Question: Dear Sheikh and Eminent Scholar:Assalam Alaikum Wa Rahamtullah Wa Barakatuh,If you would be kind enough to answer a question for me that I did not get a satisfactory answer for, I ask Allah that I get the answer from you. Is sustenance limited to money only, meaning everything that can be owned for a … Continue reading Q&A: Rizq (sustenance) is all that is supported by
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Understanding Hadith: Nothing turns back the Divine Fate (qadaa’) except supplication
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Answer to Question How to Understand the Hadith «لا يَرُدُّ الْقَضَاءَ إِلا الدُّعَاءُ» “Nothing turns back the Divine Fate (qadaa’) except supplication” (Translated) Question: In the book At-Tafkeer Al-Islami, which is one of the adopted books, it mentions that supplication (du’aa) does not turn back the Divine Destiny (qadar) and does not … Continue reading Understanding Hadith: Nothing turns back the Divine Fate (qadaa’) except supplication
Nafsiya Reflections: The Coping Mechanism
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Nafsiya Reflections: The Coping Mechanism In all societies today, there is a goal for success and measures of happiness linked to tangible things we attain in life. From birth through childhood - going to school, the certificates we get, the job, the house, the car and even how we would spend … Continue reading Nafsiya Reflections: The Coping Mechanism
Q&A: Change with Relation to Actions and Achieving Results
Question: Does “Change” fall under the sphere that man dominates? If so, can man control the time and place of change? Furthermore, if an extended period of time passes and change does not occur, does this indicate that something is wrong with the people working towards it? Or does “Change” fall under the sphere that dominates … Continue reading Q&A: Change with Relation to Actions and Achieving Results
Q&A: Collection of the Holy Qur’an, The Seven Recitations and Tafsir of the Ayah: “While Allah created you and that which you do”
The following is a draft translation of a collection of Questions asked to the Scholar Shekh Ata'a Abu Rashta. Questions: Dear Brother, Assalamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatahu 1. In the book Ash-Shaksiyah 3 (Islamic Personality Volume III), under the topic "The First Evidence – The Book", under the point "Fourth" it says: "The research on it … Continue reading Q&A: Collection of the Holy Qur’an, The Seven Recitations and Tafsir of the Ayah: “While Allah created you and that which you do”
Understanding the subject of Al Qada wal Qadar
The following is a transcript of a discussion presented on this subject and therefore may not be gramatically acurate. The subject of al Qada wal Qadar is a subject that engaged Muslims in a massive debate throughout the centuries, for this reason it is impossible to cover all aspects of this discussion in today’s presentation. … Continue reading Understanding the subject of Al Qada wal Qadar