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  • Upbringing Children on the Straight Path

    Assalamualikum wr wb i have 3 sons aged 15,14,12 recently my eldest one confessed to me that he has enagaged in a very shocking act of he holding his freinds genitals and viceversa that came as a shock and i asked whats the reason he said its just like that ,he mentioned 2 yrs ago he came across some video on the internet of porn but these 3 brothers.. More

  • Clarifying the Word ‘Stubbornness’

    I was told that Allah does not like stubborn people and He finished a king who was very stubborn in his behavior in the past. There are some people who have special needs with behavioral issues and may have a trait of stubbornnes or others. They are not at fault if they have the trait of stubbornnes or other traits that Allah does not like? .. More

  • Definition of Amaanah (trust)

    Assalaamu alaykum. What does trust, or Amaanah, mean? For example, if parents trust their child in that he will not do something, but he does anyway, did he break the trust? Is that person a hypocrite? Or does Amaanah, or trust, mean that we are entrusted with someone else's property or something else and have to take care of it? Today, almost every.. More

  • Meaning of Rahmah, Rizq, and Fadhl

    What is the difference between Rahmah, Rizq, and the Fadhl of Allah? .. More

  • Definition of Amaanah in Islamic terminology

    What is the meaning of 'Amaanah' according to Islam? Is it a kind of blessings? Are women considered an 'Amaanah' in Islam? .. More

  • Categorization of haraam into muharram lithaatih and muharram lighayrih

    Assalaamu alaykum. I was reading about the difference which the scholars of Fiqh have made in case of haram (Muharram lithaatih and Muharram lighayrih), but the Hanbali scholars do not consider this categorization. Can you elobrate on this issue and present the better opinion in this regard? May Allah reward you. .. More

  • Meaning of ‘the Straight Path’

    Is this hadith authentic? And could you please give me the whole hadith that describes the straight path as worshipping Allaah alone, telling the truth even if a near relative is concerned, not killing your child out of poverty - and I think that there was another one; can you please give me this hadith? .. More

  • Meaning of the word shaykh

    What is the meaning of the word 'shaykh'? .. More

  • Mudd, Saa' and Qullah in modern measurements

    Assalaamu alaykum. Could you please give the standard measurements of these term in kg/liter in our present time: Mudd, Saa', and Qullah. .. More

  • Definition of ‘man’ in sight of Allah

    Many people claim that I am a man, but in the sight of Allaah, what is the definition of a man, and what are his qualities? Who is a man, and who is not? .. More

  • Meaning of 'Aathaar'

    Assalaamu alaykum. I was wondering; what does the Arabic word Wa Aathaaran mean? Does it mean something left behind that we can see, or just something left behind that we could or could not see? For example, the dinosaurs left fossils, but they are in the earth and we cannot see them unless we dig the up, if you know what I mean. May Allaah reward you. .. More

  • Difference between Laghw and Haraam

    Assalaamu alaykum, Brother. I was just wondering what the difference is between Laghw (ill speech)and haram, and also I get the feeling that everything is Laghw, like, we cannot play sports and so on. Do you know what I mean? Laghw could be everything apart from eating, sleeping, and worshiping. I am not being disrespectful. I am very confused about.. More

  • Meaning of Ta'weel

    Assalaamu alaykum. What does Allaah mean by Ta'weel? Is it Tafseer (exegesis), or is it something else, like the true reality? Like, is the Ta'weel for prayer the prayer itself and how to pray? People are saying different things, so please explain. .. More

  • Difference between permissible and forbidden

    What is the difference between the permissible and the forbidden? .. More

  • Correspondence of Quranic and Fiqhi terminologies

    Assalaamu alaykum. I heard a brother say that there are some differences between Quranic terminologies and Fiqh terminologies; like in Fiqh, Salaah means prayer, zakah means charity. However, sometimes in the Quran, Salah may mean praying for somebody, zakah may mean purifying. Is that right? .. More