Assalamualaikum! I'm a 24-year-old woman, and my parents have arranged a marriage for me with a man who is well-educated, financially stable, and living abroad. Moving abroad aligns with my career goals, but I don't feel attracted to him and there's no spark between us. I want to decline this arrangement but am uncertain. Should I compromise on love when everything else seems ideal? I'm really confused and need advice.

So we have those non Muslims claiming that there is no historical evidence for the existence of our prophet pbuh and the four caliphs ra and they say the quran was written down by a group of people, nauzubillah. I find this claim strange because we have so many hadiths and in Makkah we also have the grave of our prophet saw. How can we answer this claim using actual evidence and end this vague argument once and for all?

عن حذيفة بن أسِيد: سمعت رسول الله - صلى الله عليه وسلم - يقول: «إنّ النُّطفة التي تُخلَقُ منها النَّسَمَةُ تطير في المرأة أربعين يومًا وأربعين ليلة، فلا يبقى منها شعرٌ ولا بشرٌ ولا عِرقٌ ولا عظمٌ إلا دخله، حتى إنها لَتَدخُلُ بين الظُّفُر واللحم، فإذا مضى لها أربعون ليلة وأربعون يومًا أهبطه الله إلى الرحم. This is long hadith: I am just quoting the top part. Translate: Hudhayfah ibn Asid reported that he heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Indeed, the sperm-drop from which a human being is created flies within the woman for forty days and forty nights. Nothing of it remains from hair, skin, vein, or bone except that it enters into it, even entering between the nail and the flesh. After forty nights and forty days have passed, Allah sends it down to the womb This is reported by Imam suyuti: link to his book: https://shamela.ws/book/12884/4020 Ibn hajar called one of the narrator liar from the chain mentioned by al-wahidi in his tafsir, and it was graded very weak This narration from imam suyuti I didn't find anyone else reporting or commenting on it. Does anyone know if this sahih or what's scholarly opinion on it?

Why do Sunni Muslims not reach out to the people of Gaza as stated in Quran >26:277 : Except those who believe, do good, remember Allah often, and ˹poetically˺ avenge ˹the believers˺ after being wrongfully slandered. The wrongdoers will come to know what ˹evil˺ end they will meet. and >8:72 : Those who believed, emigrated, and strived with their wealth and lives in the cause of Allah, as well as those who gave them shelter and help—they are truly guardians of one another. As for those who believed but did not emigrate, you have no obligations to them until they emigrate. **But if they seek your help ˹against persecution˺ in faith, it is your obligation to help them**, except against people bound with you in a treaty. Allah is All-Seeing of what you do. Islam always invites Muslims to help each other, even in very difficult war conditions. So why do we only see the Shiites of Iran, Lebanon, Iraq and Yemen helping the people of Gaza, and we don't see any practical action from the (1.5 billion) Sunni Muslims? Do Sunnis believe that the verses of the Qur'an are abrogated? Even with this view, the Quran has said that Muslims are brothers and sisters. > 49:10 : The believers are but one brotherhood, so make peace between your brothers. And be mindful of Allah so you may be shown mercy. Or the Qur'an has revealed to us the most hostile of all people towards the faithful i.e. a group of Jews > 5:82 : Surely You will find the most hostile of all people towards the faithful to be the **Jews** and the **polytheists**, and surely you will find the nearest of them in affection to the faithful to be those who say ‘We are Christians.’ That is because there are priests and monks among them, and because they are not arrogant. So, with these clear signs from the Quran, why don't Sunni Muslims do anything against US and Israel? What is the use of Sunni Islam if they do not consider themselves obligated to reach out to their religious brother?

Is it necessary for a hindu girl to convert to islam to marry a muslim guy? Considering that conversion to any religion is not to be forced on any person, how can this marriage happen? Is there a way to marry the guy as a hindu girl in a nikkah ceremony? Please help. The girl does not want to convert in this case.

For those interested, I'll also be asking this question on Christianity.SE and Mi Yodeya (with respect to those religions). In recent rallies, protesting what is perceived as bigoted policies by president Donald Trump, several individuals who are not in fact Muslim and do not subscribe to the Islamic faith have claimed they are Muslim in a show of solidarity with the Muslim world. (Michael Moore ) Would a non-Muslim sin if he proclaimed himself a Muslim for the sake of solidarity? While I generally understand that not subscribing to the faith in general is sinful, I'm curious about the act of proclaiming that you are an adherent when that is not true (I'm asking in particular about the sin of falsely claiming adherence to the faith, this should be understood as being a different or greater magnitude sin than simply violating any general rules about lying or telling falsehoods).

I wanted to know is studying astronomy haram? And by astronomy I mean studying of planets, stars and galaxies and how they are made and what things are there in it and etc. I am not believing in any kind of shirk or astrology like stars decide what happens here etc. I don't believe in those, will it still be haram?

I have read a fatawa where the weight of silver for a ring for men should not exceed 4 grams. https://islamqa.org/hanafi/daruliftaa-birmingham/136575/wearing-a-ring-which-is-heavier-than-4-35g/ But I could not find any daleel for this fatawa. Is this fatawa correct? If yes, I would like to know it's daleel.

I have got thoughts related to kufar and even I accept it for a in my heart for a while in my mind and heart. Then I reject those thoughts by my heart and soul and make tauba. Please guide me if it is really a kufar

> You will surely find the most intense of the people in animosity toward the believers [to be] the Jews and those who associate others with Allah; and you will find the nearest of them in affection to the believers those who say, "We are Christians." That is because among them are priests and monks and because they are not arrogant. According to this ayah, Jews and idol worshippers (e.g., Hindus) will be the staunchest enemies of Muslims. On the other hand, practicing Christians (of any denomination) will be in favor of Muslims. If we consider the current world politics and domestic politics of various countries, this seems to be 50% true and 50% untrue. For example, according to the Pew Research 2019 survey, Eastern European Catholic countries are overwhelmingly anti-Muslim. Also, American evangelical Christians are overwhelmingly anti-Muslim. **So, how is this ayah justified?**

My girlfriend wants to give me a hug and neither of us are married or anything could I hug her back or not? My girlfriend is not muslim and she is able to hug me. Would it be Haram if I was to hug her?

As a follow-up to https://islam.stackexchange.com/q/84052/55518 how can one find and ask a mufti? Who can ask a mufti? Only Islamic people or others as well? (I'm quite sure the tags for that can be improved, If someone can, please do so.)

In the Quran Allah says he released the two water source freshwater and salt water. Put barrier between them so they don't transgress. > He released the two seas, meeting [side by side]; (19) Between them is a barrier [so] neither of them transgresses. (20) So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? (55:19-21 ) Quran 25:55 and 55:19-21. Ibn KATHIR and bunch of other scholars explained the barrier is dry land that prevent the saltwater transgressing against freshwater. Meaning sea doesn't destroy the freshwater sources. There is something call saltwater intrusion, it's due to sea lvl rising or strom or land eroding due to high tide or storm etc. (I am only referring to natural cause not human induced like climate change cause it etc.). So how to understand the verse when it says they don't transgress but here we know naturally there are time when salt water intrusion happens, and it destroys the freshwater sources. Also I looked into the explanation of salt water and fresh water don't mix due to saline lvl. This modern argument don't fit cuz given enough time it does mix. I don't mean to cast any doubts, may Allah forgive me for if I said something wrong?

Assalamualaikum, i have a question please answer, in the Quran it never mentions anything about "hadiths" and "Sunnah" is not also mentioned, the word Sunnah is mentioned but it doesn't refer to "things prophet Muhammad used to do" it refers to something else, also we dont have any proof of the hadith books, the Quran never mentions the word Hadith or Sunnah, if we dont have any proof of hadiths why do we follow them? We do have proof of the Quran, it was a book by Allah, but Allah never commands us anything about "hadiths" or "sunnahs" in the Quran, and the hadith books (Sahih Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, Sunan abu Dawud ibn Majah, jamia tirmidhi) we dont have any proof like the person who wrote it where did he/she got the information or proof that Prophet Muhammad actually said these things or did those things or not? And the person who wrote it was just a normal human being and these books were written 100+ years after Prophet Muhammad (SAW)'s death, so where did they got the proof that the Prophet said or did those things?? If you have any proof or answer to my question please reply.

We know Quran is a concise book, not a single word there is without reason. Every single word is decorated and managed like a pearl in necklace, and not a single word wasted but when you see the **Surah Rahman** a single ayah "Fabe-aiye alae ..." repeated 31 times. What could be the reason of using it again and again?

- As per 9:5, Jihad is warranted against all Mushrikin (except Daar al-'Ahd) - As per 9:7, It is said that only Mu'ahadat made at al-Masjid al-Haram are valid - As per 9:28, Mushrikin are not allowed to come near al-Masjid al-Haram Mushrikin includes all non-Muslims, but Ahl al-Kitab has the option of paying Jizya to become Ahl al-Dhimma as per 9:29. But that doesn't explain formation of a Mu'ahadah to become Daar al-'Ahd. As per Tafsir Ibn Kathir on 9:6, the Ahl al-Harb are allowed to come in to Daar al-Islam as Musta'min to make Mu'ahadat with the Muslims. > In summary, those who come from a land at war with Muslims to the area of Islam, delivering a message, for business transactions, **to negotiate a peace treaty**, to pay the Jizyah, to offer an end to hostilities, and so forth, and request safe passage from Muslim leaders or their deputies, should be granted safe passage, as long as they remain in Muslim areas, until they go back to their land and sanctuary. How is this possible if al-Masjid al-Haram is off limits? As per the Tafsir Tazkirul Quran by Maulana Wahiduddin Khan, no further treaty was signed with the Ahl al-'Ahd (Banu Kinana, Banu Khuza’a, Banu Dhamra) after the expiry of their treaties. That seems about right. So, are Muslims not violating the Islamic Ahkam by having Mu'ahadat signed with Mushirikin? That too, being not in fixed terms. What are the views on the matter by the Madhaahib? Is this only done strategically and by breach of Ahkam for the greater purpose of calling more people to Islam?

If can look and touch a mahram then why can't I enjoy sexual realations as well? please provide specific evidence to support your answer.

In the Quran: >Allah taught Adam all the names of everything, then He showed them to the angels and said: "Tell Me the names of these if you are truthful." They (angels) said: "Glory be to You, we have no knowledge except what You have taught us. Verily, it is You, the All-Knower, the All-Wise." > >He said: "O Adam! Inform them of their names," and when he had informed them of their names, He said: "Did I not tell you that I know the unseen in the heavens and the earth, and I know what you reveal and what you have been hiding?" The Angels say that they have no knowledge except what Allah has taught them. Are their names unknown to them as Allah has not told them - in which case why does Allah ask Adam to tell the Angels their names rather than Himself, or do they know their names but have hidden it from Allah?

If one is born a Muslim, does that person still has to say the Shahada, or he/she won't be considered a Muslim?

Recollecting from very long ago. I remember hearing in a Jumua some Hadith about having too many possessions. It went something like "In a house there should be at most three blankets (or was it bedsheets?). One for the man of the house and one for the lady and one for the guest. The fourth is for the devil". My recollection could be only partially correct. Can you help me identify the source of the Hadith?