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Join a brother late to get benefit of fard salaah in congregation
When you come into mosque late for Zuhr, and someone is busy with salah, without you knowing if he is performing Sunnah Zuhr or Fard Zuhr, can you join that person and perform your Fard Zuhr and carry on after he salaam and still get the benefit of…
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What evidence is there that a Muslim man can not marry a chaste woman of the book if she is an ex-Muslim?
Qur'an 5:5 permits Muslim men to marry chaste women of the book. However, according to IslamWeb, there is an exception: a Muslim man may not marry a woman who is an ex-Muslim (a.k.a., an apostate). They quote:
Ibn Qudaamah said: “It is prohibited…
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Looking for a statement attributed to 'Omar ibn al-Khattab about how to really know a person
I've at least once heard from Sheikh 'Omar 'Abdulkafi a story he attributed to 'Omar ibn al-Khattab. As it is long ago I've already forgotten the details, but I hopefully can provide enough information for my source-identification request!
If I…
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Source for a story about Muhammad's follower who felt Muhammad was too lenient with his wives?
I remember reading a story about Muhammad in which one of his followers felt that Muhammad was too indulgent with his wives, or too kind, or didn't require the proper formal respect from them. So this follower mentioned it to Muhammad, but I can't…
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How do scholars deduce that Jumuah is mandatory only for urban/settled people?
In many fiqh books we read that among the conditions for Jumuah some scholars consider being a citizen of city or being settled as a condition for Jumuah to be a fard (mandatory) prayer on a male person who has no valid excuse. However there seem to…
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Can posting bond for someone in jail count as 'freeing a slave' for purpose of making up for missed days of fasting?
I live in the USA and the federal constitution here forbids slavery with the exception of those being punished for a crime. There are thousands of people in jail who cannot afford the bail money to get out of jail and hire proper counsel for their…
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What are the two bridges that act as a test on Judgement Day?
In one of the answers for the below question:
What happens between death and the day of judgement?
it is stated that there is " one bridge that disbelievers try to cross and two bridges that believers have to cross."
The answerer distinguishes this…
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Is there any prescribed/Sunnah way of apologizing or saying sorry to someone?
There are certain Islamic terms 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…
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Is it Sunnah to be in an abluted state all the time?
السلامعليكم،
I want to know whether it Sunnah to be in an abluted state all the time? I mean in a state that one can offer salah. For example, when ablution is invalidated, one immediately renews it.
I searched web but didn't find anything for my…
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The significance of ayahs beginning with "Say"
Has there been scholarly discussion of the significance (or subtlety) of the ayahs beginning with "Say"? For example:
Say: He is Allah, the One! (112:1)
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All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds. (1:2)
(There is nothing special…
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What do Islamic scholars recommend for male students in schools where female students and teachers do not wear hijab?
In school, there are uncovered non-mahram female teachers and classmates. In this scenario, with mental strength one might refrain himself from looking at fellow classmates of the opposite gender, but it is impractical for one to not look at the…
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Are the letter forms of Arabic essential to the Qur'an?
Are the existing letter forms/shapes of the Arabic alphabet an essential part of the Qur'an, or are they an arbitary choice made by humans as a means to record the Qur'an?
In other words, if someone came up with a different writing system that could…
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I haven't been in contact with my husband for two years because of abuse; am I divorced and do I need iddat?
I am a Allah-fearing person and I need to find out if I am divorced according to Islam.
I am a young girl aged 30. My husband use to hit me, so I called the police on him and he was kicked out of the house. I can do this because I live in the UK. …
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What is the relationship between heart and mind?
I need to know the relation between our heart and mind according to Islam.
When we think bad does it has an effect on our spiritual heart and our soul?
Like thinking of kufr shirk and sins. But as far as I know, these thoughts are just passing…
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What nation did Allah order to destroy where a believer lived?
I heard it from my father during childhood. I need the reference, especially the name of the nation and the reference in Islamic books. The incident is
A nation had reached with the highest state of inhumanity, so Almighty Allah ordered to destroy…
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