Islamic Beliefs

Understanding the Aim of This World – Follow-up Question

January 8, 2005

Question You write, Whether or not we remember to accept such responsibility (to undertake the Trust) and whether or not this was a wise decision made by man, are not relevant to this question and answer (we can discuss these in a follow up question if you like). I do not remember that I had […]

Further on the Existence of God

December 24, 2004

Question How can you be sure that our inherent knowledge of God, of good and evil and our conscience are not something that we are taught and learn from our environment? What generally happens suggests a person grows up in an atheist family will not believe in a deity whereas if they grow up in […]

Fate & Free Will

December 22, 2004

Question I have gone through your site on fate. I would like to ask 2 more questions.1.Does Allah (SWT)already knows what will happen or has He (SWT)already decided what will happen? Hope you will explain clearly difference between knows and decided. 2.Where in The Quran does Allah (SWT)says that man has free will? Hope you […]

Response to Seeking Intercession in Supplications & Prayers

December 16, 2004

Question What is the need of doing good deeds when God is very Generous and all one has to do is ask God to give and God will give? So there shouldn’t be a need to do good deeds for God because God is capable of giving you for simply asking Him even if you […]

Judgment Day for the Living

December 5, 2004

Question What happens to the faith of the living during Judgment Day? Will everyone face a tortuous death due the destruction of the mountains and earth during Judgment Day? A tortuous death can only be imagined since the earth and mountains are to be crushed. Will death be based on good and bad deeds? Thank […]

More Clarification on Tawassul

November 27, 2004

Question Thank you for answering the question on Tawassul. I have few more questions on the hadith that I mentioned.I hope you would clarify them. 1) In the first hadith recorded in Tirmidhi, the supplication reportedly taught by the Prophet(pbuh) includes ” O Muhammad…”Why did the supplication includes such an expression? Please note that the […]

More Clarifications Regarding “Where is Allah (swt)?”

November 22, 2004

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 […]

Errors in Reporting and Understanding

November 19, 2004

Question AssalamuAlaikum, In your response you say that man is prone to errors of understanding and reporting but how could those errors be actually so great as to result in a fabrication of a new belief? Do you think that they might have been influenced by something else,Christianity for instance? Your insight will be much […]

Further Discussion on “The Last, After Whom Nothing Exists – Explanation of Al-Hadeed 57:3”

November 14, 2004

Question Asalam Aalaikum After reading your reply to this question1, I would like to present my comments and please correct my comments if they are wrong. Does your answer infact mean that God is free of time of space? Also my other question is that since God is omnipotent and omniscient, can He come down […]

Taubah for Shirk

November 11, 2004

Question Just one point that I would like to clarify. As I understand from your answer that SHIRK is the only thing which Allah will not forgive for anyone, besides that he may forgive any other sin after death. But for a muslim person who is already in the folds of Islam finds out that […]