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Belief
Show all fatawaAllah created everything so can we say that Allah made our houses, clothes, shoes, etc?
We know that Allāh Almighty is the Creator of everything, so can we say that Allāh Almighty made our houses, clothes, shoes, etc and how will we able to differentiate whether Allāh Almighty directly…
What is the correct belief regarding the Finality of Prophethood and why is it that Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiyani and his followers are disbelievers?
What is our belief regarding Khatm al-Nabuwwah [the Seal i.e. Finality of Prophethood]. Please can you mention it with proofs and why is it that Mirzā Ghulām Ahmad Qādiyānī and his followers are…
Is it permissible to listen to Shi’ah scholars and their stories on Karbala?
Are we permitted to listen to lectures by Shī’ah scholars and their cries in relation to Karbalā?
The Qur’an says ‘pious men are for pious women’ – so why were the wives of some Prophets not pious?
Allah ﷻ states in Surah al-Nur that pious women are for pious men and pious men are for pious women. The Pharaoh was not pious, but his wife was a pious woman. Similarly, the wives of some Prophets…
What is the point in making dua if everything is predestined by Allah?
If everything has been predestined, then what’s the use of struggling? What’s the use of supplicating for increase in sustenance when it has already been decreed how much sustenance a person shall…
Who are ISIS and how do we recognise them?
What is ISIS and what is the shari’i (legal) verdict upon them? How do we recognise that they are from the Khawarij (renegades)? Kindly mention some of their signs.
What is fard ‘ayn? What things are included in it?
What is fard ‘ayn? What things are included in it?
Does a person who does not pray become a disbeliever?
The Prophet ﷺ has stated that the difference between a Muslim and a disbeliever is salah. Is this hadith authentic? Does it mean that a person who does not offer salah become a kafir (disbeliever)?
Does having Devilish thoughts make me a Kafir? How do I stop them?
I am suffering from whisperings. If I believe in them, they will take me out of the fold of Islam. They are whisperings of unbelief. I consider them to be extremely bad, due to which I do not want to…
What is the Preserved Tablet (al-Lawh al-Mahfooz) according to Sunni belief?
What is the Preserved Tablet and what do the Ahlus-Sunnah say with regards to that which has been written on the Preserved Tablet. Is the writing considered as Kalaamullah which makes it Qadeem etc or…
What does Islam say about the existence of Dinosaurs?
As Muslims, what is our stance on the belief of dinosaurs and the like? Is there any mention in the Quran or Ahadith of our Prophet (peace be upon him)? If not, by accepting they existed, is this kufr…
What is the ruling on those who refer to the sayings of the Prophet ﷺ as ‘oppressive’?
What is the ruling for a Muslim who calls hadīth oppressive? In the context that he is talking to a friend about their childhood experience with their mother which was not good and then saying he has…
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