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Are all other religions after islam are fraud?
Prophet muhammad saw is the last prophet sent by Allah so that means all other people who preach after his death are fraud and all other religions that came after his death are also fraud?
Prophet muhammad saw is the last prophet sent by Allah so that means all other people who preach after his death are fraud and all other religions that came after his death are also fraud?
Umul
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Why apparently quran 2:29, 41:9-11, and 79:27-30 are in contradiction?
9. Say (O Muhammad ): “Do you verily disbelieve in Him Who created the earth in two Days and you set up rivals (in worship) with Him? That is the Lord of the ‘Alamin (mankind, jinns and all that exists). 10. He placed therein (i.e. the earth) firm mountains from above it, and He blessed it, and meas...
9. Say (O Muhammad ): “Do you verily disbelieve in Him Who created the earth in two Days and you set up rivals (in worship) with Him? That is the Lord of the ‘Alamin (mankind, jinns and all that exists). 10. He placed therein (i.e. the earth) firm mountains from above it, and He blessed it, and measured therein its sustenance (for its dwellers) in four Days equal (i.e. all these four ‘days’ were equal in the length of time), for all those who ask (about its creation). 11. Then He Istawa (rose over) towards the heaven when it was smoke, and said to it and to the earth: “Come both of you willingly or unwillingly.” They both said: “We come, willingly.” 41:9-11
Here the order of creation is first heaven was created then mountains and sustainance was put on earth and then heaven was created.
27. Are you more difficult to create, or is the heaven that He constructed? 28. He raised its height, and He has equally ordered it, 29. Its night He covers with darkness, and its forenoon He brings out (with light). 30. And after that He spread the earth; 31. And brought forth therefrom its water and its pasture. 32. And the mountains He has fixed firmly; 79:27-31
Here the order have changed i.e. first heaven was created then earth was spread out then mountains and sustainance was put on earth.
It seems a little contradictory. I'm confused. Can please someone clarify?
Abdul Moiz
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May 8, 2022, 06:36 PM
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is this a good presentation of tawheed proofs?
since any necassery existance or God is absolute and one,he is absolutely one. a composite one would be a generic and abstract 'one',and abstractions do not have concrete and actual existance,so any actual being must be absolutely one. and that multiplicity in any essence must be by nature contigent...
since any necassery existance or God is absolute and one,he is absolutely one.
a composite one would be a generic and abstract 'one',and abstractions do not have concrete and actual existance,so any actual being must be absolutely one.
and that multiplicity in any essence must be by nature contigent(if someone knows why then add it and do give your wisdom)and a accidental property.
and 'necasseriness'and 'being'are by definition ontologically absolutely one(if anyone can answer why that would help me).
IDK,I made up this argument after making dua that sayyiduna muhammed said would always be answered for farasa in knowing absolute yaqeen of tawheed(I come from a trinitarian backround).
any help or corrections are welcome.
johny man
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Is it okay to edit a video with a dog in it and add a song to it?
Assalamu Alaikum. I am a designer, sometimes I edit videos. I need to edit a video of a dog driving. I just need to add a logo, text and a song over the video. My questions are, is it okay to add graphics on a video with a dog in it and add a song over it.
Assalamu Alaikum.
I am a designer, sometimes I edit videos. I need to edit a video of a dog driving. I just need to add a logo, text and a song over the video.
My questions are, is it okay to add graphics on a video with a dog in it and add a song over it.
Foyez Uddin
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How do Muslims explain the similarities between the Epic of Gilgamesh and the story of Adam and Eve
I got confused because both of the Stories have striking similarities i would like an explanation?
I got confused because both of the Stories have striking similarities i would like an explanation?
hedhdi
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What is the difference between Athan and Iqamah?
Athan is the call to prayer. Informing people that the beginning of the specific time (dhuhr or asr for example) has begun. I am not sure what Iqamah is because I heard calling from the mosque 20 minutes after athan then found out it is Iqamah. Is iqamah a second athan? Or is iqamah calling people t...
Athan is the call to prayer. Informing people that the beginning of the specific time (dhuhr or asr for example) has begun.
I am not sure what Iqamah is because I heard calling from the mosque 20 minutes after athan then found out it is Iqamah. Is iqamah a second athan? Or is iqamah calling people to the mosque for congregational prayer? Does iqamah only apply to the mosque?
(Sorry for not understanding. I'm still learning.)
Have Patience
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Doubts of purity and impurity
Asalamu alaykum. I have this problem with doubts that I would like to clarify. Whenever I wash myself either after urinating or passing stool. The water from private part drips on either my foot or my clothes, so I don't know whether I should just ignore it or not. I am obsessed with these kinds of...
Asalamu alaykum.
I have this problem with doubts that I would like to clarify.
Whenever I wash myself either after urinating or passing stool. The water from private part drips on either my foot or my clothes, so I don't know whether I should just ignore it or not. I am obsessed with these kinds of things.
Plus, if I have a suspicion that there is impurity covering the entire house, whether it is on clothes, sofas, any object and even on my family members, how do I tackle this, because most of them go out, either on work, or school so I have suspicion that the impurity is spreading, so I don't know as to how to tackle this situation. I try to make dua with certainty that Allah will do something for me, but then doubts start to fog my mind. Sometimes, I feel like my prayer is not accepted because of this impurity. And I don't know if I suffer from OCD, or urinary incontinence, I just have these doubts an obsessions to over clean, which causes a problem, e.g. my hands get itchy when applying hand sanitizer or really dry when outside in cold weather, and I'm suspicious whether it's because o fmy habit to really scrub my hands when cleaning them and cleaning more than usual.
Brother or sister please help me. Jazakallah Hu khairan.
DB_LEGENDS
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Are Hadiths the word of God and why are there Hadiths if there is the Quran?
I have been suffering with weak iman lately and i keep on having these doubts
I have been suffering with weak iman lately and i keep on having these doubts
googler5
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Is my ghusl valid? Please help!
The fard acts of ghusl is washing nose, washing mouth, and water in all parts of body. I just finished my menses (period) so I had intention to make ghusl because I want to pray and start fasting (it is holy month of Ramadan now). I went in the bathtub, washed my private parts with water and soap. T...
The fard acts of ghusl is washing nose, washing mouth, and water in all parts of body.
I just finished my menses (period) so I had intention to make ghusl because I want to pray and start fasting (it is holy month of Ramadan now).
I went in the bathtub, washed my private parts with water and soap. Then washed my hands with water and soap. Then washed in my nose 3 times and mouth 3 times. I then put water on my hair with shampoo and washed it very well. Then put soap all over my body (except my private parts because I already washed them) and washed with water.
I got out of the bathtub and wiped my body with a towel, put clothes on, and hair dried my hair using hairdryer. Then I did wudu and put face moisturizer on (I have to put it on because of my dry skin).
Is my ghusl valid correct?
Please tell me if it is! I want to pray, start fasting, and read Quran from mus'haf.
Thank you.
Have Patience
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What is a good, accurate, free online textual source of the Quran in Arabic?
I am in the process of doing textual analysis on the Quran using software, but I am not sure I am finding a reliable, quality, accurate version of the Quran (in Arabic) _which my computer can parse_. What are the most accurate / standard versions of the Quran in Arabic which are in plain text format...
I am in the process of doing textual analysis on the Quran using software, but I am not sure I am finding a reliable, quality, accurate version of the Quran (in Arabic) _which my computer can parse_. What are the most accurate / standard versions of the Quran in Arabic which are in plain text format (or JSON, or spreadsheet, etc., just not as an image, PDF, or app)? I need it in some sort of plain text format which is easy for my computer to parse, so using something that is distributed over 114 wiki pages won't be the easiest to work with (and Arabic PDFs are usually not possible to read with a computer).
Some background. Searching the web you quickly find the "[Quran code](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quran_code) ", which says there are 2,698 occurrences of the word [Allah](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87) in the Quran. Many other people say this too. But so far I have found that there are different numbers of the word ٱلله in the Quran (I removed diacritics too), depending on which version I grabbed/found.
- [This version](https://github.com/risan/quran-json/blob/main/data/quran.json) has 2153 usages of the word.
- [This version](https://github.com/quranacademy/quran-text/blob/master/quran-uthmani.txt) has 2265 usages of the word.
Neither of those are even close to the number 2698. And given the ~100 word disparity even between these two "versions" is unnerving to say the least. It means at least one of them is wrong. So I am looking for a good copy which I can work with on my computer.
Lance Pollard
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Graphics card with animal with eyes on it is it haram
I wanna get a graphics card for my gaming pc but it has an animal on it with eyes is it haram to buy it as if you were competing with Allah.
I wanna get a graphics card for my gaming pc but it has an animal on it with eyes is it haram to buy it as if you were competing with Allah.
Youssef Benrifi
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How do I convince my Marxist parents to allow me to convert to Islam?
I was born in China, where religion is allowed officially but strongly associated with ignorance and other negative aspects. My family, like most, adopt Marx's point of view and reject all religion. During my 18 years in China, the only opinion that I had access to –– through society, media and prop...
I was born in China, where religion is allowed officially but strongly associated with ignorance and other negative aspects. My family, like most, adopt Marx's point of view and reject all religion. During my 18 years in China, the only opinion that I had access to –– through society, media and propaganda –– was that materialism and Marxism were the only correct philosophies and all others were folly.
During my two years of study in India I was able to open my mind and see things in different perspectives. I struggled through a very tough stage where my entire value system was attacked severely, from personal, political, philosophical and religious aspects. Luckily I did not retreat into my old dogma and rejected all that undermined it, but stood to acknowledge the mistakes, faults and shortcomings of my opinions and actions.
I was (and still am) in seek of truth, luckily soon I had my first chance in my life to get to know Islam. I always believed in God, the creator, even when I was in China. I was confused by all the religions in the world and did not know which god was the God that I have in mind. Through studying and reading, I realized Islam is what I was seeking. I read about the scriptures, prophets and relation between Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Slowly but inevitably I was drawn to Islam, because I believe in Allah and that Prophet Muhammad is his messenger.
I relinquished pork eating immediately, but unfortunately it upset my family hugely. I have spent two summers trying to explain to them myself and my thoughts, but my parents, with a mindset of more than 40 years, strongly oppose me have anything to do with any religion. I tried really hard to explain them that religion is not what they think it is, but how can two summers of my effort counteract the 40 year's saturation into communist propaganda? My mother was so upset, that she forced me to eat pork. She said,"If you don't eat this, you are not my son any more, I will throw you out immediately." And she was serious, she threw my stuff outside but with my dad's interference I was able to stay for that summer. She was so mad that she was sick, mentally disturbed and unfit for two months. She wept non-stop and went into depression. As a son I could not bear this. I love my mother and I cannot see her like that. I ate pork to appease her and agreed that I will not convert, and remain, in her words, "a han blood". (Han folk is the main folk in China).
I weep as I write this. You might say I should try harder to appease my mother and explain to her more patiently. But you may or may not believe, that there are people whose mind just cannot be changed. Not until you were in my shoes when I beg my mother for understanding you will understand that there is just no chance she will allow me to convert.
Now I face this situation. If I don't convert, I betray myself and my belief in Allah. If I convert, I either will cause some very very serious stress in my family, or I have to lie to my family all the time about my conversion. I don't know much, but I don't think in Islam it is allowed to lie about one's belief in Allah. And I really really cannot hurt my mother and my family any more. I would become a shame of the family and they would not sleep well for years, I cannot let that happen.
Those who are knowledgeable and those who are wise, please guide me. My belief in Allah is firm, and my love for my family true. My current plan is to delay my conversion until I have my family's approval, but that is an event that just might not happen at all. Please help me. May Allah's blessing be upon you.
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Do I have to pay Zakat even if I pay income tax as an employee?
Salam folks, Do I have to give a Zakat during Ramadan? If am paying a good amount of income tax every month. One more thing : I only fasted a single day due to diabetes. Feeling guilty.
Salam folks,
Do I have to give a Zakat during Ramadan? If am paying a good amount of income tax every month.
One more thing : I only fasted a single day due to diabetes. Feeling guilty.
tester
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Can we get siblings in Jannah if we don't have them in this world?
If someone does not have an elder sister or brother in this world, but he or she always wanted one, so will it be possible in Jannah?
If someone does not have an elder sister or brother in this world, but he or she always wanted one, so will it be possible in Jannah?
Asim
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Ruling on Loudness of sound in Nafl and Sunnah prayer
As it is defined that we need to pray at low Loudness extent in Zuhur and asr salah and different ruling for different salah , but what are the rulings for nafl and Sunnah prayer of 5 times
As it is defined that we need to pray at low Loudness extent in Zuhur and asr salah and different ruling for different salah , but what are the rulings for nafl and Sunnah prayer of 5 times
Abdullah
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Do you pray all of sunnah silently?
Do you pray all sunnah silently? and if it is, do you have to move your lips while reciting a surah or just think when you're reciting? (sorry for my grammar, i hope you will still understand this)
Do you pray all sunnah silently? and if it is, do you have to move your lips while reciting a surah or just think when you're reciting?
(sorry for my grammar, i hope you will still understand this)
miki
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Buying and selling things with debit/credit cards
Assalamu alaykum! Sorry if there are mistakes, English is not my native! For two months I have been continuously trying to find fatwas on the Internet about whether it is permissible to sell goods online. The problem is that if you are a seller, in 90% of cases you will be paid with credit cards. As...
Assalamu alaykum! Sorry if there are mistakes, English is not my native!
For two months I have been continuously trying to find fatwas on the Internet about whether it is permissible to sell goods online. The problem is that if you are a seller, in 90% of cases you will be paid with credit cards. As far as I understood, credit cards are strictly prohibited, even if paid before the interest is added. Also, all sheikhs forbided to take coupons, since this is also riba (I’m here talking about non-islamic banks). The problem is that when a customer makes a purchase with a credit card, the seller sends 1-3% of the commission to the bank, which serves the customer. That is, the buyer gives his money from the bank and comission is returned back to the same bank. These commissions (about 50% from 1-3%) always then goes for creating coupons for the customers. Thus, it turns out that the merchants help banks with creating riba coupons. And the question is, what should I do? Scholars didn’t prohibit to buy cars and fly on airplanes, even though we pay for insurance, cause of it’s ubiquitousness and inevitability. Still, I have doubts, cause I’ve couldn’t found any evidences. There are fatwas where it is allowed to accept credit cards, and they referred to the fact, that there is no difference for the seller with which money do customers buy their products. But no one of them didn’t take into account that very commission which sellers send to the issuing banks to create coupons. I’m in desperate. It is clearly a riba, but at the same time there is no other choice. I’ve just wanted to open an online store and for two months I’m just non-stop searching for non-existent fatwas.
Fatima Saleh
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What is the "hilful fazool" agreement that Prophet Muhammad agreed to before Islam?
I'd look to know more about the "hilful fazool" agreement that took place in Makkah when the Prophet was still young? Why did he prefer it over red camels? What was do great about a simple protection agreement for a business man?
I'd look to know more about the "hilful fazool" agreement that took place in Makkah when the Prophet was still young?
Why did he prefer it over red camels? What was do great about a simple protection agreement for a business man?
Ahmed
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Is iqamah necessary for Qaza Farz?
AssalamElaikum, Qaza Farz has different rules as I searched it on internet. For instance I came to know that we can offer Qaza Farz after Asr time expires. I have question about iqamah. As I know Iqamah is necessary for Farz Namaz. Is it necessary for Qaza Farz also? Somebody please guide me accordi...
AssalamElaikum,
Qaza Farz has different rules as I searched it on internet. For instance I came to know that we can offer Qaza Farz after Asr time expires. I have question about iqamah. As I know Iqamah is necessary for Farz Namaz. Is it necessary for Qaza Farz also?
Somebody please guide me according to Quran, Sunnah and Hadith.
Zulfi.
user2994783
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Bath each time after intercourse by having iud
I find impurities after intercourse...but in morning again even taking gusul because of my iud so is it necessary to shower again an again if I see?
I find impurities after intercourse...but in morning again even taking gusul because of my iud so is it necessary to shower again an again if I see?
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