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An imam sending his children to a Deobandi Qur'ān teacher
Question "What do the scholars of Dīn and the Muftīs of the Sacred Law state regarding the following matter: An Imam of a Sunni mosque has admitted to...
A complex marital dispute: a secret affair and a disputed nikāḥ
Question In a family husband wife son and a daughter (retarded) son a bright student of 13 years old.In this family husband is having a private mistre...
Zakāh on savings set aside for a wedding
Question Do I pay zakat on savings which I’ve set aside for a wedding? The money I have received is through a committee payment and the sole intention...
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Entering a temple for a workplace event
Question Corporate Airline company wants their employees to visit famous historical temple for the inauguration of New Flight in India. is it permissi...
The Throne ('Arsh) of Allāh being upon the water (Sūrah Hūd:7)
Question I have a question regarding the arsh of Allah being above water in surah hud verse 7 — Muhammad, Blackburn Answer Allāh Ta`ālā states in the...
Using the phrase 'rest in peace' for a non-Muslim
Question Assalamu alaikum What is the appropriate understanding of the phrase ‘rest in peace’ in Islam? When a non-Muslim dies, for instance, a famous...
Superlative Knowledge of the Friends of Allah – extracts from Inba ul Hayy by Imam Ahmed Rida Khan
`Allāmah Ibrāhīm Bayjūrī [may Allāh be pleased with him] states in his explanation of Qasīdah Burdah, “For every verse of the Qur’ān, there are a thou...
Allah exists without a place
`Allāmah Sa`aduddīn Taftāzānī [may Allāh have mercy on him] states: “Allāh [exalted is He] is free from being in a place [makān]. Due to this, He is a...
Kissing the thumbs
What do the learned ‘Úlamā of Islam state in the following case whether it is permissible in the light of Sharī’á, to kiss the nails upon hearing the...
Imaan e Kaamil (Strong Imaan)
Question: What is the ruling of the learned Ulama about what is Imaan-e-Kaamil (Completely strong Imaan) and how can one make ones Imaan Kaamil? The A...
Islamic Understanding of Jewish Sabbath
Question I just wanted to know how Sabath was practiced during the time of Musa (Moses) alaihis salam time. I want to know the Islamic understanding o...
Taqbīl-e Ibhāmain
From Namaz of a Mu’min: Lexically the term Taqbīl-e Ibhāmain is understood to mean the kissing of the thumb. However, by and large this term is unders...
Standing and Reciting Salam (Qiyam)
[al-Malfūz, vol. 2, pp. 230 – 231] Imām Aĥmad Ridā states: On my first trip to Haramayn Sharīfayn, a staunch Wahābī came up to me near the blessed Ka’...
Did Rasulullah şallAllāhu álayhi wa sallam hold the Knowledge of the ‘Five Unseens’?
Hafidh Ul-Hadīth, Syeddī Ahmad Malikī rađiyAllāhu ánhu, reports that the Ghawth of the time, Syeddī Sharīf Abdul Azīz Mas’ūd Hasanī rađiyAllāhu ánhu s...
Translation of an Extraction from Al-Dawlah al-Makkiyah
Translated by Munawwar Ateeq Rizvi On the details of the Qur’an and vastness of the Muhammadan Knowledge by Imam al-Mutakallimeen Ahmad Rida al-Hindi...
The Effect of Observing Mawlid on disbelievers
Expressing happiness and celebrating the beloved Prophet śall Allāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam his birthday causes even unbelievers, by Allah’s favour and mer...
Hadīth 3: Mawlid Un-Nabī şallAllāhu álayhi wa sallam
The third Hadith is regarding a dream seen by the Uncle of the Beloved Prophet şallAllāhu álayhi wa sallam, Hadrat Abbas rađiyAllāhu ánhu. Before the...
Hadīth 2: Mawlid Un-Nabī şallAllāhu álayhi wa sallam
Second Hadith The Beloved Prophet şallAllāhu álayhi wa sallam also specified his own birthday in the same way. In a Hadīth narrated by Abu Qatada Ansa...
Hadith 1: Mawlid Un-Nabī şallAllāhu álayhi wa sallam
There are many Hadîths that provide clear evidences for the legality of celebrating the birth and raising of the Beloved Prophet şallAllāhu álayhi wa...