Angels and the Unseen
1,376 questions
Is "evil" in His, Exalted be He, saying: "from the evil of what He created" meant to include the angels, and what is the interpretation of this verse?
How can animation be permissible to make and watch, despite the prohibition of drawing animate beings, and the Prophet's (peace be upon him) saying that angels do not enter a house in which there is a picture?
Will Paradise and Hellfire, and the Throne, and the Footstool, and the Preserved Tablet remain, or will they be destroyed on the Day of Resurrection?
Is the circulated narration attributed to Musa (peace be upon him) concerning the burial of his brother Harun (peace be upon him), which states: "O Musa, if you were to permit the dwellers of the graves to tell you of My gentleness towards them, they would tell you, O Musa. I did not forget them while they were alive and provided for on the surface of the earth; would I forget them when they are buried within the earth?! O Musa, when a servant dies, I do not look at the multitude of his sins, but rather at his helplessness!!" authentic or false?
Is there a contradiction between certainty in the answer to prayer and the delay of that answer until the Day of Resurrection? And does the hadith: "No Muslim supplicates with a supplication... except that Allah grants him one of three things..." indicate that the postponement or averting of evil occurs only when the servant has not fulfilled the required conditions for the answer, or is the answer to prayer guaranteed in this world when its conditions are met?
How do we distinguish between an angel and a jinn, knowing that jinn are capable of shapeshifting, in the incident of something descending upon the Kaaba in 2012 during Ramadan in Mecca? And could that have been a Western optical illusion?
What should an ordinary person, not deeply knowledgeable in religious sciences, do regarding a young man who initially showed commitment, then announced his atheism on Facebook after seven years of research, and claims to have convinced dozens of people of the invalidity of religions, given the fear of misleading people?
Is "Al-Burda" - based on what has been said about it containing praise of the Prophet with the attributes of Allah - considered polytheism (shirk) that must be avoided?
Is it confirmed by Al-Tirmidhi or other scholars that there were angels named "Seraphim" who acted as intermediaries between Allah and His Messenger during the Night Journey and Ascension (Isra and Mi'raj)?
How can one get rid of the intrusive thoughts that relate to Islam's permitting of certain matters, and to God Almighty's ability to see and hear all His creation, and to the reason for God's questioning of the angels despite His knowing everything, which affect the serenity of worship?
Are angels harmed by what harms humans, and are they affected by smells such as garlic, onions, and musk? Does this mean they have noses?
Do we know what the other 45 parts of prophecy are?
What is the meaning of creed?
What is the difference between tribulation due to sin and tribulation for elevating ranks, and does sin get forgiven because of it?
Was Adam a Messenger or a Prophet?
What is the ruling on intentionally disbelieving in jinn to avoid obsessive thoughts and fear, and is belief in them obligatory like belief in angels?
Is it forbidden in Sharia to watch and follow the personality "Laila Abd Al-Latif," who presents future predictions, and to correspond with her to inquire about matters such as gold prices?
Does not the call to prioritize revelation over reason contradict the fact that the proofs for prophethood, such as scientific and linguistic inimitability and prophecies, are essentially rational arguments?
Why is Satan able to snatch a snatch despite the strict guarding, and can he be prevented from hearing without being snatched or having a meteor strike him?
What is the Qur'an?
Can the dead see the living, by analogy with angels and jinn seeing humans without humans seeing them?
What is the difference between Satan and jinn, and does Satan procreate, and does Satan serve humans in exchange for their disobedience to their Lord? And do Muslim jinn serve Muslim humans, and why do Muslim jinn not help Muslim humans in their wars, and why do disbelieving jinn not help disbelieving humans? And did examples of this occur during the time of the Messenger, may Allah’s prayers and peace be upon him? And is there a comprehensive book on these issues?
What is the ruling of Islam on isolating semen to determine the gender of the offspring?
Is it permissible for a saint's miracle (karamah) to be the knowledge of future unseen matters, and what is the criterion for verifying miracles, especially those mentioned by Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah or those narrated in the book "Fada'il al-A'mal"?