Okay, so I was about to learn a new computer tool which might be one of the major things I would be working on in my future career course. The name of the tool is _**"PIG"**_. [What is Pig?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_(programming_tool)) As I was just preparing to start up this morning a thought stormed my mind raising the question if I am pushing any Islamic boundaries by taking up this tool named _**"PIG"**_. Am I in the wrong somehow? Anybody who can clarify regarding this point! I am aware of the pig eatery rules in Islam but want to know regarding this particular situation.

What is the meaning of "jahileen" or "jahiloon"? especially in the context of below aaya of Sura Baqarah وَإِذْ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِقَوْمِهِۦٓ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَأْمُرُكُمْ أَن تَذْبَحُوا۟ بَقَرَةًۭ ۖ قَالُوٓا۟ أَتَتَّخِذُنَا هُزُوًۭا ۖ قَالَ أَعُوذُ بِٱللَّهِ أَنْ أَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْجَـٰهِلِينَ ٦٧ and also in below aaya of Sura Furqan وَعِبَادُ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلَّذِينَ يَمْشُونَ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ هَوْنًۭا وَإِذَا خَاطَبَهُمُ ٱلْجَـٰهِلُونَ قَالُوا۟ سَلَـٰمًۭا ٦٣ **I heard from a genius student that "jahil" also means emotional while i was thinking that "jahil"means ignorant(having lack of knowledge)**

Actually, this came to me when I was watching some shieks talking about music status in Islam, and referring to the famous hadith that says: > There will be a group of my people who will make permissible for themselves adultery, pure silk, intoxicants and musical instruments (English ). Now, some scholars say that because this hadith make it clear that musical instruments are not permissible, then it is haram. What I know is that things and matters can be in one of three states regarding permissibility: Halah, Haram, and In Between. Now, the above mentioned hadith says musical instruments are not permissible (Halal), but that doesn't mean it is Haram as there is another category, In Between. The question again: **If something is not Halal, does that mean it's Haram?**

when I used [console-mode time prayer](https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/precise/itools/) for [my Ubuntu](http://www.ubuntu.com/) , there about was called Shurooq. One thing that I know about it that it 's shown time before allowed to held duha prayer. Are there another else what kind of shurooq is used to be and what does shurooq means?? Salam
Ahmad

According to the accepted answer in the linked question below, an ummah is " the whole community of Muslims bound together by ties of religion". But didn't earlier Prophets have their own ummah? Is it not said that ours is the last of all ummah? Are Jews not from the Ummah from Moses and Christians from Jesus? I guess what I'm trying to ask is if an individual belongs to the time/era/geography of a Prophet but does not ascribed to the message, is he/she still a part of that Ummah? Are present day *Jews/Christians/Hindus/Sikhs/Buddhists/Zoroastrians* part of Muhammed's Ummah or are they part of their Prophet's Ummah but now have gone astray from the straight path? **Linked Question :** What does “Ummah” mean in Islam?

This may seem like a strange question at first, since well, we can literally see that the Qur'an is a book: And we often refer to it as a book. And the Qur'an refers to itself as a book (Qur'an 5:15 : "...There has come to you from Allah a light and a clear Book."). However, it doesn't seem that straightforward: - القرآن‎‎ al-Qurʾān means "the recitation" (Wikipedia ), which suggests the sequence of words in the Qur'an is what makes it the Qur'an, not the medium on which it's written, - the Qur'an was transmitted through "oral memorization and recitation" (see: https://islam.stackexchange.com/q/28370/17163) , i.e., the Qur'an existed before it was in book format, and - I have the Qur'an on my computer in pdf format; we don't likewise call the Qur'an e.g. the "holy pdf" of Islam. **Question**: Is it technically correct to refer to the Qur'an as a book? This is a bit of a philosophical question: identifying the essence of the Qur'an, that which if we took it away, we would no longer have a Qur'an. ---- *Update* (or: what I've learned since I first posted this question): - Another question highlights that the word *kitab* (کتاب‎), which means "book ", is used in Qur'an 2:2 to refer to itself https://islam.stackexchange.com/q/14927/17163 - III-AK-III writes the *Qur'an did not, does not, and will not rely on manuscripts* in an answer to https://islam.stackexchange.com/q/46748/17163 This answer quotes the ayah: > Rather, the Qur'an is distinct verses [preserved] within the breasts of those who have been given knowledge. And none reject Our verses except the wrongdoers. > Qur'an 29:49 - Wikipedia writes: When referring to the physical bound volume, some use the term *mus'haf* (مصحف‎).

I know that Muslims call Jews and Christians "people of the book" because Jews believe in the Tanakh and Christians believe in both the Tanakh and the New Testament. If Muslims recognize those books as holy, doesn't that make Muslims "people of the book" too? Do Muslims ever use that phrase to describe themselves?

I'm not sure if this is just a coincidence, but there are two similar usages of the word "hijra": > **Hijrah... is the migration or journey of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to... Medina**, in the year 622. -- Wikipedia > > **Hijra... is a term used in South Asia... to refer to transgender individuals who were assigned male at birth.** ... The word "hijra" is an Urdu word derived from the Semitic Arabic root hjr in its sense of "leaving one's tribe," and has been borrowed into Hindi. -- Wikipedia Given the fact that the second version of "hijra" is Urdu, which has many similarities with Arabic, and it seems to have a related original meaning, it seems plausible there's a link between the two usages. **Question**: Is there a relationship between the word "hijra" (migration of Muhammad) and "hijra" (South Asian term for transgender people)?

Assalamu Alaikum Brothers in Islam, Why is the martyr who dies in the way of Allah Azza Wajjal considered a shaheed when the word shaheed means "to witness" ? What is he witnessing?

Reading the Gospel of Jesus, I had the impression that the essence of Christianity can be found in Jesus' instructions to "love thy neighbour". Does Islam have a similarly fundamental principle? If so, how would you express it?

What does idle talk mean as I’ve seen it referenced to singing and dancing sometimes but then I heard that it is when you talk about useless things (can’t remember where I heard this from). If it is about talking about “useless” things can we only talk about things related to Islam with friends and colleagues because it’s haram to do otherwise?

There are certain [Islamic terms](https://www.missionislam.com/kidsclub/islamicterms.htm) we Muslims are to use, for example, while thanking someone we say "Jazak Allahu Khayran" and before starting something "Bismillah", intention to do something in the future - "In Sha Allah". ***Is there any known term which is to be used while apologizing to someone or are we to just do it informaly?*** Jazak Allahu Khayran.

In Iran, people refrained from saying Ameen after prayer (which I'm accustomed to saying). Chatting with a Shia friend today, he indicated I shouldn't say it, so I did some Googling, and a user of ShiaChat writes: > First of all the word Amen is not an arabic word but a pagan God name and is not found in Quran and hadith. > > Secondly it was a bidah added much later on. I'm not sure how reliable this source is, but this idea that it's forbidden seems to be repeated throughout the ShiaChat. In this question, I want to confirm if Shia Islam indeed prohibits saying "Ameen", a claim also made here . **Question**: Does Shia Islam prohibit saying "Ameen" after reciting al Fatiha?

Does the hudna (هدنة) has a base in the religion or it is a secular term? I have searched for it on google and got the Wikipedia information which is not informative enough to what I'm looking for.

I hear the word *should* used a lot and its meaning can be vague. To illustrate how many times this occurs, from the single article Forty Hadiths for Women , the word *should* appears in: > woman **should** take the permission of her husband before going out; women **should** not travel without mahram; women **should** have their own entrance to the mosque; women **should** not walk in the middle of the street; women **should** perform tawaf without mingling with men; men **shouldn’t** enter freely into private places where foreign women are; women **should** have their own learning venues; women **should** not carry funeral; women **should** not take off their clothes outside their homes; woman **should** not describe another woman to her husband; women **should** not speak unnecessarily in the presence of foreign men; a woman **should** not be married against her will; a woman **should** not ask for divorce without a reason; woman **should** be grateful to her husband; woman **should** not obey her husband if ordered to do a sin; woman **should** not donate from her money unless upon husband’s consent; woman **should** help her husband and his dependants; husband **should** provide for wife and children; woman **should** not wear tight clothes; woman **should** not wear false hair like Jews; woman **should** not lie and adopt falsehood; women **should** not wear high shoes; women **should** cover her face in the presence of foreign men; women **should** not show their ornaments to foreign men; women **should** not imitate men in dress, movements, and way of speech. If we compare, e.g.: a. "woman *should* not obey her husband if ordered to do a sin", with
b. "women *should* not walk in the middle of the street" we see the level of obligation is significantly different, but there is no corresponding change in phrasing. So I can't tell which of these things are actually important without studying the Qur'an, hadith, tafsir, and fatwa in detail, which takes time. And I'd need to do this for every one of these claims. **Question**: How can I practically determine what *should* means? Specifically, I'm seeking practical steps for those times when someone tells me or I read *you should XYZ*, and I want to know (a) if it's true and accurate, and (b) gauge the level of obligation.

How do we define faith? What is faith of one person in islam and in general?

I have heard that **Karrar** is one of Imam Ali's names. Actually Imam Ali (a.s.) has many titles. **Karrar** is one of them. Well, I was wondering: **What is the exact meaning of it?**

In English, we use the word *prophet*, but in Quran two different names are used for prophets: *rasul* and *nabi*. What is the difference between *rasul* and *nabi*?

My elder sister marriage is adjusted with my cousin. I like sister of my cousin. Can I marry her after my sister marriage. Is it a sighar marriage?

There are a number of Arabic words in Quran that refer to sin like: إِثْم and ذَنب and سَيِّئَة. *I am looking for the difference between them and their usage.*