Angels and the Unseen
1,376 questions
What is the ruling on watching translated anime, while trying to avoid what contains magic, supernatural matters, or indecent scenes, and with the sound muted so as not to hear music?
What is the name of the Noble Verse: "O company of jinn and mankind, if you are able to pass beyond the regions of the heavens and the earth, then pass. You will not pass except with authority [from Allah]."?
Is it permissible to inform the parents of an atheist friend about his atheism after numerous failed attempts to guide him [to Islam], and what is the correct course of action in this situation?
What is the ruling on going to a woman who claims to know the unseen through cards? And is it permissible to tell one's mother about that?
Is what my friend claims true, that she has a Muslim jinn who helps her do good deeds, such as exposing sorcery and treating demonic possession, and does this not contradict Sharia, and is it permissible for me to ask her if there is sorcery affecting me or to ask for her help in getting rid of it without charge?
Is a person who knows that magic is disbelief (kufr) yet still goes to sorcerers to have magic performed, considered a disbelieving apostate for participating with the sorcerer in his disbelief, or is he merely committing a major sin, knowing that he does not deem it permissible to go to sorcerers, nor does he claim they know the unseen, nor is he pleased with the polytheistic (shirkiyyat) practices involved in magic?
What is the ruling on saying: "Humanity against Corona," "Humanity will triumph over it," and "We will declare humanity's war against it," phrases that are widespread during the Corona crisis?
Do all angels pray with standing, bowing, and prostrating, including the bearers of the Throne? Do all angels send blessings upon the Prophet, those who teach people goodness, and human beings? Did all angels wash the Companion Hanzala? Are there angels assigned to the Prophet's grave, to the ocean's dictionary, and to trees? Is there a companion from the angels with every human and jinn who guides them to good? Are jinn assigned guardians and scribes who rotate among them? Are they questioned, blessed, and tormented in the grave? Does the exception from the trial and torment of the grave include them?
Is it true that there were angels created before the angels who exist now, and that they used to disobey Allah?
Is what the two men did—writing the name of Allah with musk on the hands and forehead, asking for it to be rubbed, sitting in a specific posture, reciting certain verses, sprinkling water, predicting the presence of angels around the questioner, stating that her provision would be doubled, warning her against a specific teacher, drawing her attention to her brother’s frequent singing in the bathroom, along with the accompanying loud sound of the bathroom fan—and then giving her water to drink and to anoint herself with, considered a valid Ruqyah (Islamic exorcism/healing) or not?
What is the ruling on saying: "I will do such and such, or I will go to the market tomorrow," knowing that this is part of the unseen?
Is it permissible to resort to drawing lots after performing Salat al-Istikharah if one does not feel an inclination towards either of the two matters, in order to determine which of them contains good?
Does the continued estrangement between a person and his children, after his repentance and diligent seeking of forgiveness for the major sins he committed that led to his punishment with affliction, illness, and estrangement, mean that his repentance is not sound?
What penance or the like is incumbent upon me after supplicating against myself for failure in exams, in order to refrain from watching TV series and reading novels? And will this supplication be answered?
Is it true that the best of people in seeing the Face of Allah are those who see Him twice a day, and does the vision of believers of Allah vary according to their deeds and righteousness?
Is the anxiety, sadness, and tribulation I am experiencing due to a sick husband because of my sins; because I rejected what Allah gave me and did not fear Allah in my dealings with my fiancé, and what is the punishment for one who asks Allah to give him something and then rejects what He gave him, and how can I expiate my sins?
What is the ultimate solution for someone who sins frequently in Ramadan, despite their diligence in worship, and fears that Allah may not forgive them or free them from the Fire?
What is the ruling regarding a 16-year-old friend's belief in the obligation of establishing a group for Da'wah (inviting to Islam), building an independent town, and restoring the glory of Islam, citing historical figures like Ertuğrul? And what is the ruling regarding his saying "Bismillah (In the name of Allah)" before predicting future events, along with a request for advice for both of us?
What is the ruling on video games that involve controlling wind, or characters claiming divinity, or the presence of a sorcerer fighting alongside the player, or a map showing hidden enemy locations, or characters with supernatural senses, or characters that transform from one form to another?
Does the Hadith indicate that the Hoor will look upon her believing husband in this worldly life and monitor his deeds?
Is it permissible for scholars to deduce certain unseen matters from the two Revelations (Qur'an and Sunnah) through divination or astrology, along with the occurrence of changes such as illness, marriage, birth, or death, and is this definitively established?
Is it permissible to undo marital ties and open up one's destiny using incense and salt for a fee, especially if the service provider is in another country, given the presence of prior sorcery and past experiences with someone claiming knowledge of the unseen?
Do the angels of mercy or the angels of punishment seize the soul of a disobedient Muslim who prays, yet commits sins such as looking at forbidden things or listening to music?
Do the noble verse (And We made from water every living thing; then will they not believe?) contradict the noble verse (And He created the jinn from a smokeless flame of fire)?