Originally posted 2017-10-23 12:24:31. Muslim women are oppressed by their husbands”. I’m sure you’ve heard that before. In fact, so many have taken it upon themselves to campaign for the reforming of Islam to ensure such oppression no longer continues. And in all honesty, such statements couldn’t be further from the truth. While yes, some […]
Originally posted 2017-10-22 21:48:55. By: A. Muhammad Two definitive words used in the Quran are Shirk and Kufr. The adjectives from these two nouns are Mushrik (one who commits shirk) and Kafir (one who commits kufr) respectively. What exactly is shirk and what is kufr, and what is the Quranic difference between the two? The […]
Originally posted 2017-10-22 17:27:57. The way traditional Muslims (scholars too) try to justify their “writing the books with their own hands and claiming that its from Allah” is by tricking the non-suspecting masses with statements such as “There are revelations beside the Qur’an that was given to Muhammad”. To know the truth, one must at […]
Originally posted 2017-10-22 16:36:29. A number of requirements are mentioned in the Quran for marriage, they are: 1- The couple must both be at the age of marriage. 2- Believers may not marry disbelievers or mushrikeen. 3- The couple must make a genuine commitment to one another. 4- The marriage must be declared. 5- The […]
Originally posted 2015-06-08 19:36:41. Slavery is a despicable practice invented by mankind and abhorred by God. Even though there are no direct words in the Quran that prohibit slavery, yet slavery was indeed prohibited by God in the Quran by virtue of the fact that slavery constitutes a direct violation of some important Quranic rules. […]
Originally posted 2015-02-01 17:11:50. The Quran defines the concept of the Zakat (Obligatory Charity) and outlines all the guidelines related to its payment. This page presents all related aspects of this religious duty. 1- When was the Zakat first decreed and to whom? According to the Quran, the Zakat was decreed from as far back […]
Originally posted 2015-01-18 18:28:34. The advocates of hadith, in their persistent attempts to justify its legality, claim that it is not possible to practice Islam by using the Quran alone. To justify their case, they refer to a number of Quranic incidents which are not fully detailed in the Quran but whose details were […]
Originally posted 2015-01-18 18:26:31. This article is written in response to numerous emails we have received enquiring about many prohibitions which are proclaimed by numerous Imams and which cannot be found in the Quran. The following email is one example: “Salaam, we have converted to Islam 3 years ago, we have been reading various pages […]
Originally posted 2015-01-18 18:14:52. Millions of Muslims all over the world have been brought up to believe that the collections of hadith by Bukhari and Moslim provide the authentic words and teachings of the prophet Muhammad. These two collections have been labelled “sahih” (authentic). The majority of these hadith portray a chain of narrators in […]
Originally posted 2015-01-18 17:38:57. “Verse 4:34 of the Quran orders believers to beat their wives; so, Islam is a male dominant religion.” Many of us have heard this criticism from Christians, atheists, agnostics, etc. Personally, every time I read 4:34, I felt that something was wrong. How does God, the Most Wise order us to […]