Belief & Doctrine



Beliefs of Islam, known as `Aqidah (creed or doctrine) or the Aspects of Iman (faith). All that pertain to the Unseen: Allah (God) and His Divine Attributes, Angels, revealed books of Allah, Prophets of Allah, the Hereafter, Destiny (the Divine Decree) and Resurrection after death.


Supplication and the Divine Will

Q: …I sometimes feel there is no point in asking Allah for specific things (for example, Oh Allah, please let me get a job or wife, etc) because what Allah has written shall come to pass regardless of whether we ask or not… Continue reading

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Past love

Q: is there any reward from god for people who have loved others i.e a man who once loved a woman or vice versa – when for reasons of goodness or uprightness in society the love between the couple goes unrequited an unconsumated … Continue reading

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Change the bad to good

Whats the meaning of ” wala tanfusuna illa bi sultan”. If it is possible for them to get permission is it also possible to change the truth or to make the good ones bad ones and the bad ones to be good ones ? Continue reading

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Belief: About Armageddon

Q: anytime the question of Armageddon, or Mahdi (a.s.) or the Judgement Day comes to a conversation, my wife, Habiba, suffer a great anguish and she start to say that why I believe in this things (about the end of the world) and I started a family and bring children to suffer, or denying that this Huge events will happen in our times. Continue reading

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Asking for Madad?

Q: Is it permitted to ask “Ya Shaykh `Abdal-Qadir madad!”?[fr]Q: Is it permitted to ask “Ya Shaykh `Abdal-Qadir madad!”?[/fr] Continue reading

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family not in tarika

Q: We may tell our family they are not in tarika,about the advent of Mehdi A.S? Can they also do the tesbih Hasbunallah Rabunallah? Continue reading

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Are the Prophets Infallible (ma`sum)

Q: Are the prophètes infaillible (ma`sum)? Continue reading

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Benefitting the Deceased

“Prophet (S) saying only three acts benefit a deceased when he dies. “Those being knowledge he gave, charity he spent, or the prayers of a “pious son. “I also read a hadith where Abu Hurayrah (R) prayed for a dweller of the “grave by asking Allah to increase the good of a believer if he did good, “and to forgive his bad if he did bad. How do we reconcile these two “hadith of the Prophet (S)? Especially because some Muslims use the first “hadith to ban acts for the deceased. Continue reading

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Meaning of Sunnah

In the terminology of usul al-fiqh or principles of jurisprudence, sunnah denotes a saying, action or approval related from the Prophet (s) or issuing from him other than the Qur’an…. the jurists have stressed that the basis for all acts of worship categorized as sunnah is “obligatoriness” not “permissiveness”. Continue reading

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Can Prophet See Our Actions from His Grave?

Question: [Abdul-Aziz bin Abdullah bin Baaz, late Grand-Mufti of Saudia Arabia stated] “In the authentic Hadith, it is reported that the Prophet – peace be unto him-said:  ‘(On the Day of Judgment, I assume the defence of some men by … Continue reading

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