Author Archives: Dr. Homayra Ziad

What are the gender of Jinns, the anti-Christ and shaytan?

Posted on May 3, 2014 by Dr. Homayra Ziad

What are the gender of jinns, the anti-Christ and shaytan? I just want to know because I’m sure many non-Muslims were thinking of that.
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Posted in Belief & Doctrine | Tagged Dajjal, genders, jinn, male or female, man, Shaytan | Comments Off

How does women protected from dajjal?

Posted on April 30, 2014 by Dr. Homayra Ziad

I know that one of the signs of judgement is that there are more women than men & does that make them a curse because of their growing numbers? They didn’t ask to be females so is it their fault? Continue reading →

Posted in Belief & Doctrine, Hadith | Tagged anti-Christ, curse, educate women, equal, God's mercy, hadith, inferior, misinterpretation, mothers, protection from dajjal, seek religious knowledge, Signs of the Last Days | Comments Off

Birthdays

Posted on April 30, 2014 by Dr. Homayra Ziad

The birthday/wedding cake concept is something of the west and muslims have adopted that we must have them in Birthdays/weddings and even give them center spaces in wedding/birthdays rather than it being a cake at a wedding like the rest of the food at a wedding and just serving it to the guests. Continue reading →

Posted in Belief & Doctrine, History, Sunnah | Tagged birthday cake, birthdays, candles, celebrating one's birthday, cultural practice, following western practices, Gregorian calender, hijri calender, imitating, imitation, Islamic calender, Julian calender, non-Muslims, sinful, Sunnah | Comments Off

Burqa and Niqab

Posted on October 18, 2012 by Dr. Homayra Ziad

I became intrigued about the history about when women started wearing the burqa or niqab, and why does it bother people so much that women wear it? Continue reading →

Posted in Women's Issues | Tagged appropriate attire, burqa, dupatta, headscarf, hijab, Islamic Law, Islamic modesty, jilbab, khimar, modest dress, pious woman, Shari`ah, shawl, taqwa, Wives of the Prophet (s), women's attire, zinat | Comments Off

Abortion

Posted on July 23, 2012 by Dr. Homayra Ziad

I have a question in regards to abortion,a while ago when I was about 20 years old I found out I was pregnant and didn’t want the baby,so I had an abortion when… Continue reading →

Posted in Halal & Haram, Women's Issues | Tagged aborted fetus, birth control, conception, tawakkul, tawbah, unplanned pregnancies, unwanted conception, unwanted pregnancy | Comments Off

Cause of causes

Posted on July 10, 2012 by Dr. Homayra Ziad

Please is it possible to explain what is meant by God being the Cause of causes?
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Posted in Belief & Doctrine, Sufism (Tasawwuf) | Tagged Divine Will, irada, iradatullah, limited will, predeterminism | Comments Off

Wahdat-al-Wajud

Posted on May 15, 2011 by Dr. Homayra Ziad

Please let us know what is Wahdat-al-Wajud and Wahdat-al-Shahood. Continue reading →

Posted in Belief & Doctrine, Sufism (Tasawwuf) | Tagged Allah's Beautiful Names and Attributes, dependent existence, Divine Essence, Divine Immanence, Divine Names and Attributes, Divine Transcendence, Divine Unity, Imam Ahmad Sirhindi, Imam Rabbani, independent existence, ipseity, kalam, kufr, limited existence, mirror, Oneness of Being, Oneness of Perception, Only Self-Existent, perception, philosophy, real existence, reality, reflection, Sayyidina Muhyidin ibn `Arabi, semantics, shadow, shirk, source, Sufism, tasawwuf, Tawheed, tawhid, theology, transcendence, unbelief, Unity of Being, Unity of Perception, wahdat al-wujud, wahdat ash-shuhud | Comments Off

Inner meaning of salawat

Posted on May 3, 2011 by Dr. Homayra Ziad

I wonder about this during awrad all the time: what is the TRUE meaning of sending salawat on Prophet (saws)? I have read about the benefits, expiation from sins, and that it is the order of Allah (swt), but I want to know the inner dimension of this practice. Why has Allah (swt) ordered us to do this? Continue reading →

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God’s Pronoun

Posted on March 26, 2011 by Dr. Homayra Ziad

Semitic languages do not have a gender neutral pronoun, and so are forced to use the male pronoun, he (هو). English, however, does have a gender neutral pronoun, “it.” Continue reading →

Posted in Belief & Doctrine | Tagged Allah's Beautiful Names and Attributes, gender specific, God | Comments Off

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