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What we should do when Imam offer less than or more than 4 Taqbeer in Furnal Prayer?
I was attending a furnal prayer. In that furner prayer Imam Offered five Taqbeer instead of four. In that furner prayer someone gave suggestion to reoffer the prayer correctly and some denied. Alot of confussion was created in that situation. What islam says about this ?
I was attending a furnal prayer. In that furner prayer Imam Offered five Taqbeer instead of four. In that furner prayer someone gave suggestion to reoffer the prayer correctly and some denied. Alot of confussion was created in that situation. What islam says about this ?
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What is the source of the narration of Uthman ibn Affan letting his slave tweak his ear in retaliation, and is it authentic?
> روى أن عثمان بن عفان رضي الله عنه دَعَك أُذُن عَبْدٍ له على ذنب فعله ، ثم قال له بعد ذلك : تقدم واقرص أذني ، فامتنع العبد فألح عليه ، فبدأ يقرص بخفة ، فقال له : اقرص جيداً ، فإني لا أتحمل عذاب يوم القيامة ، فقال العبد : وكذلك يا سيدي : اليوم الذي تخشاه أنا أخشاه أيضاً > > It was narrated that [‘Ut...
> روى أن عثمان بن عفان رضي الله عنه دَعَك أُذُن عَبْدٍ له على ذنب فعله ، ثم قال له بعد ذلك : تقدم واقرص أذني ، فامتنع العبد فألح عليه ، فبدأ يقرص بخفة ، فقال له : اقرص جيداً ، فإني لا أتحمل عذاب يوم القيامة ، فقال العبد : وكذلك يا سيدي : اليوم الذي تخشاه أنا أخشاه أيضاً
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> It was narrated that ‘Uthmaan ibn ‘Affaan tweaked the ear of a slave of his when he did something wrong, then he said to him after that: Come and tweak my ear in retaliation. The slave refused but he insisted, so he started to tweak it slightly, and he said to him: Do it strongly, for I cannot bear the punishment on the Day of Resurrection. The slave said: Like that, O my master? The Day that you fear I fear also. (Islam Q&A )
Can you tell me this source of this story and if it is authentic narration?
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Why Quran use 'Months' for period of Hajj?
Quran says in 2:197 "Hajj is [during] well-known months". Why Quran uses "months" (أشهر) when hajj is presently done only during Dhu al-Hijjah month ?
Quran says in 2:197 "Hajj is [during] well-known months". Why Quran uses "months" (أشهر) when hajj is presently done only during Dhu al-Hijjah month ?
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Did the Prophet forbid Hind bint Utbah from coming in front of him?
It has come to my hearing several times that the beloved prophet Muhammad (pbuh) forbade Hinda, the wife of Abu Sufyan to come in front of him, for she had been responsible for the killing of his uncle, Hamzah. Is this a fabrication? Is there any source of reference for this?
It has come to my hearing several times that the beloved prophet Muhammad (pbuh) forbade Hinda, the wife of Abu Sufyan to come in front of him, for she had been responsible for the killing of his uncle, Hamzah.
Is this a fabrication? Is there any source of reference for this?
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Quran 55:29-31 interpretation "yas aluhu"
I want to ask about What is the interpretation of Quran [55:29][1] and the relation with Quran [55:31][2]? Does the word "yas aluhu" here means to do dua and the meaning "we will attend to you" means Allah SWT will attend to your dua? Am I interpreting correctly here or no? [1]: https://legacy.quran...
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How to clean a Quran Mushaf when a cockroach went over it?
Yesternight, I saw a cockroach walked on top of my Quran. It walked on top of only the outside cover and didn't go inside.It was the large American cockroach type. I read online that insects which have a pure origin ( ie they come from a pure place such as trees, ) are pure, while insects with an im...
Yesternight, I saw a cockroach walked on top of my Quran. It walked on top of only the outside cover and didn't go inside.It was the large American cockroach type.
I read online that insects which have a pure origin ( ie they come from a pure place such as trees, ) are pure, while insects with an impure origin ( ie they come from dirty places such as sewers, toilets ) are impure.
I think the cockroach must be impure, because I have seen these type of cockroahces in the sewer and the bathroom.
So what should be done to clean the Quran ? Should I wipe it with a tissue or wipe it with tissue+water ?
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How often should I pay Zakat?
Since it's Ramadan now, how much Zakat should I pay? Do I pay the Zakat everyday? Even on normal days (not Ramadan), do I pay the same Zakat? What about Zakat Eid Al Fitr? I'm a single woman who does not have a job but I do have savings in my account. I did do my research and people say every lunar...
Since it's Ramadan now, how much Zakat should I pay? Do I pay the Zakat everyday?
Even on normal days (not Ramadan), do I pay the same Zakat? What about Zakat Eid Al Fitr?
I'm a single woman who does not have a job but I do have savings in my account.
I did do my research and people say every lunar new year we should give Zakat but I am confused because in Ramadan we are also suppose to give Zakat. What they don't say is how often (every day or every week, etc). So you can see why I am confused
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is my fast broken if i might have had dry sperm
when i woke up my penis was hard i went to eat suhoor but i felt something in my penis so i went to check and there was nothing in my underwear so i went to pee and i noticed white dry tiny things right next to my penis hole (may have been dry sperm, they also disappeared after peeing) so i spent 2...
when i woke up my penis was hard i went to eat suhoor but i felt something in my penis so i went to check and there was nothing in my underwear so i went to pee and i noticed white dry tiny things right next to my penis hole (may have been dry sperm, they also disappeared after peeing) so i spent 2 hours searching what it is, then there was 5 mins before fajr so i prayed it thinking because there was nothing in my underwear i was fine but now i’m thinking that the white stuff may have been dry cum does this invalidate the fast?
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What does "play" mean in Sunan an-Nasa'i 1556 Book 19, Hadith 1?
What does *"play"* mean in the following hadith: >It was narrated that Anas bin Malik said: > >"The people of the Jahiliyyah had two days each year when they would play. When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came to Al-Madinah he said: 'You had two days when you would play, but Allah (SWT) has given Musli...
What does *"play"* mean in the following hadith:
>It was narrated that Anas bin Malik said:
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>"The people of the Jahiliyyah had two days each year when they would play. When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came to Al-Madinah he said: 'You had two days when you would play, but Allah (SWT) has given Muslims something instead that is better than them: the day of Al-Fitr and the day of Al-Adha.'"
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>*Sunan an-Nasa'i 1556 Book 19, Hadith 1*
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Since Al-Fitr and Al-Adha are days of celebration and celebration has almost no relation with *play* , so what is *play* particularly referring to in this hadith here?
And is what it's referring in sync with the literal definition of the word?
*Reasoning required.*
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Which dua can I recite at the last sitting of salah?
What dua can I read after **attahiyat and durood** and before **Salam**, in the last sitting of Salah? In hadith I found that Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) used to recite a lot of dua, hamd, and sana in the last sitting of salah. I need the duas from **Sahih Hadith**.
What dua can I read after **attahiyat and durood** and before **Salam**, in the last sitting of Salah?
In hadith I found that Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) used to recite a lot of dua, hamd, and sana in the last sitting of salah. I need the duas from **Sahih Hadith**.
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How should I reply to "Assalamu Alaikum"?
What is the difference between responding with "*Alaikum Salaam/علیکم السلام*" and responding with "*Walaikum Salaam/وعلیکم السلام*"? Is it wrong to say "*Alaikum Salaam*" in reply to "*Assalamu Alaikum*"?
What is the difference between responding with "*Alaikum Salaam/علیکم السلام*" and responding with "*Walaikum Salaam/وعلیکم السلام*"? Is it wrong to say "*Alaikum Salaam*" in reply to "*Assalamu Alaikum*"?
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Isn't this hadith about sunset unscientific?
> Narrated Abu Dhar: > >The Prophet asked me at sunset, "Do you know where the sun goes (at the time of sunset)?" I replied, "Allah and His Apostle know better." He said, "It goes (i.e. travels) till it prostrates Itself underneath the Throne and takes the permission to rise again, and it is permitt...
> Narrated Abu Dhar:
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>The Prophet asked me at sunset, "Do you know where the sun goes (at the time of sunset)?" I replied, "Allah and His Apostle know better." He said, "It goes (i.e. travels) till it prostrates Itself underneath the Throne and takes the permission to rise again, and it is permitted and then (a time will come when) it will be about to prostrate itself but its prostration will not be accepted, and it will ask permission to go on its course but it will not be permitted, but it will be ordered to return whence it has come and so it will rise in the west. And that is the interpretation of the Statement of Allah: "And the sun Runs its fixed course For a term (decreed). that is The Decree of (Allah) The Exalted in Might, The All-Knowing."
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> [Sahih Bukhari Volume 4, Book 54, Number 421]
Can someone please explain the bold part? As far as I know, day and night are the result of earth's rotation around it's axis?
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Is homosexuality really haram
As a gay male I never quite understood where Muslims were getting the prohibition for homosexuality. The people of Lut committed a specific act, intercourse from the rear area, this is the single act which is punishable in Islam, not for example two men pleasuring each other's genitals without the u...
As a gay male I never quite understood where Muslims were getting the prohibition for homosexuality. The people of Lut committed a specific act, intercourse from the rear area, this is the single act which is punishable in Islam, not for example two men pleasuring each other's genitals without the use of the anus. And even if homosexuality in general was prohibited, how do Muslims translate and equate this to a romantic relation between members of the same gender that avoids lustful actions, and what counts as lustful action, from what I know I as a male lower my gaze from females, and the awrah of a man in front of another man is debatable I think.
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If Allah created mankind only to worship him, why did he give them freewill?
If the only purpose for mankind was to worship Allah, then why was mankind given freewill? Freewill gives man a chance to disobey and not worship Allah. Why would Allah allow that chance to exist if he knew that men who choose to not worship will have grave suffering? **Update**: The answers seem to...
If the only purpose for mankind was to worship Allah, then why was mankind given freewill? Freewill gives man a chance to disobey and not worship Allah. Why would Allah allow that chance to exist if he knew that men who choose to not worship will have grave suffering?
**Update**: The answers seem to miss the question. The question is more about the reasoning behind giving freewill to the creation if the only purpose for mankind was to worship Allah.
Think about this. Let's say my wife and I have a choice to give birth to a robot or a human child. If my only purpose for having a child was for it to become a rich superstar then I would have a robot child which I can program to follow my orders. However, that's usually not the purpose of having a child. Parents usually want more from their children. One of their wants is for the child to love and respect them voluntarily.. Now, in that case, having a child with freewill makes sense! Why? Because if I'm a parent and I know that my child was programmed to love me it would not the same as if my child loved me voluntarily...
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Do Ramadan fasts count towards kaffrah fasts
So i broke my fast, which I am very ashamed about, I wanted to ask that does the fasts of Ramadan count toward the kaffarah fasts or do we have to keep them separately from that of Ramadan
So i broke my fast, which I am very ashamed about, I wanted to ask that does the fasts of Ramadan count toward the kaffarah fasts or do we have to keep them separately from that of Ramadan
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Are images of the Prophets more haram than images of other beings with souls?
In a series of YouTube videos, [IQRA Cartoon][1] gives a series of cartoons which describe the Prophets' lives. One example is [Yunus (AS) - Prophet story (No Music) - Islamic Cartoon][2] and this is an idea of what it looks like: [![Prophet Yunus][3]][3] We see that Prophet Yunus is blurred out, wh...
In a series of YouTube videos, IQRA Cartoon gives a series of cartoons which describe the Prophets' lives. One example is Yunus (AS) - Prophet story (No Music) - Islamic Cartoon and this is an idea of what it looks like:
We see that Prophet Yunus is blurred out, while the other characters are not. This holds throughout the videos, where characters are blurred out whenever they are Prophets.
For https://islam.stackexchange.com/q/869/17163 , NesreenA answers "The Prophet SAAWS strictly prohibited the drawing of beings with souls" (see also https://islam.stackexchange.com/q/27471/17163) .
The above cartoon series takes steps to blur out the Prophets, presumably because images of the Prophets are "more haram" in some way. I want to understand why there is a specific importance of the images of the Prophets over other beings with souls.
**Question**: Are images of the Prophets more haram than images of other beings with souls?
We see that Prophet Yunus is blurred out, while the other characters are not. This holds throughout the videos, where characters are blurred out whenever they are Prophets.
For https://islam.stackexchange.com/q/869/17163 , NesreenA answers "The Prophet SAAWS strictly prohibited the drawing of beings with souls" (see also https://islam.stackexchange.com/q/27471/17163) .
The above cartoon series takes steps to blur out the Prophets, presumably because images of the Prophets are "more haram" in some way. I want to understand why there is a specific importance of the images of the Prophets over other beings with souls.
**Question**: Are images of the Prophets more haram than images of other beings with souls?
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I don't understand the story of the man who killed 99
So there's a story of a man who killed 99 people which I'm sure many are familiar with. When Allah sends the angels down and they measure the distance the man was to the town of sin and compare it to the distance he is to the town of "attaining forgiveness", I don't understand the logic behind doing...
So there's a story of a man who killed 99 people which I'm sure many are familiar with. When Allah sends the angels down and they measure the distance the man was to the town of sin and compare it to the distance he is to the town of "attaining forgiveness", I don't understand the logic behind doing this. Wasn't the man's intention and **action** by being on his way to forgiveness enough?
Also, I don't understand why he needed to travel anywhere in the first place to complete his repentance. As far as I know there are 3 conditions of repentance 1) regret 2) ceasing the sin 3) firm resolve to never return to the sin. There's nothing about travelling to a special place so that Allah can forgive you. So I'm wondering if someone can explain this story to me.
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Are there any hadiths/verses that indicate a Muslim's approach to the media?
Is there any way of telling how the Muhammad (pbuh) would want us to treat the media in its entirety e.g. newspapers, TV shows etc. and are there any hadiths in the past that could be used similarly for us today e.g. skepticism? Thanks in advance
Is there any way of telling how the Muhammad (pbuh) would want us to treat the media in its entirety e.g. newspapers, TV shows etc. and are there any hadiths in the past that could be used similarly for us today e.g. skepticism?
Thanks in advance
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Is it Sunnah to be in an abluted state all the time?
السلامعليكم، I want to know whether it Sunnah to be in an abluted state all the time? I mean in a state that one can offer salah. For example, when ablution is invalidated, one immediately renews it. I searched web but didn't find anything for my answer. Some hadiths may be found that answers it as...
السلامعليكم،
I want to know whether it Sunnah to be in an abluted state all the time? I mean in a state that one can offer salah. For example, when ablution is invalidated, one immediately renews it.
I searched web but didn't find anything for my answer.
Some hadiths may be found that answers it as 'yes' but these hadiths should be from As-Sahihain (Sahih Al-Bukhari and Sahih Al-Muslim) as we cannot follow a doubtful hadith.
This is something people recommend but I cannot accept it unless it is verified. As Allah commands
>"And do not follow a thing about which you have no knowledge..." [17:36]
and
>"...Say, Bring your proof, if you are truthful.
[2:111]
Thanks.
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How to interpret the hadith Musnad Al-Bazzār 16/215/8628?
Assalamu alaykum I read in this hadith Musnad Al-Bazzār 16/215/8628 > "When one of you goes in unto his wife, let him be covered, for if he is not covered, the angels feel shy and depart, then if they have a child, the Shaytaan will have a share of him." What does it mean? Have a man or woman to sta...
Assalamu alaykum I read in this hadith
Musnad Al-Bazzār 16/215/8628
> "When one of you goes in unto his wife, let him be covered, for if he is not covered, the angels feel shy and depart, then if they have a child, the Shaytaan will have a share of him."
What does it mean?
Have a man or woman to stay covered in front of his wife or husband?
Or does it mean only durong the during the sex? Thank you!
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