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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 [...]
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 [...]
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
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 [...]
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 [...]
What is the meaning of Jihad? Holy war or spiritual struggle?
“The one who strives in the way of Allah the Exalted is he who strives against his soul.”
Is the Sharia a single code of law? An Explanation of Sharia, Fiqh, and Islamic Law
Share By Abu Amina Elias for FaithinAllah.org Question: Is the Sharia a single code of law that must be imposed upon all people? Answer: In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful The Sharia is the collection of values and principles that form the moral and legal philosophy of Islam. It is distinguished from [...]
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.”
Was Prophet Muhammad a terrorist who killed innocent people?
Share By Abu Amina Elias for FaithinAllah.org Question: Your prophet was a terrorist and your book says to “cast terror into the hearts of the unbelievers.” (8:12) Answer: In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful Terrorism can be defined as: Any act of violence or threat perpetrated to carry out a criminal plan [...]
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