Things in Islam I am curious about...

MuslimCONVERT said:
Apparently, this needs to be posted again:

I really request that there should be no more discussion of music on this thread, as it is off topic to the general idea behind this thread [non-Muslims asking about things they are curious about in Islam, not Muslims debating each other on the permissability of Music].

If you guys wana discuss that issue, or debate any other issue irrelevent to this thread, I suggest you start a new thread. :-)
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Moderator, can you approve a new thread about music ?.
 
ardianto said:
Moderator, can you approve a new thread about music ?.
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I more or less agree with this but my post 1640 is not asking about music as such it is asking about law and can law change so please do not mistake what is being asked as you seem to have done
 
Hugo's question above came to mind as I read the following in another thread:

Insane Insaan said:
One may have many neighbours and if he is expected to give a present to each, he may find that very difficult. It is, therefore, important to know who is a neighbour and who of our neighbours should be given priority. There is a Hadith which is classified as “Mursal,” reported on the authority of Al-Hassan Al-Basri. A “Mursal” Hadith is one which in its chain of reporting does not go as far back as the Prophet (peace be upon him), but ends with someone like Al-Hassan, who belonged to the generation following that of the companions of the Prophet. He was asked” “Who is a neighbour?” He answered: “Your neighbours are forty houses ahead of you and forty houses to your back, and forty houses to your right and forty houses to your left.” When we consider that all these people are our neighbours, and we note how strongly the Prophet (peace be upon him) recommends us to be kind to our neighbours, we can realize what sort of community Islam creates in every locality. This, however, is bound to raise the issue of whether there is any degree of priority which makes certain neighbours more entitled to our kindness than others.
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Muhammad (pbuh) never would have dreamed of the world we live in today. I suspect that his command to go 40 neighbors in every direction: ahead, back, right, and left was seen as emphasizing the point of the need to simply extend neighborliness to eveyrone. But in a world where people get legalistic and live stacked on top of one another, I wonder how this might be understood in Islam today. I would think that a proper application of this passage would mean to also consider your neighbor to be one who lives 40 floors above you and 40 floors below you. But of course it doesn't actually say that. So, I guess this is a question about the way Islam interprets and applies the teachings of the Prophet and his companions(p). Are they to be taken as strictly spoke, the letter of the law? Or is one to look for the spirit behind the law?
 
Who is my neighbour is a question that was asked of Jesus and his answer shown below was in the form of a parable.

Luke 10:29-37 (NIV) 29. But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?" 30. In reply Jesus said: "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead. 31. A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. 32. So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. 33. But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. 34. He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, took him to an inn and took care of him. 35. The next day he took out two silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper. 'Look after him,' he said, 'and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.'

36. "Which of these three do you think was a neighbour to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?" 37.The expert in the law replied, "The one who had mercy on him." Jesus told him, "Go and do likewise."​

One might say there is no point in being a Muslim or Christian unless you do good works and not in any selective manner other than seeing a need and responding to it no matter who that needy person is next door or next continent.
 
Hugo said:
Who is my neighbour is a question that was asked of Jesus and his answer shown below was in the form of a parable.

Luke 10:29-37 (NIV) 29. But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?" 30. In reply Jesus said: "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead. 31. A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. 32. So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. 33. But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. 34. He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, took him to an inn and took care of him. 35. The next day he took out two silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper. 'Look after him,' he said, 'and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.'

36. "Which of these three do you think was a neighbour to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?" 37.The expert in the law replied, "The one who had mercy on him." Jesus told him, "Go and do likewise."​

One might say there is no point in being a Muslim or Christian unless you do good works and not in any selective manner other than seeing a need and responding to it no matter who that needy person is next door or next continent.
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Agreed. I think the message of Jesus [saas] in this parable is simply, you cannot do good to everyone in the world, but you can do good to those you meet.

I remember I was walking to the Fajr prayer one morning before dawn and an emaciated kitten came running up to me in clearly some dire need [perhaps it's mother had died or abandoned it, or perhaps it was aware of some nearby predetor]... I remember thinking to myself, "God has put you in my way!" So I took her home and fed her and gave her water, etc.

I am reminded of the hadith in which the Prophet [saas] said that a prostitute from among the Jews once saw a dog suffering from thirst and so she lowered her shoe in a well and brought about some water for her to drink, and for that Allah [swt] forgave her sins. The message of both Jesus [saas] and Muhammad [saas] in terms of social justice is that even small acts of kindness which we are capable of carry massive weight with the Almighty, so long as they are done for His sake.
 
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Anybody knows if this is real Zamzam water or not and if we can use it with Ayatul Qursi like this all the time ?

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A toughened glass capsule with the Ayet-el Kursi written on the outside. Filled with genuine zam zam water. Completed with a leather style necklace with a steel clasp. Presented in a small gift box with a leaflet translating the verse and a brief history of Zam Zam water.

Our Price: $7.98




http://www.simplyislam.com/iteminfo.asp?item=58062
 
Muslim Woman said:
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Anybody knows if this is real Zamzam water or not and if we can use it with Ayatul Qursi like this all the time ?

http://www.simplyislam.com/images/products/58062.jpg

A toughened glass capsule with the Ayet-el Kursi written on the outside. Filled with genuine zam zam water. Completed with a leather style necklace with a steel clasp. Presented in a small gift box with a leaflet translating the verse and a brief history of Zam Zam water.

Our Price: $7.98




http://www.simplyislam.com/iteminfo.asp?item=58062
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I have purchased this for myself, but it looked so different than the picture that I gave it to my br. to hang in the front mirror of his car, he was very pleased with it.. I think it is made in Jordan and it does indeed say that it is filled of zamzam water.. but I have to take their word for it...

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From my personal experience, I was hungry on several occasions when in Makkah, and then I drank zam zam water, afterwards my hunger just disappeared.
It's weird but it did happen.

Also, the taste of it is very unique. I've never tasted any other water like it before and since. Once you've tasted it, you will never be able to mistake it from any other water.
 
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I am sure that fresh zamzam water must taste a whole lot better than bottled water flown hunderds of miles and stored in the fridge for weeks.

i pray to be given th opportunity to taste for myself the pure zamzam water inshallah
 
Salaam/Peace

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For the uninitiated, what is Zamzam water, and what is its significance in terms of Islam?
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The Well of Zamzam (or the Zamzam Well, or just Zamzam; Arabic: �) is a well
located within the Masjid al Haram in Mecca, 20 meters east of the Kaaba,[1]
the holiest place in Islam.


According to Islamic tradition it was a
miraculously- generated source of water from angel Jibril (Gabriel), which
began thousands of years ago when Ibraham’s infant son was thirsty.

Millions of pilgrims visit the well each year while performing the Hajj or
Umrah pilgrimages, in order to drink its water.

http://themuslimvoice.wordpress.com/2009/03/15/the-well-of-zamzum/

few lines from islam online .


...The Well of Zamzam is a blessing from Allah to Hajar and her son Isma`il.

Allah rescued them from thirst and starvation through this well. It gushed forth from the earth beside [the future site of] Al-Haram which was afterwards built by prophet Ibrahim / Abraham (peace and blessings be upon him) along with his son Isma`il for whom the well flowed.


The Well of Zamzam was the main reason that Makkah, the Sacred Town, later become inhabited.

.....Allah provided them with good sustenance in answer to the du`aa’ made by Prophet Ibrahim (peace and blessings be upon him) when he left his wife Hajar and his son Isma`il in Makkah, in obedience to Allah’s order:


(Our Lord! Lo! I have settled some of my posterity in an uncultivable valley near unto Thy holy House, our Lord! that they may establish proper worship; so incline some hearts of men that they may yearn toward them, and provide Thou them with fruits in order that they may be thankful.) (Ibrahim 14:37)

Moreover, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) talked about the blessings of Zamzam water saying: “The best water on earth is the water of Zamzam. It is a provision for the hungry and a cure for the sick.”

http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/...ame=IslamOnline-English-Hajj_Umra/HajjE/HajjE


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http://www.islamicfinder.org/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=53&page=10
 
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Muslim Woman said:
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Sis , do u have the address of the shop ? :hmm:
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I bought it from the internet .. that is why it looked different than what was pictured ... but it isn't bad at all (just different from what I had expected) you might like it insha'Allah..

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In my country , Govt. is planning to make law that will force father to give daughters equal share in property.

Without forcing father , is there any alternate ? How flexible is Islamic law about this matter ? If a father wants to give 1/3 property to daughter in advance ( before he dies ) and then he follows the Quranic instruction on inheritance , is it ok ?
 
Muslim Woman said:
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In my country , Govt. is planning to make law that will force father to give daughters equal share in property.

Without forcing father , is there any alternate ? How flexible is Islamic law about this matter ? If a father wants to give 1/3 property to daughter in advance ( before he dies ) and then he follows the Quranic instruction on inheritance , is it ok ?
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What is the Qur'anic instruction on inheritance? I am not familiar with it yet.
 
naidamar said:
From my personal experience, I was hungry on several occasions when in Makkah, and then I drank zam zam water, afterwards my hunger just disappeared.
It's weird but it did happen.

Also, the taste of it is very unique. I've never tasted any other water like it before and since. Once you've tasted it, you will never be able to mistake it from any other water.
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is so truee... you can never mistaken it with other type of water. Everyone knows it.
 
Salaam/Peace

Grace Seeker said:
What is the Qur'anic instruction on inheritance? I am not familiar with it yet.
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An-Nisa | The Women


There is a share for men and a share for women from what is left by parents and those nearest related, whether the property be small or large - a legal share

( 4:7)


Allah commands you as regards your childrens (inheritance); to the male, a portion equal to that of two females; if (there are) only daughters, two or more, their share is two thirds of the inheritance; if only one, her share is half.

For parents, a sixth share of inheritance to each if the deceased left children; if no children, and the parents are the (only) heirs, the mother has a third; if the deceased left brothers or (sisters), the mother has a sixth.

(The distribution in all cases is) after the payment of legacies he may have bequeathed or debts. You know not which of them, whether your parents or your children, are nearest to you in benefit, (these fixed shares) are ordained by Allah. And Allah is Ever AllKnower, AllWise.

( سورة النساء , An-Nisa, Chapter #4, Verse #11)


They ask you for a legal verdict. Say: "Allah directs (thus) about Al-Kalalah (those who leave neither descendants nor ascendants as heirs). If it is a man that dies leaving a sister, but no child, she shall have half the inheritance. If (such a deceased was) a woman, who left no child, her brother takes her inheritance. If there are two sisters, they shall have two-thirds of the inheritance; if there are brothers and sisters, the male will have twice the share of the female. (Thus) does Allah make clear to you (His Law) lest you go astray. And Allah is the All-Knower of everything."
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http://www.searchtruth.com/chapter_display.php?chapter=4&translator=5
 
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Boy, that is confusing, at least to me.


Muslim Woman said:
If there are two sisters, they shall have two-thirds of the inheritance; if there are brothers and sisters, the male will have twice the share of the female.
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If you give the two sisiters two-thirds of the inheritance, who gets the other third? If there are brothers and sisters, how does the male get twice the share of the female if you've already given two-thirds of the inheritance to the sisters? The math just doesn't add up; so, obvioulsy, I'm not getting something.


How about we take a couple of illustrations?


1) I have a wife and three adult children: a biological son, a biological daughter, and a fosterson (for illustrative purposes I'll not confuse the issue with the other children who are not legally mine even though we recognize each other as family). I also have a brother and a father who would all survive me if I were to die today. How does one divide my property?



2) And let's suppose my brother has me, our father, his wife, and 3 children still all living at home: 2 daughters (ages 18, 15) and 1 son (age 7) surviving him. How does one divide his property?
 
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Salaam/Peace


Grace Seeker said:
fosterson
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In Islam , adopted kids don't inherit . If anyone wants to give them something , there is another way.

How does one divide my property?
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InshaAllah will post a link where an Imam explains this kind of questions.

Fatwas

Brother's inheritors

Husband died leaving Muslim wife and non-Muslim relatives

Heirs to one hundred dollars

Inheritance of a grandmother

http://www.islamweb.net/ver2/fatwa/ShowFatwa.php?lang=E&Id=83610&Option=FatwaId
 
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