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What does the superiority of bani-Israel (Children of Israel) over all beings mean?
I read in some different surahs of Quran mentioning the superiority of bani-Israeli over all beings. What is true interpretation of these verses?
يَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ اذْكُرُوا نِعْمَتِيَ الَّتِي أَنْعَمْتُ
عَلَيْكُمْ وَأَنِّي فَضَّلْتُكُمْ…
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Are we allowed to dye our hair?
Are we allowed to dye our hair in Islam?
These two hadiths contradict each other
Dawud :: Book 34 : Hadith 4210
Narrated Abdullah ibn Mas'ud:
The Prophet of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) disliked ten things: Yellow colouring, meaning khaluq, dyeing…
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Under which Quranic injunction the hadith to kill apostates is classified?
The Wikipedia article on Shafi'i says:
He also argued that sunnah contradicting the Qur'an were unacceptable, claiming that sunnah should only be used to explain the Quran.
This implies that every hadith must have its roots in the Qur'an. This…
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Is the practice of "melting lead and pouring it into cold water over the head" from Islam?
There are some people that melt lead and pour it into cold water over a person's head believing that this would cure nazar and/or evil spiritual illness. If you don't understand what I mean, see this youtube video.
Is there any reference from…
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What is the difference between إِثْم and ذَنب and سَيِّئَة which refer to sin?
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.
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Who has the authority to assign successor (caliph)? God? The Prophet? People? (Shia view)
The society of Muslims needs to be guided by caliph after Prophet Mohammad (PBUH). Hence, after the death of holy prophet (PBUH), a caliph was assigned to guide and rule the Muslims.
According to my findings in noble Quran, God has assigned the…
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According to Shi'ites, what type of government is suggested by Islam?
Nowadays we have three prevalent forms of government in Islamic Ummah:
Kingdom
Democracy
Shia's Wilayatul Faqeeh
My questions is, what type of government is suggested by Islam? Is there an outline of what it should be?
Please provide your answer…
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Is it appropriate to say "Grüß Gott" (God greets you) to Muslims?
In Upper Germany, people greet each other by saying "Grüß Gott". It has the same function as English "good morning".
This greeting means "God greets you", however, nowadays it has mostly non-religious meaning. People say "Grüß Gott" no matter if…
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Should one be a Muslim because of love for Allah or fear for Allah?
This is something that confuses me a little bit. I was a Muslim because I was born as a Muslim (my parents are Muslims). After I became an adult, I began to question about life, because the only thing I knew about Islam is Allah (swt), prophet…
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Who did Allah love before he created everything?
It is my understanding that the Muslim's view of God is that He is love. That He loves believers.
So I wonder, who do Muslims say that God loved before he created the everything else? How could he love when there is nothing there to love. This is in…
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Why are they called sects in Islam and not denominations?
I understand that Islam has different ideologies and ways of interpreting the Qur'an, and those people with like views will stay together and call themselves a group.
Though I wonder, why is each group called a sect when that word has a normally…
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Can I find the text with chain of narrations for the books of Hadith online and in English?
I want the complete text for the books of Hadith:
Sahih Bukhari
Sahih Muslim
Sunan Abu Dawood
Jami al-Tirmidhi
Sunan al-Sughra
Sunan ibn Majah
In English (and arabic). Does such a resource exist online? I looked at http://sunnah.com/bukhari/1 but…
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How many ahad hadith are there in Sahih Bukhari?
Ahad hadith - hadith narrated by only one narrator
some scholars claim there are around 5000 ahad hadiths out of 7200+ hadiths.
How many ahad hadiths there in Sahih al-Bukhari?
If no exact number available can I get a rough number.
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Is there a distinction in obligations between a Muslim and a non-Muslim?
Most of my knowledge is about Judaism. Within Judaism, it is not considered necessary for all non-Jews to convert to Judaism. Consequently, non-Jews do not have to follow all 613 of the laws in the Torah. Instead, non-Jews are required (according…
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Do Muslim sources address the topic of aliens?
Is the topic of extraterrestrial life discussed in Muslim sources? Could/should theoretical aliens become Muslims? What types of legal issues would arise if aliens made contact with people?
For the purpose of this question, let us assume that we are…
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