Angels and the Unseen
1,376 questions
How do you interpret the verse: "Do you not see how Allah has created seven heavens in layers?" (71:15), given that the seven heavens cannot be seen from Earth, and is this considered a contradiction?
Where does the jinn companion (qarin) go after the death of the human, and how can one fortify it to prevent sorcerers from exploiting it?
Are there angels in Islam called "Cherubim"?
Is it permissible to ask Allah by the blessing of the righteous, such as saying: "Forgive me, O Lord, by the blessing of so-and-so"? And is it permissible to pray behind an imam who writes amulets and incantations for people for healing?
Is it permissible to join a religious institution that undertakes blessed charitable and da‘wah (proselytizing) work, but whose contemporary legal reasoning (ijtihad) in modern issues is not entirely trusted due to its divergence from the opinions of the majority of scholars?
What is the ruling on one who calls for the re-establishment of the Fatimid Caliphate and says that it is the state of Islam that holds the appropriate solutions for the present and the past?
Is there any religious prohibition in the phrase: "If one of us knew what would come to him from the unseen, he would have avoided problems before their harm befell him"?
Is the Book of Bukhari considered among the Books of God?