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Questions and Answers about Islam
Belief in the Creator
Should man believe in God?
Who is the True God?
What are the attributes of the Creator and why is He referred to as Allah?
Who created the Creator?
What are the proofs of the Creator's existence?
What is the tangible proof of the Creator's existence?
Why is the Creator not embodied in the form of any of His creatures?
Why does taking mediators in worshiping the Creator lead to eternity in Hellfire?
Why does the Creator refer to Himself in the plural form although He is the One and Only God?
Why has the Creator granted mankind the will to choose between disbelief and belief?
Why did Allah create mankind although He does not need them?
Why has the Creator not given mankind the chance to choose whether to exist in life or not?
The Religion that Allah Approves of for His Slaves
What is religion?
What is the need for religion?
What are the qualities of the true religion?
What is the importance of commitment to morals under the umbrella of religion?
Does referring to religion deactivate the mind and logic?
Why is it not correct for mankind to replace religion with the experimental science?
Is religion the opium of the people?
How is it possible to distinguish the right religion?
What is the difference between the religion of Allah and people's traditions?
What makes Islam the true religion?
Pillars of Imān (Faith)
What are the pillars of faith without which the Muslim's faith is invalid?
Is belief in the previous messengers essential in the Muslim's creed?
What is the difference between the angel, the jinn, and the devil?
What is the evidence on resurrection after death?
How does Allah bring the dead to life?
How does Allah bring His servants to account at the same time?
Why does the Muslim not believe in reincarnation?
Why does Allah hold people accountable for deeds that are already written in His eternal knowledge, represented in the divine decree and predestination?
The Purpose of Life
What is the main purpose of life?
What is the value of the worldly life?
How can man achieve happiness?
Tolerance of the Right Religion
Is embracing Islam available for all people?
What is the stance of Islam on the interfaith dialogue?
Does Islam advocate tolerance?
What is the stance of Islam on the concept of enlightenment?
The Stance of Islam on the Theories of the Origin of Existence
What is the stance of Islam on the Natural Selection Theory?
Why does the Muslim not accept the idea that apes are the origin of man?
What is the stance of Islam on the Evolution Theory?
How did the Qur’an rectify the concept of evolution?
Why does Islam restrict the theories of the origin of existence in the inevitability of the existence of one valid truth?
Does the Muslim accept the theories of the relativity of morals, history, and others?
What is the evidence on the existence of one absolute truth for the origin of existence and morals?
What is the only absolute truth about the source of existence?
Is calling the non-Muslim a "disbeliever" a derogatory term?
The Last Divine Book
What is the Qur’an?
Did Prophet Muhammad copy the Qur’an from the Torah?
Did Prophet Muhammad quote what is mentioned in the Qur’an from the previous civilizations?
Why was the Qur’an revealed in the Arabic language?
What is the Nāsikh (abrogating) and the Mansūkh (abrogated)?
What is the story of collecting the Qur’an during Abu Bakr's era and burning it during ‘Uthman's era?
Is there any contradiction between the Qur’an and the experimental science?
The Last Prophet
Who is Prophet Muhammad and what proves the truthfulness of his message?
How did Prophet Muhammad reach Jerusalem, ascend the heaven, and return on the same night?
Why did Prophet Muhammad marry ‘Ā’ishah when she was still so young?
Are the massacre of the Jews of Banu Qurayzhah and the Hirābah (highway murder or robbery) punishment not inhuman?
There is no compulsion in religion, so, why does Allah say: Fight those who do not believe in Allah?
Why should an apostate be killed according to the Sharia of Islam?
Jesus did not fight against his enemies, so why was Prophet Muhammad a fighter?
Conveying the Right Religion
What is Jihad?
Does Islam permit the suicide operations and promise to reward this with the Hūr ‘Īn (maidens with wide gorgeous eyes) in Paradise?
Has Islam spread with the sword?
Ideology of Islam
Are there saints and righteous people in Islam? Do Muslims sanctify the Companions of Prophet Muhammad?
What is the difference between the Shiite and the Sunni?
Is the Imam in Islam like the priest in Christianity?
What is the difference between the prophet and the messenger?
Why did Allah send human messengers to people instead of sending angels?
What is the evidence that Allah communicates with His creation through revelation?
Between Islam and Christianity
What is the stance of Islam on the original sin?
What is the stance of Islam on the crucifixion of Jesus?
Why does not a Muslim give his daughter in marriage to a Jew or a Christian?
Distinction of the Islamic Civilization
What did make the Islamic civilization distinct?
Is it not contradictory that Islam is so logical whereas the Muslims' conditions are so haphazard?
Why is religion not separated from the state, considering man's opinion as the criterion, as in the West?
Does Islam approves democracy?
The Islamic Sharia is a unique religious law, which does not contradict the reason, so why is there a need for Hudūd (legal prescribed punishments)?
Moderation of Islam
How did Islam achieve social balance?
How did Islam achieve economic balance?
Is Islam a religion of extremism?
Is Islam a religion of moderation and ease?
Women in Islam
Why does the Muslim woman wear Hijab?
Does the woman's head-cover indicate backwardness and retardation?
Why, in Islam, men and women do not cover their bodies in the same manner?
Has Islam guaranteed women equality with men?
Why does Islam permit polygamy?
Why is it not permissible for a woman to be married to four men at the same time as it is permissible for man?
Why are men in charge of women in Islam?
Why does a woman inherit half of what man inherits in Islam?
Why has Islam permitted man to beat the woman?
How did Islam honor the woman?
Why did Prophet Muhammad implement the Hadd (prescribed legal punishment) of adultery whereas Jesus forgave the adulteress?
The Creator's Justice
What is the stance of Islam on the principle of justice and fairness?
Rights in Islam
What is the stance of Islam on parents' and relatives' rights?
What is the stance of Islam on the neighbor's right?
What is the stance of Islam on animals' rights?
Has the Qur’an tackled environmental issues?
How does Islam maintain social rights?
Why did Islam forbid adoption?
In Islam, there should be neither harm nor reciprocal harm
Why is it permissible in Islam to eat red and white meat?
Is not the manner of slaughtering animals in Islam inhuman?
Is it not true that animals, slaughtered to be eaten, have souls like human beings?
Why does the Muslim not eat pork?
Why does Islam forbid Riba (usury)?
Why does Islam forbid the consumption of intoxicants?
Pillars of Islam
What are the pillars of Islam brought by Prophet Muhammad?
Why does a Muslim pray?
Why does a Muslim pray five times a day?
Why do Muslims pray facing the Ka‘bah?
Why was the prayer direction changed from the Aqsa Mosque to the Sacred Mosque in Makkah?
Are the rituals of Hajj, including the glorification of the Ka‘bah, not considered pagan rituals?
Why do Muslims kiss the Black Stone if they do not worship it?
Considering the possibility of death of some Muslims due to extreme crowdedness, are the rituals of Hajj not deemed scary?
The Creator's Mercy
If Allah loves His slaves according to Islam, why does He not permit them to adopt the individualism methodology? [304]
If the Creator is merciful to His slaves, then why does He not accept the tendencies of someone who is homosexual?
How could Allah describe Himself as the All-Forgiving the Most Merciful one time and as the One Severe in punishment another time?
Does evil come from Allah?
What is the Creator's wisdom behind natural catastrophes?
Does the existence of evil indicate the non-existence of God?
Why does Allah punish with the fire?
Allah is Most Merciful and the source of all goodness, so, why does He not admit us all to Paradise without reckoning?
Why does the Creator punish His slaves with eternal torment for few sins committed during their short lives?
Why does Allah repeatedly warn against the Fire, does it not contradict the attribute of divine mercy?
Why does the Qur’an mention repeatedly that Allah loves the believers and does not love the disbelievers, are they not all His slaves?
The Creator's Right over His slaves
Why does Allah torment His slaves when they do not believe in Him?
Determining Fate and Attaining Safety
Can one change the religion of his fathers and forefathers?
What is the destiny of those whom the message of Islam has not reached?
What is the shore of safety?