Question What is Islam’s view on evolution? How do we explain the fossil bones of our ancestors? Does that mean that the prophet Adam also looked like them? Answer In your question, if ‘evolution’ implies that man is actually an evolved form of a certain other creature, then Islam does not affirm such a standpoint. […]
Archives for March 2000
About the Law Relating to Inter-faith Marriages…
Question You do not seem to take into consideration what the two persons in love feel, about the marriage. Should they kill all their dreams just because they belong to two different religions? Even if the Muslim partner is devout in all his/her other real duties as a Muslim, like praying 5 times a day, […]
Reward for Women in Paradise
Question Can you tell me what Muslim women will have in heaven, I know that Muslim men will have 70 female hories so women will have male hories or what? Answer The Qur’an, while referring to the rewards of the pious in the Hereafter, has categorically stated that: All persons – men as well as […]
Keeping Clean – Douching
Question My husband is a Muslim man…He washes every time that he uses the “facilities”, and requires that I do the same. I have no problem with this. I find that I like it. However, he now is insisting that I “douche” every night before bed… I am uncomfortable with this practice, and have read […]
Mohammed (pbuh)’s Initial Response to Revelation…
Question How can the Muslims trust in the Koran as being the true word of God when the author of the Koran, Mohammed questioned the source of his prophetic word by saying himself that he thought he was being possessed by demon spirits at the time he was inspired to write? Note: After the convincing […]
Riba (Interest) & Inflation
The Supreme Court of Pakistan, in determining the applications and implications of the term “Riba” asked for assistance of religious scholars and other interested people of the country. For this purpose, answers to ten questions were sought. The sixth among these questions was: It is evident that the value of the paper-currency has a trend […]
A Further Question on ‘Celebrating Eid on Different Days’
Question Here in USA the people who belong to Middle Eastern countries are celebrating Eid-ul-Adha according to the Hajj date because their argument is that “Eid-ul-Adha is always on the day-after-Hajj in Makkah“. And since 9th of Zul-Hijja in Makkah is 15th of March therefore Eid-ul-Adha should be celebrated on 16th of March everywhere in the […]
Celebrating Eid on Different Days
Question As usual, Muslims in USA are divided once again on the issue of celebrating Eid-ul-Adha. Those who belong to Middle Eastern Countries and living in USA are celebrating EID-ul-Adha according to the date of Hajj in Saudi Arabia. Others believe that the Eid should be celebrated according to the moon sighting results in USA. And […]
The Permitted Situations for Divorce in Islam
Question What are the permitted cases for divorce in Islam? Does a woman has also the right to ask for divorce? Answer I am not really certain about what exactly do you imply by ‘the permitted cases for divorce’. I shall answer your question on the presumption that it pertains to the circumstances under which […]
The Implication of ‘Holy War’ in the Word ‘Jihad’
Question I have read in Catholic apologetic books that jihad literally means self-defense instead of holy war that the pope coined at the time of the crusades, is this true? Answer The Crusades took place between 1095 AD and 1291 AD. The Qur’an, on the other hand, used the word ‘Jihad‘ in the early parts […]