Faith and Disbelief
1,116 questions
What is the ruling on a Muslim abandoning the Qur’an, and what is the recompense for one who abandons it?
Is there any blame on the questioner for oscillating between the sayings of scholars regarding the issue of declaring one who abandons prayer an apostate, or for disseminating these sayings when he used to follow them?
Where is the dignity of Islam at this time?
What is the ruling on one who does not declare a disbeliever to be a disbeliever, and on one who abandons some Sunnahs out of fear?
How can we reconcile the faith of the sorcerers and others with Allah's verse: "But none believed in Moses except a few of his people," knowing that faith was not limited to the Children of Israel only?
Is severe obsessive whispering regarding creed considered polytheism (shirk)?
Is it obligatory for one who has permitted something forbidden to declare what he has permitted after reciting the Shahada, or is an inward affirmation sufficient?
How can we reconcile the Prophet's—may Allah's prayers and peace be upon him—referral to the distorted Torah to implement the حد الرجم (stoning penalty), despite the presence of the حد الجلد (flogging penalty) in the Qur'an, with Jesus's—peace be upon him—abrogation of the stoning penalty in the Gospel?
Does Ibn al-Attar's statement, "And I do not know of any disagreement concerning this," convey a definitive or tacit consensus (ijma') regarding the kufr (disbelief) of one who delays the conversion of a disbeliever to Islam, and is this narration authentic?
What is the ruling on wearing the niqab when one's parents object to it?
Is human nature an independent argument for the revelation of rulings, such that one who commits major disbelief is not considered a disbeliever on the grounds that he is naturally inclined to the Oneness of God?
Is saying "I don't believe in the existence of love" or "I have lost faith in love" considered disbelief (kufr)?
Is there any disagreement—even a slight one—regarding the excommunication of one who utters a word of disbelief in jest, and what is the ruling concerning my grandmother’s saying in jest, and what is my ruling for not correcting her?
Is it a condition for the invalidation of a disbeliever's deeds that all the conditions mentioned in the verse be met: "And what prevented their contributions from being accepted from them is only that they disbelieved in Allah and in His Messenger and that they do not approach prayer except while they are lazy, and they do not spend except while they are unwilling" (At-Tawbah/54), or is disbelief in Allah and His Messenger the only condition that matters? And if that is the case, then why did Allah mention approaching prayer lazily and spending unwillingly?
Are glad tidings different from prophecy in terms of the possibility of their occurrence, and what is the relation of this to the Prophet's narration of 16 prophecies, among which is the abundance of visions, and does a natural question lead to disbelief?
What is the ruling on one who commits a major sin? And is he a disbeliever or not a believer?
Would a person be sinful if they paid for a service that resulted in viewing forbidden things after being advised not to watch them, and would they be considered an infidel if disbelief was viewed after paying the bill?
Is a person afflicted with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)—especially the OCD of apostasy—excused by ignorance if she describes herself as a Jewess while not knowing that this constitutes apostasy, even though she knows that describing a Muslim as an unbeliever is forbidden?
Is a person who knows some of God’s Most Beautiful Names and Attributes, and is able to learn the rest but has fallen short in doing so, considered a disbeliever?
What did Sheikh al-Islam mean by his statement that the Islam of a child does not take him out of disbelief, and is this correct?
How can faith be restored after it has left the heart and worldly matters have become the greatest concerns?
Does the hadith "We were with the Prophet, may Allah's prayers and peace be upon him, when we were young, fresh youths, so we learned faith before we learned the Qur'an, then we learned the Qur'an and our faith increased thereby" mean that one must learn faith first and then the Qur'an, or can a mature girl combine both?
Does temporarily ceasing to pray due to a severe psychological condition, with the intention of returning to it after treatment, constitute apostasy from Islam?
Is there in this era doctrinal hypocrisy along with the Muslims' backwardness and weakness?