Pilgrimage (Hajj)
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How Do I Deal With Suicidal Thoughts?
Ustadha Zaynab Ansari
For the past five or six years, I have been struggling. I often just accept whatever some "pious looking Muslim" tells me; and not really being able to justify my beliefs - other than, "this is what I am told".
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How do we reconcile the verses that Allah does not forgive associating partners with Him and th
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
How do we reconcile the verses that Allah does not forgive associating partners with Him and the point of aqeeda that one can repent from riya?
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Why Can't I Take Aqida And Tasawwuf From The Four Imams?
Shaykh Gibril F Haddad
In a previous answer it says: "The way of Sunni Islam is to take the branch of Islam from living jurists who follow one of the four Sunni schools of fiqh: the Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi'i, and Hanbali schools; the branch of I…
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In Pakistan, there is a belief that one shouldn't start anything in Muharram. Is there any bas
Shaykh Gibril F Haddad
In Pakistan, there is a belief that one shouldn't start anything in Muharram. Is there any basis for it? Or is this a batil belief?
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How do we remain strong believers when studying in areas that require reading about dubious things...
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
How do we remain strong believers when studying in areas that require reading about dubious things...
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Passing thoughts of disbelief
Ustadha Zaynab Ansari, SunniPath Academy Teacher
I have been getting very bad thoughts and flashes about Allah, his messenger, Islam as a religon and the quran. I have tried many times to forget those thoughts as these thoughts are not of me because I do not want to th…
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Conversion and Circumcision
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, SunniPath Academy Teacher
Can one follow a minority position or weak opinion?
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Should I start MSA at our College, So that Salafis dont?
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, SunniPath Academy Teacher
No MSA exists at the College I am about to attend. After I try to form one, is it proper that I try to take over as it''s president.
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"It is not denied that rulings change as times change..."
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, SunniPath Academy Teacher
Allama Ali Haydar on Customs and Habits & When They May Influence Rulings of Sacred Law: I am noticing many Muslims nowadays very loosely using the usuli principle that rulings changes according to culture and times.
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Was the flood of Prophet Nuh (peace be upon him) time a world event, or was it localized?
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, SunniPath Academy Teacher
Was the flood of Prophet Nuh (peace be upon him) time a world event, or was it localized to his people and area?
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Thoughts of Unbelief
Sidi Hamza Karamali
I understand that we aren't held accountable for passing thoughts but are we held accountable if we invoke others besides Allah in our heads, or curse Allah or His Prophet? Sometimes I do this seemingly outside my contro…
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Is the Shafi`i School Purely Theoretical?
Shaykh Hamza Karamali, SunniPath Academy Teacher
How should one respond to the accusation that the Shafi'i madhhab is a purely theoretical school of thought. As I saw one Maliki put it "The Shafi'i madhhab is currently and always has been a strictly academic non-practi…
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Iblis: angel or jinn?
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
The Reliance of the Traveler mentions that Iblis is one of the angels, when the Quran says in the chapter of the Cave, that he was one of the jinn. Can you clarify?
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Is Hanafi faith better?
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, SunniPath Academy Teacher
i just wanted to know if one can say that there faith for example the hanafi faith is better and eiser for them than all the other faithes i understand that you cant say anything bad about the other faiths but can you co…
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Concerning the standard explanation of the verse of hijab
Ustadha Zaynab Ansari, SunniPath Academy Teacher
Assalamu alaikum, I wanted to get clarification on the explanation Sh. Nuh gave on the evidence for hijab. This has been a topic of debate since the hijab ban discussion in France and I'm unclear now on where the require…
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Perfoming Hajj with riba debts due
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
I read "Performing Hajj with a debt". In it you are talking about a debt which doesn''''t involve riba. My question is if somebody has a mortgage involving riba then should he be thinking of performing hajj or should he …
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Lying to cover up your sins
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Salamun 'Alaik. Is it permissible to lie in order to cover up one's sins; wether past or present? Can you swear an oath that you did not commit those sins? If yes, can you lie to cover up other people's sins?
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Temporary Marriage & Avoiding Arguments
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, SunniPath Academy Teacher
I have some questions about the prohibition of mut'a (temporary marriage). First, how do Sunni/Hanafi scholars understand the meaning of the word normally translated as "enjoy" in sura 4:24, (I think "istimta'")?
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Cheating on Exams
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Assalam Alaykym wa Rahmatallahi wa Barakatahu, Someone cheated on exams in high school during some of the 10th grade and in much of the 11th grade. When he reached the 12th grade he quit cheating and as much as he knows …
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Literalism and the Attributes of Allah
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Salam alaykom I was recently looking for information on god attributes and literalism...
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Could Allah create something more powerful than Himself? I was arguing with someone and...
Sidi Shariq Khan
Could Allah create something more powerful than Himself? I was arguing with someone and...
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Meaning of particular dua
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, SunniPath Academy Teacher
I was taught a particular dua as a child. I wish to know the meaning of it and when it should be used. I have looked in various books of dua collections and I have not found it.
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Doubt and apostasy
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
I hate to ask this question but i need to. The thing is when i read Quran i sometimes feel i laugh at the recitation or i if i hear someones religious talk while reciting i sometimews feel i laugh at the religuos stateme…
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I am impatient and awaiting to perform umrah.
Ustadha Zaynab Ansari, SunniPath Academy Teacher
I am currently a 19-year old girl, and compared to many people still very young. For 2 years now I have been waiting to go to Saudi Arabia and wanting to perform umrah. But I have not been able to. I was born a Muslim an…
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My friend left Islam...
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Asalamu Alaykum, A friend of mine has apostated from Islam. I think she loves the deen but was lacking support, and was in bad company. She's young and wants to party with her friends, do things so called normals girls h…
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What type of hair oil did the prophet use?
Shaykh Ilyas Patel
What type of hair oil did the prophet use?
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Better to combine prayers or make them up?
Sidi Sohail Hanif
Assalam alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatu. I have classes sometimes that cause me to miss Asr and Maghrib.
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Problematic Phrase in Imam Jazuli's Dala''il al-Khayrat
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Dala'il al-Khayrat of Imam Jazuli mentions sending blessings upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), 'until nothing of Mercy remains.'
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Matters of belief, and the difference between mainstream Sunnis and Salafis
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
I pray this question reaches you in the best of iman and health. I recently came across a student of deen who had been studying in Madina University. He was an ex-student in the place that I study and the topic of aqida …
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Do i have to wear the niqab?
Ustadha Zaynab Ansari, SunniPath Academy Teacher
Asalamu alaykum. My question is if it is fard for women to wear the niqab. I was told that the Sha'afi women of Tarim, Hadramawt,Yemen wear the niqab. What is the ruling on this? If it's not fard then what is the ruling …