Question If you have time I would like to forward a query which was written by a friend. Could someone please help me decide on what to do about this issue I have. Recently in our building here downtown a group from WORLDVISION had a child sponsorship program set up. I went by and the … Read more »

Question I am a very religious Muslim. I want to be close to Allah (swt), but I have this problem, I keep getting a lot of unworthy thoughts regarding Allah, my religion and my faith. You can call it waswasas1. This usually happens during Ramadhan. I constantly say LA-illaha-illalah. What do I do? I feel … Read more »

Question What is the punishment for someone who says “I swear to God I wont do this” and then the person does that action? Reply If a person has pledged with a serious intention, but still fails to uphold his pledge, then as an expiation of the sin involved in it, the Qur’an has prescribed … Read more »

Question In your discussion where you commented on the absence of any reference to the obligation of a universal Islamic State in the Qur’an in Surah Al-Anfaal 8:73, I would like to request, if I may say so, that the commentary by Tabariy regarding the verse be posted by yourself, along with your comments. If … Read more »

Question In one of the posts on the issue, another brother has given the definition of Khilafa (as it has been adopted by the Hizbuttehreer) as follows: The Khilafat is a common leadership for all the Muslims in the world. Its role is to establish the laws of the Islamic Shariah and to carry the … Read more »

Question If I may, I would like to draw your attention to an article written by a movement who regard the reestablishment of a universal Islamic state as obligatory (fard) upon every Muslim. To them, universal Islamic state is the meaning of Khilafah. The actual article is available online at http://www.khilafah.com entitled “How to Re-establish … Read more »

Question I read your explanation that Khilafah means only a political authority and does not mean a singular political authority. I have some doubts with regards to this and more questions on Khilafah. Immediately after the death of the Prophet (pbuh), there was some dispute concerning who should be the Khalifah for the Muslims. Ansars … Read more »

Question If i was to believe in the statement of the answer then where would i place the whole life of prophet (saw) which as per quran is the uswa’a for all. Now if i read this hadith and relate it to the uswa’a hasanah that i get the rightful meaning of the hadith! Yes … Read more »

Question Assalaamu alaikum I wanted to know your opinion on this hadeeth and some people use it as a prophecy that Khilafah will be re-established and we have to work for that. Please tell me what is the correct opinion? It was narrated by Ahmed in his Musnad, from Al-Nu’man b. Bashir, who said: “We … Read more »

Question Kindly advise me if the ELIGIBLE recipients of inheritance are COMPLETELY turned off from Islam or they elected to choose religion other than Islam EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE BORN MUSLIMS AS DESCSENDANTS OF THE DECEASED, can they be EXCLUDED partially or totally ACCORDING TO SHARI’AH from getting their distribution from the inheritance money left by the … Read more »