Angels and the Unseen
1,376 questions
How can we reconcile the hadith "Whoever goes to a diviner and asks him about something, and believes him, his prayer will not be accepted for forty days" with the hadith "Whoever goes to a soothsayer and believes what he says has disbelieved in what was revealed to Muhammad," given that the first does not indicate disbelief while the second does?
How can one reconcile Al-Dahhak's statement, "Every 'dhann' (conjecture/assumption) in the Qur’an from a believer is certainty, and from a disbeliever is doubt," with the interpretation of "فَظَنُّوا أَنَّهُم مُّوَاقِعُوهَا" (then they became certain that they would fall therein) where 'dhann' here means certainty, and does this contradict "وَمَا أَظُنُّ السَّاعَةَ قَائِمَةً" (And I do not think the Hour will occur)?
What is the reward for women when they suppress their anger, and how many houris does a man who suppresses his anger receive, and is it a condition to suppress anger once or continuously to obtain the reward mentioned in the hadith: "Whoever suppresses his anger, while he is able to act upon it, Allah, the Almighty, will call him over the heads of all creatures on the Day of Resurrection until Allah gives him the choice of any of the houris he desires"?
Is there any Sharia basis for the popular saying in Chechnya that the bones of the deceased separate in the grave on the thirty-ninth day, and that charity alleviates their torment?
What is the ruling on one who has issued an invalid judgment and then discovered its invalidity? Is expiation required of him? And is the lawyer who defends a criminal sinful?
What is the ruling on personality analysis, such as determining color or birth date, and is this considered knowledge of the unseen?
To what extent is it true that words such as: "Ahabb Hib Hiboo Hibbi," "Shubra Amra Shams Nujoom," and "Inqali' La'aqsa Qareeḥ" are names of jinn and are used to summon them or seek their aid, and what is the response to those who believe and propagate such statements?
What is the meaning of "how Allah hears and how Allah sees"? And does not knowing the "how" mean that what we humans see and hear is not like what Allah Almighty sees and hears, or is the "how" something else?
Is it permissible to listen to and read the poem of Imam Zayn al-Abidin which includes "O Messenger of Allah", knowing that saying it with the intention of seeking help from him is major shirk?
Is it permissible to watch anime stories that include fictional events, such as "Death Note" in which a person's name is written and then they die, or stories that include jinn causing a person to become silent? Is this considered among the unseen matters (al-ghayb) whose viewing is prohibited? And what is the ruling on someone who watches them with prior knowledge of their ruling?
What is the position regarding the principle of rapprochement between Sunnis and Rafidah, taking into consideration the history of the Rafidah?
What is the reward for the Muezzin and the Iqama-caller?
ما الدليل من القرآن والسنة على زيادة الإيمان بالطاعة ونقصانه بالمعصية؟
Will the Mahdi disappear upon the advent of Jesus, peace be upon him, or will his rule remain?
How can we reconcile the verses in Surat Al-Jinn (72:26-28), which state that Allah does not disclose the Unseen to anyone except to whom He chooses from among His Messengers, with the verses in Surat Hud (11:71-72) and Maryam (19:16-19), which indicate that He reveals it to His Awliyaa’ (saints/close friends)?
Is it true that there is a great reward for a wife if she pleases her husband during her pregnancy? And did Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) say: "Three things show Allah's increased mercy for a woman: her engagement, her care, and the ease of her pregnancy"? And does refraining from having a second child make a woman bad and cast her out of Allah's mercy, especially with existing illnesses and health difficulties?
How does the Qur’an’s denial of knowledge of the unseen to anyone but Allah reconcile with the Prophet’s (peace be upon him) statement that the jinn’s predictions about the future contain some truth?
What is the ruling on being optimistic about certain types of birds, and what is the ruling on some girls drawing lots on numbered papers to determine their share of a certain guardianship?
Does the 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 by authority [from Allah]" indicate the inability of jinn and mankind to ascend into space?
Does merely reading horoscopes—while believing in their falsehood and that knowledge of the unseen rests with Allah—fall under the category of shirk, and does it invalidate prayers for 40 days because of that?
Is the Quran's challenge to the Arabs void due to the impossibility of proving the production of its like, and the Muslims' claim of the Quran's rhetorical inimitability, while none of the poets of the Mu'allaqat were from Quraysh, and what is the evidence of the disbelievers' inability to counter the Quran, given the possibility that their responses were removed from heritage books?
Is the illness that afflicted me, and my constant anxiety about my health, a punishment from Allah for sins? What should I do to repent? And should I visit a sheikh who summons jinn for healing?
Is it permissible in Islamic law for the dead to supplicate for the living?
What is the safe way out of tribulations when truth is mixed with falsehood, and how does one know that he is on the right path?