Question I don’t seem to be able to appreciate the difference between ‘nafs‘ and the whispers of Satan? What is this kind of jihad directed against? Our own ‘nafs‘ or Satan? May Allah bless you for your efforts. Regards Answer The Arabic word Nafs stands for human self/soul. The Almighty has sent man on earth […]
How Can Islam Not Be Considered a Terrorist Religion?
Question In various places in the Qur’aan (4:89 to name but one), it says that people converting away from Islam should be executed. I am also told that the Hadiths say that Muhamad did this. It is claimed that Islam is not a terrorist religion. Terrorism by definition is the use of violence and/or the […]
Regarding Usama’s (ra) Army
Question The prophet (PBUH) ordered the army of Usama to move to the boarders for war. This took place when the prophet was already suffering from the illness that resulted in his passing away. The historical records are evident that: Even when the prophet was in his difficult moments of illness he did not asked […]
Regarding Killing Apostates
Question I wish to know as far as your opinion on killing for the cause of someone changing his deen and Offensive Jihad after a formation of Islamic state, which you term only to be existing till the prophet’s time and such killing and sub-domination over other non islamic states isn’t righteous now? Answer My […]
Suicide Bombers
Question Are the Muslims in Palestine and Chechnya freedom fighters? Suicide bombers kill innocent people. They are using the ayat (2:178) (free for free slave for slave) as evidence for this. Is this correct? Thank you. Answer Many issues have implicitly been raised by the question that you have put forth. I shall, insha Allah, […]
Questions About the Current War on Iraq
Question I have three distinct queries regarding the current war on Iraq. I am sure that most, if not all, reasonable Muslims are opposed to the current tyrannical war on Iraq. What strikes me as most repugnant about “Operation Iraqi Freedom” is the sheer hypocrisy entailed in it. Saddam Hussein is undoubtedly a horrible dictator […]
The Hadith Regarding Jihad-e-Asghar & Jihad-e-Akbar
Question My question relates to another Hadith. Can you tell me how authentic this Hadith is? It was when the Holy Prophet was returning from the battle in Tabuk I think, and he states that “We have just come back from the Lesser Jihad and are going into the Greater Jihad“. Implying the Jihad with […]
Rate of Jizyah
Question I have read your answers regarding the topic of Jizya. Can you inform me of what the rate of Jizya is? is it heavier or lighter than Zakat? Jazak Allah for your time Answer Jizyah was a tax imposed upon the People of the Book who had decided to refuse the Truth even though […]
Regarding the Number of Members of the Banu Qurayzah Tribe Who Were Executed
Question I first want to wish all the Muslims around the world a happy and blessed Ramadhan. Second, I have a question regarding the number of people who were executed from the Banu Qurayza tribe. As we all know, the Banu Qurayza tribe had committed an act of treason against the Muslim state and were […]
The Muslim Conquest of India…
Question How do Muslims, today, interpret the Muslim conquest of India? Some of historians have recorded mass killings of the native populations of the subcontinent. K.S. Lal claims the Hindu population fell by 50 or even 80 million during the Islamic rule over the Sub-Continent. How much of this is true? Or are these over-inflated […]