Assalamu Alaikum. So I have a question regarding attraction in Islam. Is it haram, when you’re seeking and wishing to marry someone, to have sexual attraction as a criteria? Because, and this is just a guess, I think EVERYONE wishes to marry someone who they think are attractive. But I of course want to follow Islamic rules and not be haram, I just want to know, is it haram to wish to marry a woman who’s attractive (body and face)? It’s a bit of an awkward question to ask, pllz don’t judge me. I’m just curious. Because I don’t want to marry someone I can’t be intimate with if you know what I mean. Of course there are other criteria like personality, behavior and so on but no one can deny that attractiveness is important. I want to gain knowledge and be a better Muslim. If it’s haram, I ask you to let me know so I can have that in mind. Thank you.

I cannot quote a source now, but I once heard a story, where some son (or perhaps grandson) of Adam was asking him something like, “O father, why did you have to eat that fruit! We wouldn't be here now!” And the answer was something to the effect of, “I would have never thought that someone would swear by the name of Allah, and lie!” Is this some narration perhaps from Jewish culture, or is it mentioned in hadith literature?

I've found one article on this subject on islamicity . This article states many things, that I could list one by one on here. However, it would be easier for all reading this in the future, if someone just gives us a description with islamic sources on who this man was in relation to Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). Note: I found no mention of this Jewish Rabbi at all on stack-exchange.

This issue got my little attention when I first watched a video sent by my shia friend of a scholar named Hassan Allahyari who holds the view that the quran that we have in our hands is distorted and original quran will be brought by the hidden imam i.e. imam mahdi. I already knew that this subject is used as a weapon against each other by sunnis and shias. Sunnis start first by accusing them of belief of tahreef doing takiyya and shias in reply don't remain silent and bring narrations from the sunni books hinting as though it's a distortion. The web is full of this fighting stuff by both sunni shia sites discrediting each other. My question is now is there is no denying that these kind of narrations do exist, in both sunni and shias books even in bukhari and muslim and other sunan books as well. Here in Pakistan sunni scholars too admit this ,though some reject it completely despite of their authenticity and others make taaweel. Majority shias also disown this belief saying this is a propaganda and false allegation against shia as shias have always been a subject of hatred. Now here in subcontinent a scholar named Hassan Allahyari gained popularity and started disseminating this doctrine of distortion openly and people have started believing in it. My question is what should a common Muslim react towards these and view or doctrine it should hold especially when this era of chaos and secterianism where these kind of heated controversies makes him question his faith? And why are sunni so dishonest by maligning and falsely accusing the opposing party of tahreef when their own books are full of this stuff?

In my college classes, I am studying the Quran and I've noticed that the "We" pronoun used by Allah is typically seen as the "Royal We," but I cannot seem to find that sense of the word prior to the 11th century and further, I cannot find نحن (nahnu) to ever be used in the singular sense by contemporaries of Muhammed; especially in his cultural context. Even the Semitic relative Hebrew term נַחְנוּ (also pronounced nahnu), is always utilized in the plural. I was just hoping someone could help provide me with insight and resources in studying this (preferably works of antiquity written within a century of Muhammed.) With my utmost respect, I thank you all for your time.

I made a mistake by playing a video game long ago named 'The You testament' which has so many shirk elements like magic soccery and like mediation to gain power and and perform soccery and story of Jesus according to Christianity and i didn't give any attention to it i just played for fun and i didn't take seriously and unintentionally without realising that it is sin. Now i realised it was completely Prohibited. So my question is did i commited shirk as i didn't know then,(now Alhamdulillah I'm a practicing muslim) and i was recently watching video games in Islam i then realised it. Please answer me as i didn't know it was shirk or kuffer .Please it's important I'm worried.

Salam. Is it safe to travel with a newborn before Aqiqa? I have heard that there's a fear of Jinn as the roads and tracks taken to travel could be affected by them.

When visiting a mosque, it matters if the imam is really a Muslim. Otherwise, why would one listen to his speeches? When celebrating an important islamic day, it matters if the people around you are Muslim. Otherwise, why would you celebrate with them? However, not being a Muslim has consequences. In some countries, such as Indonesia , it is mandatory for adults to choose some religion which makes islam an obvious choice but it does not necessarily make someone a Muslim. People in such countries who are actually atheist need to pretend being religious in order to prevent negative legal consequences. In addition, in countries with a higher level of religious freedom, there is a similar problem. An imam who stops believing in god, can loose his job when he admits that. In some families, admitting not being religious anymore can have negative consequences too. People who are relegious may be shocked or angry. As a consequence of this all, there are atheist who say that they are Muslim. So there is a problem. Like I explained, it is important to know who around you is Muslim. However, people who say that they are muslim may not be a truely believing Muslim. How should Muslims deal with this discrepancy to know who around them is Muslim or not?

I have a question, if a woman had a sexual thought and uncontrollably some fluid may have came out because of this (without touching herself) is her fast still valid and would she have to do ghusl?

It forbidden to take people Books as friends or supporters at 5:51, but at 5:5 it is possible to marry their women? > O you who have believed, do not take the Jews and the Christians as > allies. They are [in fact] allies of one another. And whoever is an > ally to them among you – then indeed, he is [one] of them. Indeed, > Allah guides not the wrongdoing people. (Al-Ma'idah : 51) > This day [all] good foods have been made lawful, and the food of those > who were given the Scripture is lawful for you and your food is lawful > for them. And [lawful in marriage are] chaste women from among the > believers and chaste women from among those who were given the > Scripture before you, when you have given them their due compensation, > desiring chastity, not unlawful sexual intercourse or taking [secret] > lovers. And whoever denies the faith – his work has become worthless, > and he, in the Hereafter, will be among the losers. (Al-Ma'idah : > 5) After all, the wife becomes a close person.

> And indeed, there is among them a party who alter the Scripture with > their tongues so you may think it is from the Scripture, but it is not > from the Scripture. And they say, "This is from Allah," but it is not > from Allah. And they speak untruth about Allah while they know. (Ali > 'Imran : 78) What does it mean to distort with "tongues"? You can only distort what is true. Does this verse mean that the Torah is true? And why does the distortion come only with tongues, and not with hands? What does it mean?

I understand that the Sunni view regarding mu'tah is that it is *no longer* permissible: > It was narrated from al-Rabee’ ibn Sabrah al-Juhani that his father > told him that he was with the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings > of Allaah be upon him) who said, “O people, **I used to allow you to > engage in mut'ah marriages, *but now Allaah has forbidden that until > the Day of Resurrection***, so whoever has any wives in a mut’ah > marriage, he should let her go and do not take anything of the (money) > you have given them.” > > Narrated by Muslim, 1406. What interests me about this hadith is the following part highlighted below: > ***but now Allaah has forbidden that until the Day of Resurrection*** This bit makes me think that this particular order: but now Allaah has forbidden that until the Day of Resurrection was received by the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) as a revelation from Allah. Doesn't the Quran contain all the revelations received by the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)? So my question is, where in the Quran has mu'tah been forbidden? Sunni view please.

Is it legal in Islam to exhume graves? If so, under what conditions? How should the remains be handled? What are the rules for the re-burial of remains?

Scholars say that jizya is not obligatory for non Muslim women. Is their any sahih evidence for this.

My husbnd wants us to watch pornography videos during sex. I personally dont like it. It feels me that he has more interest in those videos than me . What should i do now? Am i obliged to obey him in this matter? To protect my marriage? Please enlighten me on this issue in the light of islam. Thank you

Around the time when is was between 14-15 years old I admired a anime character I liked his name was escanor a human who got powers of the sun and Had a god complex during the day and was anxious and depressed during the night. He was my favourite character I also played a role play game with my friends when playing I chose to be escanor and had to act like him so I said his lines like “praise the sun “. Or “I’m the pinnacle of al races” Now 2-3 years later I learned what shirk means and I’m terrified of the chance that I have committed this horrible sin At the time I did not know about shirk and also had clearly no intent of shirk or worship this character.now I’m 17 and terrified and anxious.

There was a case where a father killed the mother and the children demanded death sentence for the father. But it was rejected by the court because it said it was violating Islamic Law. It stated: "The Islamic jurisprudence stipulates that if a husband has become an heir to the deceased and an heir to the blood after the death of his wife, a son or daughter cannot demand for retribution or revenge for their father." Can anyone provide evidences for this rule?

We don't plan to take notes on mushaf , but we have noticed some parts of the Arabic writing has faded in our copy of the Qur'an. Is it permissible to add the faded letter back in?

Alminbar.com lists the hadith: > Sahl bin S'ad As-Sa'di reported that the Prophet sallallaahu 'alaihi wasallam said: "This Community will experience the swallowing up of some people by the earth, the metamorphosis of some into animals, and being rained upon with stones.'' Someone asked, ''When will this be, O Messenger of Allah?''. He said, ''When female singers and musical instruments appear and wine is held to be lawful.'' (Ahmad & Tirmithi) This is also mentioned in *The Reliance of the Traveller* Section r40.1 (quoted at e.g. Muhammadanism.com ). [Side note: I asked about another hadith in this section (r40.1) here: ] I'm skeptical about this hadith by content alone: it would require an overt miracle of Allah, and while Allah has that power, miracles are not everyday occurrences. Moreover, in much of the world, these things are held lawful, and we're not observing people being swallowed up, metamorphosizing, nor rains of stones. It may be referring to one of these: 1. Jami' at-Tirmidhi 2210 , 2. Jami' at-Tirmidhi 2211 , 3. Jami' at-Tirmidhi 2212 , all listed as weak "Da'if (Darussalam)". I'm not sure if I've identified these correctly; they don't accurately match the quote. I also don't know who "Ahmad" refers to. **Question**: What is the source and reliability of this hadith?

Assalamu alaykum. As an example, if someone put their face in clay and effectively made a sculpture of a face with his imprint, is that haram to do on purpose? Please provide hadith or other references if you can inshaAllah.