Ask About Islam 3

[ShapiroMD]

3) I understand backbiting and lying e.t.c are major sins, but are we still sinful if we backbite about non muslims.

same thing brah, its like eating the dead person's flesh that you are backbiting about

[SYRIANKID]

Assalamualaikum,
Why were mawalis (non-Arab Muslims) treated differently in comparison to Arab Muslims under the early caliphates (specifically the Umayyad and Abbasid i think)? If racial equality is a very important tenet of Islam and clearly espoused and practised by Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), then why did the caliphs just ignore this and treat their non-Arab brothers and sisters as inferior just because of their race?

Jazakallah

As-Salaamu aleikum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatahu
Bismillah Ar-Rahman Ar-Raheem
Allahuma Salli 'ala Muhammad wa 'ala aalihi wa sahbihi ajma'een wa sallim

Many Mawalis were Arabs actually. Mawali refer to slaves of war, and it's not an indicator of race since many Mawalis were North African Arabs (for a while). Mawalis in North Africa and the rest of the Middle East were quite influential. We can say that one of their greatest achievements is destroying the Crusader/Fatimid alliance. Many Mawalis had jobs and were not just contracted soldiers - they bought their own freedom. Some were rulers of the land even while they were Mawali. It's an interesting history.

This is a good article on how Islam prohibits racism:

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/f...article29.html

Jazakum Allah Khair
Barak Allah Feekum
W'as-Salaamu aleikum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatahu

[SYRIANKID]

1) How does one go about choosing which school of thought to follow. Also what made you choose your particular school of thought.

2) I remember you mentioned that we cannot mix and match from diffrent schools of thoughts as it leads to laziness. I still dont understand this. If someone shows me evidence for something why cant I just follow it irrespective of school of thought.

3) I understand backbiting and lying e.t.c are major sins, but are we still sinful if we backbite about non muslims.

As-Salaamu aleikum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatahu
Bismillah Ar-Rahman Ar-Raheem
Allahuma Salli 'ala Muhammad wa 'ala aalihi wa sahbihi ajma'een wa sallim

1) The only real consideration is choosing a school that is easy to learn. So if there are accessible books and scholars for a certain school available then that's the one that can be chosen. Other than that, there isn't a "better" choice since they're all valid.

2) The prohibition isn't just because it leads to laziness, it's because it also leads to invalid rulings and people just following their own whims in choosing the easiest ways out (as opposed to following a scholarly methodology).

http://qa.sunnipath.com/issue_view.asp?id=3351

http://qa.sunnipath.com/issue_view.a...D=3325&CATE=23

http://qa.sunnipath.com/issue_view.asp?id=5072

http://qa.sunnipath.com/issue_view.a...=1583&CATE=389

http://qa.sunnipath.com/issue_view.a...=3361&CATE=263

http://qa.sunnipath.com/issue_view.a...=2204&CATE=260

http://qa.sunnipath.com/issue_view.asp?id=500

3) Yes, unless one is warning others about a certain harm they are causing.

http://www.islam-qa.com/en/ref/13611/backbiting

Jazakum Allah Khair
Barak Allah Feekum
W'as-Salaamu aleikum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatahu

[SYRIANKID]

As-salaamu alaikum,

To follow up on AA43560 I would also add that in certain periods of time in certain areas the conquering Muslims preferred it if non-Arabs did not convert as they had a larger base from which to enact the jizya. As non-Arabs began to convert to Islam, this tax base simply grew smaller which meant less revenue. Source: The Arabs In History.

That said, the various empires and historical societies of Islam have been tolerant of converts (in general).

I would also add that whatever has happened in history, it is very important to distinguish what these or those Muslims did, and what Islam actually teaches. The difference is crucial.

As always, the best example was by the Prophet Muhammad (SWT).

As-Salaamu aleikum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatahu
Bismillah Ar-Rahman Ar-Raheem
Allahuma Salli 'ala Muhammad wa 'ala aalihi wa sahbihi ajma'een wa sallim

I would disagree with that. I think it is a major myth that Muslims made money from Jizya. Jizya is something that could only be charged from male non-Muslims and only what they could reasonably afford.

On the other hand, a Muslim man or woman is responsible for paying zakat, which is a flat tax set at 2.5% of all standing wealth as opposed to a fixed sum in the case of Jizya. It is almost always more lucrative for the poor to have everyone paying their zakat than everyone paying jizya.

The reality is that a major money-maker for Muslims were tributes paid by non-Muslim empires to delay war. Often other empires which realized the strength of Muslims would pay for Muslims to protect them from other empires or for a prolonged cease fire from the Muslims themselves. This represented a decent money source and not the actual jizya from non-Muslim males.

Jazakum Allah Khair
Barak Allah Feekum
W'as-Salaamu aleikum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatahu

[SYRIANKID]

Salamaleykum

I need recommendations for the following

1) A collection of our prophet(pbuh)'s sayings and additional explaination to them.
2) The Quran translated into english with additional explaination to it
3) A link/mp3/cd/program/etc to the holy quran recited by a slow reciter, I memorize the surahs better if someone repeats them as they were talking to me instead of a longer reciter.

Thank you!

As-Salaamu aleikum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatahu
Bismillah Ar-Rahman Ar-Raheem
Allahuma Salli 'ala Muhammad wa 'ala aalihi wa sahbihi ajma'een wa sallim

1)

http://www.sunnipath.com/library/Hadith/H0004P0000.aspx

http://www.sunnipath.com/library/Hadith/H0003P0000.aspx

http://www.sunnipath.com/library/Hadith/H0005P0000.aspx

2)

http://www.quranbrowser.org/

http://www.tafsir.com/

http://www.islamicstudies.info/tafheem.php

http://www.englishtafsir.com/

3)

http://www.lightuponlight.com/QuranReader/

http://www.soft32.com/download_4097.html

Jazakum Allah Khair
Barak Allah Feekum
W'as-Salaamu aleikum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatahu

[stud_ibrahim]

1. Is MehndiRaat(night of the Henna), a night usually celebrated in Indian subcontinent a day before the marriage day of the bride; an acceptable practice in ISlam? The bride's hands and feet are decorated with henna on this night and her mother, sisters and other women sing songs.


2. Bringing a cake on Mehndiraat, and feeding it to various people around? OK?

3. Celebrating Birthday acceptable?

[SYRIANKID]

1. Is MehndiRaat(night of the Henna), a night usually celebrated in Indian subcontinent a day before the marriage day of the bride; an acceptable practice in ISlam? The bride's hands and feet are decorated with henna on this night and her mother, sisters and other women sing songs.

2. Bringing a cake on Mehndiraat, and feeding it to various people around? OK?

3. Celebrating Birthday acceptable?

As-Salaamu aleikum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatahu
Bismillah Ar-Rahman Ar-Raheem
Allahuma Salli 'ala Muhammad wa 'ala aalihi wa sahbihi ajma'een wa sallim

1) Well, that celebration has nothing to do with Islam. However, that doesn't mean it's forbidden. It's perfectly fine for a bridge to invite her family and friends and celebrate her wedding. It's also fine for her to decorate herself etc. as long as this doesn't involve forbidden acts like singing/dancing in front of men.

2) Yes

3) For small kids it's alright. Otherwise it is disliked to celebrate one's day of birth:

http://qa.sunnipath.com/issue_view.a...=2106&CATE=115

Jazakum Allah Khair
Barak Allah Feekum
W'as-Salaamu aleikum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatahu

[big_nas]

1) Are we sinful if we just pray the fard prayers and not sunnats and nafls.

2) When making dua is the wiping of the face with the hands at the end a form of bidah

[Abyss]

1) Are we sinful if we just pray the fard prayers and not sunnats and nafls.

2) When making dua is the wiping of the face with the hands at the end a form of bidah

As Salaam Alaiykum.

1) No. But reading the Sunnahs are very rewardful as its the example of the Holy Prophet Muhammad. (PBUH) But missing out on them all the time without an valid excuse is sinful.

http://qa.sunnipath.com/issue_view.a...D=4148&CATE=99

2. No, not at all. Wiping the face is a confirmed sunnah and a big reward. After prayer you should raise your hands level with your shoulders and then make the dua the Prophets (PBUH) way. God see's the face as light and its a honor doing so, the face is the beauty of the body and it should be honored.

http://qa.sunnipath.com/issue_view.asp?id=5108

As Salaam Alaiykum.

[SYRIANKID]

1) Are we sinful if we just pray the fard prayers and not sunnats and nafls.

2) When making dua is the wiping of the face with the hands at the end a form of bidah

As-Salaamu aleikum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatahu
Bismillah Ar-Rahman Ar-Raheem
Allahuma Salli 'ala Muhammad wa 'ala aalihi wa sahbihi ajma'een wa sallim

1) No, but praying additional voluntary prayers works to raise our rank in the sight of God.

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showpo...postcount=7018

http://qa.sunnipath.com/issue_view.asp?id=1226

2) No, that is actually the Prophetic example:

http://qa.sunnipath.com/issue_view.asp?id=847

http://qa.sunnipath.com/issue_view.asp?id=5108%20

http://qa.sunnipath.com/issue_view.a...=2754&CATE=120

http://qa.sunnipath.com/issue_view.a...&ID=1&CATE=239

Jazakum Allah Khair
Barak Allah Feekum
W'as-Salaamu aleikum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatahu

[zman155]

Salaamalaykum

What are some ways to meditate and ponder about Allah (swt) other than through prayer itself??

[SYRIANKID]

Salaamalaykum

What are some ways to meditate and ponder about Allah (swt) other than through prayer itself??

As-Salaamu aleikum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatahu
Bismillah Ar-Rahman Ar-Raheem
Allahuma Salli 'ala Muhammad wa 'ala aalihi wa sahbihi ajma'een wa sallim

1) Start by looking in a mirror, then thinking about your life, then thinking about your life with respect to others, and thank God for all the blessings He's given you. Thank God for testing you in ways you can bear while you know that you might not have been able to withstand other types of tests. The gift of guidance alone, while so many are wasting their time and money in heedlessness, is enough of a blessing. Thanking God for remembering to pause and thank God is also a blessing. They are too numerous to count.

2) Sit down and speak with God. Tell God about all your hopes, about all your needs, about all your fears, about everything you would like to see changed in the world. Ask Him for help. Be satisfied with what God decrees for you and be patient as you recognize that God's plan for you is far better than what you think is better for you.

3) Praise God for Who He is and everything He has done. Praise God for sending the Prophets (pbut) and guiding the scholars so that knowledge of the religion has reached you. There are so many ways to mention and praise God in this way, as taught by the Prophet (pbuh).

Jazakum Allah Khair
Barak Allah Feekum
W'as-Salaamu aleikum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatahu

[StarScream_F22]

Anyone travelled on PIA Business class? If so what was it like?

[big_nas]

As-Salaamu aleikum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatahu
Bismillah Ar-Rahman Ar-Raheem
Allahuma Salli 'ala Muhammad wa 'ala aalihi wa sahbihi ajma'een wa sallim

1) No, but praying additional voluntary prayers works to raise our rank in the sight of God.

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showpo...postcount=7018

http://qa.sunnipath.com/issue_view.asp?id=1226

2) No, that is actually the Prophetic example:

http://qa.sunnipath.com/issue_view.asp?id=847

http://qa.sunnipath.com/issue_view.asp?id=5108%20

http://qa.sunnipath.com/issue_view.a...=2754&CATE=120

http://qa.sunnipath.com/issue_view.a...&ID=1&CATE=239

Jazakum Allah Khair
Barak Allah Feekum
W'as-Salaamu aleikum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatahu

Regarding the first question of sunnah prayers the sunnipath link states that for the sunna mu?akkada prayers you are sinful for consistently leaving them out. What does it mean by consistently is there a time frame after which it becomes sinful and what is the punishment for this?

[SYRIANKID]

Regarding the first question of sunnah prayers the sunnipath link states that for the sunna mu?akkada prayers you are sinful for consistently leaving them out. What does it mean by consistently is there a time frame after which it becomes sinful and what is the punishment for this?

As-Salaamu aleikum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatahu
Bismillah Ar-Rahman Ar-Raheem
Allahuma Salli 'ala Muhammad wa 'ala aalihi wa sahbihi ajma'een wa sallim

There's no set time frame. When it can be said that someone habitually leaves the sunnah prayers, or leaves the sunnah more often than he prays it, then that person becomes sinful for being neglectful of the sunnah. So whenever someone has that feeling, he should break his habit and pray it. Obviously it's better if someone never missed any sunnah prayer.

Jazakum Allah Khair
Barak Allah Feekum
W'as-Salaamu aleikum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatahu

[stud_ibrahim]

1. A local imam told me that it is prohibited for a husband to directly look at the private part of his wife and if he does this, then the child born to them would be blind... True?

2. Is it necessary to follow one school of thought? Can't one just live his life by directly referring to the Quran and Sunnah?

3. There is a confusion in many people that the various Fiqhs(Shafi, hanafi, Maliki, Hambali) are actually deviant sects? How to clear it?

[afi2006]

Please go through the following sketches of these people and provide me a suitable solution on how to reform them based on their habits and lifestyle:-

My Brother:- 30 year old. Well Educated. Physician by profession. A guy who takes religion too easily. Most of the time he is reluctant to offer Salah and when he does offer, then it would be at home. He never steps out towards the mosque because he feels shy. He often debates that all hadith are not authentic and the only reliable source is the Holy Quran. Sometimes he mocks the Sunnah like trousers above ankles and others. Also he takes life as it comes and becomes annoyed when anyone talks of the hereafter. Never recites Quran. Never tries to understand it. Watches TV and does mobile chit chat most of the time at home. Gives the least priority when it comes to religion. Becomes arrogant if we try to admonish him regarding his behaviour. Feels that his code of conduct is perfect and others are mistaken. Feels that possesing worldly things like wealth, qualifications, luxurious house, cars etc are the determining factors for superiority. Gives tremendous importance to materialistic things like wealth, education, caste etc. Summing it up, fully engrossed in his life and does'nt care at all for the hereafter.

My Dad:- On a slightly better position than the previous one. Prays 5 times. Offers Charity sometimes but takes money really very very seriously. Sometimes overcome by miserliness. Is highly reluctant to spend money on anything... Does'nt fulfill the rights of his wife. Never tries to recite or Understand the Holy Quran. Also takes worldly matters too seriously and cares less about the hereafter. Speaks bad about other people in their absence. considers other unworthy of respect. Never talks on religious grounds. Only on monetary grounds. Feels that the status of a person is because of his worldly achievements like Educational Qualification, Wealth etc etc. Never adjoins others to do good.

My Mom:- Argues with Dad. Does'nt observe the Purdah inspite of repeatedly asking her. Goes to Shrines, Peers and other such places. However she prays 5 times. the most prominent of her habits is not fulfilling the rights of husband and leaving home without his permission

Please provide me a good solution to reform all three of them. if u need any more info i will provide you...

[SYRIANKID]

1. A local imam told me that it is prohibited for a husband to directly look at the private part of his wife and if he does this, then the child born to them would be blind... True?

2. Is it necessary to follow one school of thought? Can't one just live his life by directly referring to the Quran and Sunnah?

3. There is a confusion in many people that the various Fiqhs(Shafi, hanafi, Maliki, Hambali) are actually deviant sects? How to clear it?

As-Salaamu aleikum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatahu
Bismillah Ar-Rahman Ar-Raheem
Allahuma Salli 'ala Muhammad wa 'ala aalihi wa sahbihi ajma'een wa sallim

1) False

2) All schools of thought directly refer to the Qur'an and Sunnah, however they do so using a consistent methodology. The biggest problem Muslims face today is unqualified people are piecing together rulings from the Qur'an and Sunnah when they have no knowledge, ignoring scholarly methodology, and are leading themselves and others astray.

So no, it is not permissible for an unqualified person to make their own rulings because the harm is that people will ignore evidences out of their own ignorance and inability to piece together a comprehensive ruling.

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showpo...postcount=9249

http://www.masud.co.uk/ISLAM/nuh/studyh.htm

http://www.masud.co.uk/ISLAM/nuh/madhhabstlk.htm

http://www.livingislam.org/n/sfh_e.html

http://www.masud.co.uk/ISLAM/nuh/salafi.htm

http://www.masud.co.uk/ISLAM/nuh/buti.htm

http://www.masud.co.uk/ISLAM/misc/mhfatwa.htm

http://www.masud.co.uk/ISLAM/nuh/madhhab.htm

http://www.masud.co.uk/ISLAM/ahm/newmadhh.htm

3) I think that confusion exists only among ignorant people who don't know what jurisprudence means. The above links should easily clear that up. A school of thought doesn't differ in beliefs, they each use the Qur'an and Prophetic example to arrive at valid rulings i.e. what the Prophet (pbuh) most frequently practiced during his life.

Jazakum Allah Khair
Barak Allah Feekum
W'as-Salaamu aleikum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatahu

[SYRIANKID]

Please go through the following sketches of these people and provide me a suitable solution on how to reform them based on their habits and lifestyle:-

My Brother:- 30 year old. Well Educated. Physician by profession. A guy who takes religion too easily. Most of the time he is reluctant to offer Salah and when he does offer, then it would be at home. He never steps out towards the mosque because he feels shy. He often debates that all hadith are not authentic and the only reliable source is the Holy Quran. Sometimes he mocks the Sunnah like trousers above ankles and others. Also he takes life as it comes and becomes annoyed when anyone talks of the hereafter. Never recites Quran. Never tries to understand it. Watches TV and does mobile chit chat most of the time at home. Gives the least priority when it comes to religion. Becomes arrogant if we try to admonish him regarding his behaviour. Feels that his code of conduct is perfect and others are mistaken. Feels that possesing worldly things like wealth, qualifications, luxurious house, cars etc are the determining factors for superiority. Gives tremendous importance to materialistic things like wealth, education, caste etc. Summing it up, fully engrossed in his life and does'nt care at all for the hereafter.

My Dad:- On a slightly better position than the previous one. Prays 5 times. Offers Charity sometimes but takes money really very very seriously. Sometimes overcome by miserliness. Is highly reluctant to spend money on anything... Does'nt fulfill the rights of his wife. Never tries to recite or Understand the Holy Quran. Also takes worldly matters too seriously and cares less about the hereafter. Speaks bad about other people in their absence. considers other unworthy of respect. Never talks on religious grounds. Only on monetary grounds. Feels that the status of a person is because of his worldly achievements like Educational Qualification, Wealth etc etc. Never adjoins others to do good.

My Mom:- Argues with Dad. Does'nt observe the Purdah inspite of repeatedly asking her. Goes to Shrines, Peers and other such places. However she prays 5 times. the most prominent of her habits is not fulfilling the rights of husband and leaving home without his permission

Please provide me a good solution to reform all three of them. if u need any more info i will provide you...

As-Salaamu aleikum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatahu
Bismillah Ar-Rahman Ar-Raheem
Allahuma Salli 'ala Muhammad wa 'ala aalihi wa sahbihi ajma'een wa sallim

There's no quick fix for anyone who lacks piety. The usual cause of deficient piety is lack of knowledge and lack of certainty that everyone's words, beliefs, and actions will be evaluated by God after death. People who spend time gathering material things don't actually yet realize that none of that will help them when they die, and death can strike at any moment.

You should read these materials and teach them what you learned:

On authenticity:

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showpo...postcount=4514

On the fleeting nature of this life and the pitfalls of materialism:

http://www.maktabah.net/store/images...t%20Shade1.pdf

On Heaven and Hell:

http://www.sunnipath.com/library/Books/B0010P0000.aspx

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showpo...&postcount=968

Jazakum Allah Khair
Barak Allah Feekum
W'as-Salaamu aleikum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatahu

[afi2006]

056.013 ثُلَّةٌ مِنَ الأوَّلِينَ
056.013 A number of people from those of old,


056.014 وَقَلِيلٌ مِنَ الآخِرِينَ
056.014 And a few from those of later times.

Al-Qur'an, 056.014-015 (Al-Waqia [The Event, The Inevitable])

ALLAH TAA'LA STATES IN THIS VERSE THAT THERE WILL BE FEW PEOPLE OF PARADISE FROM THE LATER TIMES... IS THIS REFERRED TO AS THE PRESENT TIME. THAT MEANS THAT THERE WILL BE A SMALL NUMBER OF PEOPLE FROM THE LATER TIMES WHO WILL INHERIT PARADISE??/

[SYRIANKID]

056.013 ثُلَّةٌ مِنَ الأوَّلِينَ
056.013 A number of people from those of old,


056.014 وَقَلِيلٌ مِنَ الآخِرِينَ
056.014 And a few from those of later times.

Al-Qur'an, 056.014-015 (Al-Waqia [The Event, The Inevitable])

ALLAH TAA'LA STATES IN THIS VERSE THAT THERE WILL BE FEW PEOPLE OF PARADISE FROM THE LATER TIMES... IS THIS REFERRED TO AS THE PRESENT TIME. THAT MEANS THAT THERE WILL BE A SMALL NUMBER OF PEOPLE FROM THE LATER TIMES WHO WILL INHERIT PARADISE??/

As-Salaamu aleikum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatahu
Bismillah Ar-Rahman Ar-Raheem
Allahuma Salli 'ala Muhammad wa 'ala aalihi wa sahbihi ajma'een wa sallim

No that refers to the foremost people of Paradise. Few people from later times will be among the highest ranks of Paradise.

As for just Paradise in general:

A multitude of those of old, and a multitude of those of later time.
(Qur'an 56:39-40)

Jazakum Allah Khair
Barak Allah Feekum
W'as-Salaamu aleikum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatahu

[big_nas]

And when We said unto the angels: Prostrate yourselves before Adam, they fell prostrate, all save Iblis. He demurred through pride, and so became a disbeliever.

I dont understand this verse it is from surah baqara chapter 2 verse 34

How can iblis become a disbeleiver when he has actually witnessed and seen Allah. If I say to someone I have 6 fingers and show them that I have 6 fingers they cant not believe me, because they have seen them. So they cant be disbelievers. In the same way Iblis has seen Allah so can't be a disbeliever right?

[SYRIANKID]

And when We said unto the angels: Prostrate yourselves before Adam, they fell prostrate, all save Iblis. He demurred through pride, and so became a disbeliever.

I dont understand this verse it is from surah baqara chapter 2 verse 34

How can iblis become a disbeleiver when he has actually witnessed and seen Allah. If I say to someone I have 6 fingers and show them that I have 6 fingers they cant not believe me, because they have seen them. So they cant be disbelievers. In the same way Iblis has seen Allah so can't be a disbeliever right?

As-Salaamu aleikum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatahu
Bismillah Ar-Rahman Ar-Raheem
Allahuma Salli 'ala Muhammad wa 'ala aalihi wa sahbihi ajma'een wa sallim

The word "kafir" sometimes needs to be contextualized, since it actually means "denier". Sometimes it can mean denying faith in God, sometimes it means denying God's blessings, sometimes it means denying some revelations but not others, sometimes it means being ungrateful, and sometimes it means denying God's authority upon one's self.

In this case, obviously Satan believes that God exists, but he denies that God's commands need to be obeyed. He is so arrogant, that even when God promises him that He will go to Hell along with everyone who follows his ways, he simply says that he will try to take down as many humans with him to Hell as he can (as opposed to pleading for forgiveness). We see this type of arrogance even among humans today, and there is no doubt that this is Satan's own persona being manifested in those that are unknowingly being misled by him.

Jazakum Allah Khair
Barak Allah Feekum
W'as-Salaamu aleikum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatahu

[2X-eed]

Asalamu Alaikum wa RahmutAllahi wa Barakatuhu

I was talking to a non-Muslim buddy of mine about interest, and he raised a simple question that I was unable to answer. You live in the Islamic state. You have no money. How do you get money to purchase a home? Are there simply state run banks that don't make profit that give out interest-free loans for that purpose? Or is there another way?

Jazak Allahu Khair

[TeenMisc]

"And then I was showed in the heaven, I saw there were camps made of
pearls and the soil was of musk." (Bukhari)

The Qur'an says of the dwellers of the heaven: They will see there
neither the sun's (excessive heat) nor the moon's excessive cold.


I just want someones opinion on this ("cold" being due to the moons presence)
Is it just symbolic?

[afi2006]

There is a young man is our mosque who has recently started teaching 'Tajweed' to people in a separate area. Now some people have raised objections concerning this act because this guy is not qualified in the field nor is he a graduate from an "Darul Uloom". he is just an average joe trying to teach others. Some people think that he might have ulterior motives in teaching them at a separate place as he belongs to the sect "Ahle Hadeeth". He might try to pull them into his beliefs. others think that he is just too young and unqualified to be a Tajweed teacher. Should he be stopped or allowed to continue?

[stud_ibrahim]

i m going on a heavy bodybuilding diet.... is it permissable to eat a lot of food according to hadith? i hear that there is one narration in which it is mentioned that eating a lot is sin and that God hates such people.

[Very_Yogurt]

As-salamo Alaikum

Are things like rep betting or gambling in a video game count as real gambling? Even though you don't lose or gain anything.


Jazzakum Allah Khair.

[hoganrulz]

As-salamo Alaikum

Are things like rep betting or gambling in a video game count as real gambling? Even though you don't lose or gain anything.


Jazzakum Allah Khair.

to add to this, people who bet on sports believe its more of a business venture, one of my friends who bets on sports described it as, investing in one team to beat another, whats your take on this?

[Abyss]

As-salamo Alaikum

Are things like rep betting or gambling in a video game count as real gambling? Even though you don't lose or gain anything.


Jazzakum Allah Khair.

As Salaam Alaiykum.

Gambling is gambling when your money is on the line. So if you bet even a nickle to win that 5000 USD, your money automatically becomes haraam even though it was just a little nickle. But the only way its legit is if you dont have to bet your money or valuables to win something, but that is most likley impossible as to win something there is always something you have to put on the line. But what you mentioned is pretty much a waste of time really, might aswell do something productive and go read the Quran, recite some dhikr or do some voluntarily prayer to raise your rank in the sight of God.

As Salaam Alayikum.