Question I would like to know the time periods between prophets in years; i.e. from Adam to Noah (pbuh) to Moses to David (pbuh) to Jesus (pbuh) to Muhammad (pbuh). Jazzakallah khairun Answer The time of the earlier prophets (Adam and Noah) is not known accurately. Even though the scholars of the Bible have tried […]
Archives for March 2002
Where Should a Widow Spend Her Waiting Period?
Question I would like to know whether in Islam is it must for a woman to spend the time of four months and ten days or until the birth of child, in case of being pregnant, in the house in which she lived with her husband? Does Islam allow woman to go to her parent/brother/sister […]
Clarification of the Word Hoor
Question I read an explanation of the word “Hoor” on the web site Islamsmessage.com (islamsmessage.com/attacks8.html). This is what they have written: Meaning of Hoor The word hoor is actually the plural of ahwar (applicable to man) and of haura (applicable to woman) and signifies a person having eyes characterized by hauar a special quality bestowed […]
The Delegation of Abd al-Qays: The Requirements of Iman & the Prohibition of Using Certain Utensils in Fermenting Drinks
روي أن وفد عبدالقيس أتوا النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فقال: من القوم؟ قالوا: ربيعة. فقال: مرحبا بالقوم غير خزايا ولا ندامى. قالوا: إنا نأتيك من شقة بعيدة وبيننا وبينك هذا الحي من كفار مضر ولا نستطيع أن نأتيك إلا في شهر حرام فمرنا بشئ نأخذه عنك وندعو إليه من وراءنا ندخل به الجنة وسألوه […]
Another Explanation of One of the Signs of the Day of Judgment
Question I’ve read this Hadith in ‘Al-Risala’ and according to Maulana Wahiduddin this Hadith tells us about rich women rent poor women to deliver children for them. I think it is the best explanation of Hadith. We can see easily this incident. Answer Thank you for your contribution. However, in my opinion, just as the […]
Backbiting
Question What exactly is Gheebat (backbiting)? From my knowledge it is a very great sin. Can it be defined as “a conversation between two people talking ill of a third person not present in that conversation”? Secondly if with complete evidence we know that a particular individual is bad would it even then be backbiting? […]
Jihad with a Nationalistic Spirit
Question Is there any concept of nationalism in Islam? This question is in relation to Jihad. I mean Jihad is when we fight in the way of Allah would it be jihad since most of us are in the armed forces but they serve a particular country. Do the men dying like that be regarded […]
Regarding Reward & Punishment of Deeds…
Question It is said that every wrong or right that we do, the reward basically goes to our parents for it since they are responsible for our training and upbringing? The question here arises that no parent would ever teach his children to murder, to cheat, to steal, adultery etc. etc., then in such a […]
Obedience to Parents
Question It is said that obey your parents for everything that they ask you to do except for Kufar? Does this literally mean kufar or it can be taken in a broader sense, from what I understand had it been in broader sense then it would not have been made that specific. Does it mean […]
Explanation of Iman, Islam, Ihsan, & Some Signs of the Day of Judgment – The Hadith of Jibreel
روي أنه قال عبد الله بن عمر رضي الله عنهما: حدثني أبي عمر بن الخطاب قال بينما نحن عند رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ذات يوم إذ طلع علينا رجل شديد بياض الثياب شديد سواد الشعر لا يرى عليه أثر السفر ولا يعرفه منا أحد حتى جلس إلى النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فأسند […]
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