Prophets and Messengers
468 questions
What is the evidence that Allah Almighty spoke to Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)?
Is it correct to rely on the hadith: "Invoke blessings upon Allah's prophets and messengers, for Allah sent them just as He sent me," in Fatwa no. 50240, given that its chains of transmission are weak?
How can the verse regarding John (Yahya), peace be upon him: "And peace be upon him the day he was born and the day he dies and the day he is raised alive," be reconciled with what is narrated about his killing at the hands of the Jews and Romans?
What is the name of the reliable and uncorrupted book that narrates the stories of all the prophets?
Is it permissible for me to advise people by quoting Prophetic hadiths with a similar wording, or by mentioning part of them or their meaning, and does this fall under the category of lying about the Prophet (peace be upon him)?
Do the Mada'in Salih belong to the Thamud or the Nabataeans, and are they the buildings mentioned in the Holy Quran as houses, or are they Nabataean tombs that they inhabited after the Thamud?
Does the removal of fear and grief mentioned in verses such as "no fear upon them, nor shall they grieve" include this world and the Hereafter, or does it apply only to the Hereafter?
Did the prophets of the Children of Israel pray towards Jerusalem, even though it was not a Qibla through revelation? And is it understood from the Hadith: "They do not envy us for anything as much as they envy us for Friday, to which Allah guided us and from which they went astray, and for the Qibla to which Allah guided us and from which they went astray..." that the Jews chose Jerusalem as their Qibla due to misguidance from Allah, or was it a revelation from Allah within the rulings of their religion?
Is Isaiah a prophet from God, or was his mention a result of the distortion of the holy books?
What is the ruling on a Muslim man marrying a Christian woman who had a sexual relationship before marriage? Is their marriage considered invalid and will their child be punished for it?
Have I become a disbeliever by thinking that I am better than the prophets, after learning that this is considered disbelief?
Is Zarathustra a prophet, and is Zoroastrianism a divine religion that has been subjected to distortions and innovations?
How did the Messenger of Allah, Allah's peace and blessings be upon him, hear the animals, and did Gabriel inform him that the owner of the camel was starving it?
Are the Prophets equal, and if so, why do they differ in their statuses in Paradise, with Prophet Muhammad being in its highest degrees?
Is it permissible to cite Noah's prayer, peace be upon him, for 950 years as evidence that the delay in Allah's victory does not necessarily mean that the one in the right is in the wrong? And is there any error in likening the situation of prophets like Noah and Yusuf to others, knowing that the intention is to negate that the delay in victory or imprisonment is necessarily proof of falsehood or sin?
How can the following two noble verses be reconciled: (And those messengers—some of them We have preferred over others) and (We make no distinction between any of His messengers)?
Is there anything in the Qur’an or Sunnah that supports the superiority of Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, over other messengers, despite His saying, Exalted is He: "We make no distinction between any of His messengers"?
What is the ruling on attributing the founding of Sharia (religions) to the Messengers? Is this considered polytheism and exaggeration, or is it permissible?
Why did Allah not despise the remnants of the People of the Book before the advent of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), despite their being in error and disbelief, and why did He send down the final message to them if they were upon faith?
Is the interpretation of Ibn Abbas valid regarding the verse: "The path of those upon whom You have bestowed favor," that it refers to the people of Moses and Jesus, peace be upon them, before they altered their religion?
How can a religious person believe in the values of divine laws that God sent down to rectify the conditions of humanity, when reality indicates that they have only achieved their goals for very short historical periods?
Is it true that Allah gave Pharaoh a reprieve of 40 years before answering the supplication of Musa (peace be upon him) against him, because Pharaoh was dutiful to his mother, and that Allah punished him after his mother's death?
What is meant by the word "human" in the noble verse: (And it was not for any human that Allah should speak to him except by revelation or from behind a veil), and is it a general word intended to mean specific individuals, such as prophets and messengers?
Is it true that Idris was the first of the prophets and before Noah, as mentioned in some history books?