Q: My grandmother is a non-Muslim. She has dementia so she is not able to understand much at all, but if we can get her to believe in the very basics and say the shahadah, will it be accepted from her even though she forgets the next day that she is a Muslim? Please advice how we can help her accept Islam in a valid way and please make dua that she does so.
Q: The Ahmaddiyah's prove the Mesiah to be Mirza Ghulam Ahmed becuase they say that in Sahih Bukhari Volume 4 Book 55 Hadith 648, Esa AS is described as having "red complexion and curly hair" but in the very next hadith (hadith 649) Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wasallam describes Jesus, son of Mary to "having brown coloured skin and lank hair"
Can you please give me the tafseer of the two hadiths because Ahmadis claim that in both hadiths, Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wasallam is describing Esa AS with 2 opposite descripitions. The Ahmadis claim that hadith 648 is descirbing the Prophet Esa and hadith 649 is describing the 'metaphorical' Esa AS (for them it's Mirza Ghulam Ahmed), can you please give some clarification?
Q: May I have a detailed account of the following from Quran and Ahadith (all ahadith and ayaat which say anything regarding them):
1. The horrors of Hell
2. The pleasures in Heaven.
If there is a book regarding these, may I also know the names?
Q: Why does Allah Ta'ala want us to do good deeds since He does not need our deeds? And then He chooses us to either go to hell or Jannah. I'm confused because I dont want to go to jannah or hell. Me and my actions never satisfied Allah Ta'ala's commands. Why Allah Ta'ala gives us only two options for after life. I'm not satisfied to live this life as Allah Ta'ala wants. Also I can't stand in front of Allah Ta'ala on judgment day to give my account of actions in this world. I know I'm one of the losers on that day. "In this world things are not in my control"
Q: My native language is Chinese. Chinese language itself contains many daily used common words and phrases that can be classified as containing shirk. Of course, the majority of Chinese speakers never know what shirk is. For example, the Chinese word for “mind, thought, attitude”, which is a commonly used word, literally means “spirit/god” in Chinese. It derives from their kufr belief that humans can become fake so called gods or spirits. I tried very hard to bypass these words, even though they are common, when talking with my mom and other Chinese speakers. However, since the language’s vocabulary system contains many shirk words, a lot of times there is only one word choice, otherwise you cannot express the meaning precisely, or not at all close.
I was talking with my mom and used the phrase that translates into “heavenly (the heaven in Chinese religion) flower falling down” (which means someone is bragging). I know you cannot understand how Chinese works, but it employs a lot of euphemisms and metaphors so the literal meaning maps to a derived meaning. I was talking and it is hard to go against your native language when I was in emotions (it is instinctive; unless I deliberately find a substitute of the word, which may or may not happen as it needs deliberately doing it). Is that kufr (disbelief) to use these words and phrases? But as you can see, a lot of times it is hard or impossible to avoid as the language itself contains these words that has shirk (imagine that english word for “brain”, or “eating a lot” are phrases that contain shirk, how do you speak it?
Q: How can we perform a istikhara to see with whom Allah Ta'ala has written your name? Who'll be my spouse I desperately want to know for some issues in our family relationships.
Q: I downloaded a game and it asks a player to sacrifice some food as a sacrifice and to pray and to emmulate, etc as part of game. Is it ok to do so? Or should I uninstall the game?
Q: I'm a revert Muslim, my family is Christian. How do I convince them that Jesus (pbuh) is not the son of God nor is He God. This is the firm believe of Christianity.
Q: I feel that it is quite easy to commit kufr if not being careful. I was debating a brother about birth control. I say that the Muslims should have as many children as possible to enlarge and strengthen the ummah. He said that quality is better than quantity and having less kids means each kid gets better resources. He then gave an example that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and his companions were able to defeat larger enemies. Here came the main point: I argued that “it was not because that Umar or Abu Bakr were smarter than Abu Jahl and other kaffirs in raw intelligence, but because Allah (Subhanahu wa Ta’ala) favored the Muslims against their enemies”. Basically I was saying that the “Sahaba were not smarter than the kaffirs in raw intelligence” but they won because they had the favor of Allah (Subahanhu wa Ta’ala). Is it kufr to say that “Sahaba were not smarter than the kaffirs in raw intelligence”?
Q: Are naats allowed? Is meelad justified? If meelad is allowed then under what circumstances?