Prophets and Messengers
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What was the first heavenly religion, and did anything precede Judaism, such as the Sabians? What are the Scrolls of Abraham, and are they a book for the Ḥanīfiyyah? Is the Torah the Scrolls of Moses? And what was the religion of the previous prophets if Judaism was the first religion?
Is it permissible for a teacher to say: "Our profession is like the profession of the prophets"?
What is the reason for God's rejection of the Prophet's plea for forgiveness for his mother, and for her being considered a disbeliever despite her death before the advent of prophethood? Does this mean she was not a follower of Christianity?
What is the fate of the many nations that the message did not reach in the early days of Islam and in later times? Will they be held accountable for their transgression of innate matters, or are the remnants of previous messages sufficient to hold them accountable for them?
Were the prophets sinful until the end of their lives, and were their trials due to what their hands had earned of sins?
Is it permissible to attribute the Spirit (Ar-Rūḥ) to Allah Almighty in a manner befitting His Majesty, or must it be denied of Him, taking into consideration the statement of Ibn Taymiyyah: "None of the Prophets expressed Allah’s life as Allah’s Spirit, so whoever interprets the words of any of the Prophets concerning the term ‘Spirit’ as referring to Allah’s life has lied"?
What is the status of the disciples of Jesus (peace be upon him) in Islam, and are they the best of people after the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)?
Did the Prophet (peace be upon him) err by prohibiting honey, which necessitated the revelation of Surat At-Tahrim, knowing his infallibility from error?
What is the ruling concerning a Muslim who cursed and uttered inappropriate things about our Master Jesus, peace be upon him, in response to infidels cursing our Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, and how does he repent, and is expiation due upon him?
Is it permissible to make models for children that depict stories of prophets and righteous people in Islam, with the prophets represented by a white outline of a human body without details, and the rest of the story's details represented by models?
Do we believe in the Prophet Jeremiah in Islam, and if so, what is his story and the story of the first four verses of Surat Al-Isra?
Whom do Muslims worship?
What is the difference between Makki and Madani Surahs?
Does the meaning of the term "Ilahiyyat" (Theology/Divinity) among the Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jama'ah correspond to its meaning among the Ash'aris, Sufis, philosophers, and others? If it differs, what exactly is meant by this term according to the Ahl al-Sunnah, Ash'aris, and Sufis, specifically?
Is what is said true, that the Prophet David (peace be upon him) committed adultery with the wife of one of his companions?
How did God expand the Prophet's breast, and did that happen twice at the hand of Gabriel?
How did the Prophet Aaron (peace be upon him) err while being infallible, and why did he not forbid his people from worshipping the calf in Moses' absence, leading Moses to reproach him severely upon his return? And does revelation descend upon prophets as it does upon messengers? And did Aaron die before or after Moses (peace be upon them)?
Is it permissible to seek intercession or refuge through Fatimah Al-Zahra, and is the supplication: "O Allah, bless Fatimah, her father, her husband, and her sons, and the secret enshrined within her, by the number of all that Your knowledge encompasses," or "By the right of Fatimah and her father, and the secret enshrined within her," considered as ascribing partners to Allah (shirk)?
How can a Muslim answer a question about the preeminence of prophets, such as Abraham and Muhammad, taking into consideration the verse: "We make no distinction between any of His messengers"?
What is the ruling on the منظومة عقيدة العوام (Creed of the Common Folk poem) and adopting what is stated within it?
How sound is the Hadith: "Allah has not sent a prophet except that the lifespan of his nation is half the lifespan of the prophet who preceded him. Indeed, Isa ibn Maryam was among the Children of Israel for forty years, and these are twenty years for me, and I shall die this year"? And is there any authentic report that specifies the duration of Isa's (peace be upon him) stay among his people?
To what extent is the claim of the writer Shahab Ahmed in his book "Ibn Taymiyyah and the Satanic Verses" accurate, that the infallibility of the Prophet (peace be upon him) necessitates his not persisting in error, rather than his never committing it at all, and that the Prophet himself uttered the words of the Gharaniq (satanic verses) which were then abrogated? And what is your guidance regarding Ibn Taymiyyah's acceptance of the Mursal hadith in Tafsir and his citation of Imam Ahmad's saying: "Three sciences have no isnad (chain of transmission)," and in another narration, "no basis: Tafsir, Maghazi (military expeditions), and Malahim (apocalyptic battles)"?
Is it possible that paganism was originally monotheistic religions that were distorted, similar to what happened to Christianity, based on the statement of specialists that pagans believe in one God who incarnated in other beings, thus becoming divine?
Did the Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, know scientific facts such as the sphericity of the Earth, or did he interpret the verses that mention the flatness of the Earth literally?