Faith and Disbelief
1,116 questions
What is the ruling on excommunicating Sunni scholars like Ibn Taymiyyah?
What are the actions that cause a Muslim to fall into apostasy from Islam?
Is sitting with those who mock God's verses without objection or action considered an act of disbelief and one of the nullifiers of Islam, even if one's heart detests this act, especially given the differing opinions of scholars on this issue, and questions regarding the ruling on sitting in gatherings of disbelief and polytheism and watching programs that contain them?
Is jesting about some dialects, or the difficulty of pronouncing some Arabic letters for non-native speakers, or customs, or rarely used Arabic words, considered forbidden jesting? And what is the ruling on discarding volumes or papers that contain Arabic text not including Quranic verses, or Hadiths, or names of Allah or His prophets? And must mere Arabic words and letters be respected?
Will a Muslim be held accountable for words he utters to himself, without speaking them aloud, when they are blasphemous towards the Divine, and uttered under the influence of severe obsessive-compulsive disorder, knowing that he did not intend their meaning? And can fasting for two consecutive months be an expiation for that?
What is the ruling on one who absolves Allah of something befitting Him, out of ignorance or doubt, such as someone who says: "Glory be to Allah above the Throne," while not knowing that the Throne is befitting of Allah Almighty? And does he commit an act of disbelief in such a case? And can a person commit an act of disbelief while disliking it, even if he performs the actions due to ignorance or doubt?
Is it considered a forbidden act to compel a wife to live in her Islamic country with the children and prevent her from returning to her husband who resides in a non-Islamic country, contenting oneself with him visiting them for 8 weeks annually? And must he permit her to remain with him in the land of disbelief? And is she obliged to accept this situation? And what are the proofs from the Qur'an and Sunnah regarding this matter?
Is the statement, "If God exists, then make me cough," considered an act of disbelief, and what is its effect on the past acts of worship and obedience of the person who uttered it?
Is feeling distressed by the rulings of the religion, like the rulings on apostasy, considered equivalent to denying something from the religion, and is disliking some of the rulings of the religion considered as such?
How can the phrase "from the narrowness of this world to its vastness" in the saying of Rib'i bin Amir be understood, taking into account that this world is the believer's prison and the disbeliever's paradise, and that disbelievers do as their whims dictate without restraint, unlike Muslims?
Is repeating a song that contains a meaning that life is dedicated to a beloved person instead of God considered disbelief, taking into account the ignorance of religion at that time?
What is the reason for the disbelievers' envy of Muslims for their faith and their not following the religion of Islam, and does the command in His (the Most High) saying: (So pardon and overlook) refer to the People of the Book?
What is the explanation of the verse at the beginning of Surat Al-Baqarah that speaks of "يخادعون الله والذين آمنوا", and how can Allah be deceived? And what is the advice for someone who wishes to learn Islam abroad?
Is it true that every act of worship is accepted regardless of belief?
How should one deal with someone who says "Alhamdulillah" if it is feared that they might not be Muslim?
Was Sheikh Al-Khatib Al-Idrisi correct in weakening Ibn Abbas's saying "kufr duna kufr" (unbelief short of unbelief) and prioritizing Ibn Mas'ud's saying "that is the disbelief" regarding the issue of ruling by other than what Allah has revealed, justifying this by Ibn Abbas's saying contradicting the Quranic text and Ibn Mas'ud's saying, who had a longer companionship and was more jurisprudent?
Is listening to a song that contains words that may lead to apostasy, and repeating them verbally with inner disapproval, considered apostasy that invalidates prayer and subsequent deeds? What is the ruling on the prayer of someone who cursed religion jokingly, while unaware of the nullifiers of Islam and the conditions of repentance, and does his prayer bring him into Islam? And is it true that the prayer of someone who cursed religion does not bring him into Islam?
What is the ruling on a man's hatred for the female gender, and is that considered disbelief because it might include women from the Household of the Prophet?
What is the ruling on one who views the cutting off of the thief’s hand and making a woman’s testimony half that of a man as harshness and an infringement upon women’s rights?
What is your opinion on Al-Mutanabbi, and is there anything in his poetry that takes him out of the fold of Islam or indicates disbelief?
What is the ruling on a person saying to another, "You will follow in my footsteps," after eating or drinking after them, and then claiming that a specific person narrated this (falsely and deceptively)? Does this constitute disbelief by way of mockery? And how does one repent for saying that?
Does one who says "yes" to the doctrinal whisperings and misgivings in his mind exit the fold of Islam, and what is his ruling after he has pronounced the Two Testimonies of Faith and performed ritual bathing (ghusl), and what should he do about the persistent whisperings that trouble him concerning the essence of God and affect his life and studies?
Is a person expelled from Islam for slandering a chaste woman, and will his good deeds be accepted after his repentance, and what should he do if informing the slandered woman and her husband of the incident would lead to discord?
What is the ruling on handling papers that bear the name of Allah the Almighty, what is the ruling on burning them, what is the ruling on doubting the existence of Allah the Almighty, and does a person become a disbeliever by it, and what is the effect of obsessive-compulsive disorder on faith and disbelief, and is the repentance of one who disbelieves unknowingly accepted?