Question I’ve carefully considered your comments on the question: WHY the Holy Prophet married thirteen wives: The Marriages of the Prophet (pbuh) Unfortunately, I’m not convinced as to how you tried to explain the matter. In my opinion, it’s not possible to divide the wives of the Prophet, so systematically, into such well-defined categories. For […]
Spiritual Invisible Powers of Qur’anic Verses
Question It is a common belief that various Qur’anic sentences and individual words entail in them spiritual powers and characteristics that can counteract bad effects of magic or influence of Jinn etc and can help solve the worldly desires of the peoples. Please comment. Answer Irrespective of whether or not the stated belief is correct, […]
Your Opinion Regarding Ayesha’s (ra) Age at the Time of Marriage
Question I remember reading in your criticism of the hadiths that stipulate Aisha’s age when she married the Prophet(PBUH)to 9 years of age. Now i remember you saying something bout any hadith that is narrated by Hisham Ibn Urwah, through the people of Iraq, is not reliable because of Hisham’s memory at the time he […]
Regarding the Contradictory Information Relating to the Incident of Banu Qurayzah
Question Brother Omar asked you a question which you answered under the titled “Why did the Prophet (pbuh) Order The Killing of the Banu Qurayzah?“. Then brother Razwan asked/discussed that question further and you answered him under the title “Contradictory Information regarding the Events with Banu Qurayzah…“. I have some notes and comments on the […]
Why Did Prophet (pbuh) Judge the Banu Quraiza by Torah?
Question In one of your answers regarding the Banu Quraiza,you write: “Because Sa`d ibn Mu`aaz’s decision was in accordance with the directives of the Torah, which the Jews accepted to be divine and were, therefore, subject to, the Prophet (pbuh) did not alter the decision”. I have a doubt regarding this.Why did Prophet(pbuh) judge the […]
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 […]
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 […]
Further Clarification Regarding the Events at the Prophet’s (pbuh) Death
Question Thank you for clarifying the events that occurred at Prophet’s (pbuh) death. Please clarify my following doubts which still remain. Was it a mistake of the Ansars that they gathered at Saqifa leaving the Prophet(pbuh)’s body unburied? Or was it in line with the teachings of the Prophet(pbuh)? Is it haraam (prohibited) in Shari`ah […]
Syed Qutb’s Explanation and God’s Law Relating to Messengers
Question Sayyid Qutb writes in his book “Milestones” that according to Ibn Qayyim (rh)’s Sa’ad-al-Ma’adh, the people of Arabia were divided into three categories after the revelation of the initial verses of Surah At-Taubah. They are: The polytheist who breached the treaty with the prophet (pbuh); The polytheists who were true to the treaty with […]
The Companions (ra) and the Divine Law Pertaining to a Messenger
Question In your response you write: It was on the basis of this divine grant, that the companions of the Prophet proceeded to conquer those areas and relieve them of non-Muslim leaderships, to which the Prophet (pbuh) had himself sent his message during his life. From this, I gather that the Divine Law ended once […]