Unanswered Questions
2,692 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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Legal effects of conversion
Converting to Islam has certain effects regarding the legal status of the convert in sharia. He is no longer a kafir, burial rites are to be read according to Islamic tradition, inheritance changes, ...
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is there any complete list of sana'a manuscript difference with current Qur'an, in terms of meaning?
I came accross Sana'a publication by Sadeghi (Sana'a and The Origins of Qur'an), but he only conclude some example of textual variation with standard qur'an.
Table 1 gives a few examples, in ...
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Is vaginoplasty after childbirth to improve my husband's sexual pleasure permissible?
After having a child (where the delivery was normal) my husband is having a hard time fulfilling his sexual desire with me; not because of outward appearance, but during sex when he is inside me. ...
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Is it OK to teach banking related subjects in school?
Is teaching interest based banking system in school allowed for a Muslim teacher?
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Obligations and recommendations of sacrificial slaughter?
What are the obligatory conditions for sacrificial slaughter of animals to be valid? Also what are the Sunnah recommendations to follow?
I am asking about the details relevant to the actual act of ...
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Can I make dua for the past?
I don't know if this makes sense but: What if I desperately pray and say "O Allah!, please make sure that my laptop wasn't hacked at that time (in the past)". As Allah knows everything about our ...
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Difference between صَلِّ and بَارِكْ after the tashahhud
Salamo3alaykom, I have a question regarding the linguistics after the tashahhud.
للَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ، وَعَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ، كَمَا صَلَّيْتَ عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ، وَعَلَى آلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، ...
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Is mental health treatment sufficient to make permissible otherwise haram acts?
HHS.gov write about mental health:
Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, and act. It also helps determine how we handle stress, ...
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Was the Imam talking about Barzakh or Day of Judgment?
I read this question. I have often heard the Imam of my local mosque say the following:
During Ramdan and on the day of Eid, many people will be released from Hell by the mercy of Allah.
Also that, ...
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From when and which perspective did Imam and Mu'addhin of Masjid start to get paid?
As far I know, in the age of Nabi (sm.), sahabi (ra.), tabeyin (rh.), tabe-tabeyin (rh.), there was no instance of paying Imam and Muajjin (Muadhin/Muezzin) of Masajid.
But now-a-days, we see, in ...
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I haven't been in contact with my husband for two years because of abuse; am I divorced and do I need iddat?
I am a Allah-fearing person and I need to find out if I am divorced according to Islam.
I am a young girl aged 30. My husband use to hit me, so I called the police on him and he was kicked out of the ...
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Is it haram to read copyrighted books online?
Is it haram to read copyrighted books online? I want to read a book but it isn't available in my language, only in Japanese (not manga). However, there is an English fan translation on the internet. ...
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Is it halal to select an exchange rate to benefit my salary?
I am working in a company where I need to submit the daily expense bills in the system for my salary.
My company has fixed my salary (e.g. 10000 Yen/month) and they says that my bills should not ...
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Is it preferable that a Muslim living in a secular democracy try to make it an Islamic state, rather than move to a Islamic state?
In this question asking if a Muslim living in a democracy should turn it into an Islamic state, most of the answers seem to agree that the answer is yes, they should. But my question is, why is this ...
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Islamic investments
I've been reading about the Islamic stock market and have been looking at some of the companies in some of the Islamic indexes and/or Islamic funds.
I have noticed that they include companies which ...