For the past couple of days, I have been trying to understand Eid-Ul-Adha and its history in deep detail; this question is part of that understanding I am trying to have. I am trying to understand the true purpose of Eid-Ul-Adha celebrations. Below are three of the purposes that I have come across:- 1. It is done to commemorate the happenings of Prophet Ibrahim. But nowhere in Quran it is specifically mentioned that do sacrifice animals to commemorate the happenings of Prophet Ibrahim. Also nowhere it is mentioned how this Sunnah of Ibraheem started. Also I can not find a satisfactory answer as to why Allah asked Prophet Ibraheem in the first place to sacrifice his son. > https://quran.com/2/196?translations=20
https://quran.com/5/2?translations=20
https://quran.com/22/28?translations=20
https://quran.com/22/34?translations=20
https://quran.com/22/36?translations=20
https://quran.com/6/162?translations=20
https://quran.com/108/2?translations=20
https://quran.com/37/107?translations=20
https://quran.com/37/107?translations=20
https://quran.com/16/123?translations=20
Above are some of the references in the Quran where it has been talked about the sacrificing of animals but nowhere it has been explicitly mentioned to do this to commemorate the happenings of Prophet Ibrahim. 2. Another purpose that I have been told is that by sacrificing an animal, Allah wants to check one's willingness and piety to sacrifice a loved one in the name of Allah but this is not applicable as nowhere a sacrifice of an animal can be compared with the sacrifice of a human being. It does not even come close to that as many people nowadays do not have even keep sacrificial animals as pets for a long time. They just buy it a week ago and sacrifice the animal. Also, there are permissions that you can have another person sacrifice the animal for you which again kills the purpose. You can still choose not to look at the sacrifice of animals again killing the purpose. 3. Somewhere I read that animals are sacrificed on this day to mark the end of the Hajj but again this applies to the people who have gone for the Hajj and not to those who are sitting afar. The below surah mentions the same if I am not wrong. > https://quran.com/2/196?translations=20 Please clarify!

I heard that Umar(RA) forbid Mutah marriage after the death of the Prophet(PBUH) and Abu Baker. What were his reasons for doing so ? Looking for answers from Sunni authentic sources.

The punishment for apostasy in Islam is execution. The Western world mocks Islam for this. They say that they are more peaceful as they don't interfere with someone's personal life, blah blah blah. How should a Muslim reply to the accusation/mockery/criticism against Islam to shut them up?

What is the ruling regarding a Muslim man running for the Head of State in the elections in an Islamic country which has unfortunately adopted the system of democracy? If his intentions are to move away from democracy as much as possible and move closer to the Shari’ah, though it would be nearly impossible to significantly change the system, can he run?

The gate of repentance is open to His slaves, until the sun rises from the west. The Prophet ﷺ said: “Allaah spreads out His Hand at night to accept the repentance of those who did wrong during the day, and He spreads out His Hand during the day to accept the repentance of those who did wrong during the night. (This will continue) until the sun rises from the west.” (Narrated by Muslim, no. 2759 What is the meaning of this hadith does It says repeantence for a person done sin at night is only accepted till day or if the person done sin at night it is accepted till night does repeantence have time limit or it is accepted any time

What is the definition of interest in Islam ? Anything in addition to the principal or price? Is modern economics possible if Riba is forbidden?

> ‘Asim b. ‘Umar b. Qatada on the authority of a trustworthy informant > from ‘Umar b. ‘Abdu’l-‘Aziz b. Marwan said that he was told that > Salman the Persian told the apostle that his master in ‘Ammuriya told > him to go to a certain place in Syria where there was a man who lived > between two thickets. Every year as he used to go from one to the > other, the sick used to stand in his way and everyone he prayed for > was healed. He said, ‘Ask him about this religion which you seek, for > he can tell you of it.’ So I went on until I came to the place I had > been told of, and I found that people had gathered there with their > sick until he came out to them that night passing from one thicket to > the other. The people came to him with their sick and everyone he > prayed for was healed. They prevented me from getting to him so that I > could not approach him until he entered the thicket he was making for, > but I took hold of his shoulder. He asked me who I was as he turned to > me and I said, ‘God have mercy on you, tell me about the Hanifiya, the > religion of Abraham.’ He replied, ‘You are asking about something men > do not inquire of today; the time has come near when a prophet will be > sent with this religion from the people of the haram. Go to him, for > he will bring you to it.’ Then he went into the thicket. The apostle > said to Salman, ‘If you have told me the truth, **YOU MET JESUS THE SON > OF MARY**.’ > >(Guillaume, The Life of Muhammad, p. 98) What is the authenticity of this report? Did Salman the Persian really meet Prophet Isa AS?

I am currently doing a course on world religions at my university and this question is regarding research for one of my assignments that I have due. I couldn’t find anything on Google so I decided to ask here. I am trying to find a Quran verse (or a Hadith) that clearly talks about the marriage between a Muslim woman and a non-Muslim man and the ruling on such an interfaith marriage. Does anyone have a reference? Also, I need help to understand the ruling, and why Muslim men are allowed to marry Christian and Jewish women but not vice versa. Apologies in advance if my question is taboo or offends anyone, I’m not Muslim, so I want to gain some insight into this ruling.

In my country, some muslims had went out in the street with sticks and they were looking in the hotels and restaurants for people who didn’t fast and they insulted them in front of the whole country (via social media) by hurting them with the stick and insulted them with bad words, curse and threats. So my question is, Is this permissible according to the authentic Islamic rulings?

My Muslim family keeps eating haram food even though I tell them it is haram they say things like “Oh we already ate some might as well finish it” and when I tell them it’s haram it doesn’t phase them they just carry on eating it as if it is the best halal food on Earth. What do I do?

My brother drinks alcohol and I know it. But I didn't tell my parents and we are less than 18, Will I also get gunah If I don't tell my parents (TBH He told me that he don't have any plans to stop alcohol consumption).

Bismillah. Alhamdulillahi rabbil-'alamin. Was-Salatu was-Salam 'ala Ashraful Anbiya Sayyidina Muhammad wa 'ala 'Alihi Muhammad. ---------- The Hadith **H 10, Ch. 1, h 10** in Kitab al-Kafi: > Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn > Mahbub from ‘Abdallah ibn Sinan who has said the following. > "I mentioned a person, who would overdo the deeds of his doing Wudu and > prayer to Imam abu ‘Abdallah (a.s) and added that he is a man of good > intelligence." The Imam (a.s) then said, ‘What kind of intelligence is > it that allows him to obey Satan.’ I then asked the Imam, "How would > he be considered as obeying Satan?" The Imam (a.s) said, "Ask him > wherefrom this thing comes to him. He will certainly say, "It comes > from Satan." What is the tafseer (commentary) of this Hadith?

i recently visited to a church that is also a national heritage. it is in need for renovation and maintenance and i wish to contribute. is it acceptable to contribute to the maintenance of the church/temple of another religion. meaning it would help sustain and grow that other religion. are we allowed to do that or my charity would instead be an act of gunah? please guide me.

Fornication (like incest) and homosexuality are punishable by death under Sharia laws. But, as I understand it, forgiveness and repentance are an integral part of the Sharia legal system. For example, a terrorist or thief or a rapist can be repentant and beg forgiveness from their victim(s). And if the victim(s) forgive (with or without due compensation), the criminal can be pardoned completely under Sharia laws without additional punishment. Likewise, a husband too can forgive a wife for adultery. In all these cases, there is one or more perpetrator(s) and victim(s). Thus, the guilty can turn to someone to seek forgiveness. But what about cases of homosexuality or fornication (between consenting) adults where there are no clear victims? (I guess you can consider them to be the victims of their own circumstances). In such a case, is there no scope in Sharia for forgiveness? If not, why? If yes, who has that power and is there any defined method to exercise it?

- [What is the respectful way to dispose of Islam's holy book?](https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-News/2012/0221/Quran-burning-What-is-the-respectful-way-to-dispose-of-Islam-s-holy-book) If Quran burning is a legitimate form of Quran disposal, why is Quran burning in Sweden/Norway seen as a heinous act by Muslims?

According to Quran and Hadith, If a Muslim desecrates Quran, what punishment is prescribed? Also, what does this heinous act say about his Muslimhood?

Would it be Bid’ah to do Salawat,say la ilaha illallah, say Subhanallahi wa bihamdih, say subhanallahi al-’adhim and to say Astaghfirullah a few hundred times every day and in that fixed order?

Throughout Islam, there is a lot of attention on women travelling alone, with attitudes varying significantly. Indeed, there's several questions on this site relating to women travelling alone: - https://islam.stackexchange.com/q/8698/17163 - https://islam.stackexchange.com/q/31010/17163 - https://islam.stackexchange.com/q/33135/17163 - https://islam.stackexchange.com/q/36150/17163 However, there seems to be minimal attention given to men travelling alone, so I'm curious about this imbalance. **Question**: How do the rules for men travelling alone and women travelling alone differ? Islam Q&A says that the Prophet "forbade [travelling alone] in several ahaadeeth" without making reference to one's gender (although there is nuance to their post). I also found this post: > In times of insecurity and war, in long journeys, the Prophet, pbuh, ordained that a woman should travel with her husband or a male relative. This was meant to help the woman and to provide security, not to put the woman under the control of her husband... -- Kaukab Siddique , New Trend Mag, 2009. I'm not sure what to make of this.

One day (in winter) an imam came from the next close city (about 20-25kms away) and held the Friday Khotba in the mosque I was at. Afterwards he said we will inchallah pray the 'Asr now as it is raining and as I'm travelling you'll need to go ahead and complete the 4 raka's. I was asking myself first he is not travelling -but that's his matter- as he comes from a close city and secondly how could he say it was raining while the rain actually stopped and was not even heavy? Does this mean we can join prayers just because it was raining at that day even if it was no more raining? So my question is how careful or how extensively can one construe or interpret the ahadith (See for example the hadith displayed below) allowing joining two prayers due to rain? > Ibn 'Abbas reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) combined the noon prayer with the afternoon prayer and the sunset prayer with the 'Isha' prayer in Medina without being in a state of danger or **rainfall**. And in the hadith transmitted by Waki' (the words are): " I said to Ibn 'Abbas: What prompted him to do that? He said: So that his (Prophet's) Ummah should not be put to (unnecessary) hardship." And in the hadith transmitted by Mu'awiya (the words are):" It was said to Ibn 'Abbas: What did he intend thereby? He said he wanted that his Ummah should not be put to unnecessary hardship." (Sahih Muslim ) What are the positions of scholars on this matter?

In the sunnah of the prophet, it is known that he would on occasion combine his *salawat*, especially when not doing so would cause hardship (e.g., travelling). For example, the following practice was narrated by Ibn Abbas: > The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) observed the noon and afternoon prayers together, and the sunset and Isha' prayers together without being in a state of fear or in a state of journey. When this combined *salat* is performed, in what way (if any) does its form differ from the normal separated *salawat*? As in, if one were to (hypothetically) combine the dhuhr and asr *salawat*, would they... - ...pray a normal *salat* with eight *rakat*? - ...pray a normal *salat* with four *rakat*, immediately followed by another normal *salat* with four *rakat*? - ...pray a *salat* with eight *rakat*, with a *taslim* and/or *takbir* between the fourth and fifth *rakat*? - ...none of the above?