If we buy products of USA, they earn money. The more they earn money, the more they pay tax. And as far as I know, a portion of tax from USA is going to Israel, which might be used to kill innocent people of Palestine. So should we boycott American products as well, according to Islam?

I am online friends with a man who is a public figure, and with a lesbian woman. If I revert, and marry, can we remain friends?

Some explanatory books, such as Nayl al-Awtar by Imam al-Shawkani, Mirqat al-Mafatih by al-Mulla Ali al-Qari, and the explanation of al-Mishkat by al-Tibi, have interpreted the hadith of Safiyyah (radi Allahu 'anha), when she said that the Prophet (salla Allahu 'alayhi wa sallam) "bana biha", to mean that he built a new tent because of her or with her. Is it valid to interpret the hadith of Aisha (radi Allahu 'anha): "bana bi Rasul Allah", to mean that he built a tent because of her or with her? My question is: is this interpretation acceptable from the perspective of the Arabic language?

Assalamu'alaikum, I have a question regarding drawing in Islam. I’ve always believed that drawing only a human head with facial features but without the body might be permissible, because neither the head nor the body can survive on its own. However, I’m unsure if this reasoning is correct. I’ve tried looking for clear answers online but haven’t found anything definitive from trusted scholarly sources. I would greatly appreciate clarification on whether drawing just the head with facial features is considered halal or haram in Islam. Thank you

Asalamualikum My dad says that he heard a maulana say that in the 10 days of dhul hijjah the ruling of cutting the nails and hair is only for the person performing hajj and in the state of ihram and not applied to the person not performing hajj but intending to sacrifice an animal. So I want to know whether this is right or not. And also I have read that it is only for the person paying for the sacrifice or slaughtering himself to not cut hair or nails but the family members on whose behalf the sacrifice is being offered are permissible to cut hair and nails. So is that true? Eg if my dad is paying for the udhhiyah on our behalf but we do intend for the sacrifice so is it permissible or not permissible for us to cut the hair or nails?

As the question states, I have a Twitter account where I post reminders or debunk misconceptions about Islam. I do not post myself, nor do I privately talk with males; everything is done in a public setting. A comment told me I am a "hoejabi" because I have a social media account, despite me never crossing the line with any male, and I have no photos of myself on my Twitter. Is this permissible? Thank you

Generally the plastic bottles have an expiry date, then after that it becomes harmful to drink from that bottle, so what should I do with the Zam Zam water stored in plastic bottles in my house from the past 10 Years

Asalamu alaikum. Can i break my prayer halfway if i forgot to put on socks and im wearing pants so cant cover my feet during prayer? Also, when breaking a prayer midway, is there a specific way to end it or can i just stop and leave the prayer? Jazakaalah

I was 7 minutes away from sunrise when I woke up for fajr. I didn't pray due to the reason I mentioned. Also I wasn't sure about exact time of sunrise. So I finally let it go. I have set daily alarm but I don't remember if I woke up on it or due to dominant sleep I just turned it off while it was ringing. Will this be counted in my negligence?

I was married for some time. And I lost my spouse because of something I did between Allah and I. My question is that my heart still has feelings for her. Is it okay for this to happen if I don't act upon it?

If you have the urge to laugh and try to stop yourself but make a slightly sneaky noise with your throat for a second, without smiling, does that break your prayer?

I live in a foster family of non-muslims/ non-mahrams and they eat haram and drink haram and I am a Muslim and they let us eat halal. But there are my two sisters and brother there too. My question is if I sit with them and eat halal but they are eating haram and drinking haram (I am not eating haram), am I allowed to sit with them, is it haram or halal? I think that I have heard a hadith about sitting with those who wine is being served to. And if it is the case that I am not allowed to sit with them when they do that, does it apply to all haram meat (is there a hadith about sitting with those who are 'eating' haram)? And what should I do if they do not allow me to follow the rulings of Islam? Could you please quote some hadith with the exact source as well?

Okay, so I was about to learn a new computer tool which might be one of the major things I would be working on in my future career course. The name of the tool is _**"PIG"**_. [What is Pig?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_(programming_tool)) As I was just preparing to start up this morning a thought stormed my mind raising the question if I am pushing any Islamic boundaries by taking up this tool named _**"PIG"**_. Am I in the wrong somehow? Anybody who can clarify regarding this point! I am aware of the pig eatery rules in Islam but want to know regarding this particular situation.

I can't stop thinking about that question since i first has been asked it from an atheist. I am a Muslim and I believe none has a 100% belief in Allah s.w.t even me, and that is because the logical questions that come to our minds from time to time. Then I decided to try atheists' questions, and see their answers or try to answer it in order to clear all these questions to me to reach 100% certainty in Allah.

Islam rather famously disapproves of polytheism, but I have noticed something of an overlap between Islamic and Hindu ideas, and want to know what classical Islamic scholars have concluded on the matter. Muslims and Hindus have lived together in India for centuries, and Mughal Emperors fluctuated between interfaith dialogue and intolerance. Mughal rulers even elevated Hindus to Dhimmi. As far as I understand it, Islam emphasises strict monotheism (no God but Allah), in a way Judaism and Christianity don't. The Second Commandment doesn't deny the existence of other Gods, but rather insists that the God of Abraham must come first. *To clarify; for Muslims Allah is indivisible and absolute (tawhid ), while for most Christians the trinity exists: God is father in heaven, son in Jesus, and Holy Ghost (comparable to the Holy Spirit in Judaism).* *Furthermore, in the Old Testament God phrases things to imply there are other Gods or divine characters of equal status (Genesis 1:26 "Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness"). At least, in this podcast world expert in the New Testament and early Christianity Bart Ehrman concludes as much (1h:20m... I'm not in a position to argue against someone who has studied the oldest copies of the Bible in ancient Greek and Hebrew).* Hinduism is a very broad spectrum of belief and practice, which lacks anything considered an immutable source of absolute truth, like a Torah, Bible, or Quran. However, a common foundational Hindu belief is that the nature of reality is illusionary (Maya versus Atman ), and there is one absolute and ultimate creator God (Brahman). The other Gods are 'avatars', which is to say illusionary forms. The most common interpretation is of a 'supreme divinity' in the Trimurti ; Brahma the creator, Vishnu the preserver, Shiva the destroyer. It's also worth clarifying, as per Britanica.com : > "The trimurti collapses the three gods into a single form with three > faces [...] Scholars consider the doctrine of the trimurti to be an > attempt to reconcile different approaches to the divine with each > other and with the philosophical doctrine of ultimate reality > (brahman)" Many Hindus believe in an 'ultimate reality/truth' in the form of Brahman (easily confused with Brahma ). This is said to be both the source of all existence and an unchanging absolute. Some Hindus are also practically monotheist, in the sense of worshiping Krishna as the source of all reality. This made me wonder... given the coexistence of Muslims and Hindus in India, **there must be classical scholarship by Islamic theologians on the question of how Islam and Hinduism compare with specific regards to Allah and Brahman**. What seems most curious to me, is that if Brahman is understood as a singular, absolute, and ultimate God/reality, then that is essentially Allah without (or pre?) Mohammad. This comparison must surely have been written about by some scholars, presumably most likely during the Mughal Empire. To be clear, I am not interested in a simple definition, but an educated and technical one. I would like the cited opinions of experts who are familiar with both Islam and Hinduism.

I've been doing some research on what would break or nullify Wudu, but the answers never have references to the Quran. In what ayah(s) does it state what breaks Wudu? The reply I am looking for would only consist of Quran references; please refrain from answers that rely on hadiths or third-party explanations of God's verses.

If you are used to using water and tissue to clean it is very hard to use only tissue and feel clean. However it would depend on how solid is your output as more solidity would be less need for water generally speaking. Now salah cannot be missed because you just used tissue say in a non Muslim place of work and you didn't arrange to have a bottle or wet tissue. Question: So in this situation would you try your best to clean only with tissue but it didn't do a great job as your output was softer but that is best you can do and then you do wudhu and pray?? Having said that if you can use water to do wudhu and after washing your hands you ought to be able to use it for cleaning after toilet.

Without getting into secondary details, if one utters *shahada* in a language other than Arabic (obviously, with the sincere intention to become Muslim), is that person considered a Muslim or must it be in Arabic? (Obviously, uttering it in Arabic is the proper and expected way. My question is whether there unambiguous evidence, if not proof, that any other language except Arabic will not do.)

> حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُوسَى، أَخْبَرَنَا حَنْظَلَةُ، عَنْ > سَالِمٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله > عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ "‏ لأَنْ يَمْتَلِئَ جَوْفُ أَحَدِكُمْ قَيْحًا خَيْرٌ > لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَمْتَلِئَ شِعْرًا ‏"‏‏.‏ > > Narrated Ibn `Umar: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "It is better for a man to > fill the inside of his body with pus than to fill it with poetry." > > Sahih al-Bukhari 6154 https://sunnah.com/bukhari:6154
How is this Hadith interpreted? Is poetry haram?

I have a close relative who on the slightest pretext swipes the credit card to make payments of purchases or medical bills. Due to which this family is constantly under debt. Can we relatives help them clear their debts by giving them zakat?