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  • Allah is All-Seeing

    Please help me when I am in the act of committing a sin and I tell myself stop Allah is watching the Shaytan tells me 'so what if allah is watching" and I continue doing the sin. What should I do. .. More

  • Allah sees Himself - Hadeeth about lowering rope into well

    1- I read this somewhere: For He exists with the attribute of perfection, and the fact that He can be seen both by Himself and others is among the characteristics of perfection. Does this mean that Allah can see Himself? 2- Prophet Mohammad, sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam,said, "If one of you lowered a bucket by a rope (into a well), then it would.. More

  • Whether Allah Almighty has shadow

    Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu. Does Allah have a shadow? Is there a contradiction between the fatwa of Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen and that of Shaykh Ibn Baaz, may Allah have mercy upon them? I have read a fatwa of Shaykh Ibn Baaz wherein he said, "Yes, as is reported in this narration and in some transmissions, 'in the shadow of His.. More

  • Referring to Allah as our best friend/closest companion

    Assalaamu alaykum. Is it correct to refer to Allah as our best friend/closest companion? .. More

  • Allah's Attributes are as high as His Superiority and Exaltedness

    Is my understanding correct; that Allah's superiority and exaltedness are higher than that of his Attributes? .. More

  • Whether Al-Badee‘ is of the Names of Allah

    I have been looking in Shaykh ibn Uthaymeen’s Al-Qawaa‘id Al-Muthlaa to find the name Al-Badee‘, but I could not find it. However, in surat Al-Baqarah 2:117 "Badee‘ (Originator) of the heavens and the earth. When He decrees a matter, He only says to it, “Be,” and it is" Ibn Kathir mentioned in his Tafseer (Quran exegesis) (The Badee‘[Originator].. More

  • Attributing Allah with absolute energy

    Is Allah attributed with Absolute Energy? .. More

  • Ibn Taymiyyah quoted Ad-Daarimi about The Throne

    Assalaamu alaykum. Someone quoted Ibn Taymiyyah as saying in his book Bayaan Tablis Al-Jahmiyyah(1/568), "If Allah had willed He could have settled on a mosquito, and it (the mosquito) would have found Him (Allah) light (or it would have carried him on its back). Could you please explain this statement and how it does not contradict the majesty and.. More

  • Man's knowledge is created

    Assalaamu alaykum. Sir, I asked you this question before, but I did not get the answer properly; I mean that I did not understand it. Please, tell me in simple wordings whether our attributes,like knowledge etc., are created? The knowledge is from Allah's knowledge, so it cannot be a creation as it is His attribute, so if our knowledge is also from.. More

  • Speech of Allah is one of his attributes

    Do the names and attibutes of Allaah have a higher value or status than the entire Quran given that they are His names? .. More

  • Name of Allah ‘Ash-Shaafi’ mentioned in Sunnah

    What are all the Names of Allaah? I know some, like Al-‘Adl, Al-‘Afuww, Al-Ahad, and so on, but I was surprised when Mufti Ismail Musa Mink said that Ash-Shaafi is one of His Names; I never heard that before. So what are the Names of Allaah? I know that they number 99. .. More

  • Writing name of Allah with small 'a'

    If I write the name of Allaah in English, do I have to use a capital 'A' for the name of Allaah? When I write Allaah with small 'a',​ I have no intention of disrespecting my Lord, Allaah; am I doing anything wrong? Also, are there names of the days used by the Muslims? Does it matter what names we use, whether it be in English or not? I try not.. More

  • Mispronouncing name ‘Sayyid’ in jest

    Assalaamu alaykum. So far, I know that my name has been taken from one of the glorious names of Allaah, i.e., 'Al-Sayyid'. Many people jokingly and affectionately call me 'Saadu', or other names, by changing the pronunciation of my name. At times, when someone is angry with me, they also shout at me, changing my name's pronunciation, although they know.. More

  • Names of Allaah ‘Al-Musawwir’ and ‘Al-Waasi’’

    Assalaamu alaykum. Does the name of Allaah "Al-Musawwir" mean that He can create totally unexisting new shapes? And does the name "Al-Waasi" mean that He has limitless capacity? .. More

  • Light of Allah (Noor) not like light of moon

    Assalaamu alaykum. I have seen the fatwa on this site regarding the Noor of the moon translated as reflected light, but Allaah also calls himself the Noor of the heavens and earth. And as seen on https://islamqa.info/en/255524, the scholars of the past criticized differentiating between Dhiyaa’and Noor and said that the light of moon is its own. So.. More