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Some Popular Questions
FOOD & DRINK
Are Prawns / Scampi's Halal to eat?
'Blood Poured Forth' and 6:145
Can We Eat All Animals - Food Restrictions?
Can We Sell or Handle Alcohol?
Clarifications Regarding Eating Sea Animals
How Does the Quran Deal with Poisonous Fish?
Is it Halal to Eat Sea Creatures That Are Killed in a Brutal Manner?
Is Pig Fat Forbidden or Just Swine Flesh?
Slaughtering of Animals - Submission of Animals
Why Can We Eat Dead Fish and Not Dead Animals (Carrion)?
Why is Swine Flesh Forbidden for Consumption?
SOCIAL ISSUES
Can You Marry Your Grandparents?
Circumstances Affecting Ability to Study Religion Properly
Difficult Parents / Correcting Parents
Do I have to cover my arms and my legs?
Does Cannabis come under the category of 'Khamar'?
Does Verse 30:21 Legitimise Homosexuality?
Immorality at the Olympic Games
Is Genetic Engineering Permissible for Humanity?
Is it Permissible to use Donor Eggs?
Keeping a Boyfriend or a Girlfriend
Permissibility of Cousin Marriages
Question with regards the Permissibility of Tattoos
Taking Jews, Christians or Disbelievers as Friends
The Scope of Sexual Permissibility Between Husband and Wife
Verse 2:187 and the Role of Classical Mosques
What is the Linguistic Origin of the term Halalah'?
Why are Male Believers Allowed to Marry People of the Book?
Why Is There Injustice and Suffering?
QURAN RELATED
Alleged Contradiction in the Quran
Alleged Grammar Mistakes in the Quran
Animal / Creature from the Earth
'Any other teachings' or 'False / Forged Teachings'. - Understanding 69.43/47
Are there Holy Months or Months (plural)?
A Very Perturbing Query - Will Allah Also Die? (Nauzbillah)
Bayn - Prophet's Responsibility to Explain the Quran
Bayni aydeehim wamin Khalfihim
Clarification on Surah al-Qasas and Madyan
Clarifications Sought on the Makkah and Bakkah Article
Did Prophet Muhammad Receive Inspiration Outside the Quran?
Did the Word 'Atom' Exist for Classical Arabs?
Difference Between 'Isha' and 'Layl' in Context of Prayers and Fasting
Difference Between Shair'ullah and Manasik (Rites)
Differences in Counting Verse Numbers
Differences in the Translations of the Quran
Different Translation of the Last Verse by MAS Abdel Haleem
Do Animals Have Any Sort of Accountability?
Do verses 98:6 and 2:62 conflict? Second - a question of plurality
Does the Quran say that Stars orbit the Earth?
Does Verse 7:205 Refer to Meditation?
Does 'Wahdahu' in 17:46 mean God alone or Quran alone?
God's 'Arsh' (Throne) - What Does it Mean?
'Hayta la-ka' - Come now, Take Me
How Did the Mountains Crumble for Prophet Moses?
How Do you Know that the Quran is the Word of God?
How Many Prophets Are Mentioned in the Quran?
How to Approach the Quran - A Personal Opinion Sought
How to Interpret Verse 3:7 and Those of Sound Knowledge
Is Allah's Day Equivalent to 1,000 yrs or 50,000 yrs?
Is Idol Worship Najis and not Shirk and therefore Pardonable?
Is the Qur'an Easy to 'Remember' or Easy to 'Learn'?
Is the Quran Easy to Understand?
'Laa Misaasa' - Touch Me Not (20:97)
Learning the Quran through Dictionaries Alone
Male-centric Reading of the Quran
Meaning of 'Nur' from the Quran
Meaning of the Arabic word 'maAAahumu'
Muhammad Was not Father of Your Men - Ayat 33:40?
Multiple Q&As - With Joseph Islam
Multiple Questions for Brother Joseph
Night and Day and Sun and Moon - A Scientific Error?
Please Help me Understand Verse 5:54 correctly
Prophet Lot Offering His Daughters
Questions About Surah Fil (Chapter 105)
Question About Surah 66:1-2 and Maariyah
Questions Regarding Verse 3:7 - Mutashabihaat
'Quran Alone' or 'Lord Alone in the Quran' - Verse 17:46
Quran Preservation and Mutawatir Transmission
Regarding Adjective Place before GOD
Stops or Prevents? Verse 29:45
Surah Qamar and the Moon Splitting
Tawaasul and verse 4:64 (Prophet's Forgiveness)
The Earth is Spherical - How do some face the Ka3ba?
The Quran as Divine and Why Are Strong Drinks Prohibited?
Translating the Word 'Mutashabihat'
Understanding Root 'Ayn Shiin Ra' and the word Ashara
Understanding the Best Translation for 14:34
Understanding Verse 25:30 - Messenger 'has said' or messenger 'will say'
Verse 21:112 - Alif or No Alif?
Verse 21:112 - Qala or Qul? (Say or He Said)?
Verse 22:36 and Sacrificial Camels
Verses and their Relevance Today
Was the Dog in Surah Kahf alive when the Cave Sleepers Awoke?
What are your reasons for only upholding the Quran?
What Does 'Maghrib ash-shams' (Setting of the Sun) Mean?
What is the meaning of Al-Farj?
What Promise Was Made in Verse 8:7?
What is 'Bud'na' and Does Allah's Name Have to Be Pronounced?
What is the Difference Between Knowledge, Wisdom and Understanding
What is the Difference Between Zin / Basir?
What is the Meaning of 'Maula' in the Quran
Who are the Prophets Salih and Shu'ayb Talking to if their Nations are Destroyed (7:79)?
Who Frowned Away in Surah Abasa (80.1)?
What Does AlBaytA and AlbaTI/TIN (House) Refer To?
When We Die - What Happens Next?
Why Did God ask the Angels to 'Prostrate' to Man When Prostration is for God?
Why Does the Quran Not talk About Dinosaurs or Other Prophets?
Why is 'Qul' not mentioned in 27:91?
Why is 'Shirk' an Unforgivable Sin? - Please Help Me
PRAYER
Absence of Salaat Details in the Quran and the Need for Hadith
Can Women Pray and Fast During Menstruation?
Can Women Lead Mixed Congregational Prayers?
Determining Times of Prayer (Example: Asr)
Does God Answer All Our Prayers as in Verse 2:186?
Does passing wind from the anus invalidate wudu?
Does the Salaat End with a Prostration Based on Verse 4:102?
How Can One Offer 'Salaat' if they Only Follow the Quran Alone?
How Can Quran-Only Muslims Pray?
How Do I Pray Ritual Salaat from the Quran?
How Do We do Sunnah without Referring to Hadiths?
How Does One Pray Where the Sun Never Sets?
Is the Friday Khutbah Obligatory?
Is There a Requirement for 3 or 5 Prayers in the Quran?
Questions About Ritual Prayers from a Quran's Perspective
Praying at Mosques which Idolise the Prophet
Praying and Fasting During Menses and Covering the Hair
Questions About Prayer / Salaat
Regarding Salaat in Quran - 5 or 3 times
Salaat - To follow Someone Closely?
Synagogues, Churches or Trading Places?
The Remit of 'Dhikr', Invocations to others in Prayers and Tashadud
What is the Salaam (Tasleem) at the End of the Prayer?
Where Does the Quran Teach You How to Pray?
Why do we say 'Qul' (say) in our Prayers?
Will praying for the dead help them?
PRACTICES
Anti-clockwise Circumambulation (Tawaaf) - Why?
Anxious About Eid-ul Azha - Questions on Hajj for Brother Joseph Islam
Blessings, Shaving the Head and Dhikr
Buying a Plot of Land for Burial
Circumcision - Does Following the Religion of Abraham Sanction it?
Clarification Sought on Qurbani
Copying the Prophet's Actions in Love
Fasting in Muharram and the Four Sacred Months
Following the Prophet's Traditions
Is Homosexuality Punishable By Death?
Is it Necessary to do 'Istinja' (Wash Our Parts)
Is it Permissible for a Woman to Pluck Her Eyebrows?
Is sacrifice compulsory for those not performing Hajj?
Missing Fasts for Ramadan and Compensation
Questions for Joseph A.I - Inheritance / Riba / Hajj
Rituals Associated with a New Born Boy
Rituals Associated with the Birth of a Child
Tarawih Prayers - Q&As with Joseph Islam
To Bathe or to Wash in Ablution (Wudu)?
When is the Best Time To Open the Fast According to the Quran?
SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT & INTERPRETATION
Agnostic / Theist Trying to Find Truth
Astaana and other Quranist Misinformation
But Even Those That Follow the Quran Can't Agree!
Dr. shabbir's Views on Graven Images
Illuminati Referred to as Followers of Pharaoh and Sometimes Worshippers of Satan
To the Quranites ('Quran Only' People) - What the Prophet Gives You - Take it
PREVIOUS SCRIPTURES & FOLLOWERS
Are Christians, Jews, Sikhs and Hindu's Required to Follow the Quran?
Are 'Seven Heavens' Mentioned in the Bible?
Are the Previous Scriptures Corrupted or Not - How Do We Interact with it?
Brother Joseph - Why are you not a Christian?
Does the Bible mention the Jinn?
Does the Quran say that the Bible is Corrupted?
Following False Religions - What About Jews and Christians?
Jacob Wrestles with God and a Question About Biblical Rituals
Jews Being Condemned as Apes and Pigs?
Mass Cutting and Removing of Verses of the Torah
'My Father' in the Christian Bible
No Hijab or Beard for Christians! Really?
Prophet Muhammad's Letter to the Christian Monks
Prophet Jesus Giving Life to the Dead - Is this a Parable or Not?
Q&As with Joseph Islam - Can I Be a Muslim? (Close to Converting to Islam)
Was the messenger Shoaib the Father in Law of Prophet Moses?
Who are the 'Al-Nasara'? Are they Christians?
Why do the Disciples Believe and Surrender But Soon Ask for Proof?
Why Does the Torah Not Have any Verses Mentioning the Hereafter?
ISLAM
Compulsion in Religion Contradiction?
Definition of Islam and Muslim
Non-Muslim - Q&As with Joseph Islam
Perfection of Deen - Understanding Verse 5:3
The Reasons for Muslim Downfall - Why?
What Does 'Salaam' Mean? Peace or Surrender?
WOMEN, SPOUSAL & RELATIONSHIPS
Are Men 'Maintainer's' of Women? (Qawwamun)?
Are Multiple Marriages for Men Permissible Only in a Specific Context?
Can a Wife Have More than One Husband?
Clarification of Verse 4:3 and 4:127 and Multiple Marriages
Did the Prophet Marry Hazrat Ayesha at the Age of 6?
Does a Woman Have a Right to Seek Divorce Based on 4:19?
Difference Between Categories of Women (Free and Right Hands Possess)
Divorce in the Quran and the Bible
Dowry as a pre-requisite to Marriage and Coitus To Complete the Contract
Each Man Will Have Two Wives - What About Women?
Is Consent of the First Wife Required?
Is Hair Cutting Forbidden for Women?
Is Marriage with Atheists Allowed?
Is Polygyny a Religious Sanction?
Nikaah for the Purposes of Courting
Nisa and Zawja and the meaning of Nisa
Seeking Permission in Marriage
Sex with Slave Girls without Marriage
Taking Another Wife Without Permission of Existing Wives and in Secret
Why Does it Only Apply to Men?
Witnesses for Divorce and Marriage within the Remit of Verse 65:2
CONCEPTS & BELIEFS
3:110 You Were the Best Nation that Emerged for the People...
Aad People - Improved in Creation
Abd-u-llah - The Prophet's Father
Amen and Amun-Ra the Egyptian God
Angels Asking Question and Punishment in the Grave
Are Humans (Scientists) Playing God?
Are the covenants in 3:81 and 33:7 the same covenant or different?
(Atheist) Need serious help!! - Life After Death
Bearing Other People's Burdens on the Day of Judgement
Can Verse 39:42 be used to Support that Prophet Jesus did not Die?
Clarification on meaning of Ayats and Surahs
Convincing Proof Delivered, Do Rejectors Have a Choice?
Did Prophet Receive Revelations Outside the Quran?
Does 'Be' Refer to a Process of Cause and Effect?
Does the Testimony of One Male = Two Females?
Evolution - Did Adam Evolve from a Different Species?
Fasaad fil'ard (Corruption in the Land)
'Fulfill their Vows' or to 'Heed to the Warnings'?
How Can One Seek Truth If Their Hearts Have Been Hardened?
How do the Angels Possess Knowledge of the Future About a Soul?
How do we know that God is all-knowing and won't make any mistakes?
Intercession of the Prophet, Help and Wasilah
Is a Muslim Anyone That Believe in a Peaceful Existence?
Is Mahdi, Dajjal, Yajooj Majuj Quranic?
Is Music Permissible in Islam?
Is the Life on Earth Our Second Life?
Is the 'Light' in verse 5:15-16 Referring to Prophet Muhammad?
Is There Such a Thing as 'Possession'?
Is Usage of 'Nabi' Time Specific?
Is Verse 80:15 Referring to Angels or Human Scribes?
Is Verse 17:104 a Prophecy for the Land of Israel?
Islam Will Conquer Over All Religions
Men of the Heights - Who were they?
Messengers will continue to come?
'Mu'min' (Believer) & 'Muslim' - The Difference
No Distinctions and Ranks - A Contradiction?
Obey Those in Authority - Significance of 4:59
Predestination, Afflictions and Trials
Pre-Ordained Destiny and Altering Events
Prophet Muhammad's Greater Rank
Prophet 'Rehmat il-Alameen' - Mercy to Creation
Prophetic Dreams and Visions of the Future
Questions Regarding Trials & Forgiveness
Regarding your article titled 'End of Prophethood - Continuation of Messengers?'
Q&A with Joseph Islam on Testimony (Shahadah)
Question Regarding the Duties of Witnesses
Some Questions About Surah al-Rahman and Paradise
'Tawakkul' or reliance on Allah
The Concept of Free Will and One's Fate Fastened to One's Neck
The Children of Israel - Who are they?
The Difference between 'Jihad' and 'Ijtihad'
The Sacrificial Son of Abraham - Ishmael or Isaac?
The Trust (Amana) Offered and Testimony
Trust to the Heavens, Earth and Mountains
Understanding the term 'Ummat'
Verse 19:72 and the Bridge Over Hell
Verse 33:37 and Prophetic Wahi (Inspiration) Outside the Quran
Virgin / Miraculous Birth of Prophet Jesus
Was Adam the First Prophet or Messenger?
Was Iblis (Satan) a Jinn or a Fallen Angel?
Was Iblis the First Disbeliever?
Was Sheba an Oppressive Queen?
Were All Prophetic Mistakes Corrected?
What Does 'Every Community' Mean in Verse 22:34?
What Does Idle Talk Mean in 9:69?
What Does it Mean by Man Created from 'Clay'?
What Does Obey the Messenger Mean in 9:71?
What Does 'Salam' Really Mean?
What is 'Shariah' and 'Open Way'?
When Does a New Day Begin in Islam?
Who are 'Ulil Amr' These Days?
Who is better? A good Hindu or an unrighteous Muslim?
Who Made God? - Questions from an Older Child
Why Did God Ask Abraham to Kill His Son?
Would the Prophet Have Recited 'Tashahud' in His Prayer?
Will Everyone Before Age 40 Go to Heaven?
ISLAMIC SECONDARY SOURCES
Are there any Original Copies of Sahih Bukhari?
Does Validation of Jewish 'Hadith' Provide Support for Islamic Hadith?
Did Scholars and Compilers of the Past Make Up Stories Themselves?
Fear in Rejecting the Whole Ahadith Corpus
Have the Explanations of the Quran been Preserved in the Hadith?
Islamic Secondary Sources and Lexicons
Is Allah 'Al-Mudel' - A Deceiver?
Is There Room for Oral Traditions / Explanations?
Massacre of Banu Qurayza and Troubling Islamic History
Requirement of at Least Two Witnesses (2:282). What about the Ahad Hadith?
The Approach Towards Hadeeth and Sunnah
The Unreliability of Shihab Zuhri
The Prophet was sent to 'Teach'. Is this not Hadith?
Using Ahadith as Historical Records
Verse 87:7 and Support for Hadith
What is the Difference Between Hadith and Sunna?
Whether or Not to Accept Hadith and Reading the Quran
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