I think I first heard in talk by Dr. Zakir Naik that us humans were given a choice of free will (perhaps between free will and being an angel). Obviously, we chose free will. To me, this made absolute sense: Allah would never leave a loophole where an individual who is about to go to Hell may say "Oh Allah! I did not ask for any of this!" To my knowledge there are two verses in the Quran that are related to this matter. The first one is indirectly related: > **And [mention] when your Lord took from the children of Adam - from their loins - their descendants and made them testify of themselves, > [saying to them], "Am I not your Lord?" They said, "Yes, we have > testified." [This] - lest you should say on the day of Resurrection, > "Indeed, we were of this unaware." [7:172]** However, *I think,* the following verse is related to my question: > **We offered Our Trust (Our deputation) to the heavens, to the earth, and to the mountains, but they could not bear this burden and were > afraid to accept it. Mankind was able to accept this offer but he was > unjust to himself and ignorant of the significance of this Trust. > [33:72]** Could this verse be talking about the the choice of free will? (And, of course, all the responsibilities that comes with it, and that is why mountains did not accept it, and that is why mankind is considered unjust to himself and ignorant about the Truth.) **My Questions:** 1. What is the scholarly view about this verse (33:72)? 2. With respect to my original question and Dr. Zakir Naik's comment: Is there another Quranic verse or hadith (if not, any view from the great scholars of the past) that would unambiguously shed light on this topic (that mankind offered a choice between free will and something else)?

Asalamualikum I always suffer from extreme bad thoughts particularly about prophet muhammad pbuh and i have read a lot of online data and watched videos of scholars that it is the waswas of shaytaan but i am not able to stop myself from paying attention to these thoughts.i also tend to feel sometime that these are my own thoughts.i am not able to ignore these thoughts.and at height seldom i tend to repeat these thoughts in my mind and head and often feel an extreme tempation to say these in my heart.kindly help and pray for me

The problem of evil: How does an infinitely merciful & compassionate Allah create an evil Shaitan to plague us every day of our lives?

السلام ءليكم ورحمه الله وبركاته I have a question of the Hadith: Sunan an-Nasa'i 3959. This Hadith demonstrates that Muhammad saw had intercourse with a female slave. Does this mean that prophet Muhammad saw had a slave? Isn’t slavery haraam? I am confused and do not understand very well. بارك الله فيك

It is narrated: >Imaam Ahmad reported that Abu Moosa al-Ash’ari (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: “I said to ‘Umar (may Allaah be pleased with him). ‘I have a Christian scribe.’ He said, ‘What is wrong with you, may Allaah strike you dead! Have you not heard the words of Allaah (interpretation of the meaning), “O you who believe! Take not the Jews and the Christians as awliya’ (friends, protectors, helpers, etc.), they are but awliya’ to one another…” [al-Maa’idah 5:51]”? Why do you not employ a haneef [i.e., a Muslim]?’ I said, ‘O Ameer al-Mu’mineen, I benefit from his work and he keeps his religion to himself.’ He said, ‘I will never honour them when Allaah has humiliated them, and I will never bring them close to me when Allaah has expelled them from His mercy.’” What is the authenticity of this narration? Likewise, if it is authentic, isn't Umar RA being a bit harsh? He simply employed him as a scribe nothing else.

My husband came to me after fajar prayer normally as he do n bite me on my cheeks i adkd him not to then he gripped me tightly and i felt like he is touching me with more intimacy so i askd him not to as we are fasting then he touched me on private part so i again reminded him no its ramzan and kept on interrupting him meanwhile but he penetrated ( i thought he was teasing me and will stop ) but he dint stop n penetrated , meanwhile i again asked him no dnt he said i havent discharged so its ok but then he asked me to check on google and then i told penetration means breaking of fast i know n google says the same n then he continued n had discharge ( he assumed that its broken now so we can continue n i too thought the same but i wasnt agreed to break the fast with intercouse , my husband is always annoyed when i disturb him during intercourse so i was afraid too . Lastly for sure i myself did not hav any discharge. inshort i want to know what applies to me and i dint eat or drink during the day.i regretted it meanwhile as wel as later during the day as i wasnt willing to break my fast . Kindly tell what applies to me

When i make wudu do it have to be “leather” socks like the Hadiths or can i just wipe once over my cotton socks? Jazakallah khair for your help.

“Narrated Ayoub bin Abdullah al-Lukhmi that ibn Umar said: ‘On the day of the Jalola battle I won a slave girl, her neck was like a silver ewe.’ Then ibn Umar added: ‘I couldn’t control myself, I immediately jumped on her and began kissing her, while the people were looking at me”

I know that Sural Al Fatiha is obligatory for any salat prayer my doubt is should you recite the Surah al fatiha silently when you are praying behind the Imam during any kind of prayer like Jamat or Jummuah ? Or should you just listen to the faitha silently ? If you don't recite will your prayer be invalid ?

So let’s say there’s a non Muslim brother or sister who has been interested in Islam, learning and planning to revert soon, but they never got the chance to say the Shahada and fully convert because they died before learning more and saying the Shahada, What would happen to them as in would they be considered Muslim of Kaffir?

Salaam. When I was in high school I used to cut myself for dumb reasons (sympathy? attention?) and I would tell friends that my father was the one who had done it and they thought he was abusive. It's been close to 10 years since then, and I'm extremely ashamed of what I did as my father is a great man. Islamically, what do I have to do to be able to right this wrong other than making dua? Is it required for me to find/reach out to people in high school to tell them I had been lying about my father? Is this something I need to tell my father I did awhile back? May Allah forgive me

Asscalamualikum. So I'm kinda confused about using weak hadiths. I looked into it and I understand that you can use weak hadiths for virtues of deeds and stuff to motivate and encourage people to do good, but I'm confused about reading surahs from the Qur'an at spefic times based on weak hadiths. For example surah Waqiah before sleeping will get rid of poverty. Can we follow such hadiths? I saw in Ibn Hajars and Imam An Nawawis book, they mentioned this hadith, but now I'm confused. It makes more sense that a deed has to be proven from a Sahih or Hasan hadith, then it can be supported using weak hadiths to encourage people to do it. Let's say theirs a weak hadith about if you pray 5 times, you will get Paradise or some, it makes sense bec the deed of salah 5 times is already proven from Sahih hadiths. But to say well we can recite so and so surah at so and so time for example before sleep, after eating, etc., based only on a weak hadith, doesn't make any sense to me. Bec the deed isnt proven from even a hasan hadith, so how can one follow that? Can a weak hasith prove a deed like that? Thing is I'm confused about "virtues of deeds" does spefic surahs come under that at spefic times? It makes sense that you cant add a prayer on a weak hadith, but how come you can add a surah at a spefic time? I get that duas can be recited from weak hadiths, but surahs at spefic times? It doesn't make any sense to me. Please do explain this matter, I'm really confused. Jazakallah Khryran.

Iam a student from india.I want to use adobe products and using pirated version is is haram so i want to buy genuine products.Adobe provide their products for 1 year subscription monthly(annual plan-paid monthly) The only payment they accept is through credit card as they do not accept debitcard. so if i apply for a credit card and purchase the product with it also repaying the money within the due date(mostly within 2 days i will repay the money) and not causing or leading to a interest. does it will be haraam also i know that by getting a credit card iam agreeing to their agreement thatif i didnt repayed within due date i have to pay interest and also these credit card banks charge the retailer some money when i purchase from them there is no otherway for me and the only way to purchase these things is through credit card CAN I?

I’m obliged to pay zakat this year as I am now earning. I had decided to give the money to someone who took care of my mother before she passed and now this person is seriously ill and is in hospital with a massive bill to pay. She is poor and doesn’t have much money. My husband is now telling me that I shouldn’t be giving the majority of my zakat to my fathers side as I am no longer a daughter of that family but a daughter of my in laws. They are saying that they have poor people that were relying on my zakat. I just wanted to asked is it obligatory for me to prioritise my zakat to my in laws over the lady who helped my mother. I tried to explain to my husband that it’s my zakat and I can choose who it goes to. Please can someone let me know if I am wrong.

Asalam-o-alekum, I need the names of hadeeth books acceptable by Shia scholars. Also want to know if their Arabic version and Urdu/English translation is available on PDF. Also I need book which has biography of raavis (narrators) of hadeeth in Shia books. If that book is also available in PDF with Urdu and English translation then that would be great. Thanks Lateef

I'm confuse about this matter. I want to know if it is permissible for a brother to lie his head in his sister's laps. Like when we go on long journey, my brother keeps a cushion on my laps and lie on it. I don't know if it permissible or not

Salam, most sources that say it is haram are because I'm mimicking Allah's creation by drawing humans, But I still believe Allah is the creator and I'm not worshipping them either. Is my case still haram?

It is narrated in: In Kitab ul-Athar: >Imam Muhammad (RA) has reported from Umar Radiallahu Anhu saying: “I shall issue an operative order that no girl from some high and recognized family should be given in marriage to another having a lesser status.” What is the authenticity of the following? How should it be understood? Likewise, is such an ruling an obligation? Is it now not permissible for a guardian to accept the marriage of someone with a lower lineage to his daughter?

i would like to find a hadith i cannot find. It goes like A man comes to the prophet (ﷺ) and he says he would accept Islam however he won't do a certain part of the Salah ( He won't do Sujud/Do Ruku?) and the prophet (ﷺ) accepts. I'm 99% sure this hadith exists in some form like this but I cannot find it online. I apologise if this too vague but this is what I remember

I've asked this question before, and I want to reiterate it to clear up some misconceptions. Please do not immediately downvote this post (most people do), and read it in full before making any judgment. From my last question and in my research, I have found that the judgment of wearing clothes is dependent on custom. This means that if a majority of men were to wear women's underwear, it would be fully lawful in Islam to wear them as it would not be considered imitation of the other gender. **First question, is my conclusion above true? If not, why?** Men have started to wear women's underwear, purely for their soft fabric and fun colors. There are several websites that promote men to do this, and several social media sites prove that it is becoming slowly becoming common for men to wear women's underwear. I personally enjoy wearing them simply because they are extremely comfortable and have 10 times better colors than men's underwear. It's not clothing that is apparent outward, since it is just underwear. For the context of this question, I am referring to only panties. They do cover me just as well as men's underwear do. I would like to clear up any misconceptions I have. If you do downvote this question as everyone automatically does, please comment your reason.