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

The Creator of Events and Fate

Question Thank you for your answer posted in your site under discussion about fate on Feb.17 2005. Hope you will clear a little more. If Allah does not create the events then how can He be called the Creator? What I thought was that when a person makes a choice, Allah by His Divine Will […]

Is There Any Standard Form or Method for Performing Ghusl?

Question Different articles/books/literatures of authors and schoolars have shown variations in the method of preforming the ritual bath (ghusl). I will appreciate it if the above question is put in the right light (an explanation of the process and if variation is permitted) for all to benefit. Answer The standard is really to wash ones […]

Al Qadr (i.e. Fate)

Question Thank you for your reply on fate and free will posted on your site under discussion on Jan.25.2005.You say that Allah does not orchestrate the events. Then what about the Verse which says “And whoever fear Allah and keeps his duty, He will make a way for him to get out from every difficulty. […]

Hadith on Politics

Question Thank you for your reply posted in your site under discussion titled “More on imitating Prophet (peace be upon him) dated 15 Nov.2004.In this reply you quoted a Hadith where Prophet (peace be upon him) said “In worldly matters you are more knowledgeable than I” But Imaam An-Nawawi (Allah’s mercy on him) commented on […]

Hadith As An Independent Source

Question Question from one of your quote,  …yet there is absolutely no way of determining whether a particular saying was correctly perceived, correctly comprehended and subsequently correctly narrated by all the individuals in a chain of narrators. If there is absolutely no way of determining an authentic narration, then why do you try to determine […]

Narrative Regarding Prayer Fixation

Question Please let me know the answers to the follwoing questions, 1) Who are all the unbroken chain of narrators in these narrations. 2) Is this an authentic hadith? 3) Did Gabriel come into a physical form to teach the prayer to the Prophet (pbuh) and did the Prophet see angel Gabriel. Thank you. Answer […]

Further on the Existence of God

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

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 […]