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What is the difference between a Sunni and a Shiite Mosque?
I am considering converting to Islam at a mosque in my area. I have never been to a mosque before, so this will be my first time. I'm not sure what type of mosque this mosque is I am not sure wether it is a Sunni mosque or Shiite, and I don't want to be rude by going right up to someone and asking....
I am considering converting to Islam at a mosque in my area. I have never been to a mosque before, so this will be my first time. I'm not sure what type of mosque this mosque is
I am not sure wether it is a Sunni mosque or Shiite, and I don't want to be rude by going right up to someone and asking.
So what is the best way to tell?
Jeremy Love
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Till what limits is it completely fard on a son/daughter to obey his/her parents?
Salam everyone, This is a question that has been on my mind for quite a long time. I will present an example so that it makes more logical sense. I know that it is not permissible to disobey my parents unless they command me to do something that's against Islamic teachings. But what about teachings...
Salam everyone,
This is a question that has been on my mind for quite a long time. I will present an example so that it makes more logical sense. I know that it is not permissible to disobey my parents unless they command me to do something that's against Islamic teachings. But what about teachings that don't affect Islam, but they do affect me. Like let's say I want to choose an IT field as my profession but my father, due to lack of knowledge, can't accept the fact that IT fields have a scope and orders me to go for medicine. Now I try to explain this, but he won't accept and is stubborn without any logic.
This is something that I will have to go through all my life, I'll have to study a field that wasn't my choice, work in it even though I never wanted to. While I will be going through all of this, my father will not be affected in any way. Since this is a case that doesn't affect religion or causes me to go through something haram it is still something that causes me distress and on the other hand the one who had the right to chose this path for me now, plays no part in it.
Does Islam really want me to obey my father in this case?
Doesn't it give him authority over a thing he doesn't have enough information to make a sane and logical decision?
SMR
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Jun 20, 2021, 03:38 PM
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Which scholars maintain that Arabic was the language of Adam?
Which scholars maintain that Arabic was the language of Adam A"S?
Which scholars maintain that Arabic was the language of Adam A"S?
Kinnard Hockenhull
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Is playing backgammon Haram?
There is a hadith from Burayda by Imam Muslim in his Sahih, "Whoever plays *Backgammon* is as one who dipped his hand in swine's blood". I gather from this that, games of chance & playing with dice may be Haram. Is this true/correct? > "O ye who believe! Intoxicants and gambling, (dedication of) sto...
There is a hadith from Burayda by Imam Muslim in his Sahih,
"Whoever plays *Backgammon* is as one who dipped his hand in swine's blood".
I gather from this that, games of chance & playing with dice may be Haram. Is this true/correct?
> "O ye who believe! Intoxicants and gambling, (dedication of) stones,
> and (divination by) arrows, are an abomination― of Satan's handiwork:
> eschew such (abomination), that ye may prosper."
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> Surah Al Ma'idah Ayah 90
Isn't the admonishment in the Qur'an against Gambling only? And surely this means with property or money.
Otherwise, Snakes & Ladders, a game children play with dice would be Haram.
Mozibur Ullah
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Dec 7, 2012, 03:25 PM
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Do Islam require a man to sexually pleasure his wife (wives)?
The Jewish jurist and physician Maimonides penned a treatise entitled "On Coitus" in response to an inquiry from an official in the Ayyubid Sultanate who asked how he can sexually satisfy all the women from his harem without depeleting or otherwise negative affecting his own health. I was wondering...
The Jewish jurist and physician Maimonides penned a treatise entitled "On Coitus" in response to an inquiry from an official in the Ayyubid Sultanate who asked how he can sexually satisfy all the women from his harem without depeleting or otherwise negative affecting his own health.
I was wondering why from the official's perspective this was required. What did he care if the women in his harem were not sexually satisfied (which I understood to mean brought to orgasm). Does Islam require a man to sexually pleasure his wife (wives)? If it does, then I can understood why the official in question was seeking Maimonides' advice as to how to accomplish this with his many wives without hurting himself. But if it doesn't require this, then I don't know why the man was asking about this. In Islamic jurisprudence, does a woman who is not sexually attended to by her husband allowed to ask a court for a divorce or something like that?
Reb Chaim HaQoton
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Is the music of the Zabūr زبور forbidden?
The Zabūr ٱلزَّبُورِ is replete and resplendent with command to worship Allah with music and specifically instrumentation. It seems to always be able to call up another instrument to the service and praise of Allah. The diversity and depth of its cornucopia ensemble dazzles the mind. But as is widel...
The Zabūr ٱلزَّبُورِ is replete and resplendent with command to worship Allah with music and specifically instrumentation. It seems to always be able to call up another instrument to the service and praise of Allah. The diversity and depth of its cornucopia ensemble dazzles the mind.
But as is widely taught music is forbidden: This seems to present a paradox.
So is the music of the Zabur forbidden!?
Kinnard Hockenhull
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Jan 26, 2025, 03:54 AM
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Can ZamZam water improve a person at a neurological level?
Salamo3alaykom, I've a question regarding ZamZam water. I've read a hadeeth stating that ZamZam water is for whatever is drunk for, but this to which extent and how much of it should I drink? For example me I've always been stubborn and often I find it quite difficult to understand some concepts, ca...
Salamo3alaykom, I've a question regarding ZamZam water. I've read a hadeeth stating that ZamZam water is for whatever is drunk for, but this to which extent and how much of it should I drink? For example me I've always been stubborn and often I find it quite difficult to understand some concepts, can ZamZam water improve a person at a neurological level or make the person very intelligent if the person wishes so?
us er
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Apparent contradiction in verse 2:29
Verse 2:29, > هُوَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ لَكُم مَّا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ ٱسْتَوَىٰٓ > إِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَسَوَّىٰهُنَّ سَبْعَ سَمٰوٰتٍۚ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ > شَىْءٍ عَلِيمٌ > > It is He who created for you all of that which is on the earth. Then > He directed Himself to the heaven, and > made them seven...
Verse 2:29,
> هُوَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ لَكُم مَّا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ ٱسْتَوَىٰٓ
> إِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَسَوَّىٰهُنَّ سَبْعَ سَمٰوٰتٍۚ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ
> شَىْءٍ عَلِيمٌ
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> It is He who created for you all of that which is on the earth. Then
> He directed Himself to the heaven, and
> made them seven heavens, and He is Knowing of all things.
1st question:-
Here Allah says that he first created the earth and everything in it. **Then he directed himself towards the heaven.**
The problem I've here is that,
To direct oneself towards something, that thing has to **exist**.
What I mean is that Allah said that he only created the earth, the heaven was yet not created, So how could He direct Himself towards something which didn't yet exist?
2nd question:-
Allah said that He first created the earth **then** he created the heaven.
But we know from Big Bang theory that the heaven and the earth formed simultaneously.
So isn't this unscientific?
If there's any problem in my question please inform me. Thanks!
tryingtobeastoic
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Is طود in 26:63 a scribal error?
We can find the word طود in Q26:63, only once in the Quran, this word doesn't exist elsewhere, is the word طود a typo of the word طور (mountain) which has the right meaning in the context of the verse?
We can find the word طود in Q26:63, only once in the Quran, this word doesn't exist elsewhere, is the word طود a typo of the word طور (mountain) which has the right meaning in the context of the verse?
temp orary
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Timings for Tahajjud Prayer
Salaam, Actually I am a little confused I hope someone can assist me. I want to pray Tahajjud but I am confused about the timings. I usually pray Isha after I come home at around 12 Am and I usually go sleep at 2 or 2:30 am. Now I also have to wake up at 5 am for Fajr. So i want to ask can I pray Ta...
Salaam,
Actually I am a little confused I hope someone can assist me. I want to pray Tahajjud but I am confused about the timings. I usually pray Isha after I come home at around 12 Am and I usually go sleep at 2 or 2:30 am. Now I also have to wake up at 5 am for Fajr. So i want to ask can I pray Tahajjud at 2 am when I am about to sleep? Because if i go to sleep at 2 am then it won't be possible for me to wake up again at 3 am to pray Tahajjud. So can I pray Tahajjud at 2 am? Fajr time in my city starts at around 4:20 am.
Zain
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What's the ruling on a person who studies Islam sincerely, but ends up disbelieving?
Suppose a person studies Islam with a sincere heart, but does not find the arguments in favor of Islam genuinely convincing, and dies as a non-Muslim. Does Islam differentiate between such an individual, and someone who denies Islam due to his caprices, or someone who does not even bother studying I...
Suppose a person studies Islam with a sincere heart, but does not find the arguments in favor of Islam genuinely convincing, and dies as a non-Muslim.
Does Islam differentiate between such an individual, and someone who denies Islam due to his caprices, or someone who does not even bother studying Islam?
Are all three cases the same from the perspective of Islam wrt. their fate in the afterlife, i.e., are they all destined to go hell?
SpiderRico
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Can husband divorce during menses?
Is it correct that in Islam divorce can not be given during wife's menstrual period? I would like some reference.
Is it correct that in Islam divorce can not be given during wife's menstrual period? I would like some reference.
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If you have continuous gas during prayer, can you purposely let it out?
I have this very embarrassing problem with gas and anxiety, and it is continuous and affecting my prayer. I am physically so exhausted and tired because every time I pray I have to hold it in. I know that if you have continuous gas, then you can pray like that, but under that ruling can one purposel...
I have this very embarrassing problem with gas and anxiety, and it is continuous and affecting my prayer. I am physically so exhausted and tired because every time I pray I have to hold it in. I know that if you have continuous gas, then you can pray like that, but under that ruling can one purposely let gas out during prayer sometimes just to make himself feel better, even if he's physically capable of holding it in?
Jamana
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Does the Quran or any hadith say that the Wall of Gog and Magog can't be seen by the human eye?
> Bring me **ingots of iron**." Then after he had filled up the space between the two mountain-sides, he said: "(Light a fire) and ply bellows." When he had made it (red like) fire, he said: "Bring me **molten copper** which I may pour on it." Surah 18 verse 96 It seems to me that the wall or barrie...
> Bring me **ingots of iron**." Then after he had filled up the space between the two mountain-sides, he said: "(Light a fire) and ply bellows." When he had made it (red like) fire, he said: "Bring me **molten copper** which I may pour on it."
Surah 18 verse 96
It seems to me that the wall or barrier is physical as it uses materials such as iron. They're have been reports of historians claiming to see a wall, but no real hard evidence to back it up. Its 2018 and this brings to me my question, is there a reason as to why muslims and the rest of the human race can't find this wall? Did the Quran or any haidth ever say anything about the wall being invisible to the human eye? The question is a bit werid imo, so if you need clarification, just ask.
May Allah forgive me for any mistakes.
Damion
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Who does Gog & Magog kill "in the sky"?
*We have killed those who are upon the earth. **Let us now kill those who are In the sky** and they would throw their arrows towards the sky and the arrows would return to them besmeared with blood. And in the narration of Ibn Hujr (the words are):" I have sent such persons (Gog and Magog) that none...
*We have killed those who are upon the earth. **Let us now kill those who are In the sky** and they would throw their arrows towards the sky and the arrows would return to them besmeared with blood. And in the narration of Ibn Hujr (the words are):" I have sent such persons (Gog and Magog) that none would dare fight against them.*
[Sahih Muslim 2937 b]
https://sunnah.com/muslim:2937b
What does this mean, who is this referring to, who is in the sky?
I've searched the internet many times for this but the only results to ever appear are repeats of this hadith.
Samid
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Is wearing clothes with names a Sin?
Is wearing clothes **with names** a Sin? I have heard that clothing with names is a glorification of non-believers. Does it mean that wearing clothes where there are names such as: jordan, d&g and others is Sin? **What if I can't buy another one yet?**
Is wearing clothes **with names** a Sin? I have heard that clothing with names is a glorification of non-believers. Does it mean that wearing clothes where there are names such as: jordan, d&g and others is Sin? **What if I can't buy another one yet?**
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Why is pork more strictly haram than blood?
Pork (pig meat) is forbidden as many times in the Quran as blood is (2:173, 5:3, 6:145, 16:115). Under that, I'd assume that blood is just as forbidden as pork. However, Muslims are very picky about whether food contains traces of pig DNA or pig hairs (which is not explicitly forbidden in the Quran)...
Pork (pig meat) is forbidden as many times in the Quran as blood is (2:173, 5:3, 6:145, 16:115). Under that, I'd assume that blood is just as forbidden as pork.
However, Muslims are very picky about whether food contains traces of pig DNA or pig hairs (which is not explicitly forbidden in the Quran). They are not as picky with something such as blood, even though quite a lot of blood is commonly found in halal food.
Why is this? Is there a hadith that emphasizes how forbidden pork is? Is there something detailing that blood is allowed in smaller quantities?
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Can jinns communicate through dreams?
Assala-mu'Alaikum, last night I saw a dream where my younger brother was taken away from me and I need to make sacrifices to keep him to me. At first I heard him screaming then I went out and found him drowning in the pond (We live in a city area, there is no pond here). But just the moment I steppe...
Assala-mu'Alaikum, last night I saw a dream where my younger brother was taken away from me and I need to make sacrifices to keep him to me.
At first I heard him screaming then I went out and found him drowning in the pond (We live in a city area, there is no pond here). But just the moment I stepped into the pond, my brother was taken in a boat and was sped off to a specific direction. After swimming to that area I found him hanging on a tight place. I somehow took him down from there and was hugging him. Everything was pitch black. Again that boat came and took me and my brother to a area I have never seen before. Empty ground with torches all around. The jinns there talked with me using my parent's face. And it scared me to death.
Anyways they wanted something my brother had, I couldn't make that out. And that's why a jinn threw him into the water and I rushed to save him but couldn't as a force was stopping me. Once I yelled I am gonna give them 10 children instead of my brother I was able to get to him and save him. Then the same boat took us home.
Note: Our house is kinda jinn proof. Imam did a thing where jinns cannot come aroud our house. Its called 'badhai' in our language.
I have sleep paralysis.
Rifath Rashid
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Is girlfriend Asmr Haram?
Okay, so I enjoy listening to roleplay where a female VA whispers me that I'm their good boy, that they will take care of me, that they love me... And they basically roleplay as a gf. This doesn't promote Haram things, but it feels Haram... Should I stop listening to this immediately or is it halal,...
Okay, so I enjoy listening to roleplay where a female VA whispers me that I'm their good boy, that they will take care of me, that they love me... And they basically roleplay as a gf.
This doesn't promote Haram things, but it feels Haram... Should I stop listening to this immediately or is it halal, then I'll take my time stopping this.
Lazurite Nakano
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Was Zoroaster A Disciple Of Prophet Jeremiah?
Was Zoroaster a disciple of prophet Jeremiah according to the Sunna?
Was Zoroaster a disciple of prophet Jeremiah according to the Sunna?
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