Teaching Faith and Prayer
365 questions
How should I deal with my sister, whose immorality I suspect, and what should I do if I confirm it, knowing that I am a Muslim who is not religiously committed and that my father is not concerned for personal reasons?
Is it permissible to photocopy study notes from the notebook of a person who does not pray, knowing that I am unaware of the source of his money, or is it obligatory to photocopy them from a person who is observant of prayer?
How should a girl under two years old be treated? Are there any hadiths or Quranic verses that clarify this? Can you provide me with websites or books that address this topic for the pre-two-year-old stage?
Is it permissible to supplicate for marriage to a specific person, knowing that he is engaged to someone else and loves me? And is it permissible to supplicate that he divorce his fiancée so that he may marry me?
What is the meaning of the verse: "O you who have believed, protect yourselves and your families from a Fire," and who are the family members mentioned in the verse?
Is there sin upon one who objected to religious subject matter and disliked the Houris due to intrusive thoughts during prayer and ablution, and then regretted that?
What should one do with a brother who sometimes prays, but not all the obligatory prayers or with the congregation, and should one continue advising him, even though the punishment for abandoning prayer is death, knowing the current difficulty in implementing hudud?
Will the children be sinful for not teaching their mother how to read and write and some short surahs, and for not knowing how she prays, and what should they do now? Is it haram for the mother to kill a cat that was harming her chicks, and what should she do to atone for that?
ما هو القول الذي يملأ ما بين السماء والأرض؟
What is the way to deal with a friend who converted to Judaism after his success, abandoned prayer, and began to hate Arabs and Muslims and support the Jews, despite his previous deep understanding of the Islamic religion?
What is the ruling on watching Japanese anime that contains indecent and forbidden scenes, or scenes related to gods and devils?
Is the following dhikr: "O Allah, this is the approach of Your night, and the departure of Your day, and the sounds of Your callers, so forgive us," followed by "O Allah, You know that these hearts have met upon Your love, united upon Your call, and pledged to support Your Sharia; so O Allah, strengthen their bonds, perpetuate their affection, guide them to their paths, fill them with Your light that never fades, expand our chests with the abundance of faith in You and beautiful reliance upon You, and O Allah, grant us life upon Your knowledge and cause us to die as martyrs in Your path, for indeed You are the best Protector and the best Helper," among the authentically transmitted adhkar and recited at sunset?
Is the husband obliged to continue maintaining kinship ties with his brother, despite the latter's refusal, and what is the Islamic ruling on the husband and his wife, especially since they prevent kinship ties between the husband and his family, despite their commitment to prayer?
Is a person who committed sodomy for many years, then repented and became steadfast in prayer, considered a disbeliever and a hypocrite? And are their deeds invalidated due to the devil's whispers that make them doubt the acceptance of their repentance, or doubt their faith, the Qur'an, and the prophets? And how can one get rid of these whispers?
What is the ruling on saying "I do not love my Lord" out of despair from a daughter's persistent demands?
Is it permissible to pray two Rak'ahs for repentance after the Fajr prayer if their time has passed and the worshiper woke up after sunrise?
What is the ruling of the Shari'ah regarding a Muslim man marrying a woman who converted to Islam and has a child from a previous non-Muslim husband, knowing that the father later embraced Islam and abandoned the child early on? Is this child considered an orphan, and does the new husband's sponsorship of this child guarantee him the companionship of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in Paradise?
Is it sinful to sit with worshippers who are collectively and loudly chanting remembrances after the Fajr or Asr prayers, if the purpose of sitting is to complete individual remembrances and then leave?
Has there been any حديث (saying or tradition) or Sunnah (practice or teaching of the Prophet) narrated regarding visiting homes after 'Asr (afternoon prayer)?
What is the wisdom behind beginning prayer with the Takbir and ending it with the Taslim, and why was the word "إخوة" (ikhwah) used instead of "إخوان" (ikhwan) in Surat An-Nur?
Is there a difference between the city and the village, with preference given to the city? And what is the meaning of the verse: "And if only the people of the cities had believed and feared Allah, We would have opened upon them blessings from the heaven," and the hadith: "Goodness is in the city"?
Did the Prophet (peace be upon him) pray upon himself and was he commanded to do so? And did he recite the final Tashahhud and the Salat al-Ibrahimiyyah in his prayer?
What is the solution for waking up for Fajr prayer and overcoming excessive daytime sleep, and how can one strengthen religious commitment despite feeling weak, and is there a way to confront feelings of hatred towards close relatives despite trying to love them?
1) How can one be helped to overcome the difficulty of lowering the gaze in an environment full of temptations, especially after marriage? 2) Is an emotional relationship with another girl, even if for the purpose of help and avoiding the forbidden, considered forbidden, given the wife's failure to perform her duties and the existence of a desire for a forbidden second marriage? 3) Is the desire to finish prayer quickly upon entering the mosque, after there was always a keenness to pray there seeking reward, considered a whisper from Satan and the self, or weakness of faith? 4) Is the thought that people are watching during prayer, and the subsequent attempt to be moderate, considered a whisper or a form of showing off?