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What is the Islamic perspective on space colonization?
What is the Islamic perspective on space colonization? and do you guys believe that Islam would spread to other planets in space?Furthermore, where would Islam have prayed to the sun if the Earth had ...
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Does an impurity spread if it comes in contact with running water
Some urine got on a bathroom carpet and so i put it in a bucket in the bathtub. Then when i went to wash myself, the bucket fell over and thus the side of the carpet that had urine on it touched a ...
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Are non-Muslims living under Islamic rule allowed to make idols or possess crosses?
We know that as Muslims we are obliged to destroy idols and images. But are non-Muslims living under Islamic rule allowed to make idols and images as part of their worship? And what about crosses? Are ...
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How is the leader of a nation selected?
First of all, I mean absolutely no offence. And I am quite unfamiliar with Islam. Please be kind and forgive me for any offence.
I was reading about the Taliban. What I understood is that elections ...
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Are mermaids real in Islam?
Not sure if this source is real but I need help on verifying if it is true and whether this means that mermaids are real in Islam and permissible to eat.
There is this fatwa from IslamQA. But then ...
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Is sex by couples married under nikah mut'ah interpreted as zina in Sunni Islam, and punishable under Sharia?
Nikah al-mut'ah is a type of marriage permitted in Twelver Shia Islam, where the duration of the marriage and the mahr must be specified and agreed upon in advance. ...
Sunni Muslims, and within Shia ...
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Can I take a second marriage without permission of first wife? [duplicate]
My name is Md Ibran Khan and I am from Varansi. I want to marry a second woman but my first (current) wife is not giving permission; I want to remain married to her as well.
Will nikah with the ...
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What is the view of Sunni brethern about apointment of caliph?
I know in Quran,
Allah has revealed that
"And We made an appointment with Moses for thirty nights and perfected them by [the addition of] ten; so the term of his Lord was completed as forty nights....
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Ruling on shortening both sides and back of the hair more than the middle
is it prohibited for Muslim men to shorten hair from both sides and back than middle?
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If a woman with a mental disorder incorrectly believes she is raped and falsely accuses a man, will she be punished?
I've found the following fatwa which shows rulings for the punishment of rape:
http://islamqa.info/en/158282
I have a question about the following section:
A woman’s claim to have been forced ...
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Can we ask another person who is more faithful than us to ask our demands from Allah ? is this Tavassol or not?(Sunni view )
There is a Hadith in Sunni sources which reads:
Narrated Anas:
Whenever there was drought, Umar bin Al-Khattab used to ask Allah for
rain through Al-Abbas bin Abdul Muttalib, saying, "O ...
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Why did Umar (RA) forbid Mutah (temporary marriage) after the death of the prophet?
I heard that Umar(RA) forbid Mutah marriage after the death of the Prophet(PBUH) and Abu Baker. What were his reasons for doing so ?
Looking for answers from Sunni authentic sources.
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Is planting on the graves forbidden?
I was told from Salafi guy that planting on the grave is forbidden as Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) did it only for himself and none of the Sahaba did it.
The Hanafis, Shafi`is, and Hanbalis have all ...
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Should I take-off and wear again the ihram when want to perform another umrah
For repeated Umrah, should I take off my first Ahram after completion of first Umrah and wear it again from Meeqat Masjid Aisha, or keep on wearing the same and make Niyyah for next Umrah?
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Children's rights from parents (Son)
From another question I asked previously, the following fatwa was provided which says that a fathers financial responsibility ends when the son reaches puberty. I'm assuming after which it's optional ...
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