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Was there, or are there, any formal Islamic systems of combat?
In the time of the prophet when the wars took place. How did the islamic soldiers fight? Did they just randomly swing their swords at their enemy or did they have some sort of fighting system which they practised?
I'm assuming they practised some…
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How can I tell if a person or animal is actually a jinn?
As I understand it, jinn can become physical beings, for some indefinite period of time. During this time period, they may or may not act in line with the normal behaviors of creature they are mimicking. So in theory, any given animal or person…
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What is difference between sex from behind and anal sex in Islam?
I learned that sex from behind in Islam is allowed, but not for anal sex, can you explain please and provide reference?
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Why the exact date of Laylat al-Qadr (night of power) is not specified?
Why the exact date of Laylat al-Qadr is not specified in Islamic resources ?
I hear that people say the reason is to fill the last 10 odd nights with ibadah. But I think if it was so, Islam could just ask people for ibadah in those nights for other…
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Allowed to marry ' people of the book ' especially Christians or not?
I have heard drastically different opinions on this issue.
So it is clear from Quran 2:221 and 60:10 that a muslim should not marry a mushrik (polytheist) nor a disbeliever.
Now....
They have certainly disbelieved who say that Allah is Christ, the…
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Best to wake up for fajr by alarm or by nyyah(intention)?
I believe not only me, but many Muslims around the world has experienced one great challenge---wake up for fajr. I heard a practice that the best way to wake up is to wake up by making niyyah (intention) to wake up for fajr. I totally agree. Yet, if…
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Punishments in the Islamic religion
Before you read the rest, I want to clarify that I hate parents who physically and mentally punish their children. I feel that Islam agrees with this, i.e. hitting/beating children to crazy extents that you end up breaking their bones and making…
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Connection between 'Afuw and Tawbah: The Calf
In Surah Baqarah, Allah says:
The key word here is afaw, from the same root as Allah's name Al-'Affuw, which means to forgive something as if it never happened.
A few verses later, Allah says:
The key here is the first part: "you wronged…
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Why Muhammad is considered as messanger of God and peace
I am a Hindu who knows very little about Islam. Recently I read an article on Wikipedia about Conversion of non-Muslim places of worship into mosques.
If Mohammad converted many religious places related to Jewish or Christian people and killed many…
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Will I be sinning (e.g. by arrogance) if I divorce my husband who I hate, given that he is the father of our 2-year old daughter?
I hate my husband. I can't stand him at all! We have been living separately for 18 months now. We have a daughter aged 2.
Though he is a bad husband, he is a good parent. I do not wish to deprive my daughter of fatherly care which is very…
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Can a person take individual opinions from any of the four schools or is it mandatory to follow only one throughout your life?
I don't see a problem in following a ruling which for me holds more weight according to the authentic hadith and Quran over the rulings which were just opinions from people, presumably from Quran and hadith.
So I may follow a ruling which…
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How many Sunnat rakats are there in Jumma prayer?
Assalamualaikum, as the question says, how many Sunnat rakats do I need to perform before or after Jumma prayer(friday).
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What is the name of the script used in the earliest Qurʾānic manuscripts?
I've seen it transliterated into English as ma'ili which supposedly means "inclined" or "slanting." I'm looking for the Arabic word. Is it مائلي?
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What are the things that have souls?
There was a question about drawing. From hadith, we should not draw anything with soul.
But what are the things with souls? In particular, do animals (apart from humans) have souls?
I have encountered different sayings. Some say all animals have…
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Are there any schools of thought which consider the science of Fiqh to be Bidah?
We see that today an Islamic ruling is derived using a set of guidelines and scientific process. Each of the four schools may have different rules to derive a ruling , so can this intricate process be a Bidah motivated by the hadith of Hair…
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