FAQ and selected email replies

FAQ and Replies

FAQ and selected email replies

This page is constructed primarily for the purpose of presenting the reader with FAQ and also to present various enquiries we received in emails together with the replies we posted.

The emails we are posting here cover various Quranic issues, and we always try to respond to all enquiries by presenting the Quranic view and nothing else. May you find these replies of interest.

For privacy purposes the names of the senders are kept anonymous.

Questions are grouped into one of the following categories:

1. Practices and Rituals of Islam

2. Quranic Meanings

3. Quranic rules and laws

4. Prohibitions

5. Creation

PRACTICES AND RITUALS OF ISLAM

• 1- Where can we find the Salat (prayer) in the Quran?
• 2- The Funeral Prayer
• 3- Stoning during Hajj
• 4- Number of Salat
• 5- Does the Quran authorise 2 prayers per day or 3?
• 6- Which Quranic words to utter in Salat
• 7- When does hajj start in the Quran?
• 8- Why is the reciting of the Quran at dawn witnessed?
• 9- Should we fast all Ramadan or only few days therein?
• 10- Intention utterance before Salat
• 11- The claim that salat is not a physical ritual
• 12- Revelation of the Salat details
• 13- Can Zakat be paid to my wife?
• 14- Why is observing 5 Salat wrong when it means worshipping God more?
• 15- Must the visit to Arafat during Hajj only be done with a group?
• 16- Do the words in 2:238 indicate that there are more than 3 Salat?
• 17- Why do you not post a video of how to observe the correct Salat?
• 18- Must the Salat be uttered in Arabic?
• 19- Fasting and the Salat in northern areas where the sun does not set
• 20-The night prayers (qiyam al-layl, nawafil, taraweeh and tahajjud)
  
• 21- How many times to wash our hands?
  

QURANIC MEANINGS

• 1- Who is the "khalifa on earth" in 2:30?
• 2- Is Witchcraft and Sorcery mentioned in the Quran?
• 3- The "Night of Destiny"
• 4- Duluk of the sun
• 5- The nine 'ayat' (signs) given to Moses
• 6- Order of revelation
• 7- Did the Prophet split the Moon?
• 8- The Quran and aliens
• 9- If the Quran has all the details, then where can we find .....?
• 10- The correct meaning of the word 'AKADA' in 20:15
• 11- How do we know the months for Hajj by using the Quran alone?
• 12- What is the 'hadd' and the call for its implementation?
• 13- Do angels have free will?
• 14- How many ends does the day have, two or more?
• 15- Were the previous scripture available at the time of Muhammad?
• 16- Were Adam and Eve wearing clothes before they disobeyed God?
• 17- Why does God guide some people and not others?
  
• 18- What happens to the righteous disbelievers on Judgement Day?
• 19- What do the words "normally shown" in 24:31 mean?
  
• 20- What is the 'aurat' of women?
• 21- Mecca, the Kabaa and the Masjid Al-Haram
• 22- Who was the son whom Abraham was told to slaughter?

QURANIC RULES AND LAWS

• 1- Does the Quran allow Temporary (mut'ah) Marriages?
• 2- Do women have to be covered from head to toe?
• 3- Should women observe the prayers during menstruation?
• 4- How lawful is a 'fatwa'?
• 5- Leaving a Will
• 6- The rights of adopted children in inheritance
• 7- Child Custody in the Quran
• 8- Shahada on rocks and trees
  
• 9- The Issue of PBUH
• 10- How many days should we spend at Hajj?
• 11- How lawful are the oral "You are divorced" type of divorces?

PROHIBITIONS

• 1- The meat of dogs and cats
• 2- Praying in a masjid that harbours idol worship
• 3- Is surgery prohibited in the Quran?
• 4- Cruelty to animals
  
• 5- Jewellery, make-up, colourful clothes and all adornments
  
• 6- Does the Quran prohibit us from marrying our grandchildren?
• 7- Does the Quran prohibit slavery?
• 8- Selling Alcoholic Drinks
• 9- Cooking with Wine
• 10- Negligible amounts of alcohol in food

CREATION

• 1- The Quran and Evolution
• 2- 2 Easts and 2 Wests
• 3- Semen or Dust
  
• 4- Has God created humans as enemies of one another?