The Answer; In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. This is a major intellectual faux pas and many educated people and the uneducated alike, suffer from this confusion. An evil act remains evil in all its forms; no matter how we interpret injustice, this principle remains the same. No fo[...]
Read MoreThe Answer; In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. Islam assures equal rights and protection of the life, honour and property of any non-Muslim resident in a Muslim state; there is no difference between them as human beings. It is for this reason that Islamic law outlines equal treatmen[...]
Read MoreThe Answer; In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. Islamic history and forensic theology reveals that the present day renegades posing as ‘Islamic’ fighters, have all the hallmarks and characteristics of the Khawarij, who were the historical rebels and apostates of Islam. The group [...]
Read MoreThe Answer; In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. Islam is a religion of peace and considers the wellbeing of others as a deeply rooted Islamic practise. The sanctity of human life and its protection holds a fundamental place in Islamic law. One is not considered a Muslim until another[...]
Read MoreA. Is armed struggle permissible against Muslim rulers to remove their governments because of their non-Islamic policies, or for the acceptance of demands, to bring them to the right path, or get them to give up their impious activities? B. is rebellion permissible against the constitutional governm[...]
Read MoreThe Answer; In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. Islam strictly prohibits the taking up of arms against a Muslim state to challenge it’s authority and wit and declare war against Islamic law holds such an action is a clear rebellion. If such conditions are created, then it is th[...]
Read MoreThe Answer; In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. The literal meaning of the word, ‘‘Aqiqah’ is derived from ‘Aqun, which means to cut or to separate. (Mirat, vol. 6, pp. 2) The Shar’i word of an animal slaughtered in gratitude for the birth of a child, is “‘Aqiqah”. (B[...]
Read MoreThe Answer; In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. Yes, anyone whose ‘Aqiqah was not performed [in childhood] can perform it in adulthood or even in his old age. (Fatawa Razawiyyah, vol. 20, pp. 588) The beloved and blessed Prophet(saw) performed his own ‘Aqiqah after he had made th[...]
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