Angels and the Unseen
1,376 questions
What is the difference between trusting in God and casting stones into the unseen, and how can one be certain that God will do something specific out of trust in Him, knowing that one does not know the unseen? And is that considered casting stones into the unseen?
What is the ruling on a husband saying that jinn know the envied person simply by looking into their eyes, and is this statement considered disbelief (kufr) that necessitates uttering the Two Testimonies of Faith, or is it a sin, or is there nothing wrong with it?
Is choosing symbols, numbers, or letters in SMS messages to determine a future event or a person's character a form of predicting the unseen, and is responding to it an act of disobedience?
What is the ruling on reading a novel in which a person, after an accident, looks into people's eyes and tells them things about their past, and is one absolved of responsibility by saying, "I don't know," when experiencing whispers (waswasa) that declare what is lawful as unlawful or what is unlawful as lawful?
Do the noble recording angels record the good deeds of a supplication made in secret, even though they do not know the Unseen? And do angels raise concealed supplications? And is it better to vocalize acts of remembrance or to perform them silently?
What is the interpretation of Allah Almighty's saying in Surat al-Buruj: "in a Preserved Tablet"?
Is a teacher entitled to tell female students, "You will not get married," "You will marry a one-eyed person," and "You resemble an old woman, so who would take you except a decrepit old man," and to frequently talk about marriage?
Is not Iblis one of the jinn, so how can he be of the angels?
Does treatment from Muslim Jinn doctors invalidate the fast of a man who seeks their help?
Is it permissible to pray behind a charlatan who claims to read palms and coffee cups, and who leads people in prayer in the absence of the regular Imam, while he is the only one in that area who memorizes the Qur’an?
What is the fate of the angels entrusted with a human being after their death?
Is the definite article "al-" in the word "Shaytan" (Satan) in the Almighty's saying, "So when you recite the Qur'an, seek refuge in Allah from Satan, the expelled [from His mercy]," for a mental referent, thus limited to Iblis, or is it for the generic class, thus encompassing all devils among jinn and humans?
Is writing a will obligatory, is testimony required for it, and what is the legal text related to it?
Does jinn possession affect Muslims only, and not disbelievers and Christians?
Is it permissible, Islamically, to transfer a jinn from the body of an afflicted person to the body of a "medium" during ruqyah, and what is the ruling on asking jinn about matters of the unseen?
Will the intercession of the حافظ القرآن (memorizer of the Qur’an) for ten of his relatives on the Day of Judgment be limited to close relatives, or does it include distant relatives? And what if the entire family enters Paradise? And does the same intercession apply to the martyr for seventy of his relatives?
Can a husband ascend to his wife's higher status in Paradise, or will she descend to his, given that her status is higher due to her deeds and patience in this world?
What is the Trinity to Christians?
Is God's withholding of a particular provision from a servant due to their sins, or a trial to test their faith, or a mercy by withholding what might be a tribulation, or because they did not take sufficient means?
Is the statement "Beliefs are based on divine injunction" correct, and if so, how is it permissible to act upon a weak hadith? And is seeking help from Allah's servants during a predicament considered shirk based on the weakness of the hadith reported regarding that, taking into account that Allah and His Messenger did not command it, and that angels do not possess the ability to help absent humans, and that seeking help from the unseen is forbidden, with the understanding that the act would not be shirk if the hadith were authentic?
Was Iblis one of the angels or one of the jinn, and are the jinn a type of angel?
Does one feel and see angels when the soul ascends to heaven, and hear the voice of Allah? And what happens to the soul after it descends to earth? And does it see the body as it is being washed and placed in the grave?
Has the Prophetic Sunnah mentioned or alluded to the existence of "America" in the End Times, and does "an enemy from beyond you" in the hadith about reconciliation with the Romans refer to it?
What is the ruling on one who believes in something false out of heedlessness, such as believing in the predictions of an astrologer, and is that considered disbelief (kufr)?