Tag: Creed العقيدة
Are suicide bombings lawful in Islam?
Share By Abu Amina Elias for FaithinAllah.org Question: Are suicide bombings or “martyrdom operations” allowed in Islam? Answer: In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful Our position is that suicide bombings are unlawful in every circumstance as it involves the deliberate destruction of one’s life and often involves killing innocent bystanders. Suicide is [...]
Why should a Muslim act if everything is already decreed by Allah?
Share By Abu Amina Elias for FaithinAllah.org Question: Why should a Muslim do anything if all things have already been decided by Allah? How does Islam reconcile free will with providence (al-qadr)? Answer: In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful The correct Islamic belief lies between the misguidance of the fatalists (al-jabriyyah) and [...]
Ibn Taymiyyah on Belief in Providence, Provision, and Free Will
Share By Abu Amina Elias for FaithinAllah.org In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful Ibn Taymiyyah was asked, “Can provision be increased or decreased?” He responded: Provision is of two kinds. First, it is that which Allah knows He will provide and cannot be changed. Second, it is that which Allah has prescribed [...]
What are the Islamic evidences for the existence of the Creator?
“Do they not see that We made the night that they may rest therein and the day giving sight? Verily, in that are signs for a people who believe.”
Surah An-Naml 27:86
Ash-Shafi’ee on the Authority of the Sunnah
“I have not left anything which Allah has commanded you except that I have commanded you, and I have not left anything which Allah has forbidden for you except that I have forbidden it for you.”
Ibn Al-Qayyim on Unbelief: A Muslim who denies faith out of ignorance or misinterpretation is not an unbeliever
Share By Abu Amina Elias for FaithinAllah.org Ibn Al-Qayyim writes in his book, Madarij As-Salikeen: The unbelief of denial is of two types: absolute unbelief in general without restriction, and specific unbelief with restrictions. As for the absolute unbelief, it is denial in general of what Allah has revealed to His Messenger. As for the [...]
Is it permissible for Muslims to pray over a Muslim who committed suicide?
Share Answered by Abu Amina Elias for FaithinAllah.org Question: There is a Muslim in our community who has killed himself. Is it permissible to pray over him? Answer: In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful A Muslim who commits suicide is considered as having committed a major sin, but they do not leave [...]
Ibn Kathir on Hereafter: The Scale and the Weighing of Good and Bad Deeds
Share By Abu Amina Elias for FaithinAllah.org Ibn Kathir writes in his commentary on Surah Al-A’raf: Allah Almighty said: وَالْوَزْنُ And the weighing… (7:8) Meaning the weighing of deeds on the Day of Resurrection, الْحَقِّ will be the true, For Allah will not wrong anyone. Allah said in other verses: وَنَضَعُ الْمَوَزِينَ الْقِسْطَ لِيَوْمِ الْقِيَـمَةِ [...]
Ibn Kathir on the Meaning of Religion, Faith, and Fear of Allah
Share By Abu Amina Elias for FaithinAllah.org Ibn Kathir writes in his commentary on Surah Al-Baqarah: “Religion” (deen) means the reckoning, the reward or punishment. Similarly, Allah said: يَوْمَئِذٍ يُوَفِّيهِمُ اللَّهُ دِينَهُمُ الْحَقَّ On that Day Allah will pay them the (dinahum) recompense (of their deeds) in full. (24:25) And: أَءِنَّا لَمَدِينُونَ Shall we indeed [...]
Ahmad on Rebellion: To Suffer with Patience is Better than to Violently Rebel and Spill Blood
Share By Abu Amina Elias for FaithinAllah.org Abu Al-Harith Ahmad ibn Muhammad Al-Sa’igh, the close friend of Imam Ahmad, reported: سألت أبا عبد الله في أمر كان حدث ببغداد وهم قوم بالخروج فقلت يا أبا عبد الله ما تقول في الخروج مع هؤلاء القوم فأنكر ذلك عليهم وجعل يقول سبحان الله الدماء الدماء لا أرى [...]
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