When animals die, where do their souls go?

I tried looking up on this and found a mixed bag of answers as they usually only mentioned for Educational purposes (Dawah) or Sightseeing in the context of understanding what you shouldn't do. But what about the intention of sightseeing for purely tourism as in like admiring the architecture, not taking part in any practice and then moving on with your day? Just to clarify, it would not be the sole intention either but just on a bucket list of places during a vacation. Is it still haram? Thank you

What is meant by the sky being built or a building? For example in these next two verses Quran 2:22 and Quran 40:64 the word بِنَآءًۭ is used which i think means building. Quran 40:64 > "It is Allāh who made for you the earth a place of settlement and the sky a structure [i.e., ceiling] and formed you and perfected your forms and provided you with good things. That is Allāh, your Lord; then blessed is Allāh, Lord of the worlds." and Quran 2:22 > "[He] who made for you the earth a bed [spread out] and the sky a ceiling and sent down from the sky, rain and brought forth thereby fruits as provision for you. So do not attribute to Allāh equals while you know [that there is nothing similar to Him]." and in Quran 50:6 the word used is بَنَيْنَـٰهَا which means built i think > "Have they not looked at the heaven above them - how We structured it and adorned it and [how] it has no rifts?"

I have seen multiple instances of non-Muslims using common Islamic phrases, such as: - Alhamdulillah (ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّٰهِ) - Inshallah (إن شاء الله) - Mashallah (مَا شَاءَ ٱللَّٰهُ) Where Muslims have complained stating that, "Non-Muslims cannot use Islamic phrases." It seems quite curious, does implementation of in-group terminology not signal some type of positive *endorsement* or *acknowledgement*? Can non-Muslims really not use this terminology? Even if with sincerity?

I came across the following dua: اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ الحَمْدُ كُلُّهُ، وَلَكَ الشُّكْرُ كُلُّهُ، وَلَكَ المُلكُ كُلُّهُ، وَلَكَ الخَلْقُ كُلُّهُ، بِيَدِكَ الخَيْرُ كُلُّهُ، وَإِلَيْكَ يَرْجِعُ الأَمْرُ كُلُّهُ، أَسْأَلُكَ الخَيْرَ كُلَّهُ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الشَّرِّ كُلِّهِ. Some websites attribute it to Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman (رضي الله عنه) and say it appears in Musnad Ahmad, while others mention that the hadith is weak because one narrator in the chain is not named. I couldn’t find its exact source (which book, which narration, and the full hadith text) and its authenticity. Can someone provide the precise reference and the scholarly verdict regarding its authenticity?

>بِسـمِ اللهِ الذي لا يَضُـرُّ مَعَ اسمِـهِ شَيءٌ في الأرْضِ وَلا في السّمـاءِوَهـوَ السّمـيعُ العَلـيم >In the Name of Allah, Who with His Name nothing can cause harm in the earth nor in the heavens, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing. I was wondering why you have to recite it 3 times in the morning and 3 times in the evening. Will there be a conflict of interest when you recite others dua that promise the same at the same time in the day? It has been widely regarded as an authentic hadith by the sources I have mentioned above. Thank you highly in advance.

Assalamualaikum, I have a weird question: I have missed Asr and Maghrib due to arguments with couple of people. Not only that, I was not mentally feeling focused towards Allah and salah at that point (may Allah forgive me). Is there a way to make these up? Or am I done for, for deliberately missing these waqts due to my own stupidity and incompetence? Please help with some guidance. JazakAllah Khair

Is it permissible to pay my tuition fees through a riba-based bank? My school has only one option to pay tuition fees. I only go to the bank and pay the fees to the cashier and they sign my fees card, then transfer the money to my school (maybe they also charge money from my school authority) . Is it permissible for me to pay through this bank?

So my wife and I are recent reverts, however my wife's family do not know she is Muslim yet because my wife does not feel ready to tell them just yet as her family are more spiritual rather than religious. Yesterday we had a family gathering with my wife's family and her aunt brought out and was using tarot cards on everyone in the room for fun including myself. I never looked into tarot cards so I wasn't too sure if it was haram, but it did not feel like something Allah would be pleased about. So my wife's aunt done a tarot card reading on me but honestly it sounds very generic and I did not take any of it seriously as I seek Allah for guidance not these man made cards. Obviously my wife's aunt is not a real fortune teller but after going online it said if you go to a fortune teller or palm reader then your prayer would be invalid for 40 nights. These tarot cards did not say anything negative, if anything it just said things like 'trust in yourself' 'trust your partner' 'be one with nature and the universe'. Where I believe trusting in Allah alone is sufficient and everything in those cards don't mean anything to me. I just wanted to check if I unintentionally commited a major sin? And if my prayer is invalid for 40 nights? If I seek repentances and seek forgiveness from Allah my prayers would still be invalid?

Assalamu'alaikum, my friend invited me to a clubbing slash party for a fun night out. I currently go to university abroad and there are a lot of parties coming up. Yes, there will be alcohol and music, but I myself don't drink alcohol. Is that okay in Islam or is it haram? I kinda don't wanna go because I personally don't enjoy parties myself, but my friend really wants me to go and I don't mind actually. I'm just still conflicted whether it is prohibited or not. Can someone please help me and kindly explain? Thank You so much!

After every salat in masjid, I often see that some people recite something putting their right-hands on their head or forehead and counts in another hand. What is that dua and where they have found it? If it really exists, then what is the benefit of reciting it and how many times should it be recite? Jajakallah.

My work usually pays for my accommodation as I travel. Ordinarily, I stay in the cheapest possible place (e.g. backpackers), but sometimes I stay in more expensive places even though it's not strictly necessary. There'll be some justifications, e.g. the conference will be more convenient to get to; I didn't have time to optimize my bookings; I don't want to make my lab look like it's "cheap"; to avoid staying in mixed-gender accommodation. **Question**: Is unnecessarily staying in a more expensive hotel and charging it to my employer a sin? Depending on how you look at it, this resembles "theft"---I could send a smaller bill to my employer by staying at lower quality accommodation. My employer is not going to get grumpy at me (usually others stay in nicer accommodation than I require).

So Dhul-Qarnayn was the righteous king who blocked Yajuj and Majuj, and is it true that he lived in the time of Ibrahim? There are also some people who say Yajuj and Majuj were around at the time of Musa, but that wouldn't make sense since Dhul-Qarnayn lived a long time before Musa (I think). Could someone please clear this up for me?

If you persist on a minor sin its elevated into a major sin that requires , tawbah? Right? It wont just go away with good deeds/from salah to salah, you must change. I've heard if you delay tawbah it is a sin, and the salvation from this is general tawbah. How do you do general tawbah? How can you it when it you should step away from everything that led u to **the sins** (not like making tawbah for 1 sin only) if u dont even remember some of the sins and it is unknown to you? General tawbah when it comes to the creation - how do you fullfill the 4th condition? Give back ALL their rights? Every single thing u might now know of? Ive been able so far to categorize it into *three* , These 3: wealth [stolen, taken, debt] psyichal harm [m×rder,blood money, qisas] Buhtan/gheeba/nameemah/ (lying to them/about?) Etc, **what more?**

I know a female doctor, a muslim doctor,she so kind and good doctor. If I got any sexual and my male organs matter. Some time I consult her. She is so preffesional and I didn't consult any other doctor for this matter. She only know my confidential matters in private area. She is aged. Above 55. Am 32. Any serious haram in this case? Because, lot of male doctors are there. But am a person who know very common in my area. Other male doctors know me. In social activities they also seeing regularly. So am shy to consult them. What they think of me and if they see my organs etc..Discomfort with their treatment and exam. but this female doctor already know about my medical background . Is it allowed? I searched same in chatgpt, i got +ve ans.

I read ,or let's say I write stories about two men loving each other. These stories do not contain any explicit scenes and the focus is not at all on sexual points and in reality I myself am not at all attracted to the same gender but I am really really addicted to writing and imagining these stories without sharing them with others. Is the sheer topic of them being the same gender haram? Is reading/writing these stories considered Zina of heart/eyes?

I came across this claim: > Our school (Shafi'i) insists upon the payment of the poll-tax by sickly persons, old men, even if decrepit, blind men, monks, workmen, and poor persons incapable of exercising a trade. As for people who seem to be insolvent at the end of the year, the sum of the poll tax remained as debt to their account until they should become solvent." Imam nawawi My question is what is the official Shafi school opinion on who is exempt from paying Jizyah.

I try to boycott most of the products that support israel but not all, am i sinful for not boycotting and what kind of haram is it, do i take the rights of the palestinian people?

In 2015, there was an Islamic Declaration on Climate Change which was organised by a number of Islamic organisations including Islamic Relief Worldwide, Greenfaith and others. This was presented to the UN and to carry on this work, the organisation Global Muslim Climate Network was set up. Nana Firman, the then co-chair of this organisation said at the time: >Islam teaches us that 'man is simply a steward whilst holding whatever is on earth in trust.' I've read this before - elsewhere. Q. Why is this, is it justified by reference to the Hadith or Qu'ran or both?

In the times when confusion comes in my salah, sometimes there is doubt that I have left a rakat and sometimes I am sure that I have left a rakat. I have to do sajdah sahu in second case but, what about the first case ? I have to do sajda sahu in first case also ?