Question Regarding your answer to “are the Muslim majority the saved sect”, I encountered the following on a discussion forum: “Hadith 1 The holy Prophet(Sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) said “The Jews split into 71 groups; one will enter Paradise and 70 will enter Hell. The Christians split into 72 groups; 71 will enter Hell and […]
More Clarifications Regarding “Where is Allah (swt)?”
Question Thank you for your reply. I think what the scholars mean when they say “Allah is above seven heavens” is that they mean that Allah is distinct from the creations. The creation of Allah is assumed to include earth and the seven heavens. Hence the Creator should be distinct from the creation i.e., he […]
Clarification Regarding ‘Articles of Faith’
Question In your answer to a question on article of faith, why did u avoid “predestination of good and evil” from articles of faith?? It is mentioned in a hadith that the Prophet (pbuh) explained the pillars of this faith in which every human must believe, when he was asked, “What is eemaan?”, he said, […]
What Does the Trust Really Represent?
Question Please bear with me as I attempt to present a rather complicated question (or set of questions) concerning what the Trust mentioned in Surah Al-Azhaab 33:72 represents. In your article regarding the meaning of Al-Amanah, you write: In my opinion, the word “Al-Amanah” refers to the free will in matters relating to the choice […]
Issues Relating to Belief in God & His Revelation
Question Issues relating to Belief in God & His Revelation. Thank you for your previous response on ‘Issues relating to Belief in God & His Revelation’. Further queries on the ‘ Issues relating to Belief in God & His Revelation’, are as follows: You write: You would not be unaware that the Qur’an has given […]
Some Clarification on Determining Bid`ah
Question Can you explain how you differentiate between a Bid`ah and Jaayiz? Suppose if one were to say the following statements: Reciting Subhanallah, Alhamdullillah, Allahu Akbar 33 times each after every Salah is a virtuous deed based on a highly reliable hadith of the Prophet (pbuh). Reciting “Hasbiallahuhu wa alaihi thawakkalthu wahuwa rabbul arshil adheem” […]
Another Objection on the ‘Design Argument’
Question I intend here to continue the line of objection presented by the western philosopher David Hume against the standard design argument for the existence of God. There is another permutation of his objections which I feel must adequately be dealt with and countered. Below, I shall summarize this objection, which can be found in […]
Regarding the ‘Chance Over Time’ Hypothesis
Question Over and over again, we affirm our belief in God by contrasting to what seems to be the wildly implausible idea that man, life, and the universe, in all their design and complexity, could have been produced by mere chance. However, science has demonstrated that even complex structures can evolve through processes involving chance […]
Classification of More Directives of the Prophet (pbuh)
Question Could you please explain how you classify the following directives of the Prophet (pbuh) mentioned in the Hadith? Forbiddance of giving punishment by burning in fire. Forbiddance to recite Qur’an in Ruku during prayer. Forbiddance to keep dog in house except for hunting, guarding and forbiddance for selling it for price. Forbiddance for inheriting […]
Some Further Objections to the Design Argument
Question I read an article [titled “Review of Nature’s Destiny“] written by a secular humanist friend that contains some arguments against design (and, thus, against a designer) of the universe that science has revealed up until now. Some of them convey somewhat technical scientific information, but I am not necessarily asking for scientific commentary. I […]