There are legally punishable sins mentioned in Quran. For example adultery. But some hadith claims that the Prophet withheld performing his duty as the leader of his community. > **Sahih Bukhari Volume 008, Book 082, Hadith Number 812 **. Narrated By > Anas bin Malik : While I was with the Prophet a man came and said, "O > Allah's Apostle! I have committed a legally punishable sin; please > inflict the legal punishment on me'.' The Prophet did not ask him what > he had done. Then the time for the prayer became due and the man > offered prayer along with the Prophet , and when the Prophet had > finished his prayer, the man again got up and said, "O Allah's > Apostle! I have committed a legally punishable sin; please inflict the > punishment on me according to Allah's Laws." The Prophet said, > "Haven't you prayed with us?' He said, "Yes." The Prophet said, **"Allah** > **has forgiven your sin."** or said, "...your legally punishable sin." This hadith is problematic. How can the Prophet know that someone's sin is forgiven by Allah? > I am no different from the other messengers, **nor do I know what will > happen to me or to you**. I only follow what is inspired to me. I am no > more than a clear warner. [Quran 46:9 ]

I play a game called GTA. In this game I don't do any Haram stuff, I just roam freely. My question is whenever you die in this game, you respawn in front of a hospitol. Does this come under bringing people back to life? So, if it does, is this shirk?

Salaam. I have a question about difference of opinions amongst scholars. Let's say the majority of scholar view a certain action as haram but a minority of scholars view that action as halal,and I find that the arguments of minority are stronger. Would it then be permissible for me to follow the minority opinion? In addition, if it turns out that the minority view is incorrect, would the sin be held against me? Jazakhallah.

I know i am disturbing you guys a lot and i am sorry for that. But my guilt is just eating me alive. What if someone is harmed because of me? Although I changed my speech immediately after wishing for woman getting cheated on. I changed my speech within 7-10 seconds, i am still afraid. Please guide me. Will i go through the same?

When believers appeal to their private spiritual experiences to argue for their faith, skeptics typically respond by dismissing their stories entirely, conjecturing that these are more likely cases of hallucinations, some form of mental illness, or simply their minds and emotions playing tricks on them. How do Muslims make sure this is not the case? How do Muslims discern genuine spiritual experiences from hallucinations or 'mind tricks' in general? **Note**: this question is inspired by a [similar question](https://christianity.stackexchange.com/q/86124/50422) recently asked on Christianity Stack Exchange. ______ Possibly related: - https://islam.stackexchange.com/q/64219/42469 - https://islam.stackexchange.com/q/68840/42469

Let's say you pay a small fee, e.g. £5, to enter a competition where you have to answer a maths question. If you answer correctly, your name is put in to a hat and randomly someone is picked to win a prize, e.g. a car. To excess money is given to a charity (e.g., feeding the homeless), if it exceeds the cost of the car. Is this haram or not?

Musnad Ahmed - 23464 > Narrated Awf bin Malik: > > The Prophet (SAW) and I with him went one day until we entered a > Jewish Synagogue in Al-Madinah on a holiday of theirs. They hated our > entrance on them. So the Messenger of Allah (SAW) said, > > "O ye Jews, show me twelve men [among the Jews] who believe that there > is no God but Allah and that Mohammad is his messenger, and Allah will > spare all the Jews under heaven his wrath the wrath he has." > > They [the Jews] silenced everyone and no one answered him. So he > repeated what he said and no one answered. So he repeated it for the > third time and no one answered. So he said, > > "You refuse! By Allah, I am the last [Prophet] and I am the final > [Prophet] and I am the chosen Prophet; whether you believe or not. I can't find the rest of the hadith. **Question:** What is the rest of the hadith, and is this an authentic narration?!

I must make it absolutely clear that I am not passing judgment, and I am not seeking explanations or justifications. I am not interested in whether the Rashidun military offensives were right or wrong. I am interested in whether these accounts align with Muslim historical scholarship, or if perhaps they are considered exaggerations, or perhaps even malicious lies. Here is a small sample of the military actions I'm referring to: - At the battle of Dhu'l-Kassa, Abu Bakr pursued the retreating Bedouin, inflicting "great slaughter" on them. - After his return to Medina, Abu Bakr published a summons to all the apostate tribes, warning them that if they did not repent, their fighting men would be cut to pieces and their women & children taken captive. - After the battle of Al-Buzakha, Abu Bakr issued a general amnesty, except for those who had killed Muslims during the battle; these were executed, in whatever manner they had killed their victims. This was in fulfillment of a vow he had made at the battle of Rabadha. - At Yemama, the Muslims forced their way into the walled garden of the Beni Hanifa and killed everyone, thousands of them. - At 'Ain-at Tamr, Khalid Ibn al-Walid, the Sword of God, had every man in the garrison beheaded, and the women & children given to the Muslim soldiers. - At the battle of Hadramaut, the approaches to the city were filled with the bodies of the dead. Abu Bakr ordered that the fighters be given no quarter. The Muslims killed all the men and took all the women captive. This is a small but representative sample of the accounts of warfare under Abu Bakr. The offensives and punishments under Omar are described similarly. I must restate: I am not judging, and I am not asking why they did these things, whether it was justified, or whether it was right or wrong. What I would like to know is how well such accounts align with Muslim historical scholarship. Because this is StackExchange, I'm not asking for community opinions. I'm asking about scholarly opinions. References to English-language books would be much appreciated, or English translations of Arabic-language books.

I'm Catholic but am researching Islamic faith and found that you are buried lying on your right side facing Makkah. They second part was explained, but I couldn't find a reason for the first part. Any explanation is appreciated, thanks :)

There's some aspects of wudu which seem to indicate it's not literally about purity. E.g. 1. Passing wind is somehow countered by wetting/washing one's face, arms, and feet, and nothing is done about one's bottom area. 2. Urine inside one's body is fine. However, passing that same urine breaks wudu, yet cleaning one's genitals does not renew wudu. 3. It's good to make wudu before sleeping, despite sleeping breaking wudu. 4. The actions performed are specific, and not just "clean those areas". This motivates my question: **Question**: Is wudu largely symbolic? Maybe it cleans the body to a certain extent, but it wouldn't be considered up to par with today's hand washing standards, given our understanding of microorganisms.

> And when We said to the angels: Make obeisance to Adam they did > obeisance, but Iblis (did it not). He refused and he was proud, and he > was one of the unbelievers. (2:34) In the above verse, Allah asks the Angels to bow before Adam. As far as I know, Iblees was a jinn. Then why did Allah say "he refused", when the order was not to him (Shaitan)

People here have a practice to give food to the poor after the death of one's relative in the hope that the dead will be rewarded for it, which is termed _khatma_ food. My house also cooks food every Thursday, and the food is divided: a part is sent for _khatma_, and a part remains for my house to eat. **Question:** Is it allowed to eat from the part of the food that is not for _khatma_ but cooked at the same time? I need an answer according to the Quran and Sunnah.

Relevant hadith: Prophet after a expedition hung his sword on tree, a polytheist took this sword and put it to neck of prophet and asked who will save you from me. Prophet said Allah. Polytheist loses grip of sword. Prophet picks it up and situation is reversed. Prophet asks him do you accept Islam? Polytheist said he will not but he will stay neutral towards muslims. Prophet let him go. Here is the hadith in question.

Disadvantaged groups often have a pride flag. For example, here's the autism pride flag (Wikipedia ): https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=56019782 " class="img-fluid rounded" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin: 10px 0;" loading="lazy"> And here's the asexual pride flag: [![By Britrek87 (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons]] There's many others. In non-Muslim-majority countries in particular, Muslims may be disadvantaged. Thus, I'm wondering if there's a Muslim pride flag. **Question**: Is there a Muslim pride flag and if not, why not? I've never actually seen one and Google Images doesn't return one, so I'm guessing there isn't one. But I doubt I'm the first person to think "ah, I should express Muslims pride in the form of a flag".

As per following Hadith, Muhammad (sa) ordered and performed stoning as punishment for adultery. It was even performed to a woman. > Sahih Muslim (17:4196) - A married man confesses to adultery. > Muhammad orders him planted in the ground and pelted with stones. > According to the passage, the first several stones caused such pain > that he tried to escape and had to be dragged back. . > Sahih Muslim (17:4206) - A woman who became pregnant confesses to > Muhammad that she is guilty of adultery. Muhammad allows her to have > the child, then has her stoned. The description is graphic: "Khalid b > Walid came forward with a stone which he flung at her head and there > spurted blood on the face of Khalid and so he abused her." According to following Quran verses, punishment for adultery is 100 lashes or house arrest maximum. > an-Nur, 24:2 The adulteress and adulterer should be flogged a hundred lashes each, > and no pity for them should deter you from the law of God, if you > believe in God and the Last Day; and the punishment should be > witnessed by a body of believers. . > an-Nisa', 4:15 If any of your women is guilty of unnatural offence, > bring four of your witnesses to give evidence; if they testify against > them, retain them in the houses until death overtakes them or God > provides some other way for them. So, if stoning was not advised in quran, how come Muhammad (sa) made such decisions?

In a lecture video available on YouTube (and in many more) Dr. Zakir Naik claimed that unmarried women become public property. My questions - 1) Does Islam support this statement? Are there any verses in Quran or Hadith regarding this? If yes to the above questions then, 2) What is the upper age limit for a woman to get married? Because a woman unmarried now may be married tomorrow, so when she could be public property?

Today in the Friday sermon I've heard the following expression which is apparently a part of a hadith on the authority of Jabir () saying: > "The believer feels at ease with people and they feel at ease with him. ..." > > "... المؤمن يألف ويؤلف" I'd like to know the possible sources for this statement and whether it is indead a hadith or a saying of a sahabi etc.? If you could provide similar (sourced) statements in other ahadith that would be great?

My mother has been diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer. She went through one chemo so far and she is recovering. Even the doctors are very positive. However, she is **extremely** negative about her situation. She is constantly questioning why Allah is making her go through this pain, not praying/making dua and no matter how much anyone is trying to convince her, we see no change in her state of mind. Her 2nd chemo is coming in two weeks time and before that we want her to think positively and stay hopeful. We are trying to see if we can get professional help but at the same time, I would also like to know: **Question:** Is there any dua/namaz that can effectively change her thinking?

While "kufr" and "shirk" may both be translated with the shorthand "disbelief" by some translators, there is a distinction between the two in Islam. Kufr is mostly about rejecting Islam, while shirk is about accepting any deities instead of/besides Allah. However, this distinction is not entirely clear to me, for the following reason: when someone rejects Islam, they will have some mental model of how the world functions, and necessarily that mental model will not be grounded in a belief in Allah as described by Islam (otherwise they would not be rejecting Islam). For example, Islam teaches that everything in creation was created by Allah and is sustained by him and only by him. Someone who does not believe in Allah will have some competing idea, such as things exist by themselves, some other godhead sustains them, maybe a monotheistic god created them but now put a power in them by which they sustain themselves, etc. All of these beliefs would be shirk if I'm not mistaken. Due to this, does kufr therefore imply shirk, in the sense of: every kafir is automatically also a mushrik?

Shalom Aleikhem my friends I want to know what Islam says about this question: Does Islam believe that Yahusua (Isha) an important messenger and messiah (servant) of Allah will come again as the king of Israel and glorify the name of Allah (who alone should be worshipped) forever?