Learning Arabic and Quran
376 questions
Should we stop teaching Arabic to an engineer who is one of the people of Bidʻah, or continue doing so as a call for him to be guided, despite the suspicion that he might be practicing taqiyyah?
Is it permissible to name an Islamic page on Facebook "Allah.Rahman.Rahem.7" even though it contains part of the Basmalah and cannot be written in Arabic?
How did the Companions learn faith before the Qur’an, how did their faith increase with the Qur’an, and how can a Muslim today achieve that?
ما هي الكتب الميسّرة للمبتدئين في طلب علم الحديث، مع مراعاة مذهب مالك في المغرب؟
Does one disbelieve or sin by abandoning distributed pamphlets that contain the name of Allah, under the pretext that whoever discarded them has redacted Allah's name from them, while there is no strong presumption of that? And does one disbelieve or sin by discarding the words "Islam" and "Halal"?
Do I get a reward for speaking Classical Arabic?
How can a girl reconcile her commitment to the niqab with her desire to complete her university education, given strong opposition from her parents and siblings due to social and economic circumstances, and her feeling of guilt towards her parents?
What is the ruling on a spelling error in writing in the Arabic language if it is not intended to mock the language?
Is it legislatively preferable to go to a Quran memorization school or to look for work for someone who is thirty-two years old?
How can Allah Almighty say in the Noble Quran that it is in a "clear Arabic tongue," yet we find differences in interpretations among linguists, and does that mean the Quran is unclear?
Is obeying the husband by not attending Quranic study circles of greater reward than learning the Quran, especially if the husband believes this is due to his wife not wearing the niqab?
Does every sound of the letters have a meaning in the Arabic language?
Is it necessary to prevent a child from drawing animate beings, and does hanging such drawings prevent the angels from entering?
Is it permissible for a young man who repented of homosexual acts in his youth to become an Imam, and are his acts of charity and fasting accepted as a means of concealing this sin?
Is it permissible to add some letters to words in the Holy Quran, or to write "سينين" (seenin) instead of "السلام عليكم" (peace be upon you) with the addition of the alif, and is the writing of the Quran divinely ordained?
Is the statement: "Man cannot think without language, and the quality of his thought is dependent on the breadth of the words he masters, and his language affects his understanding of the universe" correct and does it have proof in the Quran and Sunnah, and what is the relation of this to the Quran being made Arabic?
Will the repentance of one who repeatedly committed sodomy, masturbation, and viewed forbidden things, including in Ramadan, while ignorant of their prohibition, then repented sincerely after learning of the prohibition, be accepted? Will he be deprived of seeing the Face of Allah, or be cursed, or punished in the Fire or the grave, despite his repentance? Is there an expiation for what he did, especially in Ramadan? Can he enter the highest Firdaws and memorize the Quran after what has transpired from him?
What is the origin of the words: Qur'an, Sirat, Sijjin, Marqoom, Illiyyin, Surah, and are they non-Arabic?
Is a mother teaching her children to read and write considered a reward or an obligation for which there is no reward, especially if she is in a country where there are no places for teaching Arabic? And is it permissible to place a small Quran under a daughter's pillow with the intention of reassuring her that Satan will not come to her, to help her get rid of disturbing dreams?
Is academic research into the types of pride—personal, tribal, and Islamic—in pre-Islamic and Islamic poetry considered a sin, even if the goal is to acquire language and understand poetic structure, rather than tribal fanaticism?
Is it permissible to make an analogy based on the statement of Ibn ‘Uthaymeen, may Allah have mercy on him: "Indeed, Allah, the Almighty, has a Face, and He has an Eye, and He has a Hand, and He has a Foot – Glorified be He – but it is not necessary for these attributes to be similar to those of a human; there is some resemblance, but it is not in the way of exact similitude," by saying: "Indeed, Allah, the Almighty, has a Face, and He has an Eye, and He has a Hand, and He has a Foot – Glorified be He – but it is not necessary for these attributes to be similar to those of an animal; there is some resemblance, but it is not in the way of exact similitude – Allah forbid"?
Why does the Qur'an seem complex, and is the disagreement among muftis' fatwas on the same issue considered a disagreement in understanding the Qur'an?
Is it possible for the knowledge of the Holy Quran, which was revealed in a clear Arabic tongue, to be different from that contained in the Preserved Tablet, the details of which are known only to the Prophet (PBUH) and those brought near [to God]?
What is the ruling on stamping Qur'ans and books of knowledge with the phrases "Endowment for the sake of Allah the Almighty" and "Please pray for the one who endowed it" when placing them in mosques and centers of learning, and what is the ruling on supplicating for the endower?