Paradise and Hell
1,670 questions
Is the repentance of a young man who does not perform prayers on time and postpones them accepted?
To what extent is the following Hadith Qudsi authentic: "O Moses, five words: if you act upon them, all knowledge will benefit you, but if you do not act upon them, nothing of knowledge will benefit you. O Moses, be confident of a guaranteed sustenance for you as long as My treasuries are full and never depleted. O Moses, do not look at the fault of another as long as there is a fault in you, and a person is never free of fault. O Moses, do not cease fighting Satan as long as your soul is in your body, for he will never cease fighting you. O Moses, do not fear one with authority as long as My authority remains, and My authority remains and never ceases. O Moses, do not feel secure from My plotting until you see yourself in Paradise, for in Paradise, what befell Adam befell him, so do not feel secure from My plotting"?
Will my love for many people, including those who may not be fully religiously committed, expose me to entering Hellfire based on the Hadith "A person is with those whom he loves"?
What is the ruling of Islamic law concerning those who issue negative and general judgments against scholars and jurists, and with what should a Muslim respond to them from the Qur’an, the Sunnah, and the sayings of the Salaf?
Is it permissible to postpone advising family members regarding adherence to the শরعي (Shari'i) hijab and other reprehensible acts until after the examination period, while gradually offering advice by first explaining the effects of sins and transgressions?
Are my brother and I considered to have caused our father's death, and is expiation for accidental killing or something similar incumbent upon us, and what is our duty towards him, and what is the greatest thing we can offer him?
Is the duration of a day in Hellfire fifty or seventy thousand years, and is that specific to disbelievers, or does it include disobedient Muslims and those who are negligent in their prayers?
Is it permissible to ask Allah for death in relation to attaining the highest rank in Paradise?
What is the ruling on one who claims the perishing of Paradise or Hell, and is there an interpretation for him that would excuse him and prevent his excommunication?
Is the fetus's soul created before ensoulment, or is it created thereafter?
Did Quraysh practice their acts of worship, such as Hajj and Tawaf and idol worship, out of a desire to enter Paradise and be saved from Hellfire? Was the concept of Paradise and Hellfire known to them before the birth of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him? And did the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, know of their existence before his prophethood?
Are these Sufis who claim that their sheikh has not died and will intercede for them on the Day of Resurrection considered to have committed major shirk, and how should they be treated?
What did the Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, see in Paradise and Hell on the night of the Isra and Mi'raj, and was that a revelation or a reality of what he witnessed of those being tormented and those being blessed, knowing that there is no one in either of them now?
Does it contradict sincerity and corrupt the intention of heavenly reward if I intend to help others earn their livelihood through courses and books that are not free (i.e., sold for a fee), with the aim that they become an ongoing charity (ṣadaqa jāriya) and knowledge that is inherited? And does this mean that teachers who receive a salary will not be rewarded in the afterlife?
Is the verse, "And your Lord is going to give you, and you will be satisfied," general or specific to Prophet Muhammad, may Allah's prayers and peace be upon him?
What is the wisdom and reason behind the verses and hadiths of the divine attributes, and why were they included in the Quran and uttered by the Prophet?
Is it true that if Allah wills good for a servant, He sends an angel to him in his final days to guide him, lead him aright, correct him, and set him straight, so that he dies in the best of states? And if He wills ill for him, He sends a devil to mislead him and lead him astray, so that he dies in the worst of states?
How is Allah uniquely characterized by the attribute of "The Last" while Paradise and Hellfire endure, and is their endurance by His sustenance, and what is the rational response to the annihilation of Paradise and Hellfire, and will the inhabitants of both abodes abide eternally?
Does the petitioner's coveting of Paradise and fear of Hell contradict the sincerity of his repentance to Allah Almighty, or is insincerity only present in the case of a worldly motive?
Is it permissible to pray to be reunited with one's deceased fiancé, who died in jihad, in Paradise, and does this supplication reach him?
Is it permissible to supplicate for mercy, or steadfastness on the Day of Judgment, or for Paradise, for a non-belligerent disbeliever who died without having received the call of Islam, or to whom Islam reached in a distorted manner, or who heard of it like any other religion and the conclusive proof did not reach him, or who was among Ahl Al-Fatra (people of the interval between prophets)?
How can a human be given free will when he did not choose to come into this life and strive for Paradise or avoid Hellfire, even though Allah is more merciful to His servants than their own mothers?
Why is it said that Allah distinguished men over women in Paradise by giving them the Houris and their wives from this world, while the noble verse says: ﴿O mankind, indeed We have created you from male and female and made you peoples and tribes that you may know one another. Indeed, the most noble of you in the sight of Allah is the most righteous of you.﴾? And what is the proof that a woman will marry her husband in Paradise, especially with the weakness of the hadiths reported concerning this? And how do you use the verse: ﴿Gardens of perpetual residence which they will enter and [also] those who were righteous among their fathers, their spouses, and their offspring.﴾ as evidence for a woman marrying her husband in Paradise? And how do you stipulate that a woman must not marry after her husband in this world to marry him in Paradise, while the verse says: ﴿For them therein is whatever they desire.﴾? And does the description ﴿limited in [their] glances﴾ apply to women of this world or to the Houris?
How can the heart be purified from hypocrisy to become a sound heart, especially with the feeling that the inability to perform Fajr prayer on time may be a sign of hypocrisy?