibn Aas, he threw a spear and Amr fell to the ground, Amr fell to the ground and he then exposed his buttocks. ‘Ali then turned away his face [people said] this was Amr bin Aas. ‘Ali replied he showed me his anus and this made me merciful to him. When Amr ibn Aas returned, Mu’awiya said ‘You should praise Allah and your anus”.

Al Bidayah wa al Nihayah, Volume 7 page 293

It's been mentioned on ShiaChat and it's listed at PurifiedHousehold.com who supply the following:


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I'm in Tehran at the moment; when I walk down the street, I see many statues of animals and humans.  For example, here's a photo I took of the inside of a shop in Tehran:

This seems surprising, since (as I've just learned) tasweer (picture-making) is haram.

I've also seen statues in Istanbul and Tashkent.  Here are some of my photos:

It seems statues, and three-dimensional depictions of animals and humans are common in Muslim-majority cities.

Question: If statues are haram, why are there statues in Muslim-majority cities?

(Related questions: Is drawing people prohibited in Islam?, Can Muslims make statues for non worship purpose?, Is it haram to use a wallet which has a design like a horse and a deer?)

Motivation: As a revert, I'm bewildered by the enormous number of claims that "X is haram", "Y is haram".  There's so many claims, it's impossible to avoid all of them while still functioning in society and retaining some enjoyment in life.  As a result, I intend to prioritize avoiding major haram matters.

In this case, I simply don't know if "statues are haram" is regarded as serious, but given that I see Muslim-majority cities from diverse countries having statues on display, I think this is low priority.  However, it is possible that I'm simply wrong about this (for some reason I'm unaware of).  It's possible different sects have different attitudes; it's possible different countries have different attitudes; I don't know, as I haven't experienced them all.  My current impression is that some strict scholars online forbid statues, but Muslims in general don't mind.

Having just learned about tasweer, I'm wondering if I should e.g. change the background image on my phone (it's a cartoon drawing of a punky Asian woman, which I thought looked cool).  But it seems strange to do so when Muslims far more educated than me don't seem to care about these things.


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From The Evolution of Fiqh (Islamic Law & The Madhhabs) by Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips (pdf), pages 119-120:

  Muhammad 'Abduh (1849-1905 CE) ... made a Fatwaa allowing Muslims to be involved in business transactions involving interest. He based this ruling on the Fiqh principle that dire necessity makes the forbidden allowable. The fallacy of his ruling lay in the fact that Fiqh specifically defines dire necessity as involving matters of life and death or loss of limb, and this was simply not the case where business transactions are concerned.

It seems unlikely to me that it would be possible to debunk a fatwa so simply, i.e., the "fallacy" made seems to be a beginner-level mistake, not the kind made by a scholar.  Therefore, I suspect there is a lot missing from this story.

Question:  What precisely does the "fallacious" fatwa of Muhammad 'Abduh regarding business transactions involving interest say?


texts: What are the origins of Shia and Sunni division?

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Can anyone tell me about the origins of Shia and Sunni division? Why were two different groups of Muslims created?

Allah didn't send us to live divided. No verse of Quran or Hadith suggest that as far as I know. Both of the groups are driven by great scholars. They know Quran and Hadith very well still they are leading to something that Allah does not like?

Is there any political involvement?


texts: Are dreads permissible for a muslim man?

texts: Is it disliked, unislamic or haram to get dreads? My father says it is imitation of kufr but if there is no intention is it still bad?


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Is there a specific du'a that I should say after salah, or can I say any du'a? If possible, please give a transliteration of this du'a.

Note: I did some research and found multiple answers. I would like one, reliable answer.


texts: Did Umar have more than four wives after Muhammad revealed the restriction on men to having at most four?

texts: Is it true according to sunnis that Hazrat Umar (R.A.) married daughter of Hazrat Ali (R.A.) after Muhammad's (S.A.W.) death? I think this is contradictory because at time of prophet's death Hazrat Umar had more than four wives, and prophet had restricted for all to a limit of four, although if they had more than four at that time, then it was allowed to carry on. So how is it possible that Hazrat Umar married after the restriction?


texts: Is it Halal to watch drama on television if the actors are modestly dressed?

texts: I often hear others say that watching TV is Haram. My question is, for drama in which men and women all are in normal clothes, meaning they are not naked, nor are there any nude scenes, and with a great story, is watching this type of drama also Haram? are there any authentic/reliable sources which supports it is Haram?


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Whenever I dream about something, I start wondering if there is any message or some hidden reasons. I have seen online glossaries of Islamic interpretation of dreams.

Can we do that? Can the things we see in dream be interpreted?


texts: I understand that God doesn’t punish us for any thoughts that we have, but I’m confused on if having anger towards a part of Islam would make one a kufr or not. I came across something about men having 72 hoors in paradise and that women will only be able to be with their husbands and that made me a bit upset and angry. I took away these feelings and I don’t feel upset about it anymore because I understand the reason but I’m still worried. Would this count as hating on a part of Islam/kufr?


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Are sins and bad deeds the same or different?

I wonder if they are or not, because on the day of judgement, God will weigh up our good and bad deeds, but are bad deeds the same as sins?


texts: The first four verses of surat Ar-Rahman

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Surat Ar-Rahman begins this way:

:In the name of the most merciful & gracious God:
:The most merciful::Taught the Quran::Created the human::Taught him
eloquence:

But "Taught the Quran" to whom? Did God mean teaching it to humans? If yes, why it was mentioned before mentioning the creation of the humans and teaching them eloquence? This sequence seems strange.
If no, then he meant teaching it to whom?


texts: Why doesnt Allah (SWT) destroy the Tyrants?

texts: I heard about a tyrant called Nimrood that challenged Allah and tried to fight the Almighty, but then Allah (SWT) sent a mosquito which killed Nimrood, why doesnt this happen to tyrants that try to challenge the Lord nowadays, i always hear that nations were destroyed for doing evil centuries ago, but there r still nations to this day that r still corrupt and evil, why doesnt Allah (SWT) destroy them just how Nimorood was desttroyed or how Sodom was destroyed, etc etc?


texts: How to greet a group of people in Islam?

texts: I am always confused when I enter a place full of family members, and I greet Asalamu Alaikum to each member separately. Is this the correct way ?


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I know that anal sex is totally forbidden in Islam. It is clear that a husband can insert a finger in her wife's vagina.

Inserting a finger in the back passage is allowed by some scholars but mostly said no. So my question is about pegging?

Can a wife wear a strap-on herself and insert this into husband's back passage with his permission???

Please answer only Muslims and give your answer with its reference whether it is yes or no?


texts: Is using fake names/another person's name haram?

texts: Is it haram to use fake names  (especially online) ? Most of us in this website do so.What about using another person's name  ?


texts: Why is Duff halal and dhol Haram in Islam,Duff and dhol is almost same?Duff is also a musical instrument,isn't it?so,why is it halal and other musical instruments are Haram?


texts: Can I perform Wudu during bathing, while in nude?

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I usually take bath in the nude. While in nude, can I perform all the steps of wudu without washing the legs, then, perform the bathing and while bathing is complete and I'm dressed, can I then just wash my legs to complete the wudu?

Will it be sahih?

Please provide some authentic reference.


texts: What is good book to start learning about the Seerah of Prophet Muhammad (SAW)?

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Can anyone suggest me any website/ PDF book/ ebook of The Biography of Our Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam (PUBH)?

I do want to know maximum information about his life, and his sayings. everything and maximum information. Please suggest me if anybody know.


texts: Should I be honest about premarital sex with a future husband?

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When I was 16 years old, I had sex with my older male cousin. It was not consensual and I had always wanted to wait until I was married to have any sexual relations. after that day I fooled myself into thinking that if I continued to have a relationship with him and eventually married him then my sin would lessen. I remained in a relationship with him with 2 years. And in the rare times i saw him, I had sex with him. after years of verbal and physical abuse, I ended the relationship and have repented to Allah and asked for forgiveness, and pray that I am exonerated from this sin. I have not seen or heard from him in over 2 years.

That is my sexual history. No man has ever touched/kissed me since my cousin, nor will I let anyone until I am married.

My worry is now I am 21 and my parents are looking for a suitable partner for me. I want someone who is religious and encourages me to be more religious as well but I am worried once he knows about my past he will say no and spread rumors about me. (this could very well happen). With an arranged marriage it is tricky to know when is the right time to mention if one has had sex in the past. Should I be honest right away? Wait a few months into the engagement to mention it? Wait until after marriage? Or would it be permissible to not say anything about it altogether.

I am truly repentant of my mistakes and I am worried about it now more than ever.


texts: Is this hadith about wasting water by ibn Majah authentic?

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Do not waste water, even if you perform your ablution on the banks of
  an abundantly-flowing river

-Ibn Majah

Is this hadith authentic? if it is not authentic, should Muslims still act on it?


texts: Does Islam allow child slavery? From which age? What are the restrictions?


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If we send charitable rewards to the deceased, will they be notified of who has sent a charitable reward to them?  Therefore, would sending charity on their behalf would be best for them?

As the prophet did approve different forms of charity on behalf of the deceased. I.e. a man gave his garden on behalf of his deceased mother.

I've surfed the web and found no answer.


texts: Can I eat Kosher meal according to Islam?

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I will fly on January to hometown. The flight is from Spain.

For the meal in the flight, they didn't show Halal Food, but my friend suggested me to take Kosher meal. Should I take it?


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I am married but before my marriage, I had a boyfriend. We both had a good relationship and never crossed our limits, never met each other in person. Only spoke over the phone. Unfortunately, my boyfriend's parents did not approve our relationship and he was forced to get married to someone else.

Now we both want to be together in Akhirat. Is this possible? Can I please Allah for this? I am confused. I still sometimes miss my boyfriend. Now I contacted him. He wants to be with me in Akhirat. Please let me know as soon as possible. Can I ask for him to be mine in Akhirat to Allah?


texts: What's the refering time in Sura Al-Isra 7?

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This is the text of Sura Al-Isra [7]:

  إِنْ أَحْسَنْتُمْ أَحْسَنْتُمْ لِأَنْفُسِكُمْ وَإِنْ أَسَأْتُمْ
  فَلَهَا فَإِذَا جَاءَ وَعْدُ الْآخِرَةِ لِيَسُوءُوا وُجُوهَكُمْ
  وَلِيَدْخُلُوا الْمَسْجِدَ كَمَا دَخَلُوهُ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ
  وَلِيُتَبِّرُوا مَا عَلَوْا تَتْبِيرًا

This is about second promise of God to Bani-Israa'eel because of their second massive corruption.

Can anybody help me (specially who knows Arabic well), this text is talking about PAST or FUTURE?

I want to know the used verbs are about past event or they belong to future? This promise done before or it will be done later?

Any help appreciated.


texts: Are each Divine Name and Fixed Essence Entity and has his own 'I' or identity?

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According to Sufi theology Godhood has three levels:

the first level: الأحدية, I don't know the accurate English translation of this term.
the second level: The Divine Names.
the third level: الأعيان الثابتة, The Fixed Essences.

Of course الأحدية has I, and is Entity.

Are each Divine Name and Fixed Essence Entity and has his own I?


texts: There is a history that banana comes from jannah to Earth  for a specific sahaba but I don't know the name of that sahaba


texts: In an interfaith marriage, would the non-Muslim partner be prohibited from celebrating e.g. Easter, Christmas?

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As Muslims we do not celebrate holidays like Easter or Christmas.  However if you were involved in an interfaith marriage (with someone from the "people of the book"), would the other person be prohibited from celebrating such holidays? Or are they allowed to celebrate as long as you (as a Muslim) do not, but just wish them "well" out of respect and politeness?

Where does Islam stand on this?


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From 3:112

  "... they (People of the Book) have persistently disbelieved in God's revelation and killed prophets without any right" .

What prophets does this passage refer to? Are there any specific prophets to which this relates passage relates? I have not yet read the Bible but the only named prophet I can think of that was killed by the People of the Book (in his case the Sanhedrin) was Yehoshua.


texts: I am proud to be a muslim but i said jesus christ is it shirk. Can it be forgiven?

texts: I am thinking a lot and i cry at times because i think Allah will punish me. I think a lot about these things but i cannot control. Please tell me what to do.


texts: Is weeping or mourning over the dead allowed? (Sunni View)

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I read somewhere that Umar forbade Ayesha to mourn over her father's death because according to him, her father would be chastised if she mourns him.

Therefore, I'm just curious about the official position of Sunni islam about this matter.

Thanks


texts: Assalamualaikum my question is is it halal for a muslimah to race say in formula racing cars when she she has a sponsor and she wears modestly?

texts: I need to know if it's ok to play if you have a sponsor and if you play abiding by islamic rules and you wear modestly ..


texts: Under what conditions does Allah accept a jama'at prayer?

texts: It is said that if you pray in Jama'at, Allah will accept your prayer so long as one person in the jama'at prayed a valid prayer.  But if nobody among the jama'at prayed a valid prayer, does Allah still accept it?


texts: I have a question is watching youtube haram

texts: when you watch youtube sometimes it shows inappropriate videos and I think it's haram to watch youtube


texts: I am asking about the kafara for watching porn in ramadan day. Ehat is it ? I know I have commited a bad sin but i ask god to fogive me. Please pray for me


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I am here put a simple question about Islam. If a person born Muslim or newly Muslim and he left Islam in the following situations

Respect Messenger Prophet Muhammad and Qua-ran but not satisfied Muslim's behaviour or Islamic way of life.
Person say my previous religion is good, so I go back with giving any respect or insult to Islam.
Do not respect Prophet Muhammad and Qua-ran and join other religion.
Left Islam and say I have no religion now.

So what Qua-ran and Sunnah say's about such person belong to any category?


texts: Is it true that the Prophet had more than four wives at a time, and how could he break the rule?

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In Islam at most four marriages are allowed. But I heard that prophet Muhammed (peace be upon him) had more than four wives at a time. Is it true? If true, then how could he break the rule?  (It's not intended to disrespect him.)

I am a Hindu. But have respect to all religion. I am sorry if it hurts anyone's sentiment. I also don't know how to write that prophet's name. So sorry again if I made any mistakes.


texts: Aoa, I am a 16 year old boy and for the past 2 years I had been addicted to masturbation and pornography but at first I didn't know it was haram, when I got to know I tried to reduce it and repent but everytime I would fail,last year I reduced it that I used to masturbate once a week, Then this year I made a promise to myself and Allah that I will try to not do it again and repented truly, Alhamdullilah I was able to quit it and didn't masturbate for 5 months but yesterday I accidentally opened adult content and semen came out( I didn't use my hand), I am so ashamed cuz I was able to control for such a long time and ik Allah doesn't forgive if u keep on doing it but this happened after many months and I had no intention to sin and feel very bad and I'm trying to repent will Allah forgive me?


texts: Is it obligatory to supplicate after salah?

texts: Is it obligatory to supplicate after every salah? If yes then what are rulings on it?


texts: Does the Koran condemn homophily or (the practise of) homosexuality?

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So, first of all let me say I am not Muslim, nor am I here to condemn or judge any ideas, all I am looking for is some information.

Either way, I read this question and I am not sure whether it means homosexuality itself or only the practice of homosexuality is condemned. To be more specific, I don't know whether the word approach in Arabic requires an active component, or whether the generic feeling whilst approaching would already count.

And as a slightly offtopic bonus (though I believe still technically on topic), if a distinction between the two is made, is this also the case in the implementation and understanding of the Koran in Muslim majority countries? (This was what the original discussion was about, whether people were executed for practicing homosexuality or for simply being homosexual)


texts: Are there sects of Islam similar to protestants?

texts: I know there are Sunni and Shia as the two major denominations of Islam and Sufi as the more mystical component. Are there any other sects? such as how Protestant denominations find comfort in the belief of sola scriptora are there any Muslim communities that don't use the Hadith?


texts: Was my prayer valid given that it was performed after masturbating and performing ghusl without rinsing my mouth and nose?

texts: From 12-16 I was masturbating. I have stopped now. But before, when I was performing ghusl, I never rinsed my mouth or nose because I didn't know it was farz. I thought only pouring water was farz. Was my prayer and quran recitation and fasts valid?


texts: Are children punished for the sins of their parents? Or rewarded for their good deeds?

texts: Does Allah (swt) punish (in this life and in the Hereafter) the sons/daughters for misdeeds committed by the father/mother? Are sons/daughters rewarded (in this life and in the Hereafter) for the good deeds done by the parents?


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Why was I born, according to Islam?

In fact, I also have a second component to this question. If Allah/God is omniscient, then why did he create beings that he knew were certain to enter hell (which he also created)?

Even assuming he gave us 'free will', he knew when he created us who would end up 'choosing' hell. So why would he create them? Is this not injustice? I kindly ask for answers in light of the Quran and Sunnah, as to distinguish this question from merely delving into philosophy.


texts: Is sex during menses allowed if it increases chances of pregnancy?

texts: Basically, my wife and I plan to have a baby, but it's not happening. I went to a doctor, and they said that it's more likely to happen during her period. I know that in Islam it is haram to have sex with the wife when she is in her period. What can we do?


texts: Can a jinn take a person as a wife/husband?

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Assalaamu 'alaikum.

I have a question, i have heard true readings, that i have a Spiritual boyfriend/husband, that is very jealous n it has ruin any relationship that i get into. Is this possible?

From my own experience i haven't had a boyfriend longer than a year, and every time i've found someone, and talked about marriage, the person at the end of the relationship abandons me without any reason that is good enough.

I experience that sometimes when i am bout to sleep, it feels like somebody is pressing me down so it gets very hard to get up, n i have in my dreams seen a manlike figure coming towards me with flame on his whole body saying "it is me" and then have a sexual intercourse with me in my dreams..

I am very stressed cos it feels like my life is being taken away from me, since am getting older, and very much mature for marriage. I don't know who to ask for advice..

I pray daily 5 times a day, and i recite Surat al Naas, Surat al Falaaq and Ayatul Kursi, when am ready for bed, but these things still happens sometimes (what am i doing wrong since these Surahs are meant to protect me?)

I have had my period for over 2weeks (1st time) this means that i can not pray, which is the only thing that gives me comfort..

Please Is there anything i can do, or Surahs i can recite to get this away?

Am very stressed about my situation..

From afraid sister


texts: Women without hijab is better than their hijab counterpart?

texts: There is a challenging question in my Islamic textbook, that is which one is better: woman that doesn't wear hijab but her behavior is better or woman that wear hijab but her behavior is questionable (not good/worse)? Any answers?


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Jinns can live only for a certain time : a few hundred or a few thousand years. However Iblis was there when Adam alaihissalaam was created and that means he must have been born before that. Tens of thousands of years have passed since then ?
How can Iblis still be alive ? Is it because Allah gave him respite till the day of judgement ?
Please answer
Jazakallhahu Khair g


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I am a 21 year old girl and my parents have fixed my match. The groom's family later quoted that they wont be performing walima (marriage banquet), as none in their family performed yet, they even said that they won't be contributing financially even in nikah. Even the meher amount they would give is low considering the amount the groom earns.

Is walima neccesary?


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There's some aspects of wudu which seem to indicate it's not literally about purity. E.g.

Passing wind is somehow countered by wetting/washing one's face, arms, and feet, and nothing is done about one's bottom area.
Urine inside one's body is fine. However, passing that same urine breaks wudu, yet cleaning one's genitals does not renew wudu.
It's good to make wudu before sleeping, despite sleeping breaking wudu.
The actions performed are specific, and not just "clean those areas".

This motivates my question:

Question: Is wudu largely symbolic?

Maybe it cleans the body to a certain extent, but it wouldn't be considered up to par with today's hand washing standards, given our understanding of microorganisms.


texts: I heard somewhere that the legal system an framework of Sharia Law is only applicable in an Islamic state. My questions are: Is Sharia Law only applicable to an Islamic state? If so, what defines an Islamic state?


texts: How do reverts who were models cope with online photos?

texts: How would a (famous) model or porn star etc cope if they reverted to Islam and wore the hijaab / modest Islamic dress but had a presence on the Internet or in magazines of their previous life in scantily clad or naked photos / videos. Media and people could mock / blackmail them saying "look at them now but look how they use to be."


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A relative mailed me this du'a after my mother passed away last week.

  Whoever is stricken with sadness, grief, sickness or hardship and
  says:
  "Allahu Rabbi, la sharika lah" (Allah is my Lord, without any
  partners), then it will be removed from him.”

  [‘Sahih al-Jami’ #6040]

I have heard that this (Sahih al-Jami) is a compilation by Sh. Al-Albani. Is there another title which is similar by another scholar or is this correct?

And in the compilation, does anyone know the source of this narration?


texts: How did Mirza Ghulam Ahmad make people follow him?

texts: There are around 10-20 million Ahmadiyyas in the world. What made people follow the founder of the Ahmadiyya movement, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad? If a person randomly says that he is the Messiah, no one will believe him so what made Ahmadiyyas follow Mirza Ghulam Ahmad?


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Qur'an 5:41:

يَا أَيُّهَا الرَّسُولُ لَا يَحْزُنكَ الَّذِينَ يُسَارِعُونَ فِي الْكُفْرِ مِنَ الَّذِينَ قَالُوا آمَنَّا بِأَفْوَاهِهِمْ وَلَمْ تُؤْمِن قُلُوبُهُمْ وَمِنَ الَّذِينَ هَادُوا سَمَّاعُونَ لِلْكَذِبِ سَمَّاعُونَ لِقَوْمٍ آخَرِينَ لَمْ يَأْتُوكَ يُحَرِّفُونَ الْكَلِمَ مِن بَعْدِ مَوَاضِعِهِ يَقُولُونَ إِنْ أُوتِيتُمْ هَٰذَا فَخُذُوهُ وَإِن لَّمْ تُؤْتَوْهُ فَاحْذَرُوا وَمَن يُرِدِ اللَّهُ فِتْنَتَهُ فَلَن تَمْلِكَ لَهُ مِنَ اللَّهِ شَيْئًا أُولَٰئِكَ الَّذِينَ لَمْ يُرِدِ اللَّهُ أَن يُطَهِّرَ قُلُوبَهُمْ لَهُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا خِزْيٌ وَلَهُمْ فِي الْآخِرَةِ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ -- Arabic

has a host of seemingly inconsistent translations (see Islam Awakened):

Messenger, do not be grieved by those who vie with one another in denying the truth; those who say with their tongues, We believe, but have no faith in their hearts; from among the Jews also, there are those who listen eagerly to any lies. ... -- Wahiduddin Khan
O Messenger! Let not those make you sad, who are quick in suppressing the Truth from among those who say, with their mouths, "We believe" and their hearts do not believe, and from among those who are Jews. They listen to falsehood. ... -- Mohammad Shafi
O Messenger, let them not grieve you who hasten into disbelief of those who say, "We believe" with their mouths, but their hearts believe not, and from among the Jews. [They are] avid listeners to falsehood, ... -- Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

Question:  Does Qur'an 5:41 mean that all Jews "listen eagerly to lies", or that among the Jews there are some who "listen eagerly to lies"?
Of course, the latter interpretation is far less antagonistic towards Jews.  Answering this probably requires someone who can read Arabic, unlike me.


texts: Is it haram to add audio subliminal messages in your promotional video to get more sales?

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These audio messages such as "I want to buy this product" or "I will give this product five stars review" are added at very low volume.
A listener is not able to recognize them but his subconscious mind does and it produces an urge to buy the product.
Is it allowed to use such messages to boost your sales?


texts: Which part of the Christian Bible is corrupted?

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I have met few Muslims who always tell me that the Christian Bible is corrupted. They say that the Torah was revealed by Allah to Jews and New Testament to Christians. Is this correct? If so, which one of these statements is correct?

Some part of the Bible is corrupted. If this is true, does the Qur'an or Muhammad(pbuh) gave any information how to discern which part is corrupted and which part is not?
The whole Bible is corrupted. If this is true, where is the original Bible and how did it get lost?


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Assalamu Alaikum.
Can i insert my right hands finger into my wife vagina? Is it permissible to finger with the right hand if vaginal fluid (Madhy/Semen) comes out of the vagina while fingering the wife? The right hand can be stimulated better than the left hand.  So can a husband and wife touch each other's private part with the right hand, even if there is semen or impure fluid in the genitals?


texts: After breaking an oath in Allah's name, I mistakenly fasted for two (instead of three) days; do I need to redo these?

texts: I had an oath in Allah's name and I broke it last year. Later, I fasted for two days; since I thought that the ruling is that I must fast for two days when an oath is broken; however, I recently discovered that I should fast for three days instead. Do I have to fast one more day now in order to make up for it?


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Did the Prophet (SAW) say "he should treat the people the way he would love to be treated"?

Is the hadith authentic?