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Is there any law regarding the milk of a sacrifiicial animal?
As far as I know it is valid to sacrifice a female animal on eid (ewe or cow), who could be lactating. Is there any restriction on using the milk of that animal?
As far as I know it is valid to sacrifice a female animal on eid (ewe or cow), who could be lactating. Is there any restriction on using the milk of that animal?
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Is it always obligatory to accept the Jizyah from disbelievers (when they are not captured)?
For example if the Romans had been called to pay the Jizyah once, I’m aware asking to pay the Jizyah again before each attack on them would not be obligatory. But is it obligatory to accept it from them whenever they accept, even after the Romans have been attacked by the Muslims before? If one Roma...
For example if the Romans had been called to pay the Jizyah once, I’m aware asking to pay the Jizyah again before each attack on them would not be obligatory. But is it obligatory to accept it from them whenever they accept, even after the Romans have been attacked by the Muslims before? If one Roman city was attacked, is it obligatory to accept the Jizyah from other Roman cities if they accept?
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Can i change my religious name to a non religious one?
Hi my name is Zahra but i wanna change my name because it is so common where i live but i am a bit hesitant about it as the name i have in mind isn't religious it just means sea. Would it be disrespectful or haram?
Hi my name is Zahra but i wanna change my name because it is so common where i live but i am a bit hesitant about it as the name i have in mind isn't religious it just means sea. Would it be disrespectful or haram?
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Is it haram to download paid courses in free?
So there are many websites which uploads video courses in their websites in free of costs that are downloaded from other paid websites like Udemy, Skillshare, Lynda etc. Though this courses are given free of cost actually they are paid courses. 1. Is it permissible or haram for me to download course...
So there are many websites which uploads video courses in their websites in free of costs that are downloaded from other paid websites like Udemy, Skillshare, Lynda etc. Though this courses are given free of cost actually they are paid courses.
1. Is it permissible or haram for me to download courses from the free websites and learn from them??
2. Is it permissible or haram for me to share those courses with other peoples so that thay can have those courses??
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Touching around the ankle while going to prostrate
Asalamu Alaykum, if i am a frequent doubter and during the salat in jamaat jummah prayer while we were going into sujud I was trying to touch my ankle to see if it was wet from wudu, does this movement invalidate the salat? I have problems with doubts and frequently question if I did wudu properly.
Asalamu Alaykum, if i am a frequent doubter and during the salat in jamaat jummah prayer while we were going into sujud I was trying to touch my ankle to see if it was wet from wudu, does this movement invalidate the salat? I have problems with doubts and frequently question if I did wudu properly.
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Anybody know which ḥadīth my friend is referring to? Something about idle minds being more vulnerable
For context, I was talking about my major depressive disorder with a friend. He mentioned a *ḥadīth*, but said he didn't know the source at the top of his mind, about idle minds being easier to control/attack. I have attached a screenshot of some messages we had exchanged after that conversation in...
For context, I was talking about my major depressive disorder with a friend. He mentioned a *ḥadīth*, but said he didn't know the source at the top of his mind, about idle minds being easier to control/attack. I have attached a screenshot of some messages we had exchanged after that conversation in case it helps.
Some links that may be useful, but it doesn't seem like these are the exact *ḥadīth* he was referencing:
> Anas ibn Malik reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Verily, Satan is lying in wait over the heart of the son of Adam. If he remembers Allah, Satan retreats. If he forgets Allah, Satan will devour his heart; that is the ‘whisperer who retreats.’” (114:4)
https://www.abuaminaelias.com/dailyhadithonline/2013/03/20/shaytan-al-waswas-al-khannas/
> Sa’id ibn Jubayr reported: Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “Satan is perched over the heart of the son of Adam. If he is unmindful and he forgets, Satan whispers. If he remembers Allah, Satan withdraws.”
https://www.abuaminaelias.com/dailyhadithonline/2020/06/02/ibn-abbas-on-khannas/
Zhìwén Liào
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Why is the same verse in 2:149 repeated in 2:150?
Assalamu Alaikum Brothers in Islam, Can you please help me understand as to why in Surah Baqarah the verse 149 is repeated again in 150? > So from wherever you go out [for prayer, O Muhammad] turn your face toward al- Masjid al-Haram, and indeed, it is the truth from your Lord. And Allah is not unaw...
Assalamu Alaikum Brothers in Islam,
Can you please help me understand as to why in Surah Baqarah the verse 149 is repeated again in 150?
> So from wherever you go out [for prayer, O Muhammad] turn your face toward al- Masjid al-Haram, and indeed, it is the truth from your Lord. And Allah is not unaware of what you do. **[Surah Baqarah : 149]**
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> And from wherever you go out [for prayer], turn your face toward al-Masjid al-Haram. And wherever you [believers] may be, turn your faces toward it in order that the people will not have any argument against you, except for those of them who commit wrong; so fear them not but fear Me. And [it is] so I may complete My favor upon you and that you may be guided.
> **[Surah Baqarah : 150]**
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Is it permissible to visit Shrines & Temples in the Far East for Tourism purposes
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 t...
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
CheeseMuffin
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Question about the heaven
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][1] > "It is Allāh who made for you the earth a place of settlement and the sky a structure [i.e., ceiling] and fo...
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?"
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Permissibility of commiting dua
Assalamu alaikum brother.My question is if someone commits in such shirk that makes him out of fold of islam and commits tawbah but don not careful about those shirk while they talk.But besides it they commit tawbah regularly is it permissible to commit dua after their death.
Assalamu alaikum brother.My question is if someone commits in such shirk that makes him out of fold of islam and commits tawbah but don not careful about those shirk while they talk.But besides it they commit tawbah regularly is it permissible to commit dua after their death.
Asad Shoaib
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Reciting surats without knowing the true meaning of it
When I was around 15 years till 16 years old I went to Arabic school mostly in the weekends. I learned some suras without really understanding it in my mother tongue. Mostly because we were taught at that school to study just suras by heart something I dislike about the teaching methods from Arabic...
When I was around 15 years till 16 years old I went to Arabic school mostly in the weekends. I learned some suras without really understanding it in my mother tongue. Mostly because we were taught at that school to study just suras by heart something I dislike about the teaching methods from Arabic schools in Belgium and the Netherlands. A few years ago I started to read the Quran in my mother tongue but I didn't spend much time on it. I know from very few suras the true meaning but of many others I know by heart I don't know anything which I will need to change in the near future.
> "Does it make my salats when I recite suras which I don't know the true meaning of less valid as the salats when I perform suras which I do know the true meaning of." I need to say that those few suras that I fully understand I keep repeating now but it seems that isn't the way of doing the salat. Aren't you supposed to learn every day more and more suras and to fully understand them so that you can expand your knowledge about your own faith?
Please elaborate your answer till you think you have provided everything you know on this matter and please link some references to it so that I can look all the elaborations of the authors myself.
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Involuntentarly masturbaitng when fasting at night
Assalamualikum brothers. I believe i have some kind of sexsomnia where i sometimes half asleep masturbait. The problem is that it happened when i was fasting at night when i was asleep. I am very worried to have broken my fast.
Assalamualikum brothers.
I believe i have some kind of sexsomnia where i sometimes half asleep masturbait. The problem is that it happened when i was fasting at night when i was asleep. I am very worried to have broken my fast.
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Will of the Father in John 6
Many Muslims quote Jesus in terms of doing the will of the "Father", assuming the Father Jesus refers to is Allah, but I've never witnessed them quote this verse from John 6:38-40: "For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me. This is the will of the Fath...
Many Muslims quote Jesus in terms of doing the will of the "Father", assuming the Father Jesus refers to is Allah, but I've never witnessed them quote this verse from
John 6:38-40:
"For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me. This is the will of the Father who sent Me, that of all He has given Me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day. And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the last day."
It's clear from this verse that the will of God is to believe in Jesus as the Son of God and the one responsible for our salvation and everlasting life. What does Islam have to say to that?
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Did Allah command Adam آدم (A"S) to build the Ka'aba الكعبة?
Per the sources which state that آدم Adam (A"S) (re-)built the Ka'aba الكعبة was he commanded by Allah to do this or did he initiate its reconstruction?
Per the sources which state that آدم Adam (A"S) (re-)built the Ka'aba الكعبة was he commanded by Allah to do this or did he initiate its reconstruction?
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How did Qedar قيدار become the head of the 12 Princes of Ismaʿil إِسْمَاعِيل (A"S)
How did قيدار Qedar become the head of the 12 Princes of Ismaʿil (A"S) and custodian of the Ka'aba & the Ark (according to the sources which state this)? Sifr at-Takween lists Nebayut نَبَايُوت as the firstborn of Ismaʿil(A"S). Was Qedar appointed by Ismaʿil (A"S)?
How did قيدار Qedar become the head of the 12 Princes of Ismaʿil (A"S) and custodian of the Ka'aba & the Ark (according to the sources which state this)?
Sifr at-Takween lists Nebayut نَبَايُوت as the firstborn of Ismaʿil(A"S).
Was Qedar appointed by Ismaʿil (A"S)?
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Question about permissibility of clothing and if your allowed to pray salah in them and haircuts and another question etc
Aslaamlkum is it permissible to wear clothing that says Essentials Fear Of God it's a brand and it is or may be a deeply rooted or a rooted Christian faith brand and they have another pieces of clothing that says the date year of which may be the brand owners birthday which is christian and are we M...
Aslaamlkum is it permissible to wear clothing that says Essentials Fear Of God it's a brand and it is or may be a deeply rooted or a rooted Christian faith brand and they have another pieces of clothing that says the date year of which may be the brand owners birthday which is christian and are we Muslims, hanafi allowed to wear it and can you pray salah in this clothing’s or is it disliked or Makruh to wear it and / or pray salah in it etc Jazakallah And please send it privately Jazakallah. Also are you allowed to get haircuts like fades and tapers and etc Jazakallah and is it haram to call Allah god jazakallah. Hanafi
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After istikhara dua, if something happens to make my goals easier, is it a positive sign?
I hope to gain some insight into istikhara signs after dua. I made an istikhara last night on something this morning something happened to make my goals for the thing I prayed iatikhara for easier. Can one interpret that as a positive sign?
I hope to gain some insight into istikhara signs after dua.
I made an istikhara last night on something this morning something happened to make my goals for the thing I prayed iatikhara for easier.
Can one interpret that as a positive sign?
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Is unnecessarily staying in a more expensive hotel and charging it to my employer a sin?
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;...
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).
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During which time period did Dhu’l-Qarnayn live?
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...
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?
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Child resembling father or mother (Hadith clarification)
> And if a man's discharge proceeded that of the woman, then the child > resembles the father, and if the woman's discharge proceeded that of > the man, then the child resembles the mother." Okay, isn't the above hadith totally unscientific? Because we know that resemblance is actually implemented b...
> And if a man's discharge proceeded that of the woman, then the child
> resembles the father, and if the woman's discharge proceeded that of
> the man, then the child resembles the mother."
Okay, isn't the above hadith totally unscientific?
Because we know that resemblance is actually implemented by DNAs and genes, not due to the fact who has orgasm first.
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