Becoming Muslim
362 questions
Why is it necessary to include the name of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) with the name of Allah Almighty in the Shahada, even though the hypocrites said: "We bear witness that you are indeed the Messenger of Allah. And Allah knows that you are indeed His Messenger. And Allah bears witness that the hypocrites are indeed liars"?
Is it permissible to instruct someone in the Shahada and embrace Islam over the internet, and would the person thereby be considered a Muslim, given that some are of the view that written communication is not sufficient for this?
Can a Christian girl convert to Islam, given the difficulties in researching and reading about the religion at home, and the question of where she will live after converting, as she is not married?
Is it permissible to marry a second wife who is geographically distant, a recent convert to Islam, given the inability to reside with her except during holidays, and to suffice with corresponding with her and supporting her financially?
What should the only Muslim son in his Hindu family do when asked to cremate his parents' bodies, and how should he deal with his disbelieving family after converting to Islam?
Is an infidel who recites the Two Testimonies but does not perform ghusl considered an infidel or a sinful Muslim, and what is the period between the recitation and the ghusl?
How can two Christian women enter Islam while their husbands remain Christian?
Will a person be held accountable on the Day of Judgment for refusing to help a 12-year-old child embrace Islam, due to fear of their parents, the absence of someone to guide them afterward, and a lack of conviction regarding their seriousness?
What are the meanings derived from the Khutbat al-Hajah (Sermon of Need) mentioned in the Prophetic Sunnah?
Is it necessary, for someone who pronounced the two testimonies (Shahadatayn) as a precautionary measure, then it became clear that he had fallen into disbelief (kufr), to repeat the pronunciation of the two testimonies and to repeat the prayers he performed after the precautionary pronunciation?
Will a famous man who embraced Islam be rewarded for his followers' conversion to Islam due to his declaration of Islam and his call to it? Is it a condition to have the intention of dawah (proselytizing) to be rewarded, or is it sufficient for him to have initiated a good practice (sunnah hasanah)? And is the conversion of his followers considered true Islam, even though their intentions may be questionable?
Does the failure to prompt a sane, adult dying person, known for their righteousness, to say the Two Testimonies upon their death indicate anything?
Is it permissible, in Islamic law, to marry a Christian man who has converted to Islam and whose practice of Islam is good, and what should I do after my mother rejected him on the grounds that Christians do not convert to Islam?
What is the ruling on one who denies the Shahada? And what is the ruling on one who keeps a crow in his house?
What is the ruling on the inheritance of a brother who does not pray, does not acknowledge the existence of God, sometimes prays hypocritically to obtain inheritance, and threatens harm if he is deprived of it?
Does a person remain a disbeliever if they utter words of disbelief—from which they have repented and declared the Shahada—due to the tongue being accustomed to them, despite their struggle against themselves to abandon such words?
Is giving money to a brother out of love or as a reward for a service considered pure hypocrisy? And is repeatedly uttering the Shahada due to obsessive-compulsive disorder in creed considered a schism with Allah and His Messenger? And is it possible to enter Islam anew without being able to utter the two Shahadas due to obsession with the Divine Essence?
Is the new Muslim wife's initial shyness about declaring her Islam for the first time in front of those she knows, followed by the later disappearance of this shyness, considered evidence of a deficiency in her faith in Allah?
What is the reason for Imam Malik's choice of the tashahhud formula that includes "al-zakiyyat" (the pure ones), and does it carry more reward? And what is the ruling on the prayer of an elderly woman who insists on saying "I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, and that Muhammad is His servant and His messenger," using a disjoined form of the two testimonies?
Is the father required to do anything because he uttered an offensive word against Allah during a quarrel in Ramadan three years ago, knowing that he has forgotten the incident but the son remembers it now?
Is the ghusl of a non-Muslim—whether an infidel or an apostate—who performed ghusl solely with the intention of removing janabah after uttering the Two Testimonies sufficient for the ghusl of entering Islam, and is he thereby pure and are his acts of worship valid?
How can non-Muslim women (Christians, Jews, atheists, Zoroastrians, and others) be invited to Islam, and what are the best ways to do so? What is the ruling on a Zoroastrian woman marrying her brother, and what is the fate of her marriage and children after her conversion to Islam if she refuses to separate from her husband, assuming they both embrace Islam together?
Is one who apostatizes then pronounces the Two Testimonies and acts according to the opinion that ghusl is not obligatory for one who repents from apostasy, sinful if this opinion is incorrect? Is his prayer valid? Will he be held accountable on the Day of Judgment for adopting the incorrect opinion?
Is it a mistake to instruct a disbeliever who wishes to embrace Islam to recite the Shahada, and is this statement considered an act of disbelief (kufr)?