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

Harshness With Children

Question In educating children, I always believed to use the gentle approach as there are lots of directives urging Muslims to be gentle (rafiqa).However a friend of mine disagrees. He says the harsh approach is good also so that the person is being shook up to change. In Islam there are also many instances when […]

Moses’ (pbuh) Forty Days on the Mount and the Revelation of the Torah – Al-Aa`raaf 7:142

Question The Quran says: And when We did appoint for Moses thirty nights (of solitude), and added to them ten, and he completed the whole time appointed by his Lord of forty nights; and Moses said unto his brother, Aaron: Take my place among the people. Do right, and follow not the way of mischief-makers(Al-Aa’raaf […]

Solomon (pbuh) and the Horses – Saad 38: 31 – 33

Question It is generally held by the commentators that Sulayman (AS) forgot the remembrance of Allah because of his horses.  Because of this, he killed them slashing their head and necks.  What is your interpretation of the incident in Surah Saad? Thanks Answer According to my present understanding, I agree with the referred interpretation. A […]

Regarding the Virgin Birth of Jesus Christ (pbuh)

Question Is there any other Apostle, besides Jesus, that was born to a virgin mother? Answer There is no other prophet besides Jesus (pbuh), who was born to a virgin mother. Jesus (pbuh) is the only prophet, who was born without the process of male-female copulation that is normally a prerequisite for the conception of […]

On Mahmud Ghaznavi’s Destruction of Somnath Temple

Question We people. in Pakistan constantly read about Mahmud Ghaznavi as a great Mujahid and his act of invasion and destruction of the temple of Somnath is mentioned as a highly commendable act. What is the Islamic position of this act? Was it justifiable? Some people justify by drawing it parallel to the destruction of […]

Marriages and Children of Moses (pbuh), Ibn Taymiyyah and Bukhari

Question I asked the Imam in our mosque regarding the children of Prophet Moses (sws). He said that he had two wives but no children. Then I read an article “The Prophethood of Muhammad (sws)” by Dr. Khalid Zaheer on the web site http://www.renaissance.com.pk. He wrote Prophet Moses (sws) had children. He did not mention […]

Authenticity of the Prophet’s Experience of Revelation

Question Assalam-u-alaikum, Can you demonstrate how the Prophet (p) tested the voices that brought him the revelation to be genuinely from God? The implication of course is that the voices could have been from some other outside/metaphysical source, which is usually an argument some Christian groups use as reason to reject the Qur’an as revelation. […]