I'm learning illustration and I'm very much concerned about what are the things that are permissible in art in Islam. **I know that any illustration/drawing of a living creature is prohibited** My main concern is can I draw illustration of animal footprints, human skull, beard and moustache. Please help me and Thank you!

Assalamualaikum, i actually heard this topic and i have a question whether yin and yang which some people say is like equality between 2 things, so is all this philosophy haram?

From Hadiths and other Islamic sources, I have gathered that Muhammed was given Prophethood at the age of 40. Also in Surah Ahqaf, Verse 15 (compare/see Sahih International translation) Allah says > "We have commanded people to honour their parents. Their mothers bore > them in hardship and delivered them in hardship. Their ˹period of˺ > bearing and weaning is thirty months. In time, *when the child reaches > their prime at the age of forty* they pray, “My Lord! Inspire me to > ˹always˺ be thankful for Your favours which You blessed me and my > parents with, and to do good deeds that please You. And instill > righteousness in my offspring. I truly repent to You, and I truly > submit ˹to Your Will˺.” > > Surah Al Ahqaf Verse 15 As seen in the italized text above, the age of 40 is considered as peak or prime for an individual. Do we have any more details on the subject?

The Taliban says that the Quran forbids the education of girls over the age of 8. Is this true? Are they actually quoting the Quran?

Assalamualaikum, i actually wanted to know whether it is haram to pray for good health of a disbeliever?

I am writing an essay in which I have to tackle a very hard question which is "Why did Holy Prophet (PBUH) destroy the idols upon conquest of Mecca. Isn't this a form of religious intolerance and goes in direct contradiction of the verse "There should be no compulsion in religion." Now I came up with the answer to justify the need of disappearance of idols. That is, the Holy Kaaba has been the place of Allah since the era of Abraham. Thus this signifies that if pagans were to bring idols in the Kaaba, they would be being religiously disrespectful. This is the same as performing Muslim prayers in Churches which would obviously be offensive to the Christians. However, the disappearance can be done in two ways. Removal and destruction where the former seems to be tolerant. Can anybody provide me the reason for destroying the idols which is based primarily on logic? It appears that many people have taken my question in the wrong direction. What I meant to ask is why did Holy Prophet (Peace be upon him) seemed it necessary to destroy the idols when the removal (ask the non-believers to take their idols away) **seems to be a valid option?**

When Muhammad (saw) conquered Makkah why didn't he just remove the idols instead of destroying them? I understand that the Kaabah is a place of worship for Muslims but removal would have been a valid option too. Doesn't that conflict with no compulsion in religion and freedom of non-muslims? P.S I'm a believing and practicing Muslim engaged in a debate with an ex-muslim

Suppose a person studying how to give dawah to non-Muslims. but he couldn't give dawah to much non muslims. compare to how much he had learn. or he died after learning. **So if a person gained many Islamic knowledge but couldn't implement that knowledge much because of various things.** **Will Allah reward him for gaining those knowledge and for his efforts?**

I am a non-Muslim, atheist who writes on religion often. I would like to be respectful towards Islam and Muslims. I know that when Muslims write (in English) they put 'peace be upon him', 'PBUH', 'Allah's peace and blessings be upon him' or the Arabic for the same after the names of prophets. As I am an atheist and not a Muslim, I do not believe in life after death or in Allah, and thus I do not think it is possible to wish for the wellbeing of the dead. Thus, if I write 'PBUH', it is technically a lie (because I do not believe what I am saying). I do not care about telling such a minor 'untruth'; I am very happy to add 'PBUH' after the Prophet's name. It does not hurt me and I always want to be respectful. However, I want to know: does Islam object to me making a 'false' wish (invoking Allah and the Prophet when I do not believe that either exist)? Would it be better not to add 'PBUH' unless I truly believe in the 'PBUH'? I just want to do whatever is most respectful towards Muslims and Islam!

> Kopi luwak... refers to the coffee that includes part-digested coffee cherries eaten and defecated by the [Asian palm civet]... a small catlike animal. ... Kopi luwak is produced mainly on the islands of Sumatra, Java, Bali and Sulawesi in the Indonesian Archipelago. -- [Wikipedia] Is Luwak coffee (kopi luwak) halal? I used Google and the result is very confusing, there are two different views. One of it, the MUI (Indonesian Ulemas Council) says it is Halal, but there are some Ulama's who says it is haram to consume. Do anybody has better explanation about it?

ASA. I love reading the Quran and understanding the meaning of it. However, my Arabic is not that good and it's difficult for me to understand the Quran. Say for example I'm trying to read the whole Quran multiple times in Ramadan, will it count if I am listening to the Quran and reading the translation at the same time or should I just recite it without knowing the meaning?

Nowruz is a Persian new year, but why do Shia all around world celebrate it. Here is how it is celebrated at my place. We prepare special nazr of Imam Ali. The contents of which are as below: - a bowl of water with rose water and put a rose in it - a fan made of palm/dates tree leaf - 7 varieties of fruits - sweets After the nazr. The water is put on the fan and the fan is waved in all the four corner of the house for barkat/divine grace. There is this specific time for the nazr. With minutes precision like 20th March 8:40 PM (IST) this year. People throw color on each other like Hindus do in their holi festival. From where does this all came from? **Note:** I am looking for its source from Quran or Hadith of Ahlul-bait.

A simple example is this: [hur](https://www.almaany.com/ar/dict/ar-ar/%D9%88%D9%8E%D8%AD%D9%8F%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8C/) As you can see, I want to learn the true meaning of some Quranic words. Very similar to what we see in wiktionary. But a single simple word has many meanings. What is our argument for choosing a given meaning? How do we know that we understand Allah's words truly?

Assalam o Alaikum to all my Muslim brothers, Darul uloom Deoband issued fatwa and instructed all madrasas to celebrate the independence day of the country. Now, I'm just a student of knowledge so I can't say anything with conviction but From what I understand Nationalism (assabhiyah) was discouraged by the Holy Prophet Muhammed (saw). Therefore is celebrating independence day along side the kuffar, by hoisting flags and singing national anthems tolerated in Islam or is it Against Islam? Also why has the ummah become so intoxicated with nationalism in the past century? Sadly, it seems The young these days are ready to fight their Muslims brothers openly in defense of their nations and government.

I've been looking at the ages of the prophets and I could understand if they were exceptions who could live much longer than the normal person but yesterday I read this about Prophet Nuh: > [11:27] "But the chiefs of those who disbelieved from among his people said: We do not consider you but a mortal like ourselves, and we do not see any have followed you but those who are the meanest of us at first thought and we do not see in you any excellence over us; nay, we deem you liars." Which implies that his long lifespan was a norm back then for the general population and this is clearly scientifically impossible so I'm very confused at the moment and it's making me question the validity of the Qur'an.

I was praying isha snd during the prayer,my scarf slipped down a bit in front of my eyes. I was still kind of able to see so I just continued praying but I don’t know if it invalidates my salat in any way if my eyes are covered. Does anyone know?

The punishment for Zina is whipping for the unmarried felon and stoning for the married felon. In other words, the penalty is whipping for fornication and stoning for adultery. Suppose there is a person who was married in the past but is no longer married. If the said person now commits zina then is (s)he given the punishment of whipping or stoning?

Before posing my specific question, I would like to state that there is obviously a great difference to ask about a narration's authenticity which is discussed to be either Hasan or Da'if. Interestingly, the following Hadith, like many others, is considered to be proven Sahih by the Muhaddith Shaykh Albani in his Sahih At-Tirmidhi and other books (and Ibn al-Qayyim), yet Al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar Asqalani deemed it to be Da'if (not proven) in Nata'ij al-Afkar (1/243 -6). Narrated in At-Tirmidhi (55 ), which Abu I'sa deemed to be not proven, that the Prophet (ﷺ) said, after making Wudu and the Shahadah: >[...] "*Allahum-majalni minat-tau-wabin, waj'alni minal mutatahhirin*" (Ya Allah, make me among the repentant, and make me among those who purify themselves) - "*Then, eight Gates of Paradise are opened for him, that (he) may enter by whichever of them (he) wishes.*" I would like to know which argument by those two scholars, and if possible from other Hadith-Scholars, is closer to the truth to understand if this Du'a is proven to be Sahih or Da'if (not proven)?

I am informed one imam stays silent regarding divine guidance when 2 are present. . Raifidi hadith by Imam Sadiq (RH) > حدثنا محمد بن الحسين عن الحسن بن محبوب عن العلاء عن عبد الله بن ابى يعفور عن ابى عبد الله عليه السلام قال كان على بن ابى طالب عليه السلام عالم هذه الامة والعلم يتوارث وليس يمضى منا احد حتى يرى من ولده من يعلم علمه ولا تبقى الارض يوما بغير امام منا تفزع إليه الامة قلت يكون امامان قال لا الا واحدهما صامت لا يتكلم حتى يمضى الاول. (Basa'iru d-Darajat of as-Safar al-Qumi) Abdu l-Lah ibn Abi Ya'fur said that Abu Abdi l-Lah (Jafaru s-Sadiq) said: "Ali ibn Abi Talib was the knowledgeable Imam of this Ummah and the knowledge is inherited. Not one of us passes away until he sees a son who learns his knowledge, and the Earth doesn't last for a day without an Imam from us, with the Ummah seeking refuge towards him." I said: ***"Can there be two Imams?" He said: "No, unless one of them is silent and refuses to speak until the first one passes away."*** But as per Quran there are atleast 2 instances when 2 imams speak about divine guidance at the same time. -Quran 36:14 > When ***We sent to them two but they denied them***, so We strengthened [them] with a third, and they said, "Indeed, we are messengers to you." Another instance is of that Ibrahim and lut. > But when ***he (ibrahim) saw that they did not stretch out their hands*** towards it, he had a mistrust about them and felt a fear of them in his heart. They said, ***"Don't have any fear: for we have been sent to the people of Lot."*** Quran 11:70. The doubt arises because twelver shia also considers prophets and messengers as imam. How do twelver shia reconcile between the instances of Quran and their hadith?

Assalamualaikum, I actually searched on google whether eating lobster is halal or haram? I found that hanafi school calls eating lobster haram, I live in India where mostly everyone goes with hanafi way, but I actually wanted to eat a lobster and I said in my mind I don't believe in it but I found out that only hanafi calls eating lobster haram. Will this be shirk as saying something you don't believe in it haram?