Learning Arabic and Quran
376 questions
What is the ruling on compelling female teachers in a private school to memorize the Quran, its Tajwid, and the Tuhfah, and what is the ruling on cheating in the examinations resulting from this, given that refusing to memorize may lead to dismissal from work?
Is it permissible to gift the book "Ar-Raheeq Al-Makhtum" (The Sealed Nectar), which contains Arabic Quranic verses and their English translation, to an elderly Christian woman, and if not, what is an alternative book in English about the biography of the Prophet (peace be upon him)?
Was it a mistake on my part to say, "Thank you," to a female colleague who objected to my statement about the phrase "Ummah Iqra’ [Nation of Read], reads" and linked it to the Quranic word "Iqra'," potentially suggesting my retraction or agreement with an error?
Does saying "Ya 'ayb ash-shoom" (Oh, what a disgrace!) upon witnessing a reprehensible act and feeling revulsion towards the perpetrator count as a forbidden form of divination (tatayyur)?
Does my work as an English language teacher conflict with my being a Shaykh and a teacher of the Qur’an and Islamic sciences, and how can I make it an act of obedience to Allah?
Is it permissible for a female student to wear the niqab and take money from her father's account without his knowledge, in order to study Islamic knowledge and memorize the Quran, given her father's rejection of her religious commitment and his compulsion of her to display her adornment, and knowing her father's extreme stinginess?
Is studying legal rulings more virtuous than contemplating the Qur’an, as your brother claims?
Is it permissible to continue reading the Quran despite weak recitation and committing verbal errors, or must one stop?
Is a woman entitled to doubt the Islam of her husband, who shows no interest in religion, does not learn about it, and avoids mentioning Islam in front of his family, despite five years of their marriage and the birth of their daughter?
What is the correct way to write the name "Asiya," and is it the name of Pharaoh's wife mentioned in the Quran? And what is the origin of the name "Saba," and is it the name of a kingdom or a queen, and what do both names mean in the Arabic language?
Is it permissible to add the diacritics and variants specific to other recitations of the Qur'an to one's personal copy of the Mus'haf for the purpose of diversifying recitation and learning, given the unavailability of Mus'hafs with those recitations and the absence of harm to the appearance of the Mus'haf or its readability by others?
Does the Hadith "Seven deeds whose reward continues for a servant after his death while he is in his grave: He who taught knowledge..." include the Arabic language teacher in school, and will he receive reward after his death, or is the Hadith specific to religious sciences only?
What is the linguistic inimitability in the Quran's use of the word "kharaqū" (خَرَقُوا) in Surat Al-An'am, verse 100?
Is it true that the word "Pharaoh" is of Greek origin and that the Qur'an adopted it from them?
Why did Allah Almighty swear by His creation in the Quran, even though He does not need to swear by Himself or by anything of His creation?
Does the interpretation by the Rafidah of some verses of the Holy Quran, such as: (And the earth will shine with the light of its Lord) and (So whoever hopes for the meeting with his Lord) and (And your Lord has come and the angels, rank upon rank), where they claim that "its Lord" and "his Lord" and "your Lord" in these verses refer to Ali ibn Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him), along with their statement that "Lord" in Arabic does not necessarily mean the Lord of the worlds but rather the king and the master, fall under the shirk of Rububiyyah (divine Lordship)?
How sound are the two sayings: "Whoever abandons something for the sake of Allah, Allah will compensate him with something better than it," and "Whoever desires this world, let him adhere to the Quran; and whoever desires the Hereafter, let him adhere to the Quran"? And how does one act upon them?
Is there a difference between "Then to Allah belongs its fifth, and to the Messenger, and to the near relatives, and the orphans" and "Then its fifth is for Allah and the Messenger and the near relatives and the orphans"?
Is there any objection to writing the alif maqṣūrah with dots beneath the yā’, as in “Allāhumma ṣalli ‘alā Muḥammad” and “waḍ-ḍuḥā,” knowing that the dots were introduced to differentiate between the alif maqṣūrah and the final yā’?
Does the scientific miraculousness in the Holy Qur’an, such as His — Exalted be He — saying: "Nay, I swear by the Khunnas, Al-Jawar Al-Kunnas," apply in its interpretation to the past, present, and future, to include stars and black holes, or must this understanding be modified?
Is it permissible for a married person to read the book "Creativity in the Art of Enjoyment" to learn about sexual culture?
Is it permissible to prioritize the linguistic origin over the interpretations of Ibn Abbas and the interpretations of the Salaf when understanding the difficult words of the Quran, taking into consideration the saying of Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him: "Seek the understanding of what is unclear to you from the difficult words of the Quran from poetry"?
Is it sufficient for my grandmother to recite only the surahs and verses she has mastered, or should she continue to recite the rest of the surahs despite the difficulty in pronunciation, and is she sinful for not being able to recite correctly?
Is it permissible to watch Arabic films and TV series with the aim of strengthening one's Arabic language and training to speak it instead of the colloquial dialect, and are there alternatives if that is impermissible?