Archives for January, 2014

There is a difference between scholars regarding the number of Sajdah in the Quran. The most authentic opinion is that there are 15 of them. Some scholars said that the sajda in surat 38 is a prostration of gratitude. And there are other different opinion regarding the two Sajdah in suratul Hajj. And Allah knows […]

There is a hadeeth that states that if the Quran were to be in a piece of leather it wouldn’t be burnt. This indicates that if a person memorizes the Quran Allah will not punish him in hell. There are a number of other hadeeths as well. And Allah knows best

The first verse talks about the battle of Badr where 300 plus Muslim soldiers faced over 1,000 pagan soldiers and managed to win the battle. So, it was about a battle. The second verse is about the truce between the Muslims who conquered Makkah and the pagans whom been given 4 months to evacuate the […]

None of them is right or correct. The most appropriate one I believe is this one: “(Our Sibghah (religion) is) the Sibghah (Religion) of Allâh (Islâm) and which Sibghah (religion) can be better than Allâh’s? And we are His worshippers. (Tafsir Ibn Kathîr.)” This translation is found on this site: http://quran.muslim-web.com/sura.htm?aya=002 I recommend using it. […]

The commandment was to all who was there. They were mostly angles but one of the Jinn was with them and he didn’t obey. He didn’t justify not prostrating by saying you didn’t tell me to prostrate. He justified it by saying that he is better than this human as he was created of fire […]

Praise be to Allaah. There is no contradiction between the two views such that we would need to ask how they can be reconciled. Rather the reason why the questioner is confused is that he is mixing up two things that we must believe in and that are both true, praise be to Allaah. The […]

This is an issue of dispute among scholars and the most authentic opinion is that the order of the Surahs was made by the companions when compiling the Quran.