Questions tagged [christianity]
Christianity is the religion founded by the later followers of Prophet Jesus(A.S), who is considered to be the second last prophet of Islam.
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Was there a Bible in Prophet Muhammad's time?
I am wondering whether there was a Bible in the Prophet Muhammad (saws)'s time, and if there was, what did he say about it?
Is there a hadith about what he said about the Injil which is in the hands ...
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Is it acceptable to make friends with a Christian at school?
You may all know from my previous question that I am currently in year 9 now in a top school, and the community around me isn't very Islamic. Yes, there are Muslims here and there, but very few.
I ...
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Are there creatures besides humans and jinns in paradise and hell?
From Islamic scriptures, it is known that the inhabitants of paradise and hell will consist of humans, jinns, hoors and angels.
But there is a verse in the Quran in Surah Al Isra:
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Do Muslims understand the English word “god” specific to Allah? What's right response to “may God be with you”?
Do Muslims understand the English word "god" specific to be Allah, or at least a neutral word not in exclusive use by any religion? If so, may I assume the God referred in "may God be with you" could ...
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How can I show that Jesus (pbuh) is not a god to Christian friend using Quran as guidance?
I am a Muslim, and I have a Christian friend. He usually argue that Jesus (pbuh) is the God and the son of God. I know that Jesus is the son of Maryam and the messenger of Allah.
Please guide me ...
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Is it Permissable for Christians to Fight with Muslim Armies?
Salam alaikum brothers and sisters,
I was looking at pictures online a few days ago and I saw an image of a fighter for Hizbollah holding up a photo of the Orthodox Christian depiction of Maryam and ...
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What is the basis for the claim that the Prophets, Psalms, Torah and Gospel have been corrupted?
I'm wondering what is the basis for the claim that the Prophets, Psalms, Torah and Gospel have been corrupted? This is something that I hear a lot from Muslims and I'm just curious what is the ...
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Who are the Christians and who are the Jews? [duplicate]
There are several groups of people who claim to be Christians. Some people in these groups say that people from other groups claiming to be Christians are not Christians. But, as we know from Islam, ...
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Was alcohol prohibited to the previous nations?
The Jews and the Christians, both, do not find anything banning alcohol in their scriptures and hence they consider it permissible. It is also known that alcohol was not prohibited in the early days ...
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Islamic academics/experts on the Bible especially in original languages?
I'm looking for Muslims that produce scholarly literature (publications in peer-reviewed journals) on topics of Christianity and the Bible. I'm not really looking for a list of Muslim apologists, ...
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When did the Jews/Christians go wrong?
It is my understanding that the reason God needed to deliver a teaching to Mohammed in the first place is because the Jews and Christians irredeemably strayed from the teachings of Moses and Jesus.
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Counter-argument to Jesus being the God-Man?
Muslims try to reason with Christians that you cannot have a God-Man, as it is impossible to be mortal and immortal at the same time or to have infinite knowledge and finite knowledge at the same time ...
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Quran Surah Baqarah verse 111 interpretation
Assalamu Alaikum brothers in Islam,
Surah Baqarah 2 :111 - :
[And they say, "None will enter Paradise except one who is a Jew or a Christian." That is [merely] their wishful thinking, Say, "...
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Is hiring a non-Muslim maid permissible?
Can Muslims hire a maid for tasks such as sweeping rooms, washing utensils, cooking food, serving food, etc.? We have a Christian maid who does all home errands except for cooking. Can we ask her to ...
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What does “if Allah had a son” mean? Does it indicate that Allah can have a son?
Say: "If (Allah) Most Gracious had a son, I would be the first to worship."
Quran as-Zukhruf, verse 83
Question: What does "if Allah had a son" mean?
It seems its possible to interpret this and ...
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Angels in the form of Men. 2 in 1
Muslims try to reason with Christians that you cannot have two person in one because it is mathematically impossible. But sometime Christians come back with the argument, "is it not true that you can ...
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How is the Holy Trinity and John 5:7 of the Bible interpreted in Islam?
John 5:7 King James Version (KJV) of the Gospels state "For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one". My question is does this ...
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What are the reasons that Allah gave the Torah and Gospel before the guidance of the Quran?
I know that Surah Al-E-Imran 3 states:
He has revealed to you the Book with the truth,
confirming what has been before it, and has sent down the Torah and
the Injil.
Thus, we know that it is ...
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What are the conditions for meat to be halal if the animal was slaughtered by the people of the book?
This question might be a bit broad and I know there are different of opinions. I hope to find different answers with different perspectives. Please add your references well and if it's from a certain ...
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Can a Muslim participate in a church encounter for school? [closed]
There is Christian encounter program at our school and they want us to write problems bothering us on paper and sow a seed in our education by adding something small of our problems to an envelope for ...
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If Quran offers equal opportunity for Muslims, Christians, Jews and Sabians, why do we need Islam?
The verse 62 of sura Bakarah say that,
Indeed, those who believed and those who were Jews or Christians or
Sabeans [before Prophet Muhammad] - those [among them] who believed
in Allah and the ...
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How to marry a woman who converted to Islam, and was formerly married as a Christian but is yet to get a divorce?
Is it possible to get married to a woman who was married before as a Christian? But she has converted on Islam now, but has not yet got a divorce for her Christian marriage. What the process/...
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Prayer and it's requirements [closed]
After a fair bit of reading including Quranic versus (and correct me if I am wrong) Christians or People of the Book do have every opportunity to enter Heaven as do Muslims however I am a little ...
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How does Islam view the Christian New Testament?
I realize this is a rather broad question. I'm looking for a broad answer as well, with just a general overview of the relevant material. I will likely ask more specific followup questions.
As ...
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Is a Christian a Polytheist or Ahl-al-Kitab? [duplicate]
I wonder whether Islam categorises a Christian as a polytheist or Ahl Al Kitab? This is very important to know since the Qur'an teaches differently about these two categories in matters concerning ...
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Are Christians who believe in the Trinity considered People of the Book?
In many verses of the Qur'an, Allah speaks positively about the Ahl-al-kitab (i.e., People of the Book). For example, Muslims can eat their food and marry their women under certain conditions.
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If a Muslim man marries a Christian woman, what are the conditions for the wedding ceremony?
I know that Muslim men can marry Christian or Jewish women, but how must the ceremony take place?
Does it have the be in a mosque and performed by an Imam? Naturally, the woman would prefer it to ...
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From the Islamic perspective, how can a Christian pray to Allah?
According to Dr. Zakir Naik, if you are a True Christian, then you can still go to Jannah. And to be a true Christian, you have to meet some conditions:
You have to believe in one God (no trinity)
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Is Islam a religion only revealed for Arabs?
As salaam walaikum, I am a revert to Deen e Islam. There is a Christian I know who said to me that Islam, unlike Christianity, is not an universal religion. I argued with him how. He said our Quran e ...
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Does Qur'an 5:82 (Jews have animosity towards believers; Christians are nearest in affection) only apply at the time of the Prophet?
You will surely find the most intense of the people in animosity toward the believers [to be] the Jews and those who associate others with Allah; and you will find the nearest of them in affection to ...
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Is it haram to cook non-halal meat and serve it to a Christian?
Is it haram to cook non-halal meat and serve it to a Christian? Bearing in mind that you don’t eat it, but just cooking it and serve it.
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Allowed to marry ' people of the book ' especially Christians or not?
I have heard drastically different opinions on this issue.
So it is clear from Quran 2:221 and 60:10 that a muslim should not marry a mushrik (polytheist) nor a disbeliever.
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They have ...
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Why did God create the illusion of Jesus's crucifixion?
in the quran it says about Jesus' crucifixion:
And [for] their saying, "Indeed, we have killed the Messiah, Jesus, the son of Mary, the messenger of Allah ." And they did not kill him, nor did they ...
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What books does Al-Azhar use that supposedly justifies discriminating against Christians? [closed]
I came across this post that claims Al-Azhar uses books that justifies discriminating against Christians. But the post didn't name those books.
What are those books and how authentic are they ...
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Is it permissible for Muslims to join groups like Freemasonry?
Two of my brothers are from Turkey, Muslim, and are also Freemasons. I am Christian and sometimes Christianity does not accept joining and sometimes forbids people from joining the fraternity. They ...
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Would accepting a Christmas bonus make me hypocritical?
I am someone who only celebrates 2 eids (celebrations), and don't recognize Xmas or even say happy holidays etc.
Now, would it be hypocritical of me to accept Xmas bonus? Also, if it is, could I ...
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Are Christian depictions of Jesus and Mary considered accurate?
Jesus and Mary in Christianity is Prophet Isa and his mother Maryam in Islam; see Jesus in Islam. It seems Christianity doesn't have the same restrictions as Islam regarding depictions of Jesus, and ...
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Jesus' was a muslim?
Was Jesus a Muslim ? And should we take the new testament as hadith as it is just a narration of Jesus' life by John , Luke , Mark and others ?
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Did Jesus relax Jewish dietary laws?
I read that Jews believe that when the Messiah comes he will allow pig and other food which is forbidden to them. Jesus the Messiah has already come and he confirmed the Law of Moses (Qur'an and ...
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Does the concept of grace exist in Islam like it does in Christianity?
In Christianity, God's grace is what allows us to have a relationship with him. He gives us what we don't deserve like righteousness, life, and in the ultimate example his own son, in spite of our sin ...
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Why did Allah(SAW) decide to create 3 religions and not only just 1?
First there was Judaism, then Christianity and finally came Islam.
All 3 of these religions are part of Islam, but not completely. Only Islam is the final complete Islam. But before Islam, ...
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As a Muslim, is it appropriate to buy a friend a Bible?
One of my friends here in China wants to become a Christian and wants me to buy him an English-language Bible. My immediate reaction is "I should help; that's a good deed". However, as a Muslim, I'm ...
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Is “Christmas” were seen as secular (rather than religious), would it be acceptable to celebrate it?
I understand that many (most?) Muslims prefer not to really celebrate Christmas, due to conflicting religious views. However, in truth Christmas is a composite event, of secular (arguably: ...
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If a Muslim fakes a baptism, is he considered an apostate?
Think of a situation where a Muslim undergoes a baptism in a church in order to make Christians think that he's converting to Christianity (maybe he's doing some undercover work). But in reality, he ...
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Why is Music considered forbidden in Islam when it is not in the previous revelations given to the Jews and Christians?
All of the holy books that came before the Qur'an are clear that the malaikah (angels) sing, the most beautiful music such as cannot even be imagined by the human ear. These verses have been confirmed ...
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Who did Allah love before he created everything?
It is my understanding that the Muslim's view of God is that He is love. That He loves believers.
So I wonder, who do Muslims say that God loved before he created the everything else? How could he ...
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Are there any sahabas of Muhammad (pbuh) who married trinity-believing christians? [duplicate]
I know that there are some sahabas of Muhammad pbuh who married christians. But what kind of christians were they? Did they believe in the trinity? Or were they non-trinitarian christians? Did they ...
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Was Mohammed a Christian?
When Islam was first founded there were some Christians who considered it to be a heresy. 1
It wasn't until Mohammed was 40 years old that he claimed he was visited by the angel Gabriel and received ...
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Must you always pray towards Mecca (Is your prayer invalid if you don't?)
I understand that Muslims are supposed to pray 5 times a day, and every time you are supposed to do the Salat and face towards the Kaaba in Mecca.
I'm wondering, is it essential to pray towards Mecca?...
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Do Christians, Jews and Muslims worship the same God? [closed]
I also asked this question here and here
Judaism
Judaism is a monotheistic faith, meaning that Jews believe there is
only One God. Often this God is beyond our ability to comprehend, but
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