Question I want to be a real Muslim, and that is why I am asking this question: what reason is there for adhering to Islam? In other words, if I were living at the time of the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him), and I heard him …
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Question Is it permissible for me, as a Muslim, to read the Gospel out of curiosity, and not for any other purpose? Does believing in the divinely-revealed books mean believing that they are from Allah, or believing in what it says in them? Answer Praise be to Allah. …
Read More »The number of books that Allah, may He be exalted, sent down
Question I have received a number of messages on WhatsApp authenticated with a video by a shaykh whose name I do not know, and the sender does not mention his name. They say that the number of divinely revealed books was one hundred and four; Allah sent fifty pages to …
Read More »It is not permissible to mishandle the Torah and Gospel
Question In high school, some of the teachers tell us stories about the angels and about Sayyiduna Jibreel (peace be upon him), and they said that Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, commanded Jibreel to take the soul of a woman (in death), so he went to her and …
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