Aqaaid

Q: I follow the Ulama of Deoband but I wanted to know whether it is allowed to label oneself as a 'Deobandi' because I feel like these terms and labels cause unnecessary division in the Ummah.

Q: Are these correct according to Islam:

- Allah will never leave and forsake us.

- Allah helps us whenever we are in a tough spot

- If we obey Allah he will give us his bounties in both duniya and akhirah and if we disobey him we will get severe azaab in both duniya and akhirah.

Q: I have been told that saying or thinking anything, whether good or bad during azan comes true. Is this true?

Q: Can you help me know the differences betwen Deobandi and Barelvi. I only know that we belong to Ahle sunnat wal jamaat.

Q: Is it true that the Throne of Allah is surrounded by angels on all sides, and these angels as well as those that carry it do the tawaf of the Throne while looking at it? Also does Jibraeel (alaihis salaam) sit on the Throne?

Q: I read this somewhere:

Also, As-Suddi said, "When a man would come to the two angels they would advise him, `Do not fall into disbelief. We are a test.' When the man would ignore their advice, they would say, `Go to that pile of ashes and urinate on it.' When he would urinate on the ashes, a light, meaning the light of faith, would depart from him and would shine until it entered heaven. Then something black that appeared to be smoke would descend and enter his ears and the rest of his body, and this is Allah's anger. Isn’t Allah’s Anger His Attribute alone so how would it enter a human being?

Q: Are there any angels who attend directly to Allah?

Q: Is it true that when you are not certain about some fact in Islam then you don’t believe in that? For example, if I don’t know about a ruling in Islam, I don’t believe in that?

Q: In India there are many festivals of false gods. Everywhere people celebrate it. In the IT Company that I work in people also celebrate these festivals. The company makes one entertainment program in which they say to the employees to come the next day with constumes. Then they worship false gods and dance in that program.

Many Muslim people, mostly girls, get involved in that. They wear clothes like the non Muslims. I tell them not to get involved in that, they tell "we are just going to have fun. We are not going to worship any false gods." Are they doing shirk?

Q: Which one is the shahada? Is it “lā ʾilāha ʾillā llāh muḥammadun rasūlu llāh” or the sentence in tashahhud “Ash-hadu an laa ilaaha ill-Allaah wa ash-hadu anna Muhammadan ‘abduhu wa rasooluh”? I thought they are the same but not sure. Which one should a new Muslim or a one out of Islam to say to become Muslim?