Imaan / 'Aqaaid

If a muslim goes to a non muslim place of worship like church or monastery and says a phrase of praise like 'this is such a peaceful place or there is so much peace here' is that kufr and will that person need to renew his iman.

Assalamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh,

I have a question regarding the Islamic perspective on representing the Kaaba in a children's toy. The idea is to create a product that introduces children to Islamic knowledge in a playful way and helps them become familiar with the significance of Makkah.

However, there is a concern that the depiction of the Kaaba might be placed on the floor, and children could interact with it, such as playing on it or stepping on it.

Is it permissible in Islam to depict the Kaaba in this context, or is it better to avoid such representations? Are there any guidelines or opinions regarding how sacred sites should be represented?

BarakAllahu feekum for your help and advice!

As salam aleykoum,

Recently I get a new job in an Islamic bank elhamdoulilah, then my mom went on the bank website and read the verse of the Quran where it was mention that someone who is involve in riba has to take a notice of war from Allah and His Messenger.
Then she said that it was not true, but i don’t know if she was aware that this words are from the Quran.
When my mom act like that, most of the time I don’t say anything I rather think before I tell something to avoid saying something wrong about Islam, and to tell her things in a proper way. But this is the first time that she acts like that with something related directly from the Quran, so does the fact that I said anything makes me a disbeliever ? How to advice my mom when she is certain that riba based loan are halal especially to own a property ?
Does my silence if I hear someone telling something wrong about Islam (for example what was mention above, or someone who says that birthday are halal…) makes me a disbeliever ?
Also you have to know that someone has already told her that riba is a major sin, interest are haram but she seems to not believe in that… this is mainly why I didn’t said anything because I know that she is not ignorant, but maybe to tell her things in a different way to make it really clear to her that this is really really haram

BarakallAllah oufikom for your help.

My dad says to make fun of my mother “you think you’re doing tachaoud” because she was moving her finger everywhere, and then she laugh. Is this kufr ?

If a Muslim commits kufr, is it sufficient for them to recite the shahada and intend not to commit kufr again or must they also have remorse?

Assalamualaykum Mufti sb,
Hope you are doing well. 
Alhumdulilah because of people like you Allah helps people like us to get to the correct understanding of Quran and Hadith (SAW) and keep the so-called scholars, new spurts, at bay.
Kindly have a read of the below and answer please. 
JazakAllah Khairan,
Ahmed 

Haqiqi and Zaati means - Real, Actual, Genuine, True.
Atayi and Majazi means - Granted, Unreal, Figurative, Metaphorical. 

Quran:
Allah’s powers Genuine and Real - Surah Ash-Shuraa 49 = Real, True.
Jibreel (A.S)'s powers - Surah Maryam 19 = Granted by Allah.
Allah’s power - Surah Az-Zumar 42 = Real, True.
Azrael (A.S)'s powers - Surah As-Sajdah 11 = Granted by Allah. 

Hadith (SAW) references. Powers Granted by Allah-
Prophet (SAW) I the Distributor but Allah is the Giver.   
        Sahih Bukhari-Hadith #3116

Powers Granted by Allah- 'Prophet (SAW) was given the keys of the Earth and Heavens'.           SahihBukhari-Kataab-ul-Janaiz #1344
       Sahih Bukhari inKitaab-ul-Manaqib # 3596           
Sahih Bukhari inKataab-ul-Maghazi #4042 and 4085 

Powers Granted by Allah-
'Ask for help if lost while travelling or if your ride is lost'.   
        Musannaf ibn Shayba # 30339, book 8, page 700.           
Musannaf ibn Shayba # 30438, book 8, page 729           
Imam Bayhaqi in Shuaib-ul-Iman #168           
Mujabul Kabir-at-Tabbrani #13727, 10368           
Majmu az' Zawaid #17103

Question:
1. I strongly believe Allah is the Malik and the only Giver, and The Prophet (SAW) is the Distributor and Allah Servant. Keeping the above mentioned Quran and Hadith (SAW) in mind, If I ask the Prophet (SAW) for help, is it Shirk or Kufr?

2. If anyone doesn’t believe the above mentioned Quranic verses and Hadith (SAW), what does that make him/her? Kafir, Mushrik, Biddah or anything else?       

3. If question no.2 is denied then Quranic verses on Waseela are also denied. Am I correct in saying that?

JazakAllah.

Assalamualaikum,

I have an important question: Did what I say take me out of the fold of islam and do I have to resay my shahada?

What I said was a reference to an anime and at the time I said it I wasn't sure if it was kufr or not and I convinced myself it wasn't kufr when i said it, but this might just be shaitan messing around with me.

I said: "Throughtout heaven and earth I alone am the honored one". Ofcourse I didnt mean what I said, and looking back at it, it was very foolish of me to say such a thing.

The reason I don't know It's kufr or not is because I said "honored" and this could mean several things and mean different things in various perspectives. But I didn't mean anything when I said it.

So was it kufr of me to say this or not?
I thank you in advance for your reply.

There is a game tutorial that you have to complete to play the game. The game prompts you to press a button to revive/teleport a character. The character says he will be reborn through fire. I know the game is impermissible but is it kufr if I do this just to complete tutorial?

At work I have mandatory "Compliance Training".One questions about a man who doesn't hire a woman as he thinks the travel for the job is too much for her.It asks what my advice is and gives two options.The only "correct" option is that he is being prejudiced/stereotypical. Is it kufr to click this?Could we say it IS stereotypical to say a woman can't travel a lot(as she can travel but a mahram is required)

I am very confused and lost. I have been trying to practice Islam to the best of my ability, but I have extreme ocd with regards to kufr and shirk and also other things in Islam. Near the end of 2022, Allah guided me to begin to practice Islam. I then would go and pray 5 times a day in the masjid, but slowly my OCD got worse. I would think the tiniest things are kufr; blinking, swallowing my saliva, all sorts of things. I would say the shahada every single day and repent for thinking i committed kufr. I actually decided in my heart multiple times to not be a Muslim anymore and stopped praying, but would always make tawbah and then start praying again. I then got so tired and decided to make hijrah to a Muslim land, to help me. I stayed for 6 months and all I cared about was islam; I was a practising Muslim, praying 5 daily Salah in the masjid,enjoining good and forbidding evil, staying away from all sins, lowering gaze etc etc. You name it, reading and memorising quran, charity. I then had to return to UK as my medication for ocd which I got from doctors ran out. Something ended up happening one day and I ended up thinking I was a kafir and ended up stopping praying,and I have lived like that ever since. It's been maybe 8 9 months, and I have stopped praying. I now have so many doubts about islam: I know that islam is the truth and that there is one Allah, but one of my overwhelming doubts is about hellfire for disbelievers;there is this feeling I can't get out of my heart which is that it cannot take place as it is too sad and difficult and scary for those disbelievers to be in hell for absolute eternity; but on the flip side,the reason I always would say the shahada was because of the fear that I MAY have committed kufr and I MAY die a disbeliever and go to hell forever, so that means I DO BELIEVE in it right?? I know rhat someone who has doubts is a Kafir right, and I genuinely have these thoughts like, is islam really true? Maybe it's not, and I WANT to believe islam Is true and that disbelievers WILL go to hell for eternity, but but don't know if I do... Guys,I am actually so lost.. I don't know if I am a Muslim as i don't pray at all, but I have said the shahada and I believe in islam, but I have doubts... I love reading the quran translation and i find islam beautiful and I love its justice and it makes perfect sense and I hate it when people talk bad about islam, i have sort of protective jealousy over islam... I was born a Muslim and in a Muslim household but wasn't practising most my life.... I don't know what to do, my main fear and concern in life is going to hell for eternity... but I struggle so much to be a Muslim, I have exited and joined islam seemingly well over a hundred times ( a lot of those times were probably not the case but a lot I probably did leave islam),when I was in the Muslim land, all I desired was to be a practising Muslim till I die, and i would make dua to Allah to protect me from all Kufr and shirk and I really just wanted to be a Muslim, its all I really cared about to be honest.... I've lost all my motivation and I have so many doubts and I'm so confused and far away from Allah and I don't want to go to hell either.... I also would REALLY struggle to make wudu and pray salah due to extreme ocd and intrusive thoughts, so even practicing islam was difficult. Also there's so many things in my head,i don't use my middle finger when picking up things sometimes as it is a swear word and I feel like I'm committing kufr as I may be aiming it to disrespect Allah, all this kind of nonsense is stuck in my brain. I even sometimes won't put my foot on the ground if the quran is playing in my house as I feel like I'm disrespecting it. I'm genuinely slightly mentally ill and am just demotivated,lost and confused. I want to be a Muslim and continue to be a Muslim until the day die,but i need serious help,so what do I do?

ٱلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ

I know that we will go to Jannah if our good deeds outweigh the bad deeds. This is my understanding. However, I can't relate this to the concept of getting close to Allah. I know that one gets closer to Allah as they try to perfect their fara'id, doing the optional actions, staying away from haram and remembering Allah constantly.
So does that mean we will go to jannah if we are close to Allah and not depending on good deeds. Because what if a person were to sin all his life and in the end he starts to get close to Allah, there could be a possibility that he has more bad deeds than good, so does that mean he goes to hell? Or is he judged accordingly to how he dies? Or is his past sins forgiven because he is on the path back to Allah? But what about the major sins that he might have done?

Also, is the levels of Jannah chosen regarding how close we are to Allah and the good deeds outweighing the bad deeds is just an entry to jannah?
Please clarify this, and also please educate me on the meaning of coming near or close to Allah (1), and on the balancing of the scales on judgement day (2) and also on the quote "It's all about the state that you die in" which some people who gives islamic talks say (3)

May Allah reward you Brothers.

Salam alaykum,

I recently decided to convert to Islam. The problem is that I'm in a very complicated situation because I think I have serious neurological problems. I don't know why, but when I want to say something I feel very strongly about (in this case, the shahada), my brain triggers some kind of mechanism that makes it very difficult. It goes beyond a simple stammer, I'm literally blocked and it can even take a full five minutes (no exaggeration, I'm talking about five real minutes) to manage to pronounce it. I can't hide how complicated it is, it takes up so much of my time and energy.

I know it's normally obligatory to pronounce the shahada verbally, but not wanting to experience this very complicated moment, I pronounced the shahada in my head. I thought that with my disability, my conversion would be accepted. Can you please answer these three questions:
1. Was I right to think that way?
2. Is my conversion accepted?
3. As regards oral recitations of acts such as prayer or repentance, can I perform them in my head because of my disability?

May Allah reward you for your efforts

Salam alaykum, I was an apostate and I returned to Islam a few days ago by saying the shahada sincerely. However, I have not repented. Has my return to Islam still been accepted?

Salam alaykum,

Let's imagine that a Muslim becomes an apostate. If he dies without having pronounced the shahada but sincerely believes in the reality of Islam, will he be treated in exactly the same way as a disbeliever who does not believe in the reality of Islam (i.e. both will be sent eternally to hell)? Is there ijma` on this question?

Salam alaykum,

I've been very affected by the fear of committing kufr for over a year now. And the problem is that this is not only related to waswas but also to real acts, let me explain.

I was born in a non-Muslim country and I'm currently a university student. I sometimes have to talk to non-believing students who make fun of religions and say very serious things about God. The problem is, I'm very shy, I hate contradicting others, I feel an embarrassment you can't even imagine. So I follow them in what they say reluctantly. I can't even fully reason when I'm acting like that, it's so difficult.

Once this event is over, I end up repeating the shahada until another similar event occurs. Then I repeat the shahada again, and so on... It's happened countless times, and it's very taxing mentally.

I would have loved so much to live in a Muslim country, none of these worries would happen. I'm really desperate. You can't imagine how scared I am of ending up a disbeliever when I don't want to, and ending up in hell forever.

My questions are:
1) If an event similar to what I presented above occurs but I don't repeat the shahada, do I become a disbeliever?
2) If so, will I be in hell eternally even if I sincerely believe in the authenticity of Islam?

May Allah reward you for your efforts

Salam, can you please explain in detail about qadr taqdeer..I’ve read that as a Muslim, we believe that good and bad comes from Allah. Everything happens for the best. My question is does this include hardships/ trials from Allah, and issues from people around me. So for example, if one was to get beaten/ abused, did that happen for the best or is that a separate matter.is one allowed to look back at certain hardships which may have been difficult, and be sad/wish it didnt happen. What about childhood traumas etc / the way others have treated me. Does being sad contradict a true believer. What are the limits in sadness/ looking back. If one was alone when they were a child, did that happen for the best and can I wish things went different

Asalamualykum one student of knowledge said that if you have doubt in aqeedah then you are a hypocrite, he said your not allowed to clear it from your mind and just ingnore it, but I know someone who gets wasawsa and he fights it off and he fears that he will go to hell if it is not wasawsa and it is actually doubt. He is really scared.

I the past he had a thought which he said it was in his mind for a period of time but he didn't realise it was from shaitan he repented from it once he found out.

He fears if this is not wasawsa and actually himself doubting he will end up in hell and is a kafir

Salam alaykum,

A non-Muslim friend of mine had a beard that he had let grow without trimming. One day, he trimmed it and I told him it looked classier and cleaner than before. These words imply that it is bad to have the beard he had before.

I'm afraid I've committed shirk, because I believe there are scholars in Islam who say it's obligatory to let your beard grow without trimming it. And I said that having trimmed your beard is better than not trimming it, which is contrary to what Islam says. And I was aware that this is contrary to what Islam says.

I believe that when we deny something from Islam, and we are not ignorant, then we are committing shirk which requires renewing one's faith. Does what I've done fit into this scenario? Do I have to say the shahada again? Is what I did haram?

Assalamu alaykum,

Let's imagine that a Muslim denies a pillar of Islam that he knows to be true, then he becomes a disbeliever. Then, let's imagine that this person pronounces the shahada with sincerity. Is this enough to make him a Muslim again, even if :
- he hasn't repented
- and he hasn't reaffirmed either verbally or in his heart the pillar he denied. However, he knows in his heart that the pillar is true and he no longer denies this certainty

Assalamualaikum

1. He return to Islam from Apostasy by accepting Islam sincerely (Say Shahadah, believe and follow religious principles) but he didn't have any regrets in the past. Is it true repentance?

2. Regret is a condition of repentance. If a person wants to repent by withdrawing from his mistakes and is determined not to repeat the same mistakes. He felt little regret because he knew it was a sin but not sorrowful. Is it true repentance?

Jazakallahukairan