Tag: Ibn Kathir ابن كثير
Are images, pictures, photos, and cartoons forbidden in Islam?
Share By Abu Amina for FaithinAllah.org Question: Is it forbidden for Muslims to use pictures and photos for useful purposes? Is it permissible to use images for education or to keep memories of family members? Answer: In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful Image-making (tasweer) is a controversial issue among Muslims due to [...]
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 [...]
Islam is a Peace Offering to the World
“O people, spread peace, feed the hungry, and pray at night when people are sleeping and you will enter Paradise in peace.”
–Sunan Ibn Majah 1334
Ibn Kathir on Mercy and Patience with the People
Share By Abu Amina Elias for FaithinAllah.org In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful Ibn Kathir writes in his commentary on Surah Al-Balad: Allah said: ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْمَرْحَمَةِ Then he became among those who have faith and those who enjoin patience and those who enjoin mercy. Surah [...]
Are Muslims allowed to lie for Islamic causes? Taqiyya explained
Share By Abu Amina Elias for FaithinAllah.org Question: Taqiyya is an Islamic doctrine that allows Muslims to lie to non-Muslims and the Prophet said “War is deceit.” So can we trust what any Muslim says? Answer: In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful According to Lane’s Lexicon, Taqiyya comes from the root word [...]
Was Jesus Christ really crucified or someone else?
Share By Abu Amina Elias for FaithinAllah.org Question: The Quran says, “They did not kill him, nor did they crucify him” (4:157). Does Islam deny the historical crucifixion of Jesus? Answer: In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful There are several interpretations of this verse regarding what happened to Jesus, upon him be [...]
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
Ibn Kathir on evidence the Prophet Al-Khidr is no longer alive
Share By Abu Amina Elias for FaithinAllah.org Ibn Kathir writes in his book, Stories of the Prophets: As for the difference of opinion whether Al-Khidr is alive in this time or not, a majority of the scholars hold the opinion that Al-Khidr is still alive. They say that he buried his father Adam, upon him [...]
Ibn Kathir on Hijab: The majority of scholars say women do not need to cover their faces and hands
Share By Abu Amina Elias for FaithinAllah.org Ibn Kathir writes in his commentary of Surat An-Nur: Allah the Exalted said: وَقُل لِّلْمُؤْمِنَاتِ يَغْضُضْنَ مِنْ أَبْصَارِهِنَّ وَيَحْفَظْنَ فُرُوجَهُنَّ وَلَا يُبْدِينَ زِينَتَهُنَّ إِلَّا مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا Tell the believing women to lower their gaze and guard their chastity and not expose their beauty except that which is [...]
What is the Light a Muslim Receives for Reciting Surah Al-Kahf on Friday?
Share By Abu Amina Elias for FaithinAllah.org Question: I read the hadith which says a Muslim will receive light on Friday if he recites Surah Al-Kahf. What is this light? Answer: In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful Abu Sa’eed Al-Khudri reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: مَنْ قَرَأَ [...]
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