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

A Question About the Shahadah

Question I accepted Islam in 1995 after about 6 years of gathering information myself. I wanted in my heart to be Muslim. I arrived at the masjid one Friday for jumah, but I was early. Two other brothers were there and they asked me if I had taken shahadah. I said yes because I had […]

Will Allah (swt) Change Fate?

Question In Verse 13:38,39 Allah talks about decree and says that He blots what He wills and confirms what He wills. Does this mean Allah will change His will as and when He likes? Thank you. Answer The referred verses have refuted two of the rejecters’ objections. One of these objections was that if God […]

The Last Day Won’t Be Tomorrow

Question Allah says in Quran that nobody will know when Last day occurs and that it will occur suddenly. But Hadith say Last day will occur only after minor and major signs takes place of which some of them are happening now.That means we can definitely say that Last day will not occur say tomorrow. […]

Death & Faith

Question One of my cousins, 27 years old, has been detected with a ‘terminal’ disease. Prior to the detection, he was a very juvenile boy BUT essentially an ‘existentialist’, i.e. didn’t care whether there is God or not and if there is one that has no relevance with his day to day existence. He didn’t […]

Tawheed at the Time of Prophet Moses (pbuh)

Question Prophet Musa (Allah’s Mercy upon him) did Dawah to Firown first. During this time did he also preach against idol worshipping when he was in Egypt? If yes then why when Musaa (Allah’s Mercy upon him)went to recieve Thourath why did the Israelies worship the cow? When he was in Egypt did he not […]

Islam and Dance

Question I have a question regarding Indian classical dance! Firstly, I have heard many different opinions regarding this topic and I wanted to know where Islam stands in relation to this. I understand that dancing among women is permissible but on the contrary, I have heard from many people that performing is haram. In general, […]

Equality of Human Beings

Question First of all I want to congratulate you on producing an understandable and logical resource about Islam. I also want to thank you as your work has helped me alot in my belief. My question is are the Sayyads, the decebdants of Prophet (PBUH), superior to rest of human beings? It is generally believed […]

What is the Unseen (Ghayb)?

Question I have a question on the following verse number 3 from Surah Al-Baqarah: In Surah AL-BAQARA chapter number 2 verse number 3, Allah(swt) states: “Those who believe in the unseen and keep up prayer and spend out of what We have given them. “ Can you please explain this verse according to your understanding […]

Massacre of the Canaanites

Question I read in Karen Armstrong’s book “Holy War :The Crusades and their impact on Today’s world” that when Joshua led the people of Israel into Canaan, the Canaanites(including the women and children) were massacred with God’s permission(Exodus 23 :23,33 … Deuteronomy 7: 1-6) … What does the Qur’an say of this?(I am afraid I […]

Moon God?

Question Several archeological evidence states that Allah was actually a moon god. During Pre-Islamic times when the arabs worshipped many gods “Allah” was the moon god. Another strong evidence is that they also found crescent moon and star symbol on the old Moon God Statues that might also mean that Islam worships that god. Is […]