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Was alcohol prohibited to the previous nations?
The Jews and the Christians, both, do not find anything banning alcohol in their scriptures and hence they consider it permissible. It is also known that alcohol was not prohibited in the early days of Islam.
So, do the Islamic scholars believe that…
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Is it halal to marry the daughter of my divorced wife if the child is from her ex-husband?
Can a man marry his wife's daughter from her ex-husband after divorcing the wife? Does the wife's daughter from ex-husband become halal to him after he divorces his wife?
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What is a 'non-believer' or 'pagan'?
Under what conditions is someone considered a 'non-believer' or 'pagan' in Islam?
Does believing in one God constitute 'belief', and is a Christian or Jew (or followers of monotheistic non-Abrahamic religions) therefore a 'believer'?
Who will go to…
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Prophets are called as عليه السلام and Sahaba are called as رضي الله عنه. What is the logic behind it?
Prophets are called as عليه السلام and sahabas are called as رضي الله عنه. What is the logic behind it? And if we called sahaba as عليه السلام, is it forbidden in Islam and if it is forbidden why it is so?
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Does unmarried pregnancy imply the hudud punishment in sharia?
As there are multiple hints to "ward off the hudud as much as possible", and I have not seen "unmarried pregnancy" as one of the conditions for fornication punishments till now. I am just asking this question as my study on this topic might be…
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What formal, doctrinal guidance is there for how a Muslim should personally respond to deliberate, gratuitous abuse of Islam?
I'm not trying to goad anyone, or start a fight, or pass judgment. I'm asking out of genuine curiosity. Please read accordingly.
I seek to learn how Muslims choose their response to deliberate, gratuitous abuse of Islam, the Qur'an, Muhammad, Allah,…
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What is being recited before the Bismillah in Surah Al-Fatihah?
When I listen to the first Sura in the Quran, Sura Al-Fatihah, I hear some words at the beginning which are not part of the text in my Quran:
https://www.quran411.com/quran/001.mp3
What do these words mean? After trying to listen to what it is…
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Does "nur" in Qur'an 71:16 mean "reflected light" or just "light"?
Regarding the verse 71:16:
وَجَعَلَ ٱلْقَمَرَ فِيهِنَّ نُورًا وَجَعَلَ ٱلشَّمْسَ سِرَاجًا
And made the moon therein a [reflected] light and made the sun a
burning lamp
I saw an Arab atheist claiming that the meaning of the Arabic word nur is…
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What is the authenticity of the hadith "if you eat meat for 40 days, those qualities will come within you"?
In my answer to How often should we eat meat?, I quote two ahadith which I'm unsure about their reliability. The second is
“At one time the Rasul of Allah said to his cousin ‘Ali, ‘O ‘Ali, you should not eat meat. If you eat meat for 40 days,…
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Don't Gabriel and Michael fall under the category of angels?
In Surah Al-Baqarah verse 98, Allah says:
Whoever is an enemy to Allah and His angels and His messengers and
Gabriel and Michael - then indeed, Allah is an enemy to the
disbelievers.
Doesn't Gabriel and Michael fall under the category of…
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Are parents responsible for their daughter not wearing hijab?
At the age of around 20, I was forced to wear hijab by my father. I don't want to wear the hijab just yet, so I've worn it on and off since then.
My dad once lectured me, forcing me to wear hijab or else my parents will get punished in hell.
I just…
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Are there commentaries of Hadith collections outside the 7 most known books?
When we check the hadith literature we may find out that commentators in first place focussed on the two sahihs and al-Muwatta' for which one may find much more than ten known (or famous and printed) commentaries, when we move to the so called…
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Does the imprisonment punishment exist in Shariah Law?
According to Islamic law, are there any cases in which imprisonment is prescribed as a punishment? And what alternatives exist?
I am familiar with a few such as flogging, stoning and limb amputation but I have not come across imprisonment!
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Will Satan be Forgiven?
Allah made certain promises with respect to those who will enter the Paradise. Allah explicitly promises that once a person is in the Paradise, he will stay there forever. Allah also states that His promise is final.
With respect to some…
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Is it improper for a woman to insist on being the only wife?
Qur'an 4:3 makes Islamically permissible men having more than one wife. However, after some (comically unsuccessful) attempts at finding a husband, I can say the idea of my (inshallah) future husband having a second wife feels degrading to me. My…
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