Angels and the Unseen
1,376 questions
What is the ruling on watching a fictional story about people who possess supernatural abilities, without delving into the mention of religions or beliefs except at the beginning?
How do we reconcile the fact that Gabriel (peace be upon him) has six hundred wings, each wing larger than the world, with the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) seeing him in his angelic form in this world?
What is the ruling on using and merging images with Quranic verses for the purpose of inviting people to Islam, and is it permissible to design verses about punishment?
Are games that rely on personality analysis and guessing future traits through specific choices, such as colors, animals, or paths, considered a form of divination, fortune-telling, or soothsaying, and does it entail the non-acceptance of prayers for forty days, even if the person knows that they are not real and are merely philosophical, and that knowledge of the unseen belongs solely to Allah Almighty?
Is using a pendulum to find answers by sensing vibrations emitted by the minds of others—which is claimed not to be divination but rather the use of senses at their highest degree—permissible or forbidden in Islam? And is it considered a form of astrology or superstition?
What is the opinion on employing modern scientific discoveries to interpret Quranic verses, taking into account that science changes while the Quran is constant, and to avoid affecting the faith of the weak when the opposite of these discoveries is proven?
Is the torment of the grave a matter of the Unseen or the Seen, and what is the wisdom behind it being a matter of the Unseen?
Is it possible for Allah to inspire one of His servants in such a way that he is among the disbelievers whose limbs will testify against them on the Day of Resurrection?
What is the ruling on the hadith that states, "The demise of my Ummah will be by stabbing and plague," and then interprets plague as "the pricking of your enemies from among the jinn," compared to another hadith that interprets plague as "a gland like a camel's gland," and does this contradict the fact that plague is caused by germs and bacteria?
How can Paradise be of the absolute unseen when all the angels of heaven know the destinies of humans, and how can the angels of mercy and torment dispute over the fate of the killer of a hundred souls, when they know from the previous hadith whom Allah loves or hates?
Is it permissible to seek help from a person who claims the ability to detect sorcerers and harm them through supplication, and who describes people afflicted by jinn possession or sorcery by instructing them to put salt, sugar, or oil upon which Quran has been recited into their food?
What is relative knowledge of the unseen (al-ghaib al-nisbi), and what is the ruling on one who claims to possess it, along with the evidence?
How will the sun on the Day of Resurrection draw near to the creation by the measure of a mile, yet not burn them?
What is the ruling on sharing a Facebook post that includes an oath by its owner that she is not a charlatan or sorceress, and asks people to choose a letter to receive a message from a beloved person within five minutes?
What is the benefit of Allah questioning His servants in some texts, such as His questioning of Gabriel: "What do you hope for?"
What is the meaning of Ibn al-Jawzi's saying: "If you see a Hadith that contradicts reason… then know that it is fabricated," when there are many Hadiths that contradict reason, such as the Messenger seizing the jinn by the neck, the creation of camels from jinn, and the tree coming to him?
Is the clothing mentioned in Surat Al-A'raf for covering the 'awrah, or for adornment and beauty?
Does participating in an online game of guessing the future constitute fortune-telling and divination? And does it prevent the acceptance of prayers for forty days, knowing that it was only for entertainment?
How will the wives of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, be with him in the rank of al-Wasilah, when it is a rank designated for only one servant, namely the Prophet Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace?
What is the ruling of the Sharia on using the method of placing a key inside a Mushaf and reciting Surat Ya-Sin to uncover a thief?
What is the nature of the life of jinn, their dwellings, their children, their family life, their prayers, and the burial of their dead? Do religious rulings apply to them? Do they fight among themselves? Do they have racial classifications? Are they affected by natural phenomena?
How can the Almighty's saying be understood: "Do they await but that Allah should come to them in covers of clouds and the angels [as well]?" while He is unseen and limitless? Does this imply the embodiment of God? And why did the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) not punish Abdullah ibn Ubayy with the hadd penalty for slander in the incident of the Ifk (slander), as he did others? And why did the Prophet (peace be upon him) contravene the Quranic command for complete segregation from women during menstruation, according to what is mentioned in the Hadith?
Can a believer, while in Paradise, ask Allah Almighty about unseen matters of which he was unaware in this world, such as the substance from which the soul was created, or where Allah was before the creation of the universe, and what He was doing?
Does Satan know what goes on in our minds, so he whispers to us what suits our thoughts, or what?