Names and Attributes of God
1,103 questions
What is the way to strengthen faith and stop repeatedly committing sins, knowing that there is a desire to gain a deep understanding of the religion and memorize eight parts of the Quran, alongside practices such as talking to girls, being lazy about prayer, and watching movies?
How can one get rid of a recurring sin that causes distress and fear of dying upon it?
Is one who uses an offensive name for the Prophet of God, Jesus, peace be upon him, with the intention of mocking some Jews and Christians, not with the intention of insulting the Prophet, but with remorse and repentance, considered an apostate?
Does assenting to an oath count as an oath, and does saying "yes" to someone who says "by Allah" or "for Allah's sake" count as an oath?
How can one deal with a wife so that she gives up listening to songs and watching TV series out of conviction, and what is required concerning her relationship with her family members who do these things?
Is it permissible to ponder the existence and attributes of God?
Is it correct to say that "human knowledge is created," by analogy with the fact that man has created power and created mercy, taking into consideration the two noble verses: (Taught man that which he knew not) and (And Allah brought you forth from the wommies of your mothers while you knew nothing), and how do we understand the hadith of Al-Khidr and Moses: "O Moses, my knowledge and your knowledge, compared to Allah’s knowledge, is but like the dip of this sparrow's beak in the ocean," while knowledge is one of Allah's attributes?
How can I build a foundation of faith so that I may remain steadfast in religion after repentance?
What is the response to one who claims the impermissibility of using terms not used by the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, such as "attributes of Allah," "creed," "Basmalah" before surahs, and the names of some of them?
Is there any Shari prohibition in saying, "Indeed, the attributes of Allah, may He be blessed and exalted, do not resemble the attributes of created beings in any way whatsoever, except in name only"?
Do Christians deify Mary—peace be upon her? And what is the meaning of: {Certainly, disbelievers are those who say that Allah is the third of three}? And who is meant in the verse? And what is the evidence from the Quran and Sunnah for the invalidity of the divinity of the Holy Spirit?
Is contemplating the beautiful names of Allah and His greatness during prayer, in order to repel the whispers of Satan and achieve a state of humility (khushu'), Islamically permissible, given that such contemplation does not lead to imagining the divine essence?
Is it permissible to look at beautiful children, boys or girls, with the intention of contemplating the Creator's beauty and not out of lust?
Do we love and glorify God more than His attributes and names?
Do prayer and truthfulness, being attributes of Allah, constitute a Taghut if a man worships them?
How sound is the saying that man has no value to God, no matter how great his obedience, and does this contradict God's attributes of loving His servants, preserving them, and granting them victory?
What is the verse that interpreted (a revelation from the the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful) and what is the aspect of its interpretation in the Quran?
Am I obligated to offer expiation for an oath, and what should I do, if I said to a female colleague: "May Allah neither absolve me nor permit me if I give you anything from my belongings," and then I subsequently gave her some of my belongings?
Is there a book for every prophet and messenger?
Did God Almighty's teaching of all the names to Adam include teaching him all the languages humanity has known until the Day of Judgment, or did He teach him only one language from which all other languages evolved?
How do we reconcile the scholars' statement that 'aqidah (creed) consists only of theoretical matters with their statement that Tawhid al-Uluhiyyah (Oneness of God in His Divinity, i.e., worship) is practical Tawhid?
Is there any evidence for what has been mentioned about Surat Al-Falaq being a seeking of refuge from external evils, and Surat An-Nas being a seeking of refuge from internal evils, and that internal evils are more severe than external ones?
Are there specific supplications or methods for guiding an unobservant person who grew up in a non-Islamic country, and for whom there is hope of reform?
Is the inability to achieve Khushu' (devotional focus) in obligatory prayers considered an excuse, due to exhaustion resulting from intense Khushu' in a non-obligatory act of worship that led to the depletion of Khushu'? And what is the advice for someone suffering from a psychological and physical breakdown after an act of worship in which they experienced profound Khushu'?