Question What exactly is Gheebat (backbiting)? From my knowledge it is a very great sin. Can it be defined as “a conversation between two people talking ill of a third person not present in that conversation”? Secondly if with complete evidence we know that a particular individual is bad would it even then be backbiting? … Read more »
Question What is the correct definition of Zulm? How can I be sure that what I am doing to others is not Zulm? Reply Zulm (lit: injustice, wrongfully depriving someone of his legal and moral rights), from a moral perspective, means to wrongfully take something for oneself or grant it to another person, and to, … Read more »
Backbiting What exactly is Gheebat (backbiting)? From my knowledge it is a very great sin. Can it be defined as “a conversation between two people talking ill of a third person not present in that conversation”? Secondly if with complete evidence we know that a particular individual is bad would it even then be backbiting? … Read more »
Question By trying to live as a devout Muslim, I have come to feel close to God and I don’t think I have ever experienced a love as great as the love of Allah. In the past few weeks, I have even found myself in tears during supererogatory prayers. I was reading your article on … Read more »
Question What are Islam’s/modern Islamic society’s views if any on cruel experiments conducted on animals for medical and cosmetic research? In Islamic slaughter the animal is subjected to a slow and cruel death; cannot the cruelty be reduced by a quick slaughter? Why don’t the modern Islamic society prescribe certain guidelines to make the last … Read more »
Question We have recently converted to Islam and Alhamdulillah. My question is that in India it is customary for Husband/Wife to use the other spouses’ urine for some applications like washing the her1 with it before shower. In some instances spouses drink drops of the partners urine for health. I Understand that a full wash … Read more »
Question Is lying (not speaking the truth) allowed in Islam? “Well, of course not”. That will be your first response, but here is a situation. Tell me what your response will be. Here is a weak man, who is being beaten by a gangster and thrown all over the place. The weak man, gets a … Read more »
Question Are the hacking wars between Israeli and Muslim web surfers permissible in Islam. They hack us and we hack back. Is it ok? Specially when hacking is considered a crime? These wars were dubbed by most newspapers as e-jihad. Fee Aman-Allah, Answer In my opinion, a Muslim should avoid resorting to any unethical practices. … Read more »
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 »
