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Is hair transplantation allowed in islam
Assalamu alaikum,
My question is as in the subject, is hair transplant allowed in islam? Can we go through the process of adding new hair from other area of the head where there is more growth of hair....
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Was iblis the only high ranking jinn who was told to prostrate to Adam (a.s.)?
As muslims, we all know that the angels weren't the only ones who were told to prostrate to Adam (a.s.). Iblis was also one of them due to his high rank. But was he the only high ranking jinn among ...
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Did our beloved Prophet Muhammad (saw) kiss Hassan & Husein, is this Hadith authentic?
I found this hadith online and wanted to know if its authentic?
Hadith Number 16245, Volume Title: “The Sayings of the Syrians,” Chapter Title: “Hadith of Mu’awiya Ibn Abu Sufyan”:
“I saw the ...
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Is it permissible to use Qur'anic quotes as decorations?
Can I decorate my home or working place with Islamic elements? For example, using suras or words from the Qur'an, or kahbatullah pictures, or various du'as as both decoration and as a reminder so that ...
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Does "I swear..." constitute an oath?
I am a Muslim and I am thinking about if I said "I swear to/that..." will it be considered as an Islamic oath (like saying (in Arabic) "oqsm b Allah")?
I might need to say that to somebody who is not ...
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Under what conditions does Allah accept a jama'at prayer?
It is said that if you pray in Jama'at, Allah will accept your prayer so long as one person in the jama'at prayed a valid prayer. But if nobody among the jama'at prayed a valid prayer, does Allah ...
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Can one draw images of humans and animals without their eyes?
We know that drawing pictures of animate creatures is prohibited in Islam. The following hadeeth are very explicit.
Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) said: The Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu ...
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Sujud Sahw for mistaking in a part of a surah during salah
I was the imam for a Maghrib prayer and while reciting an ayah from al-Kahf I ended it with "Muslim" instead of "walam yaj'al lahu iwaja"
Then I asked my ma'mum to do Sujud Sahw, but they rejected ...
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Is "Amen" originally Arabic word?
Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim. Alhamdulillahi rabbil-'alamin. Was-Salatu was-Salam 'ala Sayyidina wa Azimina, Wa Habibi Qulubina wa Shafii Nufusina, Abul Qasim Muhammad. Wa 'ala Ahli Bayti tayyibina ...
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Cat touching during prayer - can I move him without invalidating salat?
I was taught as a kid to raise my finger when I'm reciting the shahadat and then stopped practicing Islam and now in my thirties trying to start practicing it again and starting to do the 5-daily ...
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What is debt in islam?
Is debt just a money or it is any object we took from someone? For example when I was kid about 11 years old, sometimes I took from my friends games. Now I have some games which are not mine but I don'...
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Can I pray missed Tahajjud prayers?
Can I make up missed Tahajjud prayers of past days? It can be of few years? Can I pray these during day time?
JazakAllah Khair
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Did Allah let us know His wisdom behind the gruesome punishments in the afterlife?
The punishments in the afterlife seem horrible, typically involving fire and a variety of forms of torture.
Indeed, those who disbelieve in Our verses - We will drive them into a Fire. Every time ...
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Is intraday trading haraam if you convert losses to investments?
The name "intra-day trader" refers to a stock trader who opens and closes a position in a security in the same trading day. ... Day traders and intra-day traders are at the top of the risk spectrum. --...
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Islamic standing on a 20-year-old male living with much older female?
I am a 20-year-old male and I have a much older female friend (early 60s) who is getting divorced. I would like to offer her a room in my house until she gets back on her feet.
I would appreciate any ...
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The jinn was created from fire; but are they still fire?
Man was created from clay. Now we are flesh. The jinn was created from fire. But are they still fire?
Someone said they are like in a wind kind of form? Is this true? As in the case of our father ...
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Did women create a space between their teeth to look beautiful in the Prophet's time?
Regarding the hadith:
Allah has cursed those women who practise tattooing and those who get themselves tattooed, and those who remove their face hairs, and those who create a space between their ...
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Why did Dr Zakir Naik say "Memory is washed off"?
In this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQ7HiY49P3w&feature=youtu.be&t=7m54s
Dr Zakir Naik says that in the quran it says that:
http://quran.com/33/72
We did indeed offer the ...
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Where can I find the reference for Amal-e-Kathir?
I'm looking for a reference from which the definition of Amal-e-Kathir (Amal-e-Kaseer) for salaat has been derived/debated in Fiqah.
As far as online searches go, I have come across a site which ...
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After switching from pirated software to free software will my work still be haram?
I am still in school and going to college this year InshaAllah. The announcement received May 27th at state universities, may Allah bless my college. I want to take computer science. The problem is ...
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Is communication with non-mahram via sms, email, facebook, and social gatherings allowed?
I know we can't talk with non-Mahram, but the fact is when we are studying at a college it's impossible, so we are advised limit the communication to only what is important and other things like ...
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Difference between Bani israel and Israeli jews?
My history is pretty weak, I wanted to understand the difference between these two groups; are bani israel same as the jews currently living in Israel(Palestine)? Are they descendants of bani israel? ...
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Do Shia and Sunni scholars study and evaluate the hadiths collected by the other sect.?
I know that there are very different standards of evaluating the authenticity of hadiths in both sects. However, when there are no contradictions between a certain hadith and the sect's criteria for ...
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Can a person see himself being taken into the grave?
I got a WhatsApp message about what a person sees during death and it was written there that a dead man does not realize that he is dead initially. He feels himself dreaming of death, he sees himself ...
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What do Asharites say "free will" is?
Some time ago I posted a question about free will, qadr, and justice here. It was closed as being too broad, so I'm posting separate questions regarding those topics. For context and details of what I'...
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Ruling on parents killing their child?
I have read on a offical islamic fatwa site that parents who kill their child cannot be killed in retaliation for this, but the hadiths are all daif.
http://www.islamweb.net/emainpage/index.php?page=...
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Food with earnings from halal and haram money
A non-Muslim friend recently invited me out for lunch a few days back. Naturally, since he had invited me, he picked up the tab at the restaurant.
Now I am worried about a few things.
This friend ...
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Did Bukhari consider narrators who narrate fabricated ahadith as reliable?
It is well-known (among Sunni muslims) that Imam Bukhari was extremely diligent while collecting ahadith, and his criteria are considered among the most stringent (if not the most stringent) in the ...
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How do you combine salah?
How do you combine salah?
For example, if you are combining Maghrib and Isha, do you pray the fard of Maghrib, the Sunnah of maghrib and then pray fard of Isha, Sunnah of Isha and Witr of Isha?
The ...
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What is the source of "Shami and Egyptian fight each other... and a man... with small black banners... will hand over the rule to the Mahdi"?
I am seeing the following hadith being quoted at many places (e.g. ShiaChat, TurnToIslam) but I cant find the reference book for this:
"When a man rules over ash-Sham, and another over Egypt, and ...
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Was the Injeel ever written in book form?
Is there any evidence that Isa (a.s.) wrote the Injeel in book form? Because it seems that Allah has already gave him the Injeel when he was a baby.
[Jesus] said, "Indeed, I am the servant of ...
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Why Allah created a failure like us?
Allah, in numerous verses of the Quran, portrays mankind as being fashioned in the most excellent and flawless manner. However, the reality contradicts this notion, as individuals often commit various ...
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Disabled and namaz
Salaam sisters and brothers.
I've been trying to get help regarding this issue I have since being a child and wondering if you could help.
I am 22 years old and I am disabled wheelchair bound. My ...
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how to repent after cursing one of your parents
today I made mistake by cursing my dad and saying harsh words. I definitely know how bad the situation is. but he is a bad dad and has abandoned 7 kids including me. I've been filling his place since ...
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Trustworthy traders with the martyrs and the prophets on the say of judgment
In the Hadith a truthful trustworthy trader will be amongst the martyrs and prophets on the day of judgment. So how are the traders being categorised as shaheed in this hadith and why ?
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Is white lies allowed?
I am a student. And I have to give presentations and group work. I have done my group work but I feel to embarrass to or public fear of speaking not most of the time bc I want avoid it. And this is ...
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Why will all trees reveal if a jew is hiding behind them besides for the Gharqad?
Based on this quote:
The last hour would not come unless the Muslims will fight against the Jews and the Muslims would kill them until the Jews would hide themselves behind a stone or a tree and a ...
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Is this authentic if so how is this justified?
Ibn Kathir records:
“Ibn Asakir has narrated under the events of Muawiyah’s slave Khadij al Hazi that Muawiyah bought a fair complexioned and beautiful slave-girl and he (Khadij) undressed her and ...
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Polygamy in Islam
The conditions for having more than one wife as per my understanding are:-
Treat all wives equally
Provide all wives with the same standard of
accommodation
If a man is able to meet all these ...
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Is this business halal?
AssalamuAlaykum. I'm trying to go into the cosmetology niche with web design. Meaning I create websites for businesses that specialize with cosmetology. Or even cosmetology schools. I know in these ...
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Can I hug my girlfriend?
My girlfriend wants to give me a hug and neither of us are married or anything could I hug her back or not? My girlfriend is not muslim and she is able to hug me. Would it be Haram if I was to hug her?...
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Did Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti allow music?
I was reading about Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti on wikipedia and the article claimed that he formally allowed music so that it would be easier for the new converts to adopt Islam.
It is sourced from a ...
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Umar's (ra) statement regarding Ansari women
In certain hadiths (such as this one) Umar (ra) made this statement,
"We, the people of Quraish, used to have authority over women, but when we came to live with the Ansar, we noticed that the ...
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Did Imam Ibn Jarir al Tabari say women can be Imams of prayer?
Whenever I searched about the issue of the permissibility of a woman leading a prayer, I find that many people cite al Tabari as having given a verdict that women can indeed lead the prayer. But I ...
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Is Height lengthening haram
Height lengthening, also known as limb lengthening or leg lengthening, is a medical procedure that involves lengthening a person's bones to increase their height. This procedure is typically done by ...
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Permissibility of the reed flute
I've read that imam Rafi, a great shafi'i scholar allowed the reed flute whilst imam Nawawi disagreed with him. What evidence did imam Rafi'i use to justify his ruling?
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What is the difference between فعل and عمل?
Allah (SWT) in some places in the Quran uses فعل and in other places uses عمل.
2:68
فافعلوا ما تومرون
41:40
اعملوا ما شئتم
Is there a difference between them linguistically or semantically that ...
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If Allah forgives all sin, why should I do any good deeds?
I am asking this question not from a personal point of view, but more philosophically. I often come across Muslims who are openly committing every type of sin, and they justify it by saying, "...
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Are the creator/contributor of a social network/media responsible of the user-activity?
If a person creates/contributes in creation of a social media/network. Is he responsible/questionable of the user-activity? Does niyyah/intention play a role?
For example; lets imagine "x" ...
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Why did al-Albani grade as authentic the hadith of Asma regarding the permission of showing the hands and face?
Islamqa says that this hadith is weak:
narrated by Abu Dawood (4104) from al-Waleed from Sa’eed ibn Basheer
from Qataadah from Khaalid ibn Durayk from ‘Aa’ishah (may Allaah be
pleased with her), that ...
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