Life and Seerah
- What is the ruling on saying: "O Allah, my mother, for by her I incline and become upright"?
- Is it permissible to say: "May God keep you safe/well"?
- Why is it said, "May you wear out what is new and live a praiseworthy life," to someone who is wearing a laundered old garment, not a new one, and what is said to someone who is wearing a new garment?
- Is it permissible for a person to curse life when angry or distressed by it?
- Does Islam have a prophet or great man named Paul, bearing in mind that we do not believe in the Paul mentioned in Christianity?
- Is the verse, "O you who have believed, do not raise your voices above the voice of the Prophet," abrogated or no longer applicable after the death of the Prophet (peace be upon him), or is it merely for admonition? And what is the true reason for its revelation: Was it concerning the two Shaykhs, Abu Bakr and Umar, or concerning Thabit ibn Qays?
- To what extent are the mentioned hadiths authentic, and what is meant by the proverb: "Indeed, Allah Almighty has made what comes out of the son of Adam a parable for this worldly life"?
- Is the reason that Prophet Muhammad was the last of the messengers due to the increase in people's intelligence, such that they no longer need a messenger, knowing that each century is more misguided than the one before it, and that misguidance stems from obstinacy, and that the outcome and regret are the same whether it is done knowingly or not?
- Is the Hadith that states the mother of Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) was brought back to life, believed in him, and then died, authentic?
- How can one reconcile the Hadith in which the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) forbade the killing of anyone who testifies that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and who performs the prayer, with the Hadith: "I have been commanded to fight the people until they say: 'There is no god but Allah.' So whoever says: 'There is no god but Allah,' then he has protected his wealth and his life from me, except by its right, and his reckoning is with Allah," which Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) used as evidence to fight those who differentiated between prayer and zakat?
- How sound is the information regarding the secretion of a hormone that forms "al-ran" (a covering) over the heart when one is heedless of the remembrance of Allah, causing distress and depression, based on His exalted saying: (Nay, but what they used to earn has stained their hearts)?
- Is the following hadith authentic: "The Prophet of God, Muhammad, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, entered upon Abu Bakr and Aisha while they were sitting on one bed, and he asked him, saying: 'Has the devil died?'"?
- How sound is the circulating story about Jesus (peace be upon him) resurrecting a deceased mother, with the mother then reproaching them, saying: "Indeed, I saw a home better than my home, so I died as a believer, and what do I know that I might die as a disbeliever and then see that bliss?"
- What is the legal evidence from the Qur'an or Sunnah for intentional offenses against life short of murder, and for unintentional offenses against life short of murder?
- Are miracles in the three Abrahamic religions real, or were they copied from pagan religions?
- What is the most comprehensive and encompassing book that has contained and enumerated all Islamic ethics, both their virtues and their vices?
- What is the difference between innovation (bid‘ah) and extremism (ghuluw), and when is an act considered an innovation or extremism, with examples from daily life?
- Is the Hadith: "Is it not just of Me to appoint each of you to what he was appointed to in the worldly life?" authentic?
- Does the word "ill omen" in the Hadith: (If there is ill omen in anything, it is in the woman, the dwelling, and the horse) mean evil or calamities, and if so, why was the woman singled out for mention without the man in the context of ill omen?
- Does cursing oneself and grumbling erase the blessings of one's life and provision, and is it considered a bad assumption about Allah?
- What is the ruling on using the words: "لعمرك" (by your life) meaning "say to yourself," and "تقول" (you say) meaning "you do," and "تلقي" (you cast) meaning "you do" or "you make"?
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- What are the ten attributes of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him?
- Is the truthfulness of a dream dependent on a person's righteousness or corruption, or does it occur for everyone: the righteous and the wicked, the pious and the dissolute, the Muslim and the disbeliever?