First Steps in Worship
234 questions
Which is better in the sight of Allah: the Muslim who is committed to acts of worship but has bad morals, or the Muslim who has good morals but is negligent in acts of worship?
What are the devil's seven steps he follows with the son of Adam?
How is one to distinguish whether an affliction is a punishment from God or a trial signifying His love, considering the Hadith: "Indeed, when God loves a servant, He tries him," and does this include deficiencies in acts of worship, such as night prayers?
What was the first sword the Prophet (peace be upon him) owned?
Who was the first to emigrate fleeing with his religion?
What is the ruling on one who has killed his conscience, which commands good and forbids evil, thereby becoming ignorant of the rulings of his actions or forgetting them? Will he be held accountable for his deeds or be excused? And how can he revive his dead conscience?
Is there any Shar’i evidence for alerting a person in the first row to move to the second row when there is no space, and is the prayer of someone who retreats and takes many steps valid, and is the act of the alerter correct and sunnah?
What is the ruling on the preacher saying from the pulpit on Friday that those in the first row consume unlawful earnings and that their fasting, charity, or night prayers will not benefit them, and that those in the last row are better than them, and is he permitted to generalize?
What should a girl do who has impersonated fictional characters, including that of a man, to the extent that people have become attached to her, and now wishes to repent?
Who are the people of the Fatrah (period of pause in prophethood)? And are the Arabs before the advent of the Prophet (peace be upon him) among them? What is the meaning of Allah’s saying: (That you may warn a people whose fathers were not warned, so they are heedless)? And what is the implication of the Prophet’s (peace be upon him) statement to the questioner: "My father and your father are in the Fire"?
What is the ruling on seeking intercession through the status of a saint (wali), such as by saying: "O Lord, I ask You by the virtue of this saint, or by the blessing of this place"?
How can one get rid of riya' (showing off) and the feeling of needing people's appreciation for good deeds?
How can one exit a forbidden love relationship that developed between a committed young man and his paternal aunt's daughter, knowing that this relationship negatively affects his faith and worship?
Does intentionally enduring hardship to perform worship, such as taking the stairs instead of the elevator, yield greater reward?
How can physical therapy students serve Islam and Muslims through their specialization?
What is the ruling on touching or kissing another person's foot, and what is your opinion on Tahir al-Qadri's use of weak or fabricated hadiths to justify it?
If a person supplicates, should he wipe his face with his hands after the supplication?
Is it true that the Messenger of Allah, Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, said: “The best places on Earth are the mosques, and people in their mosques are in Allah’s fulfillment of their needs, and the best of people are those who are first to enter the mosque and last to leave it”?
How does one become a jurist (faqih) in the Islamic religion?
What are the books that a resident in Britain can use to teach Arabic language and Islamic religion to children who have no prior knowledge of them?
What is the story of Prophet Hud (peace be upon him)?
To what extent is the Sufis' reliance on a hadith from Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal's Musnad (Vol. 3, p. 152) valid in proving the permissibility of dancing around the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and why is dancing not permissible as a form of worship for them?
Is every deed in which the name of Allah is not mentioned rejected for its doer and without reward, as mentioned in the meaning of the hadith narrated from Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her: "Whatever in which the name of Allah is not mentioned is rejected"?
What is the interpretation of the noble verse: "Indeed, We do not allow to be lost the reward of any who did well in deeds," and will he who dedicates his work sincerely to Allah be rewarded, even without knowing the extent of its conformity with the Prophetic Sunnah?