In places of high latitude that experience persistent twilight, how do prayer calculations (like Islamic Finder for example) calculate when to apply the special calculation methods (whether it be the angle, nearest time, nearest latitude, 7th of night, etc. method)? It doesn't appear that the calculations wait until the natural time of Isha disappears but rather, as the time for Isha gets smaller, the alternative calculation method comes in to make a smooth transition. Looking at the data from the Islamic Finder site, it appears that they're doing some sort of angle calculation and that when the duration of isha under the angle calculation exceeds the length of the natural isha duration, the angle method is chosen. But I really don't know for certain.

Once I heard a hadith (I am not sure of the exact text) where the Prophet (s) allows a female-like man to be with women. But after he described them to the other men in a way as if you could see them, he forbade it. What is a female-like man and is it allowed to be that way?

Quran mentioned Hakim Luqman for his wisdom. Does Hakim Luqman was a prophet of his time?

Edit: The narration, which is contained in the red box, has been answered by @UmH in the comments. ----------------- ----------------- Following the suggestion from @Medi1Saif regarding this post . Hereinafter, these adhkar (in parts) are taken from the book of Imam An-Nawawi, which have no mention of any commentary or authentication. Furthermore, throughout my research on the internet, I have not found any information regarding these two ahadith of Ibn as-Sunni. -----------------

I came across the following hadith about the Byzantines on [this](https://www.abuaminaelias.com/dailyhadithonline/2013/06/12/romans-five-good-traits/) website: > Al-Mustawrid reported: He said in front of Amr ibn al-‘As that he > heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say, > “The Hour will be established while the Romans are the majority of > people.” Amr said, “Be careful what you say.” He said, “I have said > what I heard from the Messenger of Allah.” Amr said, “If the Prophet > said that, indeed, there are four good qualities in them: they are the > most forbearing of people in tribulation, they are the quickest to > recover after a calamity, they are the most eager to return after a > retreat, and they are good to the poor, the orphan, and the > vulnerable. Their fifth quality is good and beautiful: they are the > best at stopping the oppression of their kings.” > > Source: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2898 > > Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Muslim Can someone confirm the authenticity of this hadith?

Assalamu Alaikum. My question is, is it permissible according to the Quran or hadith? In contexts such as prisoners of war, non-believers, sharia law and so forth. We've seen that this action has been done by many terrorist organizations, so is it really haram or halal?

Salam, sometimes I hear people swear about Hell and I wanted to know if it would be kufr to stand around them? If I stood with them, would that be putting me beyond the pale of Islam? And what about hearing someone say the word Holy then swear? Would that be kufr for me to stand around them as well?

As mentioned in different hadiths description of Dajjal's donkey I don't have all the references but one of them is as follows from Kanzul-Ummal,vol. Vll, p. 267 > The Dadjjal`s donkey will travel on water as on land. Traveling on > land it will have clouds both in front and behind Also mentioned in other places that the dajjal's donkey will be so big that it will have a large gap between his ears and have opening on sides and people will sit in it. And it will eat fire and it won't burn people sitting in it. It will have comfortable places inside and lighted from within, and people will travel in it. And the donkey will belong to dajjal. And the donkey will be so tall that his head will be beyond the cloud lines. And also mentioned that it will stop at different stages and make announcements. By travel on water can this be associated to ships. According to above description can one take the meaning of donkey as an aeroplane. As Plane has jet engine which emit fires and people sit inside it and there are announcements made before it takes off and it travels above the cloud lines. It makes more sense when taken metaphorically and if taken literally it doesn't seem possible for such a huge donkey to exist and doesn't even make any sense. Seems more like a fiction story. Is this concept valid and if not then what are the obstacles behind it. The link from where I have taken the concept from is below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZqqm-M7HBA

Asssalmualaikum. From my understanding, Makruh are the acts which are disliked. And it is rewarded if one avoids it and not punished if it is performed. So is it still not punished, if one intentionally does it? Like ,knowing that it is makrooh, but still does the act. Is this a sin?

I know that there are narrations to recite **أَعُوْذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللهِ التَّامَّاتِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ** (A'udhu bikalimatil-lahit-tam-mati min sharri ma khalaq) once or three times. But I have found further narrations that mention ***morning*** as well, which are recorded in Musnad Abu Ya'la (6688 ) and the other is in Mu'jam al-Awsat (523 ) from At-Tabarani (*See also: Majma'uz-Zawaid (10/120 ) or Sharhul Adhkar (3/95))*. I also found that Imam Suyuti mentioned this Dhikr in Da'il Falah () to recite it in the morning and evening three times. The question is, is the morning part (three times) weak or authentic (with brief comment of a scholar), since I mainly learned about this narration mentioning only evening? If found this on this page.

Narrated Ibn 'Abbas: > When Allah's Apostle was on his death-bed and in the house there were > some people among whom was 'Umar bin Al-Khattab, the Prophet said, > "Come, let me write for you a statement after which you will not go > astray." 'Umar said, "The Prophet is seriously ill and you have the > Qur'an; so the Book of Allah is enough for us." The people present in > the house differed and quarrelled. Some said "Go near so that the > Prophet may write for you a statement after which you will not go > astray," while the others said as Umar said. When they caused a hue > and cry before the Prophet, Allah's Apostle said, "Go away!" Narrated > 'Ubaidullah: Ibn 'Abbas used to say, "It was very unfortunate that > Allah's Apostle was prevented from writing that statement for them > because of their disagreement and noise." > >— Muhammad al-Bukhari, Sahih al-Bukhari This is the so called "**Hadith of The Pen and Paper**" According to it, the Prophet (PBUH) requested a pen and a paper to write things. I've always been told that he was an illiterate. Is this the case? I assume he was an illiterate when Qur'an started to be revealed but learned how to read/write after. Or perhaps the translation is wrong as suggested in the comments. He would rather dictate instead of writing. What is the general stand regarding the illiteracy of the Prophet (PBUH)?

Quran is made of chapters (surah), each of which is made of verses (ayah). But there are some places that it seems some ayats are in fact one ayah, for example verses 16 and 17 of surah 35. The question is, how do we know this structure? Is this structure revealed to Muhammad by God? I mean, has God revealed that "Muhammd, this sentence I'm sending you is verse X of surah Y"? Or is it something that we just invented to categorize a body of texts that has been sent upon our prophet? Update: Let's for a moment picture a Quran without verse numbers, and without chapter classifications. Just a continous body of text, like a story. It still has the same meaning and nothing is changed. So, what is the philosophy/why behind splitting Quran into chapters and verses? Is it something that God himself has revealed to Muhammad, or is it that men were assigning numbers to what Muhammad would say whenever he would have said it. **update2**: For another example, consider verses 11, 12, and 13 of Chapter 2. Verses 11 and 12 are exactly the same as verse 13 in structure, but they are two different verses, while 13 is one verse. Verse 11 => Command, rejection Verse 12 => Fact Verse 13 => Command, question (rejection in nature), fact In other words, I would be pretty content with having verse 13 being split into 13 and 14, and mimic the structure of 11 and 12.

Prophet Muhammad (Peace be Upon Him) is illiterate, how can there be al quran in first place? Who wrote it? if there is someone his friends wrote to him verses of the Quran does it still considered to be the word of Allah, or even considered to be the opinion of Prophet Muhammad SAW himself? I have this thought because my friend told me that Prophet Muhammad (Peace be Upon Him) is illiterate, sorry because I became Muslim recently.

After the full Quran was revealed, how many years did the prophet live after that?

I just read this ayat and am really confused. Why would Allah ask anyone to kill himself / herself? How can we understand this ayat perfectly please? (Please don't say that Allah used the kill yourself order without any intention, as Allah don't say anything uncalculated imho).

The way I pray wit'r prayer has come to my knowledge to be wrong as I pray it exactly like the fard prayer of Maghrib (which the Prophet Muhammad (SAW) has told us not to do). So I have looked up the internet and found two ways of doing it correctly. But I do not know which one is the best and most accurate way. **What manner should the Wit'r prayer be prayed in:** 2 Rak'ah - (Tasleem) - 1 Rak'ah or 2 Rak'ah - (without sitting + no tasleem) - 1 Rak'ah? *Jazak Allahu Khayran.*

Is it true that Hazrat Aisha RA died in 50 hijri at the age of 64 to 67? What narrations and ahadith prove it? 

From the Arberry English translation > Leave is given to those who fight because they were wronged...who were expelled from their habitations without right... I have always understood this as permission to take revenge. But I've found a couple of authors who take it as a reference to self-defense, saying that it was revealed just as Muhammad fled Mecca, when he was in real danger of being attacked by the Quraysh, and applied only under similar circumstances. These authors don't mention anything about retribution. [Tafsir Ibn Kathir](http://www.qtafsir.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2499&Itemid=77) doesn't specify either option, referring to the topic only as jihad. [Al-Tabari](http://muflihun.com/22/37-43?tafid=8167) is in Arabic. [Tafhim-ul-Quran](http://muflihun.com/22/37-43?tafid=8165) is also not specific. Do any Muslim scholars talk specifically about whether this allows self-defense, retribution, both, neither?

There was a sahabi who got very ill after he read a Surah I want to know the name of the Sahabi the name of the Surah too I don’t intent to do anything wrong it’s just a quiz I was asked I wonder what is the answer to it jazakallah

Here is Surat Al `Imran 3/55: > [Mention] when Allah said, "O Jesus, indeed **I will take you** and raise you to Myself and purify you from those who disbelieve and make those who follow you [in submission to Allah alone] superior to those who disbelieve until the Day of Resurrection. Then to Me is your return, and I will judge between you concerning that in which you used to differ. source In Turkish translation, the bold part is translated as "I will cause your death" or "I will kill you". What is really write in this verse? Does this verse say Jesus(puh) dead somehow, or not dead? Please, give answers supported by Quran, word meaning (from Arabic), maybe historical background. A mixture would be great! Please don't give answers supported by hadith, I already know enough hadith which says or implies Jesus(puh) is not dead. Thanks. **EDIT:** I am well aware that Quran says clearly Jesus(puh) didn't being killed by Jews or Romans. I am wondering that if Jesus(puh) is dead someway else, or raised up alive. Also can anyone give some example sentences with their English translation about different meanings of the word Mutawfeka which seems to be the Arabic word translated as "take"?