Oneness of God
567 questions
What is the ruling on the monument to the unknown soldier?
Is it permissible to draw cartoon characters?
Is there any basis in the Sunnah for a worshipper to move the index finger of his right hand upon hearing a verse of glorification (tanzih) or monotheism (tawhid) during a loud prayer?
Is pessimism regarding the days of the week considered polytheism (shirk), and is it permissible to pray behind an imam who is pessimistic about them?
Is swearing (by God) forbidden?
What is the interpretation of Allah's saying: "And most of them do not believe in Allah except while they associate others with Him" in Surat Yusuf?
How is blessing sought from the Black Stone, and what are the permissible and impermissible things to seek blessing from, similar to seeking blessing from Zamzam water and the relics of the Prophet?
What is the ruling on one who says "there is no god but Allah" but neither loves it nor hates it? Is he considered a Muslim? And is it obligatory to despise him?
What is the wisdom behind the association of denying progeny to Allah and affirming His Oneness with the name "Ar-Rahman" (The Most Merciful) in numerous Quranic verses, and why were terms like "Al-Jabbar" (The Compeller) or "Al-Qawi" (The Most Strong) not used to intimidate disbelievers?
What is the ruling of Islamic law regarding phrases such as: "Madad, madad, جد الحسنين" (Aid, aid, O Grandson of the Two), "O light of the Prophet, the Prophet attended this gathering," "My Lord, I have indeed asked You for my need through Muhammad the Chosen One, by the verses," "And I have asked You, O my God, hoping through Muhammad that You will not disappoint my hope," "Turn your heart towards the door of Muhammad, for he is the path to the One God.. He who did not take him as a means has failed and appears almost devoid of faith," and "Muhammad, O aid of the stranger"?
Is a bracelet, said to ward off cold, considered an amulet, even if doctors acknowledge its benefits?
Does God forgive a person for all their bad deeds, whatever their nature?
Is it correct to say that the God of Christians and the God of Jews is the same God worshipped by Muslims, and what is the authenticity of this assertion, and are there any caveats to it?
What is the ruling on some people saying that a twitch in the right eye is a bad omen?
What is the meaning of "Is one whose heart Allah has expanded to Islam and is thereby upon light from his Lord, like one who is not? So woe to those whose hearts are hardened against the remembrance of Allah. Those are in manifest error. Allah has sent down the best statement: a Book consistent and oftentimes repeated, from which shiver the skins of those who fear their Lord. Then their skins and their hearts soften to the remembrance of Allah"?
What is incumbent upon one who had been involved in matters that take one out of the fold of Islam, without his knowledge, and he now believes that he holds a correct creed after abandoning seeking help from the dead, but he sometimes finds that he has significant doctrinal flaws?
Does the prayer of one who watches a film that includes fortune-telling—while skipping the scenes related to it—become invalid for forty days?
Is it considered polytheism (shirk) to detest something for its own sake, by analogy with Ibn Taymiyyah's statement that loving something for its own sake is polytheism because God alone is to be loved for His own sake?
Is severe obsessive whispering regarding creed considered polytheism (shirk)?
What do the Jahmiyyah mean by Tawhid, and were Pharaoh and his people on the right path and possessed true knowledge of God?
Did Ibn Taymiyyah excuse those who seek aid from the Prophet or a saint so that their faith would not be afflicted? And do some scholars consider seeking supplication or intercession from the deceased to be major shirk? And is it permissible to supplicate to someone absent from their grave, believing that Allah enables them to hear?
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 it considered a sin to stop seeking knowledge in an attempt to avoid developing an emotional attachment to other than God, and is that considered a solution for staying away from temptations?
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?