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Al-Salamu Alaykum Shaykh! This is Ahmed Thayyil from, Australia. I am a 3rd year ‘Alimiyyah student at Al-Salam Institute and have been benefitting from your teachings for over a decade, Alhamdulillah. Shaykh, God describes Himself in the Qur’an as As-Samī‘…
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 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…
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…
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…
Is taking a mortgage to buy a house permissible if the money borrowed must be paid back with interest?
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…
Respected Maulana Rida ul-Haq, Principal of Jamiat Al-Huda in Nottingham, may Allah preserve him, has a daughter, Ustadha Safiyya Zaid, who is an accomplished scholar, a specialist in Arabic language and Hadith, and also one of my students. She has…
Some people have claimed that it is necessary for the menstruating woman to fast, and she has no exemption not to fast unless she is travelling or unwell. They claim there is no evidence to prevent her from fasting.
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