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There is a difference between things that are related to tawheed of lordship and such things are only decided by Allah and we can’t associate others with Allah such as willing and decreeing. This means we can only say: whatever Allah wills and we can’t say whatever Allah and you will!

As for other things such as giving or thanking etc, there is no problem in saying thanks to Allah and my teachers. 

It has been narrated in the hadith that it is shirk to equate Allah with the creation using the conjunctive ‘and’. But we say “Allah and His Messenger” in different sentences, even in prayers. Please explain about this to remove my confusion.

Belief in Allaah | May 11, 2021 3:07 am
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Shaikh,to hold my concentration on salat,I often imagine that I am standing before Allah and Allah is in front of me and HE is seeing me and during prostration,I imagine that I am prostrating near Allah’s Feet.But I am afraid,is this kind of imagination sinful?Or should I imagine that Allah is in HIS ARSH and HE is seeing me from there during my salat?Please help me,am I doing something sinful?
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Over the past 6 months, I have had a faith crises. My real question is, there are so many religions, ideologies, lifestyles, outlooks on life etc… how do I know that Islam is the right one? Many people seem happy with their kufr ways of living, and many intellectuals have disregarded Islam, how come they don’t see the truth of Islam (assuming it is)?