There have been roughly about 124,000 Prophets sent by Allah (swt) to mankind. Now all of these have been male. Is there a reason why none of them were female? I know that there are many women in Islam that have very high statuses and and loved very much by Allah (swt) but that goes besides my question.

This might be a bit weird, but I had to ask. Are women allowed to ask for fictional men in Jannah? I saw a previous question of a man asking, and all the responses were saying yes. However Allah created men and women different, and since men are going to get the Hoor al Ayn and women aren’t, I was wondering if us women could ask for the same thing?

If someone have mouth infection and apply medicine in mouth and throw that medicine outside than it will invalidate fast?

Im worried because I have been playing this. and also is Minecraft haram?

السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته I have been reading the *Tafsīr al-Ṭabarī*, and I stumbled upon a passage whose meaning I am not able to fully understand. > فأمّا اسْتِمْتاعُ الإنسِ بالجنِّ، فكان كما حدَّثنا القاسمُ، قال: ثنا > الحسينُ، قال: ثنى حجاجٌ، عن ابنِ جُريجٍ قولَه: ﴿رَبَّنَا ٱسْتَمْتَعَ > بَعْضُنَا بِبَعْضٍ﴾. قال: كان الرجلُ في الجاهليةِ يَنْزِلُ الأرضَ > فيقولُ: أَعوذُ بكبيرِ هذا الوادى. فذلك اسْتِمْتاعُهم، فاعْتَذَروا يومَ > القيامةِ In particular, I am interested in the intended meaning of "يَنْزِلُ الأرضَ" which I would translate as *[he would] descend to the ground*. In this context, is this a euphemism for *to prostrate*, meaning that men would supplicate or implore the jinn for protection? Or is the meaning more literal, and I have to imagine that men would enter the dwelling of the jinn in the ground, or something similar? (I was not able to find a figurative meaning for يَنْزِلُ الأرضَ in any dictionary.)

As the title says. I know no Arabic, but want to start with learning. I am mostly looking for recommended literary works or courses. God bless.

I am an American who recently converted. But I only know English and I have a Qur'an that is English only. I have memorized most of the everyday sayings in Arabic. But I was wondering if I have to learn Arabic to be perceived as a true Muslim to Allah, instead of a hypocrite. Should I just memorize enough Arabic to learn the Qur'an or can I still pray and read the Qur'an in English and that be okay?

There are some sources about tajweed rules and learning them is recommended. But what is tajweed? Is it a set of rules for only reading Quran or general for Arabic? I learned the Arabic alphabets and can read Quran. What does tajweed add to just knowing the alphabet? Is learning tajweed just a recommendation or a necessity?

Most of the males in my place wear head covering with a cap or turban. Also some of the masjid have baskets full of caps for those who come to prayer without it. They don't say you have to wear them in order to pray, but you get hard looks at times. I have researched this and found that it is not a part of sunnah, but instead local customs or tradition. If we cover or not, it doesn't make any difference. Also the male head is not considered awrah. Also, men who are in ihraam pray bareheaded, because they are not allowed to cover their heads whilst in ihraam. This is solely my opinion from the research I have done. In my research, I found: what Imam Shafi'i had to say about this...its mentioned below:- > Imam Shafi'i said, "The covering of the head during salah or otherwise is mubah. Whoever claims that it is mandub, his opinion is invalid because of the lack of evidence in the chain of transmission; unless people use logic as evidence and this is not valid in our Shariah" (sunnah.org ) I'm seeking a reference for this. Also, I would like to know umar ra had said something in regarding this subject?

Assalamu aliakum. I am 12 years old. I learned to recite the Quran when I was very young. But a few years back I stopped reciting quran and now I don't know how to read Arabic, I have forgotten. I don't want to tell my parents because I am ashamed and also they will be angry with me. Is there a website where I can learn to read Arabic for free? Please help Jazakallahu Khair

There seems to be an apparent contradiction in the Quran concerning the slaughter of animals for purposes of consumption. **Surah 5 Al-Ma'idah, Ayat 5** > Made lawful to you this day are At-Tayyibat [all kinds of Halal (lawful) foods, which Allah has made lawful (meat of slaughtered eatable animals, etc., milk products, fats, vegetables and fruits, etc.). The food (slaughtered cattle, eatable animals, etc.) of the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians) is lawful to you and yours is lawful to them. The last sentence allows for the consumption of food slaughtered by people of the Scripture. **Surah 6 Al-An'am, Ayat 121-121** > Do not eat of (the animal) over which the name of Allah has not been pronounced (at the time of its slaughtering), for that is a transgression This sentence quite clearly disallows for the consumption of food over which the name of Allah was not pronounced at the time of slaughtering. This sentence contradicts the first. Jews and Christians do not follow the same practices of slaughter as muslims, in particular the utterance of the name of God/Allah is not a traditional practice. As an example, kosher meat is not required to be slaughtered under the mentioning of God's name, whether that God's name be Allah or Yahweh. Therefore, to allow the consumption of meat slaughtered by these non-muslims generally contradicts the strict command of not eating meat that has not been slaughtered under Allah's name. What is the justification or explanation for this apparent contradiction?

Assalamu alaikum. I am learning how to read Arrabic alphabets and how to read Quran. I'm slightly confused with something: In the first verse of Sura Al-Faatiha, the spelling suggests the following reading > Bismi Allahi alrahmani alraheemi. But the actual reading that I heard from many recitations are like > Bismi-lla(h)i-lrahmani-raheem. So the 'al' was connected really fast, almost indistinguishable to my ear. And the 'i' in the end of 'alraheemi' was omitted. ____ My second example is the third verse of Al-Faatiha, which looks to me like > Maliki yawmi aldiyni But in the recitations it was like > Maliki yawmi-diyn So again 'al' was connected really fast and 'i' in the end was omitted. ____ Please help me understand the correct way to read the suras (I guess the word is tajweed), or point me toward some references. Thank you very much.

Are you a hypocrite if you don't pray and if you backbite?

I have a very strange question according to what my title says. This was confusing me for a very long and it's unclear to me. I just kept myself away from researching about it. However, I came across a situation where one of my office colleague's who's a Muslim and his wife was using a sticker on her forehead (known as "Bindi ", if that's what its called). I didn't wanted to embarrass them asking such strange questions. In fact, I have very little knowledge regarding this. So, my question is; Does the Qur'an or hadith specifically mention about this sort of scenarios? If so, please provide me answers with references. (Image source: )

I live in canada. Traditionally ourfamily had very strong economics but in the past few years we have struggled. With 4 kids, a house morgage of 8k per month and living expenses of 6 to 7 thousand. Which we can not afford due to recently moving here and losing our business main source of income. Even after working nearly 12 hr per day the expenses have to be paid out of savings which has been used for years now due to being previously very well off.there is some gold jewllery but that is not investment it is just for wear. So to summarize do we have to pay zakat like if we are really struggling to make ends meet. We do not have generational wealth but like enough to last us for a bit of time to help stabalize.hope is to use it to later make a steady income stream. Have huge liabilities and have kids who are going to an age where they will have a lot of needs. Cant manage to spend time with them due to 12 to 15 hr work day. Thanks for your replies.

What is the punishment in this world for stealing from one's parents.

Salamun aleikum, I know that there were a meeting with God, before we were on this earth, testifying that only Allah is our God. My question is on this verse. > „They will say, "Our Lord, You made us lifeless twice and gave us life twice, and we have confessed our sins. So is there to an exit any way?"“ (Ghafir, Verse 11, Saheeh International) This verse says we died twice and were given life twice. So we died after this meeting, which I mentioned above, then our mother gave birth, so we are living, but we will die one day and at the end on the Day of Resseruction, we are raised again to life. It would be two and two. But before that meeting, were we not also raised to life, making it three „lifes“ and two „deaths“. Or is there no death between the meeting and our birth, but then it would be one „death“. It would be great, if someone clarifies. Thanks for answers.

Are stones superior for Istinja استنجاء? >حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ، عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ "‏ إِذَا تَوَضَّأَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَجْعَلْ فِي أَنْفِهِ ثُمَّ لِيَنْثُرْ، وَمَنِ اسْتَجْمَرَ فَلْيُوتِرْ، وَإِذَا اسْتَيْقَظَ أَحَدُكُمْ مِنْ نَوْمِهِ فَلْيَغْسِلْ يَدَهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُدْخِلَهَا فِي وَضُوئِهِ، فَإِنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ لاَ يَدْرِي أَيْنَ بَاتَتْ يَدُهُ ‏"‏‏.‏ > > Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "If anyone of you performs ablution he should put water in his nose and then blow it out and whoever cleans his private parts with stones should do so with odd numbers. And whoever wakes up from his sleep should wash his hands before putting them in the water for ablution, because nobody knows where his hands were during sleep." Sahih al-Bukhari 162 https://sunnah.com/bukhari:162

What type of stones are best for Istinjaa استنجاء? Presumably they should be very very *very* slightly rough for traction: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asperity_(materials_science) ... but of course not too rough. Is there any Sunnah on the particular types, qualities, grades & cuts of the stones? Any records of a particular type and cut of stone being manufactured for istinjaa? Would stones from a riverbed suitable for skipping be ideal? (Germane: I studied metallurgical science in University, so the question is being asked from a Sunnah standpoint, an engineering standpoint, and an end-user standpoint.)

**Authentically Attributed Books from the Salaf: Mainly Authorship and Transmission** Assalamualaikum, The books attributed to the early generations (Sahabah, Tabi‘in, and Atba‘ al-Tabi‘in). Some of these works are well-documented as having been written or dictated by the authors. Imam Malik's Muwatta is widely accepted as a book that can be reliably traced back to him through a single narrator (yahya bin yahya), ensuring its authenticity as his direct work.I've heard similar things about Maghazi of Musa ibn ‘Uqbah, which is also considered a direct contribution of his but not sure if that's true, Allahuaalam. But for instance, discussions on this forum have pointed out that Tafseer Mujahid is not truly a written work of Mujahid himself but rather a collection compiled through many different narrators in its chain. This raises an important question about attribution: Can we call a book the work of a scholar if it is merely a collection of narrations attributed to him rather than something he compiled himself? If we were to compile all the ahadith that include Abu Huraira in the chain and label them as “**Abu Huraira’s book**”, that would be incorrect. This is because the role of an author like Imam Bukhari was not merely to collect narrations but also to arrange them purposefully—through chaptering, sequence selection, and the placement of opening and closing ahadith—beyond its raw content. **Other Authentically Written Books from the Salaf** This brings us to the central question: *What other books from the earliest generations of Islam(first 3), Tafseers, Seerahs, Ahadith Collections or other works can be confidently attributed to their authors?* If we consider Imam al-Shafi‘i as an Atba‘ al-Tabi‘in, we do have clearly documented books like Al-Risalah and Al-Umm, then ofcourse the Muwatta and Maghaazi or Ibn 'Uqbah. But beyond these, identifying works or similar writings from this period is challenging. For instance: Tafseer Ibn Jurayj – Is it a direct book authored by Ibn Jurayj himself, I have found it difficult to verify this. Tafseer Maqatil ibn Sulayman – Does an authentic version of this work exist, and was it actually written by him? Tafseer Sufyan al-Thawri – Can we confidently say this is his book, or is it another case of later transmission and compilation? The Virtues of Makkah (Sheikh Hasan Al Basri) - is it truly by him? **SUMMARIZED QUESTION** Are there any books from the Companions, the Tabi‘in, or the Atba‘ al-Tabi‘in that we can be certain were truly authored or dictated by them? If so, which ones? And in cases where authorship is disputed, how can we determine whether a work is genuinely their book or merely a later compilation of their statements? Looking forward to insights on this topic! JazakAllah