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Belief
Show all fatawaWhat is the ruling on this internet personality by the name ‘Pir Chuff Chuff’ who claims to cure people by blowing into a microphone?
A person who presents himself as a practitioner or possessor of spiritual power, shows scenes of healing illnesses by blowing on social media, cannot even recite the Quran or the Kalimah correctly,…
What is Urs?
What is ‘Urs, and is it proven from Hadīth. Also, is it better not to go to an ‘Urs if there is anything taking place there which contradicts Sharī’ah so that one may avoid anything against Islām.…
Is believing in the 12 Imams a Shia belief? What is the Sunni stance?
Who are the twelve Imāms, what is the belief of the Ahl al-Sunnah regarding them. Do we believe in the twelve Imāms, or do Shī’as?
Is it permissible to have a ‘Khatam’ for a deceased person, do they receive the reward?
There are Khatam programmes in the Masjids here in the U.K – where is this proven from, is it correct to do Fātihah on the 3rd and the 40th, and what is the proof for this?
Is it possible for a Prophet to sin? What is the Sunni belief regarding this?
Is it possible for a Prophet to sin, and can a Prophet forgetfully perpetrate a sin – what is the Sunnī belief regarding this?
Can we show our hand to an astrologer to try and find out about the future?
What do the noble ulamā say about showing one’s hand to an astrologer to try and find out about the future?
What are some of the minor and major signs for the coming of the Day of Judgement?
What is the Day of Resurrection, and what is the ruling for the one who denies it. Please can you also mention some of its signs because people nowadays regard any strange thing as a sign of the Day…
How is it to address Allah by the name ‘Rām’ [term used by Hindus]?
What do the noble ulamā say regarding calling Allāh by the name ‘Rām’?
Is it appropriate to use the term ‘Hazir aw Nazir’ for Allah?
What do the noble ulamā say about referring to Allāh as ‘Hāzir aw Nāzir’, is this permissible?
Can the pious people of Allah perform Karamat (Marvels)? What is the correct belief regarding this according to Sunni Islam?
What do the ulama of the pristine Sharī’ah say concerning the proof for the Karāmāt of the Awliyā and the legal verdict concerning the one who denies these Marvels?
How is it to call someone ‘Be-Imaan’ (faithless) as is commonly said by some Asians?
Amongst us occasionally people call one another ‘be Imaan’ [faithless], will the ruling of disbelief fall upon the one who says this?
During al-’Isra’ wal-Mi‘raj was the Prophet Musa praying at his grave physically or spiritually?
[During al-’Isrā’ wal-Mi‘rāj] is the Hadīth regarding Sayyidunā Mūsā , upon whom be peace, praying Salāh in their grave Sahīh? I heard that it was actually his soul that was praying Salāh and not…
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