If someone is really shy or quiet they are easy to get picked on by others. So if someone or a bunch of people who belittes you constantly for their own sense of humour amongst their friends, or excludes you a lot, and therefore you end up saying all these things out of your own build up of frustration and anger through your whole life about them, and talking bad words behind their backs, does Allah still blame the victim for this especially if they have been picked on their entire life?

I used to draw pictures of living souls, but when I found out it wasn't permissible I stoped. but I kept them and still post my art on social media. I want to know if I should keep them, destroy them or if I can sell them. I don't want to do anything that's not permissible but if I could keep them I would love that.

What are the **first sources** (history, hadith) for the occurence and for the creation of those two feasts?

> And when Allah will say, “O Jesus, son of Mary, didst thou say to men, ‘Take me and my mother for two gods beside Allah?’”, he will answer, “Holy art Thou. I could never say that to which I had no right. If I had said it, Thou wouldst have surely known it. Thou knowest what is in my mind, and I know not what is in Thy mind. It is only Thou Who art the Knower of hidden things. “I said nothing to them except that which Thou didst command me — ‘Worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord.’ And I was a witness over them as long as I remained among them, but since Thou didst cause me to die, Thou hast been the Watcher over them; and Thou art Witness over all things. (Chapter 5 Verses 116-117) Salaam, Can someone explain to me the meaning of these verses? Jazakallah

We had a cat that we introduced to our house when he was 3 weeks old with no mother and a his 2 front paws are a bit defective. We tried to encourage him to go outside from time to time to get used to living outside but he never did. when he was 2 years old he became more aggressive when he smell other outdoor cats or hear them which made him difficult to keep, one day he left home after scratching my nephew on his face after hearing other male cats, and lived outside for 2 months, we kept looking for him everyday, suddenly he came back very thin and thirsty and with injuries on both of his front paws, the doctor said that he cant live outside with his pawns which cant handle rough lands, so he only can live in a safe keep such as homes or shelters, and our country doesn't have shelters for cats. So the only solution is to neutralize him if we want him inside, but we couldn't do it fearing that its haram, what should we do.

I know that being gay in Islam is a very major sin and I would never let my self fall into doing this and engaging into this act no matter what my feeling and desire tell me. What I want to know if I have gay thoughts purposely or unintentionally will I get punished for it. Also I would like to mention I don’t have these thoughts about everyone who’s the same gender as me but just one particular person. And that’s how I know I’m not really gay.

If somone promises to Allah not to commit zina of eyes, ears etc. But breaks the oath do they have to expiate for each form of zina or just zina as a whole For example would they have to expiate and fast 3 days for each form of zina Or would they have to expiate and only fast 3 days for just zina as a whole

Islam Q&A say that: "Ahl as-Sunnah wa’l-Jamaa‘ah are unanimously agreed that the Arabs are superior to others in terms of descent and lineage, and that regarding the Arabs as superior is in general terms, and does not apply at the individual level." Link: https://www.google.com/amp/s/islamqa.info/amp/en/answers/182686 Well nationalism or love for the nation doesn't mean love for individuals, it mean love and pride for whole nation and its particular culture, language, descent and lineage. Today Arab nationalists use such scholarly opinions to prove their superiority as a nation over non-Arab muslims such Persians and Turks. On the other hand anti Islam groups use such scholarly opinions to create doubts in the minds of non-Arab muslims. From the fragmentation of Abbasid Caliphate till WWI it were mainly non-Arab nations who carried the flag of Islam and today Arabs don't even make 1/4 of total global muslim population. So why should non-Arab muslims consider their nation, their descent and their lineage lesser than Arabs? Why shouldn't they feel pride over their nation? To sum all this in one question, Why non-Arabs are considered lesser than Arabs as a nation and how can we justify this to non-Arab muslims?

Can someone check the authenticity and translation for this narration: > “If Moses and Jesus were alive, they would have had no choice but to > follow me.” > (Tafsir Ibni Kathir, Under the Verse ‘Mithaqun-Nabiyyin’; Al-Yawaqitu > wal-Jawahir, Volume 2, Under Al-Mabhathuth-Thani wath-Thalathun, > Zarqani Sharah Mawahibul-Luduniyyah; Fathul-Bayan, Al-Bahrul-Muhit,)

When in prayer you recite a section of the Qur'an that includes a *sajdah*, what is the ruling on performing the *sajdah*? Is it obligatory to do? Or is it recommended? I'm pretty sure there are madhahib-level differences, so in your answers please go into those with evidence.

Muslims kill other Muslims, bombings go on etc. What does the Quran and Hadith say about Muslims killing Muslims and is it allowed?

Are women allowed to take part in war or jihad? Because women took part in the war of Battle of Yarmouk . >**Khawla bint al-Azwar, was an Arab female warrior during the life of Muhammad**. > >**She fought side by side with her brother Dhirrar in many battles**,[citation needed] including the decisive Battle of Yarmouk in 636 against the Byzantine empire.**On the 4th day of the battle she led a group of women against the Byzantine army and defeated its chief commander and later was wounded during her fight with a Greek soldier**.

In the Rule of Law section of this Wikipedia article , the following is asserted: > Various Islamic lawyers do, however, place multiple conditions, and stipulations—e.g., the poor cannot be penalised for stealing out of poverty—before executing such a law, making it very difficult to reach such a stage. It is well known that, during a time of drought during the Rashidun caliphate, capital punishments were suspended until the effects of the drought passed. Is this a mainstream Islamic position? Which Islamic countries practiced this and when?

>عن عبد الله بن مسعود، قال: إن الله نظر في قلوب العباد، فوجد قلب محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم خير قلوب العباد، فاصطفاه لنفسه، فابتعثه برسالته، ثم نظر في قلوب العباد بعد قلب محمد، فوجد قلوب أصحابه خير قلوب العباد، فجعلهم وزراء نبيه، يقاتلون على دينه، فما رأى المسلمون حسنا، فهو عند الله حسن، وما رأوا سيئا فهو عند الله سيئ > > Abdullah ibn Mas’ud, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “Verily, Allah looked at the hearts of the servants and He found that the heart of Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, was the best among them, so He choose him for Himself and He sent him with His message. Then, He looked at the hearts of His servants after Muhammad, and He found that the hearts of his companions were the best among them. Thus, He made them into the ministers of His Prophet, fighting for the sake of His religion. And whatever the Muslims view as good is good in the sight of Allah, and whatever they view as evil is evil in the sight of Allah.” > > Source: [Musnad Ahmad 3589](https://al-maktaba.org/book/13157/3525) I'm confused, because when I read this hadith,it gives me an idea that ALLAH was looking for someone to give Prophethood. This seems to go against my understanding of Al-Qur'an and Sunnah. I mean everything was planned by ALLAH and then executed. It was destined that Muhammad (PBUH) will be last prophet and messenger. I can prove this by multiple Aayats and hadiths. Is this hadith even authentic? Because Musnad Ahmad isn't included in 6 most authentic books of hadiths. Please share opinion of scholars?

Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuhu Please clarify the following facts about salat. In my upbringing I was told that when the iqama is said you have to leave everything you are doing for the prayer but today someone quote an Hadith for me that: >The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "If the Iqama for (`Isha') prayer is proclaimed and supper is served, take your supper first." (Sahih al-Bukhari and other variations in Sahih Muslim , Sahih al-Bukhari and elsewhere) The prophet of Allah said 'if dinner is ready and iqama is said, you should start with the dinner first' So I want to ask is eating food better than praying Jazakumul llahu khayran

After Othman ibn Affan, the 3rd caliph, was assassinated, did the ummah elect Ali ibn Abu Talib, the prophet's cousin and son in law, to be the next caliph in an election?

What does Islam say about marrying your 1st cousins for several generations? Is it encouraged or discouraged? **Edit:** There is a practice in some Asian countries that families tend to marry within themselves for many generations such that upto 3-4 generations have couples who were first cousins. Science today tells us that marriages within the family over many generations contracts the gene pool and may lead to diseases and deformities. **I'm aware that Islam allows marriages between cousins. But does it allow encourage or discourage their children, grand children, great grand children and so on to again marry just their cousins?**

Can we eat meat from animals killed by non-muslim is it halal?

> "And indeed We have adorned the nearest heaven with lamps, and We have made such lamps (as) missiles to drive away the Shayatin (devils), and have prepared for them the torment of the blazing Fire." Are the lamps referring to the stars and missiles as shooting stars? What does it mean by missiles hitting Shayatin? Is this the correct translation?

> No man should be alone with a woman and vice versa, there should be a > third person. So the third person should be a male or a female? What should be the relationship between the third person and the woman?