Questions Archive(Tag:Monotheism)
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Is there any punishment for touching and hugging a non-Mahram?
51938 2012/01/03 Laws and JurisprudenceIt is haram ( forbidden ) for a non-mahram man and a non-mahram woman to seek any kind of pleasures from each other ( it is even forbidden for them to cast lustful look at each other ) . It is for the
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Are non-Muslim women mahram to Muslim women?
8963 2012/01/03 Laws and JurisprudenceWhen it comes to non-Muslim women looking at Muslim women, there is a narration in our sources from Imam Ja far Sadiq ( a.s. ) who said that: It is not appropriate for Muslim women to remove their Hij
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How does God have knowledge of unreal or false information whereas false information is not considered to be knowledge?
6594 2012/01/01 TraditionalGod s knowledge of something – be it true or false – does not imply its acceptance. You know that God’s knowledge is neither acquired through learning nor preceded by ignorance. God’s knowledge encomp
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What is the philosophy behind prostrating on earth?
14908 2011/12/31 Laws and JurisprudenceThe essence of prostration is humility and it is one of the obligations we must perform, as the Quran says: “O you who have faith ! Bow down and prostrate yourselves…”.There is an important point here
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Can a Muslim go in a church and offer prayers there?
10677 2011/12/31 Laws and JurisprudenceThere is no problem in going inside a church except for when he who goes there is a well-known figure whose going to church leads to promotion of the church or when it is feared that he might be ideol
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Where are the spirits of people who died in remote times? Are they not contained in a place and does time not run on them?
10768 2011/12/29 TraditionalHuman beings live, after their deaths, in an intermediate state, a realm called Barzakh ( the Intermediate World ) which is a world between this life and the Hereafter. Barzakh is a sequence that happ
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Will there be a new life in the world after the Day of Judgment?
22223 2011/12/26 TraditionalIt is gathered from the evidences and proofs in the verses of the Quran that the Day of Judgment is in fact not the continuation of this world. This world shall turn into a mess completely because gre
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Given the fact that man's body cells change continuously from the time of conception until old age, which one of these bodies are resurrected and brought to justice on the Day of Judgment?
6904 2011/12/25 TraditionalThe answer to the above question is that the soul is the center of reward and punishment, happiness and agony, pleasure and pain. Hence, if the body suffers a pain, it is because of the soul to which
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Is there any death in Paradise and Hell?
6546 2011/12/25 TraditionalThe Quran, traditions and rational arguments agree that when the Day of Judgment occurs and human beings go to Paradise and Hell, there is no death thereafter. The Holy Quran describes the Day of Resu
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What are the legal obligations of a wife towards her husband?
18374 2011/12/21 Laws and JurisprudenceThe sustainability, continuity and stability of a marital life depend on love, understanding and respect for mutual rights. In order for the family, which is small social unit, to be solidified and s
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What is the duty of the son or daughter regarding the prayers and fasts of their parents who don’t observe their religious duties?
6775 2011/12/21 Laws and JurisprudenceAccording to the view of a majority of the jurists, making up for the missed prayers and fasts of one’s father is binding on the eldest son. This means that it is wajib for the eldest son to either pe
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What duties does a child have when it comes to parents?
9647 2011/12/21 PracticalThe importance of fulfilling the rights of parents ( father and mother ) has been recognized by the Quran to be so high that in several verses, it has been demanded immediately after forbidding shirk
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Please mention the five qualities of the Imam according to Quranic ayahs?
15530 2011/12/21 ExegesisSubsequent to mentioning the story of rescuing Prophet Ibrahim and Prophet Lut and granting Ibrahim ( as ) righteous children, [ 1 ] the Quran reflects on the imamah and leadership of this great Proph
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How can we strengthen the inclination towards worship in our children?
6285 2011/12/21 PracticalWhen it comes to encouraging worship and the performance of religious obligations, it is the foundations of one’s thought that need to be analyzed and fixed first. His view of God, the world, man, res
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Is the prayer performed in the Imams' shrine right? Though the grave is in the direction of the prayer?
10809 2011/12/21 ExegesisConsidering the verse mentioned at the surface level, we deduce that it is permissible to build mosques over graves. In the exegesis of the Quran, it is mentioned that a mosque has been built over the
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In a hadith by Imam Ridha (as) I read that “أَنَّهُمْ مَالِکُونَ مَجَازاً لَا حَقِیقَةً لَه”. What is meant by this metaphorical ownership that the imam is talking about?
7945 2011/12/20 Contextual studyAllah is the true owner of the entire universe and everything within it. However, Allah has put this ownership at the disposal of man without disconnecting His own ownership in the least way, as Quran
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Does a virgin girl need to get her father’s permission for marriage?
6986 2011/12/20 Laws and JurisprudenceThe maraje’ consider the permission of the father or paternal grandfather [ in the case of her not having a father ] of a virgin girl necessary for her marriage [ 1 ] . [ 2 ] The baligh virgin girl wh
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I would like to know when boys and girls become duty bound?
16444 2011/12/20 Laws and JurisprudenceIn Islam, the age at which girls and boys become duty bound is contingent upon the signs of bulugh ( coming of age ) , which is seminal discharge in boys and menstruation in girls. However, in Islam,
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Doesn’t there seem to be a discrepancy between the first verse of surah Anfāl, which allocates the ownership of all war spoils to Allah (swt) and the prophet, and verse 41 of the same surah which only entitles them to one fifth of the spoils?
6235 2011/12/20 ExegesisFirst of all, from a logical perspective, ‘anfāl’ and ‘war spoils’ aren t equal, and aside from this point, it must be said that from a one point of view, everything in the entire universe belongs to
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What is absolute existence? What is indeterminate existence?
9174 2011/12/20 Islamic PhilosophyAbsolute existence has different meanings and usages; sometimes it means ‘unconditional’; that there is no condition limiting it, not even the condition of absoluteness ( one of its conditions isn t a
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What is the ruling on dog leather?
6386 2011/12/20 Laws and JurisprudenceDogs and pigs, and all of their body parts are najis. Therefore, their leather is also najis.The grand maraje’ state: Dogs and pigs that live on land are najis, including their hair, bones, paws, nail
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Why do they call Prophet Isa “The Spirit of God”?
32332 2011/12/20 TraditionalAlthough certain characteristics are shared by different individuals or things and can be found in numerous places, but sometimes for certain reasons, a certain thing or person is identified with that
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Why does the prophet's character change when he comes to power?
7143 2011/12/20 The infalliblesAlthough no proof was mentioned for such a question, but we must pay attention that a change of approach does not indicate a change of character and maybe the prophet did have an apparently different
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Is there a possibility of evolution being considered true by Islam? In one of your answers about proof of God’s existence, the argument about "Order of Creation" or "Design Argument" was presented. Is there a contradiction between this argument and the theory of evolution?
7781 2011/12/20 Islamic PhilosophySome believe that Darwin’s theory of Evolution which explains the evident order of creation in a special way undermines Tawhid and the fact that there is an intellectual, wise and knowledgeable creato
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What is our duty during the time of Imam Mahdi’s occultation?
9860 2011/12/20 TraditionalOur duties during the Imam’s occultation are very much the same duties we have during his presence. One could briefly say that the greatest duty of the Shias during this period is to await Faraj and I
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How come Imam Ali did not object and oppose the Caliphs becoming the Caliph, and did not abolish the Bid’ahs (innovations)? And if the Caliphs were kafirs (unbelievers), how come he did not declare them kafirs and announce that they had unrightfully usurped the Caliphate when he came to power?
11916 2011/12/20 TraditionalOn some occasions Imam Ali did object to the previous Caliphs in practice and according to what has been narrated in our books the imam had opposed and criticized the previous Caliphs several times. F
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The leather of the sofa at my friend’s home has some foreign characters printed on it; it has been imported from foreign countries, is this leather najis? Or since I suffer from waswasah, do you think this doubt of mine is just a result of that?
8145 2011/12/20 Laws and JurisprudenceFirst of all, just because there are foreign characters on the leather of the sofa doesn’t mean that it necessarily comes from a foreign and non-Muslim country and you shouldn’t be very doubtful in th
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What is the relationship between wilayah and marja’iyyah?
7639 2011/12/20 SystemIn Shia thought, marja’iyyah is comprised of two responsibilities; the issuance of legal verdicts, and wilayah ( i.e., leadership and authority ) . Throughout history, the grand marja’s have both expl
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Is God is so powerless that He cannot do any act unless there should be someone else to carry out His tasks?
7286 2011/12/20 TraditionalThe claim and presupposition in this question is that God does the act of which He is capable and if there is an act which He does not have the power to do, He uses certain means to carry them out and
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rules and regulations has Islam prescribed for exultations and happiness?
6181 2011/12/19 PracticalReal happiness from the perspective of a faithful individual is achieved when he performs an act which draws him one step closer to his Lord. However, human beings can benefit from lawful and diverse
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What difference do God's knowledge, power, justice and life make with the same attributes in human beings?
7163 2011/12/19 TraditionalGod, the Exalted, is characteristic of such attributes ( e.g. knowledge, power and life etc. ) which indicate the perfection of His essence.Man also possesses these characteristics and is qualified by
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What is the best way for the couple's understanding of each other?
6815 2011/12/17 TheoreticalThe biggest capital in a couple s life is honesty and truthfulness, and, perhaps, the worst and the biggest cause of dispute and difference between husband and wife is dishonesty and lack of trust. It
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What does resurrection of animals mean in the Quranic verse which says "When the wild beasts are herded together "? Does it mean that the animals are also resurrected and held answerable for their deeds?
12788 2011/12/17 TraditionalThe Literal and Technical Meaning of Hashr:The word hashr literally means to collect something but hashr in the technical meaning refers to God s herding and gathering together the creatures on the Da
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The Quran says, "We have revealed the clear Book." What is meant by clear? Why does God say that He sent down a book after He sent it down?
11719 2011/12/17 ExegesisThe word clear or perspicuous is one of the adjectives qualifying the Quran. With this qualifying word, God wants to make His book further known to people. Thus, the aim is to tell people that this Bo
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How was Hijab enacted in Islam?
7219 2011/12/13 Laws and JurisprudenceBefore the advent of Islam, women did not wear modest dresses or full veil in public. No sooner Islam emerged in the Arabian Peninsula than it presented clear rules for women’s dress. The rules regard