Q: I’m a 16 year old student from Northwood school and I have a few questions I am hoping you can help with.  

I’ve recently just finished reading the Qur’an and found it both an enlightening and thought provoking experience. I’d be interested to further learn about Islam though, so if you have any suggestions on how I should go about that, it would be greatly appreciated.

While researching Islam, I came across an interesting school of Sufi, Tariqa Casnazaniyyah. The followers of this group seem to be able to perform truly remarkable things, such as inserting metal rods through their cheeks without feeling any pain, without bleeding, without infection or, most amazingly, without suffering long term damage (it heals within hours or even minutes.) What is the mainstream Islamic point of view on such religious supernatural acts? Are there any practitioners of this school of Sufi in KwaZulu Natal, or in South Africa at all? 

It’d also be helpful to know where a non-Muslim could learn Arabic? Is the Mosque an option? I’m not sure when or if a non-Muslim is permitted to enter a Mosque. I never had the chance to go with my school as I am not an art student (they recently visited a Mosque, Temple and Cathedral for an art excursion.) What is the general protocol?

Q: I need some help with a definition and classification of bid'ah please, as per the scholars of Islam.

Q: Is Quran the words of God? Why Muslims don’t believe that the bible is the words of God?

Q: 

1. Why Muslims don’t believe that Jesus is the son of God?
2. Why Muslims don’t believe that Jesus was more than a Prophet.
3. Why Muslims don’t believe that Jesus died on the cross and died for our sins?
4. Why Muslims don’t believe in trinity?
5. Why Muslims don’t believe that Jesus is coming to judge the world?​

Q: Why do Muslims use Tasbeeh when praying?

Q: Why do Muslims pray in Arabic than their own languages?

Q: Why Muslims believe in Sharia law? While the bible tells us only God has the power to punish not ourselves?

Q: I have a question about the practice of Quran Kahaani and Ayat-e-Karima, are these practices considered as Bidaah?

Quran Khani–> A practice in which a group of people or a group of huffaz sit together and complete the recitation of one complete Qur'an and after this act a dua is made and later some hadiya and/or food is served to the group.

Ayat-e-karim–> A practice in which a group of people gather together and recite tasbi-e-Younus about 125,000 times and after completion of this some dua is done and later either some hadiya is given and/or food is served to the group.

My understating is that these practices will not fall under Bidaah, if two conditions are met:

1. If this practice is not considered as an essential part of the Deen, but only done to receive Mercy and Blessing from Allah and for the purpose of Esala Sawab.

2. If this practice is not restricted to a particulate date and time.

I also believe that these acts are extremely virtuous, if our purpose and intentions are clear and if all the laws of Shari'ah are met and not violated during these practices.

The following are the benefits of this practice:

1. Jamaaths or gathering’s always have blessings for example salaat with Jamaat is more virtuous about 27 times better than one that’s done individually.

2. Recitation of Qur'an or Tasbi-e-yunus is a very blessed act, and none accept the ignorant can deny this fact.

3. Serving of food and drink to the students or huffaaz, is again a blessed act.

4. Allah doesn’t reject a dua that’s done in Jamaat.

5. The environment in the house is restored with blessings, due to the presence of jamaat and recitation of Qur'an and Zikr, compared to the modern Muslim houses that are polluted by TV, music and non Shar'iah acts.

Please provide a detailed explaining on this subject, as I need to forward this to my friends.

Q: I’m living in Pakistan. I belong to Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jama’ah (fiqh: Hanafi) Deobandi.

Here I’m putting forward the URL of Darul Uloom Deoband, India (referred above) i.e. http://www.darululoom-deoband.com/

You are requested to please go through the website and I can guess well that you already know it very well. There are further two sects in Deobandis i.e. Hayaati & Mamaati. I don’t know to which sect I belong. Please guide me separately about both of them and also confirm which of them is from Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jama’ah​?

I’ve heard that the real Muslims/Mu’mins are Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jama’ah​ (4 Fiqhs i.e. Hanafis, Shafi’ees, Malikis, Hambliees) and that all those are not 4 sects but 4 Fiqhs. And all of those are combined one sect. Kindly confirm? Please also confirm that there are the Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jama’ah​​ in Haramain Shareefain as well.

Here in subcontinent, there rose numerous Fitnahs and one of them are so called Ahlulhadith (Ghair Muqallid). And here in my office one of my colleagues is from them. I’m facing too much offensive attitude from his side, which is in such a way that either you prove yourself ‘Right’ or otherwise become Ghair Muqallid. They say that taqleed is shirk. He downloads many clips from a certain website and offers me to take home for listening. They also claim that Aimmah-e-Ka’abah (Shaikh Abdur Rahmaan As Sudais & Shaikh Ebrahim As Shuraim) are also Ghair Muqallid that is they don’t do Taqleed of any one Imam specifically. Kindly confirm.

They also raise issue of 20 rakaats Taraweeh, which I’ll ask from you later.

I hope you’ve understood this Fitnah very well.

Q:

1. It is reported that Abu Hurairah (RA) led the prayers of janazah of Aysha and Umme Salamah (RA) in the cemetery of Jannat ul Baqi' and Ibn Umar (RA) was also in the jama'ah. Please give me the reference.
2. The Messenger of Allah (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) informs the sahabah of the shahadah of the 3 sahabah (warriors) in the battle of mutah, it is mentioned in Saheeh Bukhari. Please give me the page number.
3. Mawlana zakariyyah (RA) brought a Hadith in the second page of kitabul jana-in in his Awjazul Masalik (second volume) about the six rights of a muslim to another muslim and one of them is when he passes away give him ghusl. Please give me the reference from the books of Hadith.