Explaining Islam in Light of the Qur'an and the Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ‎)

Archives for July 2002

Earning Profit From Network Marketing

Question I have this question on Network Marketing. In network marketing, a person buys some products from a company at a very low cost. The reason for the very low cost of product is that the wholesaler and retailer are not involved and thus a buyer directly buys from the manufacturer. Buying products from such […]

Male Superiority and the Qur’an?

Question I was recently reading a book on history (by a non Muslim writer) and I read that the Koran says that man has been created superior to women. I was even more shocked when the writer quoted these words which he says are from the Koran “Men have authority over women because God has […]

A Small Note on the Issue of Slavery

Question In one of the discussions about slavery, a brother raised an objection on your use for the word “Haram“. In your answer to him you said: I have not used the words ‘haram’ ‘allowed’ or ‘forbidden’ in my referred response… I think the brother was pointing to the last word of the following paragraph […]

Divorcing One’s Wife for Feeling Cheated

Question I strongly believe in Salat-e-Istikhara. I did Istikhara for my marriage to seek Allah’s advice.  I interpreted the dream as a positive reply from Allah (SWT), and I married that girl. My wife had a seizure after 10 days of marriage. I found out that she has epilepsy, long before the marriage, for about […]

The Initiation of the Waiting Period After Divorce

Question I was legally divorced from my husband on June 7 and I wanted to get married again. They told me I had to be Islamically divorced so I went to the Imam and he took the info from the divorce decree and dated the certificate July 21. Which of these days is the start […]

Violence & Murders Commanded by the Prophet (pbuh)

Question There are few occasions in history where some violence is recorded from the companions of the prophet by his own command. These are occasions like: the command to kill a poetess a man who was sentenced to death by the prophet only because he used to abuse the prophet and when the man says […]

Further Exchange on the Prohibition of Writing Hadith

Question Thanks for your answer, I agree with your answer up to a certain extent that Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) prohibited to write Hadith with the means to securing the Qur’an from any erroneous addition as the part of scribes of the revelation. But this may be one aspect of this prohibition of writing Hadiths. I […]