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What creatures are accountable on the day of judgement?
Accountability for actions is for all creatures that have a soul (humans, jinns, and animals) . Accountability for belief is only for humans and jinns. Eternity in heaven or hell is only for humans ...
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Can the dead see us?
There is no clear evidence as to whether the dead can hear or see those who are alive or not. There is evidence that certain incidents took place, or still take place, where the dead can hear those ...
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If Allah blew part of his soul into Adam.Does that mean that Adam is part of Allah?
There are a few verses in the qur'an that create a confusion and which caused a difference of opinion among theologians, sectarians etc.
Among these verse you may find the three verses you've quoted ...
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If Allah blew part of his soul into Adam.Does that mean that Adam is part of Allah?
There is a certain delicacy when Quran speaks about Allah. I think Surah Tawhid is a great measure. Specifically و لم یکن له کفوا احد. If our spirit was of the same essence of Allah then we could ...
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What is the hadith mentioned in the ibn Kathir tafsir on Quran 7:172-174?
The english translation of Tafsir Ibn Kathir is abridged and omits some of the hadith cited after this sentence:
There are Hadiths that mention that Allah took Adam's offspring from his loins and ...
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When are souls created according to Islam?
As‘salaamu alaikum!
Souls are definitely created things, although I do not know the mystery of how Allahu ta alaa made them nor what he created them from. I only know that ALL THINGS, except Allahu ...
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Few Questions about the soul and body
The questions you ask about ar-rūḥ (soul, Arabic: الروح) are similar to the questions that the Prophet ﷺ was asked, and Allah addressed similar questions in the Qur'an:
وَيَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ ...
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What is the difference between the soul and the spirit in Islam?
The definition of soul is:
The spiritual or immaterial part of a human being or animal, regarded
as immortal.
Spirit is defined as:
The nonphysical part of a person that is the seat of ...
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What is soul made of; as per Islam?
Allah the Almighty says in the Qur'an addressing his prophet ():
And they ask you, [O Muhammad], about the soul. Say, "The soul is of the affair of my Lord. And mankind have not been given of ...
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Do souls inter-communicate among themselves after death?
Yes, Ibn AlQayyim mentioned this in his book while retelling the story that led to this ayah being revealed in the first place.
The Prophet's companions worried they would be cut off from him when he ...
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What happens to the soul of a person who was cremated?
Regardless of how a person's remains are buried (or not buried), they will be judged and given their punishment or reward. For example, the man in this hadith:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "There was a ...
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After death, can a soul travel to Earth to visit family, etc.?
Whether a dead person's soul travels back to Earth to visit family or friends is a matter of the unseen that only Allah knows that we would only come to know through revelations from Allah to His ...
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Understanding 2:286
To understand this statement you need to understand the objective of our existence on earth and what is expected out of us. Allah has created us to worship him.
And I did not create the jinn and ...
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Did we have a gender before we were born?
There is some evidence in below Hadith. Allah knows best. From the offspring of Adam we can see that Prophet David was of male gender.
Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) said: “When Allāh created Ādam He wiped ...
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Will every human being be resurrected?
و عليكم السلام والرحمة الله وبركاته
Soul is part of unseen and we have very little knowledge about it.
And they ask you, [O Muhammad], about the soul. Say, "The soul
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How do we differentiate in Islam if an object has a soul or not?
In the following I'll try to address the topic of my comment which you've quoted and which I must correct here.
Whether what was drawn has a soul is the key criteria for prohibition
The point is that ...
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Does Allah create a new soul every time a couple..has it?
Prophet (SAWW) said: “Souls are like crowds which gather together. The ones who met before get on well. The ones, who did not meet before, cannot get on very well and separate.” (Bukhari, Anbiya, 2; ...
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Were Adams and Jesus‘ Spirit part of similar events?
As for the verse:
And [mention] the one who guarded her chastity, so We blew into her [garment] through Our Spirit [Gabriel], and We made her and her son a sign for the worlds.
There are people who ...
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What is the concept of soul in islam
I'm sorry for my bad english.
Rooh is a large concept, like a container including several subtil organs.
We learn in the Quran that before coming in this mortal world, Allah grouped all human beings ...
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Is our souls, angles never destroyed when it create or why Allah does not finish devil when he disrespect the order of Allah?
First, you should know that if Allah destroyed the Devil, the evils would not be destroyed, because there is something in our soul — actually a part of our soul — which orders us to ...
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What is the relationship between heart and mind?
A Famous Hadeeth of Muslim
In the human body, there is a small organ. If this organ is tuned, i.e. if this organ is in a good condition, then the whole body would be in a good condition. If not, then ...
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How can we purify our soul, and why is it important?
Purifying our soul (Ruh in Arabic) is the most important thing for a Muslim. Without a pure heart, no one can enter paradise.
Allah says in Quran 26: 88-89
The Day [Judgement Day] when neither ...
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How can we purify our soul, and why is it important?
The subject or theme of the Quran is "Man". God has described all the prerequisites to become successful in both the worlds. That's the reason, God has given man the consciousness and the ...
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Do all creations of Allah possess a soul?
The Arabic word روح (rūḥ) means "soul", but also means "life", and they're used somewhat interchangeably in the Islamic literature. It makes sense to expect that only (some) living things can have ...
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Can I draw something with a 'soul' if it's for school?
In the name of God, the Most Merciful, the Most Kind.
Answer:
Your question: am I allowed to draw human organs or characteristics like a heart or talking?
Yes, you can draw any unanimated things, ...
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Will I feel or get disturbed when insects eat my body in the grave?
What happens in the grave to believers or disbelievers is a matter of ghaib (unseen, non-attendance) that we only come to know of through verses of the Qur'an or authenticated hadiths of the Prophet ﷺ,...
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What happens to the soul of a person who was cremated?
The very verse that Sunni scholars quote as evidence for Barzakh (Life in Grave) talks about the people of Pharaoh:
The Fire, they are exposed to it morning and evening. And the Day the
Hour ...
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Does the spirit have the same form as his/ her body? And what are the rights for a spirit?
No. The spirit has left the realm of the world (dunya). It will not be moving or walking around the world. [There is no Islamic evidence to suggest so, for either the believer or disbeliever]. It will ...
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Are our biological parents our spiritual brothers and sisters?
Allah created all the souls of the descendants of Adam and Hawa who were predestined to come to this earth. Everything about the universes and our soul before and after creations are documented and ...
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Does a soul have a gender?
We have some words meaning close to each other, while they are really different, like: Soul(الروح) and Self (النفس). There are also other words but anyway.
Each word in Arabic is eithe feminine or ...
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