Archives for October 2001

Why Some Things are Considered Sunnah While Others are Not?

October 30, 2001

Question In one of your earlier response You’ve written that it is forbidden to pray during menstruation, since it is a part of the Sunnah. But You don’t seem to hold forbiddance of gold, silver, saffron for men and anal sex as a part of Sunnah straightaway even though the forbiddance of these things have […]

Zaka’h for Non-Muslims & Syeds

October 30, 2001

Question Can Muslims give Zaka’h, Sadaqah to non-Muslims, Syed (descendants of the Prophet)? If not, why? There are some Hadiths forbidding giving Zaka’h to Syed people. The Hadith quoted by Shia brethren is that Abu-bakr (ra) and Omar (ra) did not give Zaka’h (or the property which actually belonged to Prophet) to Fathima (ra) even when […]

Some Clarification Regarding Al-Namal 27: 36 – 44

October 29, 2001

Question I was reading the story of Solomon (pbuh) and the Queen of Sheba, and was not able to fully grasp the meaning of Surah 27 (Al-Naml) verses 36-44. The king and queen make this huge deal about a throne… Could you please provide an explication of these verses? When the Queen repents (verse 44), […]

Will the Bliss of Paradise Be Absolute?

October 29, 2001

Question I was recently thinking about the idea of eternal bliss, as my philosophy teacher posed the following (completely arbitrary) question on an exam: “Do you find the idea of eternal bliss appealing or repellant? Why?” My immediate answer to this was that it is appealing, especially considering the immense suffering that flesh is heir […]

Fate of the Jews

October 26, 2001

Question Why were the Jews not subjected to punishment of death after rejecting Jesus (pbuh) as the prophet of Allah? Answer While explaining the law relating to the messengers of God, I had mentioned in one of my earlier responses: An important point to remember here is that, according to the Qur’an, it is the […]

Regarding War During Ramadan

October 26, 2001

Question While viewing a television show recently, I learned of the prophet Muhammad (pbuh) waging war during the month of Ramadan. I understand this is not accepted in Islam and I want to know the circumstances that led the prophet to act in such a manner. A certain television show was ridiculing Muslims on this […]

What Should the Muslims of Kashmir and Palestine Do Against Oppression?

October 25, 2001

Question After the commencement of war in Afghanistan, India has restarted open murder of the Muslim Kashmiris. Everyday the Muslims are martyred and their properties are put to fire. The same is happening in Palestine. No other Islamic country is in position to help them. These two countries have religious independence. Negotiations have failed and […]

Further Questions on Sunnah

October 25, 2001

Question Please clarify my following doubts on your definition of Sunnah: Since your opinion of Sunnah is not very much in line with old and contemporary scholars, I would greatly thank you if you could cite any other prominent historical scholars supporting your view of Sunnah. In the verse 9:29, God says “…. and forbid not […]