Over the years, I’ve had a number of requests and suggestions about making a list of the Q&A content on the blog, so as to make it more user friendly. Finally, here is that list of Questions & Answers that have been directly or indirectly responded to on this site. And whilst, over the years, I have answered a number of queries sent to me, the blog is by no means meant to be a fatwa site, and I am far from being a qualified mufti. That said, when I do respond to a question or issue of concern, it tends to be a fairly thorough reply, in contrast to a short, sharp one. The listing is alphabetical. [Last Updated: 028/06/2020]
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– 5 Cornerstones of Islam’s Bigger Picture
– 7 Principles of Sacred Marriage in Islam
– 7 Rights of the Heart: What Are They?
– 9-5 Job: Is That Part of Being in “Allah’s Path”?
– 10 Ways to Nurture Love of God
– 15th Night of Sha‘ban: Is Marking it Out as a Special Night an Innovation?
– 4o Day Spiritual Retreat: Does Its Have a Basis in Islam?
– A Brief Word On Sufis, Sufism & Spiritual Wayfaring
– About Politics, Justice & Peace on Earth: Jesus and the Anti-Christ
– ‘Aqidah Comes First: Doesn’t It?
– Answering the Question of Science & Meaning?
– Are Good Deeds Alone Enough for Salvation?
– Are We Amusing Our Hearts to Death?
– Are We Becoming Bored of God?
– Are We Letting Time Whizz Right Past Us?
– Are We Progressing or Drifting Dangerously Downstream?
– Are You Living an Unexamined Life?
– Are You on the Path of Knowing, Doing & Becoming?
– Are You Seeking with the Seekers or Sleeping with the Sleepers?
– Between the Errors of Scholars & Bigoted Followers
– Big Brother: Who Watches Who?
– British Muslims & their Strategies for Living in the UK
– British Muslims, Racism & Do Black Lives Matter?
– Can You Find Spirituality in the Shopping Mall?
– Conspiracy Theories: Do You See Shadows At Every Turn?
– Created in God’s Image: What Does that Mean?
– Critical Thinking in Islam: What Are the Principles & Hurdles?
– Dhikr Repetition: Is it Allowed?
– Did Abu Hurayrah Have Secret Spiritual Knowledge?
– Divorcing One’s Wife at the Behest of Parents.
– Do We Muslims Have the Right to Not Pray, Fast or Wear Hijab?
– Do We Recognise the Role & Value of Muslim Teachers?
– Doctrine of the Divine Attributes
– Doing Good for God or for Reward from God?
– Egos, Earrings & Atomic Bombs: What of Hiroshima?
– Fatwas: Do They Change With Time and Place?
– Gender Relations: Beards, Hijabs & Body Language.
– Grief & Loss: How to Cope With Life’s Pitiless Storms?
– Hajj: What is its Spiritual Significance?
– How Best to Keep Strife Out of Our Life?
– How Can We Wean Ourselves Off the Dunya?
– How States Seek to Domesticate Muslim Scholars?
– How the Qur’an Justifies Itself?
– How to Attain Sacred Tranquility in Our Age of Distress & Anxiety?
– How to Attain Worldly Detachment & the Love of God?
– How to Be the Best of Muslims, Not the Worst?
– How to Know Your Soul & Grow Your Soul?
– How to Nurture Presence of Heart With God?
– How to Practically Learn Fiqh?
– Insulting Islam: What Should Our Response Be?
– Is Din Private ‘Religion & Is Iman Blind ‘Faith’?
– Is Imitation of Non-Muslims & their Festivals Forbidden?
– Is Islam the Only Valid Path to God?
– Is Islam Rational or Does It Seek to Stifle Rationality?
– Is the Goal of the Shari‘ah Justice or Equality?
– Islam’s Earth Ethics: Are We Healers or Corrupters?
– Islam’s Rational Monotheism in a Nutshell.
– Isn’t Loving God Enough to Make One a Believer?
– Jihad & Martyrdom, War & Peace
– Joining Feet to Feet in Prayer: Is it a Sunnah?
– Justice, Equality, Feminism: What is the Quranic View?
– Kalam & the Hanbalis: Is It Really Relevant Today?
– Khawarij Ideology, ISIS Savagery [1]
– Khawarij Ideology, ISIS Savagery [2]
– Knowing Qualified Scholars from Cowboy Speakers
– Life’s Trials & Tragedies: What is the Meaning Behind Them?
– Male Lust, Female Forms & the Forbidden Gaze
– Ma‘rifah: Getting to Know God
– Modern Pursuit of Happiness or Chasing Your Own Tail?
– Modernity’s Juggernaut: How Should Muslims Best Tackle It?
– Moonsighting: Global or Local, Observation or Calculation?
– Music & Dancing in Islam: On the “Happy Muslim” Video.
– Muslim Scholars Must Learn to be Macro Thinkers: Why?
– Pitfalls of the Practicing Muslim
– Political Violence & the End Days
– Politics of Idolatry, Beware!
– Proofs for the Existence of God [1]
– Proofs for the Existence of God [2]
– Pseudo-Scholars & Half-Baked Knowledge: What Are The Signs?
– Questions on Modern Muslimness
– Question on Women & Mosques: Misogyny to Misrepresentation
– Reading the Qur’an for the Deceased: Is it Allowed?
– Reason, Revelation, Religion: How Do They Fit Together?
– Sacred Knowledge: How to Seek It & Be Saved By It?
– Salafis, Ash‘aris & Fossilised Theologies
– Scholars, Speakers & the Culture of Edu-Tainment
– Science & the Qur’an: Are They a Match Made in Heaven?
– Science: Does it Point Towards God or Atheism?
– Seventy-Three Sects in Islam: Are Most of the Ummah Deviant?
– Should I Stop Making Dhikr If My Heart Isn’t In It?
– Sincerity: How to Empty the Heart for God?
– Taking Money for Da‘wah & Teaching Religion: Is It Lawful?
– Tawhid: What Is It & What Are Its Degrees?
– Texting, Tweeting & Speaking: What Are the Islamic Guidelines?
– Terrorism is to Jihad as Adultery is to Marriage
– The Four Imams: Did They Forbid Even the Layman from Taqlid?
– The Greater Jihad: Is it Just a Myth?
– The Obligatory Spiritual Journey: What Does It Entail?
– Traipse Through Tafsir, Or Simply Ponder the Qur’an?
– Tyrannical Rulers & the Islamic Rules for Revolutions
– Was the Universe Expecting Us?
– Western Muslims: Prophetically-Inspired Voices of Dissent
– What Are Islam’s Five Big Questions of Life?
– What Are the Basic Rules for Religious Activism?
– What Are the Consequences of an Unjust Socio-Political Order?
– What Are the Rewards of Non-Muslim Doers of Good in the Afterlife?
– What Are the Rights of Brotherhood?
– What Are the Rules for Rukhsah – Following Shari‘ah Concessions?
– What Are the Seven Rights of the Prophet?
– What Constitutes Legitimate Islamic Learning?
– What Does Islam Really Mean By Worship?
– What is the Difference Between Being Patient and Being Complacent?
– What is the Golden Rule for Muslim Activists?
– What is the Ultimate Fate of Good Non-Muslims in the Hereafter?
– What of Those to Whom Islam Doesn’t Reach?
– When Will Allah’s Help Come?
– When Will Our Lands Return to Us?
– “Where it Not for You, I Would Not Have Created Creation.” Is This Hadith Authentic?
– While We Question Charlie Hebdo, Lets Questions Ourselves Too!
– Who Are Ahl al-Sunnah wa’l-Jama‘ah?
– Who Are the Guardians of Sacred Knowledge & Spiritual Growth?