Names and Attributes of God
1,103 questions
Is it permissible for a woman to perform Ruqyah on a woman afflicted with epilepsy, and is the attribute of being male a condition for the one who performs Ruqyah?
What is the validity of dividing Tawhid into Rububiyyah and Uluhiyyah, and what are the origins and sources of this division?
What should I do with the Shiite books that I own and that contain the names of Allah and verses from the Qur’an? And how do I dispose of them? And how do I deal with the whispers of Satan that try to compare the attributes of the Imams with the attributes of Allah, and make me doubt the essence of Allah and Islam? And how do we respond to disbelievers who use the answered prayers as proof of the truthfulness of their beliefs, or as proof that Muslims are not unique in having their prayers answered?
هل يُعد قول "يا صبر أيوب على بلواه" و"أمانة عليك" دعاءً لغير الله؟
How can the two girls be convinced to fear Allah, the Almighty, especially since they pray in my presence but lie about their prayer when I am absent?
In which Surah did the verse occur: "Indeed, those who abuse Allah and His Messenger – Allah has cursed them in this world and in the Hereafter and prepared for them a humiliating punishment," and what is the meaning of abusing Allah the Almighty, and how can a created being abuse the Creator?
Is it permissible to add "al-" (ال) to my son's name "Munṣif" (منصف) to make it "Al-Munṣif" (المنصف), or is "Al-Munṣif" one of the attributes of Allah, Exalted and Glorified be He?
What is the significance of saying "peace be upon you" (Al-Salam Alaykum) and "and upon you be peace" (Wa Alaykum Al-Salam)?
Is what was narrated about Imam Abu Hanifa – may Allah be pleased with him – that he saw Allah in a dream and asked Him about the salvation of creation on the Day of Resurrection, and that Allah answered him that salvation would be by reciting a specific supplication in the morning and evening, true?
Is suicide permissible for fear of apostasy, in the event of persistent whispers related to doubt concerning the tenets of faith, and is it permissible for a person to kill themselves if they represent a burden to their parents?
Is naming a child "Sayfullah" (Sword of God), "Sayfud-Din" (Sword of the Religion), or "Sayful-Islam" (Sword of Islam) harmful, especially "Sayfullah," which was said to contain an error?
Is it permissible to listen to Islamic songs that contain musical rhythms, and what is the ruling on saying, "O homeland, you are the first and the last," and does that contradict the Beautiful Names of Allah?
Is the saying, "To be characterized by the attributes of Allah and to be morally adorned with His morals," sound, and was it reported from anyone?
Is it permissible to name a girl Zina or Badia?
Is it permissible to recite scattered verses from different Surahs when making supplication and seeking forgiveness?
What is the opinion regarding Sheikh Ibn Taymiyyah and Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani?
Is it true that the Prophet's name was Qutham before the prophethood, or not?
How sound is the statement: "Allah was, and there was nothing with Him, and He is now as He always was"?
What is the ruling on visiting zoos for the purpose of enjoying their various forms and seeing their sights?
How can we reconcile God's omnipresence with us in every place and time, and His closeness to us as mentioned in the verses of the Holy Qur'an, with the hadiths that mention His descent to the lowest heaven in the last third of the night to answer prayers? And are we obliged to adopt these hadiths and abandon what came in the Holy Qur'an?
What is the ruling of the Sharia on the subject of "bioenergy" and the peace sessions that some promote as a solution to problems?
What are the attributes of God, the ignorance of which renders a person an infidel (kafir), and are they the seven attributes as the Ash'aris state?
Is it permissible to go to a church and have the priest read over me to solve a problem of sorcery, after I have gone to many shaykhs without success?
Is the Qur'an a trace of the divine attribute of speech, rather than an attribute subsisting in God's essence, and how can that be when God replaces verses?