Questions tagged [islamic-philosophy]
For questions about Islamic philosophy behind problems connected with life, the universe, ethics, society, science, and so on, according to the Qur'an and Sunnah.
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Why does Islam permit slavery?
Asking from a non-Muslim's viewpoint, if Islam preaches equality, then why does it permit slavery?
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Is Islam really a religion of peace?
I would like to ask, is Islam really a religion of peace?
My question arises because, why in some of your Quranic verses does Allah encourage you to kill specially those who do not believe in Islam?
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What does the phrase "For it is Allah who is the Time" mean?
Sahih Muslim, Book 27, Hadith 5584:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) as saying: Do not abuse Time, for it
is Allah Who is the Time.
Does the phrase "For it is Allah ...
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Does Allah love all the creation?
As those who don't belive in Allah due to any reason. Thus does Allah sustain and provide them as they deny his existence ?
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How can God create without determining the outcome?
If God is the first cause and God really created everything, how can our actions not be caused by him?
But on the other hand, if our actions must have been determined by Him, then how is this ...
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Is it true that Islam is a religion of peace?
I noticed when looking at various discussions regarding Islam, Muslims say that the word Islam means peace. Then they provide some verses from the Quran and some stories of the prophet Muhammed being ...
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Are angels free-willed, perfectly ethical beings?
The Qur'an was told to Muhammad PBUH by an angel, who says that they do not ever disobey Allah swt.
Surah 66:6
O you who have believed, protect yourselves and your families from a Fire whose fuel ...
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What does "Ummah" mean in Islam?
What does Ummah mean in Islam as we know there are many different groups with different ideas about Islamic rules which call themselves Muslim so how can you call it Ummah?
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Why creation of universe in 6 days
Why did it take Allah 6 days to create the universe?
I know that Allah is independent of time, but I have trouble understanding why the creation of the universe took as long as it did. Please help ...
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How can life be a Test if Allah is all-knowing?
How do we reconcile Quran [16:2] "Life is a test":
[He] who created death and life to test you [as to] which of you is best in deed - and He is the Exalted in Might, the Forgiving - Quran [16:2]
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Is Islam a pantheistic Religion?
Is Islam a pantheistic Religion? Is Allah present in everything?
Example: If I cut down a tree, do I physically cut Allah?
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What exactly is the philosophy behind sending blessings and prayer to our prophet in case of Allah and the angels?
Allah ordered us to send prayers and blessings to our prophet () saying:
Indeed, Allah confers blessing upon the Prophet, and His angels [ask Him to do so]. O you who have believed, ask [ Allah to ...
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Where does Allah come from?
Everything was created by Allah but then where did Allah come from?
Is it haram to ask such a question?
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If Allah has no wants/needs, why do anything? [duplicate]
I'm a little confused about the following
We know that Allah does not want/need our worship:
O mankind! It is you who stand in need of Allah, but Allah is Rich (Free of all wants and needs), ...
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Do I need to learn Arabic to become a practicing Muslim?
I am an American who recently converted. But I only know English and I have a Qur'an that is English only. I have memorized most of the everyday sayings in Arabic. But I was wondering if I have to ...
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Is there clear answer to the Problem of Hell?
I was reading the famous Problem of Hell.
The problem of Hell is an ethical problem in religion in which the existence of Hell for the punishment of souls is regarded as inconsistent with the ...
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Who is considered as infidel (kafir) from the viewpoint of noble Qur'an?
The word Kafir (infidel) is used many times in noble Qur'an. [Ref]
such as:
يُرِيدُونَ أَن يُطْفِئُوا نُورَ اللَّـهِ بِأَفْوَاهِهِمْ وَيَأْبَى
اللَّـهُ إِلَّا أَن يُتِمَّ نُورَهُ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ ...
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Does Allah exist in life forms?
Does Allah exist in all life forms like animals, plants or human? (Pervades everywhere?)
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The concept of Eternity in Islam
What is the concept of eternity in Islam? In Surah Ikhlas (112) it is said that:
(1)Say Allah is One.
(2)Allah the eternal refuge.
(3)He neither begets nor is He begotten.
(4)And no one is equal to ...
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Is Game development permissible in Islam?
It has always been my passion to develop video games with stories that have the power to inspire people to do good and be peaceful and creative in their approaches in life. I believe that the right ...
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Meaning and purpose of life in Islam?
Lately I have been really disappointed by my life. Nothing goes as I have planned and I fail in almost everything I do.
I feel like I am failing in this life and as I am not a good Muslim (I do not ...
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A few questions about Islam and Allah - I don't understand [closed]
I have a few questions about Islam and Allah which I would like to ask. I have been quite frustrated for some time now as to why/how/etc... in regards to these questions. Ok so here goes:
1) Why ...
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Are we allowed to save money in Islam?
I've heard that Allah does not like someone who stores his money and do not spend on poor.
I think this is based on the verses 104:1-2:
Woe to every scorner and mocker
Who collects wealth and ...
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How is free will justified with those who are raised in a bad environment?
Who we are is based on our memories that is a persons personality and identity is based on his memories. These memories come from the place , time and people around us. Which is not under humans ...
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Is being recognized as Muslim one of the reasons for hijab?
As I understand, the primary reason for wearing hijab is because it's required in the Qur'an:
And tell the believing women... to wrap [a portion of] their headcovers over their chests and not ...
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Why prophet PBUH has married more than four wife?
Assalamu Alaikum,
I heard that prophet Muhammad has married many(9 to 13 I'm not sure) wives.
We read in the Quran:4:3 that we must don't have more than 4 wives.
Allah says:
وَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ أَلَّا ...
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Does the right side have a higher status than the left?
Be it the hand, the leg or any other part of the body, the right hand side always, AFAIK, takes a higher status, preference or position in terms of positivity then the left.
E.g.:
For the right side:...
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Is the Qur'an a book?
This may seem like a strange question at first, since well, we can literally see that the Qur'an is a book:
And we often refer to it as a book. And the Qur'an refers to itself as a book (Qur'an 5:15:...
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Can Wudhu Substitute Ghusl?
I'm asking this question for a friend. My friend wanted to pray Namaz but before that he had preformed an impure act. He didn't know at the time but he just preformed the obligatory Wudhu and went on ...
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Matters which are in doubt of being Haram or Halal?
Throughout a persons life we may encounter situations where we have to make choices and we may not be sure of these choices of being Halal or Haram, we may try and apply logic to apply this through ...
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Is Pantheism (as defined by Spinoza) compatible with Islam?
Pantheism (Pan = all, theism=God) is the view that God is all. Although some definitions describe pantheism as the view that God is the universe or God is nature, the more general definition is that ...
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Can Allah create a rock that He can't lift?
If Allah has all the power and can do anything can he create something (e.g. a rock) that he himself can't lift?
If the answer was no, it doesn't mean that he is not able to do something which ...
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Why must there be a God? [closed]
This question was asked in the Christianity.SE:
I realize this might be a question better suited for the philosophy
site, but I am very interested to get the Christian perspective.
I was ...
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Why is pork forbidden in Islam?
Is there a reason behind pig/pork/boar being forbidden in Islam?
What is this reason? How is it justified, and what are the benefits of it in day-to-day life?
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What is the Islamic view of the Law of Attraction?
Does Islam approve Law of attraction? I mean is it OK to think like that or it's conflicting with Islamic beliefs?
Is what they call "The Universe" same as Allah?
Is this in any way mentioned in ...
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Is it blasphemy to question Islam?
Salam,
I'm Muslim, I've always been curious with a lot of imaginations, questions about everything (religions, music, mathematics..etc) even if I'm not as smart as 90% of people I know, they are AWAY ...
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What justifies having children if there is a possibility that they will suffer eternally in the afterlife?
One of the subjects which I have been perplexed about is the conflict between procreation and antinatalism. Islam places great emphasis on the family unit and raising children. Of course, this is in ...
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If someone dies doing something risky is it suicide?
Something I have always been wondering about, people tend to do a lot of risky things which may have fatal consequences and they are aware of that, but happen to do it any way.
Such acts can be ...
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If a person does not have proof that Islam is the truth, can he ever become a muslim?
Think about it this way. If there really was a proof that Islam is the truth, then everyone in the world would have been muslims by now.
Why are you a muslim? Do you have proof? If you think you ...
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To what extent does Islam identify credit for lineage?
Derived from this Question and this Answer is a question about the intrinsic credit of lineage in the view of Allah. We already know something about this from Qur'an:
إِنَّ اللَّـهَ اصْطَفَىٰ آدَمَ ...
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Why does God let people kill each other?
We are all here in this world to pass our test, and the other world will be the result of our deeds in this world, right??
Then if God gave us the chance of test here in this world. Why did he gave ...
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Origins of Taqlid
Who was the originator of the doctrine of Taqlid? Which school of thought,if any in particular,propounded it first? And the term"doors of ijtihad are closed",what are the origins of this later term as ...
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Is there free will of faith according to Islam?
We can only believe in Allah by permission of Allah.
وَلَوْ شَاءَ رَبُّكَ لَآمَنَ مَن فِي الْأَرْضِ كُلُّهُمْ جَمِيعًا ۚ أَفَأَنتَ تُكْرِهُ النَّاسَ حَتَّىٰ يَكُونُوا مُؤْمِنِينَ
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Why does Allah subject people to tests?
Allah says in the Holy Quran:
الَّذِي خَلَقَ الْمَوْتَ وَالْحَيَاةَ لِيَبْلُوَكُمْ أَيُّكُمْ أَحْسَنُ عَمَلًا وَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْغَفُورُ
Who created death and life that He may try you — ...
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According to Islam, why was I born?
Why was I born, according to Islam?
In fact, I also have a second component to this question. If Allah/God is omniscient, then why did he create beings that he knew were certain to enter hell (which ...
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Can Allah change the past? [duplicate]
If we ask Allah to remove something from our past like it never happened, can He do that? I know Allah works in ways we couldn't even imagine.
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Why does Allah use prophets to spread his message to humanity?
Through out the ages, Allah has sent prophets amongst mankind to spread his message of compassion, mercy and obedience to his will. But this system is open to abuse by the unworthy among men, ...
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Is miracle considered the fundamental proof of the validity of the Qur'an?
The validity of the Qur'an seems to hinge on the miracle of its beautiful language, the miracle of accurate prophecies, the miracle of there being no contradictions, etc.
Are there any Islamic ...
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How should one read the bible as a muslim?
Jesus is a prophet in Islam but the Bible is said to be either corrupted or superseded by the Quran.
In that case is it forbidden to read the Bible; or if can read it how should it be interpreted?
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If non-believers who haven't heard the message of Islam can go to heaven, why spread Islam?
If non-believers who haven't heard the message of Islam can go to heaven, why spread Islam?
I've always thought they would be judged on other criteria. (Correct me if I'm wrong.)
Surely, we're just ...
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