I have tried to submit a research paper that highlights that biochemical reactions in even the smallest of organisms, prokaryotic bacteria, would be impossible without an all knowing, all encompassing, omnipresent, monotheistic being (Allah) guiding, and sustaining all processes under one authority. The main stream science publishers would likely reject the draft. I seek a non-fiction Islamic publisher for this and other research work. I seek advice and experience from those who have published research papers to publications that cater to Islamic audiences.

this is shia view that in surah noor it were the accusations of maria al qibtiyah that were addressed and not Aisha ra can you please refute this this is creating a confusion as there were accusations going against both of them as they say

I watch Islamic videos on the Internet, I really enjoy them and I have learnt a lot from them. I am not sure if the people who uploaded these videos online got permission from the speakers. They are mostly Islam related dawah videos so I guess it's no harm of downloading them but I am not sure. I don't want to do anything haram so do you need permission to download Islamic videos from speakers themselves?

Muslims try to reason with Christians that you cannot have a God-Man, as it is impossible to be mortal and immortal at the same time or to have infinite knowledge and finite knowledge at the same time or to be needy and self-sufficient at the same time. But some Christians may say it is true that Schrödinger’s Cat is both dead and alive at the same time. What is a good counter-argument?

I was born in China, where religion is allowed officially but strongly associated with ignorance and other negative aspects. My family, like most, adopt Marx's point of view and reject all religion. During my 18 years in China, the only opinion that I had access to –– through society, media and propaganda –– was that materialism and Marxism were the only correct philosophies and all others were folly. During my two years of study in India I was able to open my mind and see things in different perspectives. I struggled through a very tough stage where my entire value system was attacked severely, from personal, political, philosophical and religious aspects. Luckily I did not retreat into my old dogma and rejected all that undermined it, but stood to acknowledge the mistakes, faults and shortcomings of my opinions and actions. I was (and still am) in seek of truth, luckily soon I had my first chance in my life to get to know Islam. I always believed in God, the creator, even when I was in China. I was confused by all the religions in the world and did not know which god was the God that I have in mind. Through studying and reading, I realized Islam is what I was seeking. I read about the scriptures, prophets and relation between Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Slowly but inevitably I was drawn to Islam, because I believe in Allah and that Prophet Muhammad is his messenger. I relinquished pork eating immediately, but unfortunately it upset my family hugely. I have spent two summers trying to explain to them myself and my thoughts, but my parents, with a mindset of more than 40 years, strongly oppose me have anything to do with any religion. I tried really hard to explain them that religion is not what they think it is, but how can two summers of my effort counteract the 40 year's saturation into communist propaganda? My mother was so upset, that she forced me to eat pork. She said,"If you don't eat this, you are not my son any more, I will throw you out immediately." And she was serious, she threw my stuff outside but with my dad's interference I was able to stay for that summer. She was so mad that she was sick, mentally disturbed and unfit for two months. She wept non-stop and went into depression. As a son I could not bear this. I love my mother and I cannot see her like that. I ate pork to appease her and agreed that I will not convert, and remain, in her words, "a han blood". (Han folk is the main folk in China). I weep as I write this. You might say I should try harder to appease my mother and explain to her more patiently. But you may or may not believe, that there are people whose mind just cannot be changed. Not until you were in my shoes when I beg my mother for understanding you will understand that there is just no chance she will allow me to convert. Now I face this situation. If I don't convert, I betray myself and my belief in Allah. If I convert, I either will cause some very very serious stress in my family, or I have to lie to my family all the time about my conversion. I don't know much, but I don't think in Islam it is allowed to lie about one's belief in Allah. And I really really cannot hurt my mother and my family any more. I would become a shame of the family and they would not sleep well for years, I cannot let that happen. Those who are knowledgeable and those who are wise, please guide me. My belief in Allah is firm, and my love for my family true. My current plan is to delay my conversion until I have my family's approval, but that is an event that just might not happen at all. Please help me. May Allah's blessing be upon you.

Asalamu alaikum, please help me understand what the RasulAllah SAW meant by best property. JazakAllahu Khayran in advance. > When the Prophet (ﷺ) sent Mu`adh to Yemen, he said to him, "You are going to a nation from the people of the Scripture, so let the first thing to which you will invite them, be the Tauhid of Allah. If they learn that, tell them that Allah has enjoined on them, five prayers to be offered in one day and one night. And if they pray, tell them that Allah has enjoined on them Zakat of their properties and it is to be taken from the rich among them and given to the poor. And if they agree to that, then take from them Zakat but avoid **the best property of the people**." (Sahih al-Bukhari )

In Qur'an 2:30, Allah says: > And [mention, O Muhammad], when your Lord said to the angels, "Indeed, I will make upon the earth a successive authority." They said, "Will You place upon it one who causes corruption therein and sheds blood, while we declare Your praise and sanctify You?" Allah said, "Indeed, I know that which you do not know." When I said this ayat to my friend, she asked me some question about God (Allah) which I have listed the questions below. 1. Allah has power over everything and knowledge about everything. If he knows everything before, why did Allah create humans who are so worst in living creature, doing injustice, rape, trafficking, etc? 2. If a girl is raped or trafficked (as a part of his test), does Allah wants her to maintain endurance [As we know it is the biggest problem for women]? Why should Allah create human and want to play with our life? Is Allah sadist? 3. Does Allah get satisfied after putting wrong-doer to hell? Instead, Allah should not have to create humans, Allah should be satisfied with Angel who are absolutely good. Please provide the answer with the citations from Quran and Hadith **EDIT:** Conversation about this topic alone went for one and half hours. But I could not answer these question. I know Allah has provided answers. Please help me.

My question is maybe asked many times. I want to have some advices concerning how to speak about Islam (with a progressive way) to a non-Muslim friend, in order to invite this person to be a Muslim. Things to know: the person is by nature a smart and really nice person, high education, and has many qualities (many qualities a good muslim should have). And this person is a Buddhist but not praticing (more atheist). The person seems to be open minded enough to know about our religion. I really want to speak by myself (not show her videos or something like this).

Assalamualaikum waramatullahi wabarakatuhu It has been a couple of weeks when I try to give daawah to the people around me especially female which are my relative, I now started thinking of maybe what am doing is right or wrong (halal or Haram)

Can we get sunnah from spreading the word about islam, or by guiding someone to Islam?

*This is intended to be a canonical dupe-target for this class of question, which I see come up way too often.* --- I've encountered an argument, either in person or from a website, which claims that something I believe about the prophet or the religion of Islam isn't true. This argument most likely comes from a non-Muslim, and I think he's trying to make me leave Islam. They have backed up their claims with numerous references, including hadiths and verses from the Qur'an, as well as from a variety of scientific resources. I have faith that there is no God but Allah and that Muhammad is His messenger, and I believe that Islam is the right path, but I don't know how to defend my faith against these arguments. How should I answer?

I am a Muslim, and I have a Christian friend. He usually argue that Jesus (pbuh) is the God and the son of God. I know that Jesus is the son of Maryam and the messenger of Allah. Please guide me with all the relevant ayath from Qur'an to show that Jesus is a messenger of Allah. I have promised him that I will show some proof in next meeting.

I usually have debates with my mum who is a hard core Christian and every time I tell her that Muhammad(pbuh) is the best of all creation she tells me 'then why did god choose Jesus(as) out of all the prophet to be born a miracle and choose him to come back at the end of times?'.

> He has prescribed for you the religion which He enjoined upon Noah and which We revealed to you (O Muhammad), and which We enjoined upon Abraham and Moses and Jesus, commanding: “**Establish this religion** and do not split up regarding it.” What you are calling to is very hard upon those who associate others with Allah in His Divinity. Allah chooses for Himself whomsoever He pleases and guides to Himself whoever penitently turns to Him. The above is the translation by Abu Ala Mawdudi from Taheem-ul-Qur'an, in explaining the word iqamat he further writes > The word iqamat (to establish) when used in respect of a material or physical object implies causing it to rise from the sitting or lying positions or assembling the scattered parts of a thing and raising it up high. But when *iqamat* is used in respect of a thing which is not material but spiritual in nature it does not merely imply preaching it, but also acting according to it as best as one can, introducing it and enforcing it practically. For example, when we say that so and-so established his rule, it does not mean that he invited others to his government but that **he subdued the people of the land and organised the different departments of the government in a way that the administration of the country began to function according to his orders**. Similarly, when we say that courts have been established in the country, it means that judges have been appointed to do justice and they ate hearing the cases and giving judgement, and not that hymns in praise of justice are being sung and the people being impressed. Mawdudi, a very prominent scholar of 20th century is obviously of the opinion that it's the duty of every individual who calls himself a Muslim to strive for the establishment of Islam all over the world. There was one criticism which came from Waheed Uddin Khan where he argued in his book *Tabeer ki Ghalti* that Religion here doesn't include Sharia since the verse is talking about Religion given to **all** the Previous Prophets and we know from Qur'an that different Sharia was given to different prophets. Mawdudi gave a counter argument to this in his tafseer > When some people saw that the din which has been enjoined to be established is common among all the Prophets, and their shari'ahs have been different, as Allah Himself says: "We appointed for each community among you a law and a way of life", they formed the view that inevitably this din did not imply the shari' ah commandments, rules and regulations but only the acceptance of Tauhid, the Hereafter and the Book and the Prophethood and performance of certain acts of devotion to Allah, or at the most, it included some of the major moral principles which have been common to all the shari'ahs. But this is a superficial view, which has been formed after having a cursory glance over the unity of religion and the difference of the shari'ahs. **This is, however, a dangerous view**, which if not corrected in time, may well lead to the separation between din (religion) and shari'ahs (law). It was this very view in, which St. Paul was involved, who presented the doctrine of the din (religion) without shari'ah (law), and corrupted the community of the Prophet Jesus (peace be upon him). For, if shari'ah (law) is something separate from din (religion) and the command is only for establishing the din and not the shari'ah, inevitably the Muslims also, like the Christians, would regard the shari ah as unimportant and overlook its establishment as not being the real object by itself, and would remain content with only beliefs and a few important moral principles. Instead of determining the meaning of din from such speculations, let us turn to the Qur'an itself and see whether the din which we have been enjoined here to establish implies the beliefs and a few important moral principles only, or the shari'ah values and commandments as well He then cites verses where deen is used as a synonym for sharia example: 5:3 and 9:29. So with this background if one claims that it's the religious duty of every Muslim to strive for the establishment of Islam all over the world, isn't he right?

I am a preacher in islam, I preach people according to the way the Quran says to preach, that is to go in public and recite to them the passages of the Quran. I also talk with them, answer their questions and ask them questions about their faith. I also give out Qurans. But every time I ask other Muslims to join me. They say that they only do Dawah by being good Muslims and by our actions. I am seeing this trend with the bulk of the Muslim community especially when it comes to preaching non-Muslims. In the Quran the prophets they went to the people and discussed with them, they were not content with just being good people so that people would follow. I understand at the time of Muhammad (pbuh) and Sahaba few people enter islam Just by observing the action of Muslims, but my question is that does this make it right to only preach by action.

*First off, I realize that in many Mulsim countries proselytize is contentious term. In many Muslim countries, for example, it is illegal for Christians to "proselytize," by which it is believed that non-Muslims are using incentives in order to convince Muslims to drop their faith. I considered using the term "Evangelize," but the root of that word is a specifically Christian word to mean "to announce the Good News." Finally, I considered asking "How does Islamic Missiology work?" but that too seemed a loaded term. So, here's how I would describe what I am looking for - Islam is clearly a growing religion. That implies that there exists a cadre of Muslims who would seek convince non-Muslims that they should become Muslims. I would suspect that like other religions, including Christianity, that means that some even feel compelled to leave the lands of their birth in order to promulgate the religion. From earlier questions, I have gathered that convincing one to become a Muslim does not necessarily entail suggesting to others that they read the Quran and then choose to follow its theology. From what I have gathered here, there seems to be a very deep level of traditional practices that are undertaken once one has become a Mulsim, but what I am trying to understand is the path by which a non-Muslim is enticed or mentored to start down that path in the first place. Again, in Christianity, for example, a person who feels called of God to become a missionary will typically leave for distant land, form relationships with locals, and then in the course of that relationship, typically suggest that the Bible addresses the problem of sin in one's life. The concept of grace - namely that God forgives sin - is shown through the Bible, and if a person chooses to be forgiven of their sin, they are often then invited to become a Christian in order to learn how to live in the context of that freedom. - The method of evangelism would then be relationship driven. - The "What's in it For Me?" would be forgiveness - The first step would be to encourage the would-be convert to read the Bible. - The ultimate goal would be to get the convert to make a decision to continue learning about this forgiveness and grace from Jesus, typically in some kind of fellowship. In contrast, my naive understanding of Islam seems to be that it is a highly cultural thing - that one is born into a Muslim culture, and one is expected to simply continue to follow the traditions of the culture. While within the culture a life-long learning of the Quran is praised and encouraged, that would presuppose being born into that culture. If, however, it were merely a cultural thing, then it would not be growing beyond immigration. Within America's prison system in particular, this is demonstrably false. And, since Islam is, in fact, growing, there must be a mechanism by which non-Muslims are enticed into it. I would like to know how that occurs. So the question, again, is, how does a Muslim go about bringing a non-Muslim into the ummah? What techniques, incentives, and methodologies are common for proselytizing amongst those who were not already born into the culture?

Why doesn't Muslims have organized missionaries for humanitarian activity like Christians do? It would be a very effective way of spreading Islam, as it has proven effective for Christianity. Even if it doesn't help much to spread Islam, Muslims can do it just anyway. Why are Missionaries ignored in Islam? *NOTE: Please do not down-vote without first understanding the question.*

Making Da'wah to people of other religions may have similarities, but there are different ways to do it. For example, there is one way to make Da'wah to Christians that is different from the way you would make Da'wah to Jews; additionally the way one might make Da'wah to a Christian may vary according to which sect they follow. Is there a way to make Da'wah to a non-religious person -- specifically, a person who doesn't believe that there God exists? What are the major points to keep in mind while making Da'wah to an atheist? What major points should be considered aside from the fact that they do not believe in God?

I would like to ask a question in two parts. Firstly I would like to ask is it obligatory on Muslims who live in non-Muslim countries to do dawah. I have heard that a Muslim cannot migrate to a non-Muslim country for worldly gain, but for either Jihad or Dawah (which is a type of Jihad). But it seems to me that the majority of Muslims come to non-Muslim counties for setting up a business, a job, easier life etc... If this is the case the second part of the question is that, do these Muslims preach to non-Muslims of this non-Muslims country. I ask this question because it does not seem logical that Muslims should come to a non-Muslim country to preach to only Muslims, this then begs the question why have they come to a non-Muslim country anyway. Imagine that a group of Muslims come to a non-Muslim country and these are the first Muslims there and they decided to preach only themselves. Every time I go to mosque, I notice that 100% of the people are immigrates from other Muslim countries, most of them are not engaged in preaching but running after worldly things, and this is the probably the reason why in this (UK) non-Muslim country where the majority of people are non-Muslim (95%) the mosques only has people who have immigrated to this non-Muslim country as the immigrates who came here did not come here to propagate the religion but to only make money and live an easy life. The second question I asked because I have noticed that the majority of Muslims that are engaged in Dawah do this strictly only to Muslims and I what to know if they are fulfilling this right of Dawah in a non-Muslim country by preaching only to Muslims. Yes its true we also need to preach Muslims in this non-Muslim country, even if our initial intentions were not correct i.e for worldly gain and only preach ourselves, there are some families here that have lived 4 or more generations in England, but in a non-Muslim country to say preach only Muslims, to me it just seems better if you just all move back to Muslim countries, that seems more logical. Because in the grand schemes of things if you think about it, why then are you in a non-Muslim country. A way to understand this is, imagine all the Muslims in England moved to a Muslim country, would it make any difference to the Muslims or non-Muslims of the country they moved from. Lets not look at the worldly economic side to this but in terms of our faith and islam. Although I have expressed my opinion here, these questions need to be seriously addressed as it represent an issue relating to the majority of Muslims in non-Muslim countries.

I want to know if it is enough for me to give dawah (proselytizing or preaching) to those Muslims who are not practicing Islam fully? Is it wrong if I don't give dawah to a single non Muslim? How important is giving dawah to non Muslims?