Are all human species (like homo erectus) children of Adam A.S ? Or are some of them not human but just resemble them and have no free will? They are alleged to be around like 500k or 1 million years ago.

> Will i be forgiven? Recently i have kissed the opposite gender and did oral sex, i regret it so much and i am aware that it is haram and i want to change my life, but does this mean i have lost my virginity? I have done research but nothing is answering if i have or not. I have asked Allah right after i committed the sin to forgive me but will Allah forgive for this?

why does Allah always answer my duas if i am not really a good muslim and i do bad things? I am grateful for it but also concerned sometimes because could it be a sign of istidraj?

**Jeremy England's theory on the origin of life is founded in “dissipation-driven adaptation of matter,” in which all forms of matter, living and nonliving, adapt to produce the maximum amount of energy.** How shall we prove that this does not mean that Allah does not exist?

I get answers like "Look at Golden Age" but isn't Golden age a cause of Greek Philosophy and not Islam? I dont understand why Islam takes credit for it can someone elaborate? What in the religion of Islam would cause such a development? Even if it has caused the Golden age, isn't it just a speck of time in a huge 1400 years of timeline where vast majority of time Muslims lived miserably or comparatively worse than Kuffar? Why would God create a Religion when he knows his system of life would make life miserable ? In no way I'm tryna throw shade on Islam, as a revert I am hopeless and Im not finding answers anywhere. I dont find the scholars of Islam as much of a thinkers.

ok before starting I am good at science. so, I believe in existence **Allah** The creator of us because science doesn't always ends with dot it will ended as comma. Few weeks ago I was on bus and saw a man who pulling cart of load. It was pity site that he was full of sweet the load might be above 50 or 70 kg which used to pull by cow but he is pulling it all by himself. then a question appeared on my head. I heard Allah was kind hearted person than anyone then why..? me who doesn't work that much and always want help someone but i can't living a good life but why he doesn't deserve it. I started to doubt my own existence and it's aching my head till now. can someone tell me why this all

I am a student. And I have to give presentations and group work. I have done my group work but I feel to embarrass to or public fear of speaking not most of the time bc I want avoid it. And this is taken at Friday. Which will affect my prayer and some others work. So I told them I will do my part but just present it. Because I will be out of town. Is it sinful ? To avoid matter like this ? Because I’m not that strong about my presentation skill. I feel embarrassed.

Did life start from single cell organisms? I heard somewhere in Quran that Allah created the life from water: "We made from water every living thing".  What about first prophet then? How would this concept be applicable in the creation of the first prophet?

There's [another post that talks about something similar](https://islam.stackexchange.com/questions/37685/does-a-soul-have-a-gender) but I could not get the answer to whether we were males and females before we were assigned bodies and sent into this world. We do see references to us being husbands and wives in Paradise, so that means that the gender from this world will somehow continue in the afterlife, but my question is more about the life *before* this life.

In our class, once our teacher said, have you ever heard our prophet went to a doctor? Then he explained, he did not because if you eat less (according to Islamic principles) you will never get sick and will not need a doctor. *Note this para is only a reference, I do not need answer to this part* **My question is, did the prophet ever see a doctor**. It is quite normal that one can get sick and would need to see a doctor but on the other hand, the status of the prophet is so high that it is inappropriate for him to seek a doctor as God is with him and he is more knowledgeable.

Before answering let me just lay out my thoughts so it’s easy for you to understand where I got this from. Also I’m not here to make fun of or insult people or anything. First and foremost, God knows everything and everything has been predestined our futures are set that’s that. Secondly, and this is mainly just my interpretation, people who are in dire need of something tend to look towards God. There have been psychological studies to back the belief that people who are punished/suffer think there will be merit/rewards from going through said trials and this ties into religion too. If you look at the countries in the worst states where they need food, shelter etc they turn to God and have hope however as countries have progressed and advanced there is no longer this need and people have become self sufficient so there is no need to turn to God. It’s safe to assume over a period of time that if these countries were given such a privilege the same outcome would occur and of course with a few exceptions. As time is passing on the decline in faith is rising too and understandably, a lot of religious statements seem mythical and legendary at best and obviously this would lead to disbelief countries who now have the power and technology to interpret this and understand it, look into the universe and philosophy of it have seen a decline in faith. If assuming God exists God will also know that this was bound to happen, people were bound to disbelieve and it’s a reasonable thing to do. As religious as you are it’s hard to deny that this is reasonable when looking at them they seem like straight out a fairy tale and the existence of God is rooted down to a being beyond time, space, has no physical being etc etc which is the same as something non-existent. God knew this will happen so why create a fate for certain humans that has set them to eternal suffering for something such as this? How is that just? It would’ve been better if they didn’t exist. What’s the point?

The pre-Islamic Arabs had 354 days in their calendar rather than the 365 days of the solar calendar. To make up this difference, leap months were added once every three years. But this practice was discontinued in the year 629, and the Qur'an even forbids adding leap months (Qur'an 9:36-37). Biographers like Ibn Ishaq record the month in which the events of Muhammad's life took place. Yet, Muhammad is never recorded doing anything on a leap month. Why is this?

Is it a sin(of suicide) to sacrificing your own life to save other person, in a situation where you know that you will die if you save the other person. Will this act count as suicide or will you get reward in the hereafter?

It is an extreme fact that very few people of other faiths are seen to convert to Islam. This means that converting to Islam is a little harder than usual for those of us who were born into a muslim family.I do not believe that Allah 'azzawajal has done injustice to them because I know from Allah's attributes that Allah is not unjust. The answer I really want to know is why would a person go astray on such an important issue early in life and why would he live with a belief that is against the way of our only true Creator(Allah 'azzawajal) when we do not have to deal with such a situation? This ia the question that i've in my mind as well as some friends of mine have asked me this and I've no answer.....so I want you to elaborate this with deeper logic and evidences from the Qur'an and authentic aahadith!

According to the perspective of Shiite, Imam Mahdi (a.j.) (another name: Imam Zaman) will reappear as the last Imam of Shiite to save the world from the oppression. I'd like to know what will precisely occur. Actually I mean will the world be finished after a short and limited time (by governorship of him)? (As a world which would be without any oppression) Or the world is going to begin a new and long period of life that won't be clear when it is going to be finished? (Sunni view) Note: On the whole, I am looking for Sunni view about the mentioned issue, even though they agree the matter by another name (except Mahdi) as the savior of the world. (Perhaps some or many of them agree with the name of Mahdi as well).

Does Allah exist in all life forms like animals, plants or human? (Pervades everywhere?)

The hadith in bukhari ‏ >Narrated Ibn `Umar: > > The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Your example and the example of the people of the two Scriptures (i.e. Jews and Christians) is like the example of a man who employed some laborers and asked them, 'Who will work for me from morning till midday for one Qirat?' The Jews accepted and carried out the work. He then asked, Who will work for me from midday up to the Asr prayer for one Qirat?' The Christians accepted and fulfilled the work. He then said, 'Who will work for me from the Asr till sunset for two Qirats?' You, Muslims have accepted the offer. The Jews and the Christians got angry and said, 'Why should we work more and get lesser wages?' (Allah) said, 'Have I withheld part of your right?' They replied in the negative. He said, 'It is My Blessing, I bestow upon whomever I wish .' > >Sahih al-Bukhari 2268 The point is about the saying of people of the book that they worked more but got less wages. We know that jews worked for about 1700 years and christians for 600 years and the Muslim ummah is now in 1440s years. Wouldn't it mean that the muslim ummah can't be more than about 1700 years as jews worked more than that? And hence it that case it will be false for them to say we worked more? But christians saying we worked more doesn't make sense?

Salam, Can Salat el isstikhara help me to understand and to answer questions related to my professional life ? For example, I do not find my place, I am 33 years old and still did not find the meaning of my life, what I want to do, which job is fiting me, what I can provide to siciety and be paid for my services. I am reading about ikigai for example, well, It can be good to keep positive thinking and optimism, but I wonder if Isstikhara is meant to be for my situation.

I recently converted to Islam. I was born a Muslim but stopped being one for a few years, and now I am again. I’m praying again, reading the Quran sometimes, and trying my best not to sin. This might sound bad, but I don’t feel connected to Allah anymore like I did when I wanted to become a Muslim again. I feel sad and empty lately, maybe cause of things going on in my personal life but I’m not sure. Of course, I still want to be a Muslim but I don’t understand why I feel like this. Does this mean Allah isn’t listening to me or He doesn’t care?

Asslam o alikum, I have been married with my wife 2 years ago and since our first night we don't have been physical with each other. She asked me after 6 months about sex and as my father was on dilaysis at that time and in bad condition, I said we will do it later and then after my father's death after that year i started asking her about starting of intercourse but at that she told me she needs time. She said she needs two months i waited two months and then when i asked her again she kept refusing untill today i am looking for a job and now I'm in uae and my wife is in our home coutry. My question is have I done wrong in such situation?