A Question Regarding Sūrah al-Aḥzāb
Article: The question: The well-known Qur’anic researcher, Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan, asked me about the following verses in Sūrah al-Aḥzāb: “Prophet, We have…
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Destiny
Maulana Irfan Amir Hasani Nadwi sent the following message: “Akram Bhai, greetings. Do you have any article in English on the topics of Taqdīr (Divine Decree), and free will that presents the Islamic perspective? Grateful to you for your kind…
How Islam responds to lending money and inflation
How is Islam’s prohibition of interest (riba) justified considering economic realities such as inflation? If I lend ₹100 to a friend today and he pays me back ten years later, the ₹100 I receive is decreased in value as a…
The Inheritance of Life Insurance Proceeds
A female scholar from Jami‘at al-Falah, Baliriya Ganj, Azamgarh has asked the following question: “Assalāmu ‘alaykum wa rahmatullāhi wa barakātuh. If a…
Is Any Supplication Established During Wudu?
A respected scholar from Pakistan sent the following passage and inquired: “Are there any established supplications (adʿiyah ma’thūrah) to be recited…
A question regarding an incident in Surah al-Qasas
as-salamu `alaykum Shaykh. I hope your Ramadan is going well. I wanted to ask you about the incident in Surah al-Qasas when Musa (AS) accidentally killed an Egyptian. After this incident, Moses ran away, but never sought forgiveness from the…
A question about the Iftar party
Dr Imran Akram from USA asked following question: Assalamoalaykum and Ramadan Mubarak Shaykh, I hope you are doing well. I wanted to want to hear your thoughts on iftars in the masjid? Our Masjid spends close to $5000 every day…
Abrogation of Recitation in the Qur’an
Disclaimer This article has been translated by AI for accessibility purposes. For the original Arabic text, please refer to this link:…
Buying a house on mortgage
Is taking a mortgage to buy a house permissible if the money borrowed must be paid back with interest?
Timeline of Creation
Dr. Abu Zayd from New Jersey, America, wrote to me: The question concerns three verses in Surah Fussilat regarding the timeline of creation: • Verse 9: Say, “Do you indeed disbelieve in the One who created the earth in two…
A Question About Taqdeer (Destiny)
The Question: My younger sister, Saima, sent me the following question: “Whatever is decreed in one’s destiny will inevitably happen. Then, what is the…
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