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

Who Built Masjid-Aqsa?

Question My question is that who was the person who built Masjid-al- Aqsa? I’ve read in an article that it was built by Hazrat Omar (ra). Is this true? Thank you Answer The Masjid al-Aqsaa was built by the Prophet Solomon (pbuh), centuries before Hadhrat Omar (ra). Regards, Moiz Amjad January 7, 2002

One of the Prophet’s (pbuh) Visions

Question What is your interpretation of the narrative in Mu’attaa in which the prophet saw Jesus and Dajjal circumambulating the Ka`bah (Kitab-Jaami`)? Answer As I had stated in one of my earlier responses, the Arabic word ‘Dajjal’ is an attributive noun implying the ‘great betrayer’. The word ‘Dajjal’ in most of the narratives ascribed to […]

Regarding Job (pbuh) – Interpretation of Saad 38: 44

Question A long time ago I asked you whether Surah 38:44 could be seen in connection with Surah 4:34 with regard to beating one’s wife. Yusuf Ali, in his footnote to 38:44, writes that the command to take grass and “strike therewith” was a minor penalty for the Prophet Job’s (pbuh) wife, who (according to […]

Regarding Da`wah of a Nabi (Prophet)

Question You declare that the Rasul (Messenger) makes the truth so evident that no one is left with any excuse for rejection. But this is not the case with a Nabi (prophet). Does this means that the Da`wah of a Nabi is not complete and it leaves the addressees with doubts? Answer I would not […]

Iman of the Companions (ra)

Question According to a Hadith in Musnad Ahmad, the prophet (pbuh) said that there will be a group of people after him who will have 40 times the Iman of that of the Sahabah and if one of them dies Shahid it is as if 40 of the Sahaba die Shahid. How is this possible if […]

Could the Prophet Mohammed (pbuh) Read and Write?

Question My questions regard Prophet Mohammed’s (pbuh) level of education. All my life I have been taught that he could not read (analphabetic), nor write… Later, I found some Muslims claiming that he could sign his name…Even later, I found others claiming that he can do both, read and write.  Some claimed that since he […]

Which Language do Muslims Speak

Question Do most Muslims speak English or Hindi language and which areas. What is the population of Pakistan and Muslim people? Thank you, kindly Answer Muslims around the world are from diversified backgrounds, and their religion does not really restrict them to any specific type of culture. A Muslim can feel just as at home […]