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Isn't it shirk to seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah?
No. Why would it be Shirk? - The perfect words of Allah (ﷻ) are not a creation; they are His uncreated word and they are of Him. Therefore, seeking refuge in His Word is fine.
Khaula bint Hakim ...
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Evidence from Sunnah or Quran that tawhid is divided into 3
This is indeed the correct and complete view of Tawhid in Islam. And this categorization can be found in the greatest and very first Surah in the Quran, Al-Fatiha. Where Tawheed al-Asma’ wa’l-Sifaat ...
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Idolatry within Islam
The Kaabah is a building and not an image or representation of Allah, not a false deity, and not the intended object of worship, hence it is not an idol.
It does mark the qiblah: the direction faced ...
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Is only believing in one God enough?
Belief in Allah is not sufficient to bring you into the fold of Islam. It must also be accompanied by the worship of Allah alone.
The disbelievers from the Quraish believed in Allah, but they were ...
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What is the meaning of Shirk and the meaning of Tawheed? What is the difference between these two?
Tawheed means to believe in the uniqueness of God. It comes from the word Wahdat which means Unity. The one who believes in the uniqueness of God, is called Mowahhid ("موحد") .
Shirk means to ...
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What is Tawhid in islam?
Salaam,
Tawhid is the oneness of God, in the sense that he is one and there is no god but he, as stated in the shahada. The three aspects are:
1: Tawhid-ul-Rububiyyah maintaining the unity of Lordship ...
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Can a Hindu enter jannah?
A person needs to believe in all the requirements of Islam to enter Jannah, including in the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ and the Quran, and anyone who dies while disbelieving in them will enter Jahannam ...
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Do Islamic pre-modern scholars think the trinity is polytheism or not?
Depends on what you mean by 'polytheists'. The Arabic term is Mushrikeen and regarding that Ibn Hazm (384 - 456 هـ) wrote:
واتفقوا على تسمية اليهود والنصارى كفارا. واختلفوا في تسميتهم مشركين
(The ...
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Can we say "this person saved my life"?
It says words to this effect in the Qur'an:
مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَٰلِكَ كَتَبْنَا عَلَىٰ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَنَّهُ مَن قَتَلَ نَفْسًا بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ أَوْ فَسَادٍ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَكَأَنَّمَا قَتَلَ ...
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Is believing in the division of Tawheed by Ibn Taymiyah an act of Bid'ah?
No, I would not say so. The issue here isn't the three categories of Tawheed as a teaching model. Ultimately, the three category system is the derived from the Qur'an itself [nothing new added or ...
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Is Pantheism (as defined by Spinoza) compatible with Islam?
Caveat: I am much more familiar with Spinoza’s argument in the Ethics than I am with Islamic theology (which I am only now beginning to learn).
I do not think that it is accurate to say that Spinoza ...
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Is my statement an expression of disbelief?
TL;DR: It seems awfully strict to consider it disbelief. For it to be disbelief, one would need to be convinced that God's ruling is incorrect, and have an intention of disbelief.
1. Al-Azhar ...
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Is "all praise is due to Allah" as opposed to only some praise, or praise directed at anything/anyone else?
The negation of
All praise is due to Allah
is
Not all praise is due to Allah
which is logically equivalent to
Some praise is due to something other than Allah
This is the latter statement ...
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Isn't it shirk to seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah?
You are asking Allah for xyz by virtue of his names. You are not addressing his names. You are addressing Allah
Further explanation here : https://islamqa.info/en/answers/185053/ruling-on-a-person-...
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