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Filling gaps in rows once namaz has commenced
Can someone please shed some light on what should be done if space becomes free in front of you once namaaz has commenced.
I have noticed ,especially in tarawee prayer gaps/space in the front rows become available. These are filled slowly. Thus…
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Which Sahaba were Jews and Christians before they became Muslim?
The Prophet had non-Arab Companions which converted to Islam. As they were non-Arab, their first religion wouldn't have been Arabian paganism, but something like Judaism or Christianity with the exception of Salman the Persian who was a…
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Should a woman keep her head cover while performing Wudu?
My mother has a question. She was asking that can a woman perform Wudu without the Hijab (or without covering her head) and when she is done with Wudu she can cover her head.
She do Wudu alone by the way!
Is this permissible?
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What constitutes "fitrah"?
The term "fitrah" seems to have some connotations of "natural" and is sometimes rendered as "innate nature". It crops up in different contexts, sometimes as including a natural inclination to the doctrines of Islam (see first link), circumcision,…
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Why are Muslims not allowed to make friends with Jews and Christians but you are allowed to marry them?
In the Qu'ran it says that making friends with Jews and Christians are haram:
“O you who believe! Take not the Jews and the Christians as Awliyaa’ (friends, protectors, helpers), they are but Awliyaa’ of each other. And if any amongst you takes…
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Why isn't it cow meat prohibited when it is said to cause sickness?
I've come across to the following hadith:
عليكم بألبان البقر و سمنانها ، و إياكم و لحومها ، فإن ألبانها و سمنانها دواء و شفاء ، و لحومها داء
... The milk of the cow contains healing, its fat is a medicine, and beware (iyyakum) of its meat, which…
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How could Prophets Lut and Nuh marry disbelievers when it's forbidden?
Qur'an 66:10 says "Allah presents an example of those who disbelieved: the wife of Noah and the wife of Lot. ...". However, it is forbidden for a Muslim man to marry a disbeliever:
It is permissible for a Muslim man to marry a non-Muslim woman if…
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Is loading a website with images haram?
I believe on the opinion that all types of photography are prohibited, but for example when you load up a website or create a Facebook account a lot of pictures load, so does this fall under the prohibition? Or in today's world technology is needed…
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Does Islam teach subjugation and inequality of women, or is that due to a wrong interpretation of the religion?
Not a Muslim here - in the West we often hear talk of (what we see as) horrible non-equal treatment of women by Muslim culture in the East. Is it common for women to be in any way subjugated (given orders and rules which men aren't subject to, or…
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Which Qur'an verses are abrogated?
Apparently there are some verses of the Qur'an whose ruling no longer applies; this is known as abrogation (naskh). Which leads to the question...
Question: Which Qur'an verses are abrogated?
I'm wondering if there's a complete list of obsolete…
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How many cases of stoning are documented in the hadiths?
How many cases of stoning are documented in the hadith? Were all of them carried out on the Jews or were Muslims also stoned for adultery?
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Why is the martyrdom of the daughter of the Prophet, Fatima al-Zahra, commemorated at three different times?
In the Shia school of thought, the martyrdom of the daughter of the Prophet is commemorated at three different times; the last one today, on 3rd of Jumada al-Thani.
Why is it that "there are three different times for the Wafat of Fatima al-Zahra"?
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What are the conditions for meat to be halal if the animal was slaughtered by the people of the book?
This question might be a bit broad and I know there are different of opinions. I hope to find different answers with different perspectives. Please add your references well and if it's from a certain school of thought please add that too.
Ahlu Kitab…
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How many writing styles of Mushaf Quran that exist?
I found that mushaf in my country is different in style of writing to that which come from Makkah. Probably most of the (old) mushafs in my country use Indopak style. However the religious council said that it is Uthmani.
Here is the example of…
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When did dead animals (mayta) become prohibited (haram) for muslims?
I have gone through the verses in the Quran where dead animals (mayta) is mentioned to be prohibited for a Muslim to eat (except situations where it really is necessary). What I can recall for now is that I've read the verses: 2:173, 5:3, 6:145 ,…
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