Question: In regards to the ayat of Surat Saad: 38:31-33, some interpretations have been offered, some supported by narrations. These include the following: • Prophet Sulayman was distracted by the beauty of his horses. When he realised he had been distracted from the remembrance of Allah (SWT), he slaughtered the horses and severed their legs. [...]

Question: Is it permissible to watch a movie about a Prophet that shows the actor playing a Prophet if you look down every time they show the Prophet’s face? I really want to watch this movie about Prophet Sulaiman (pbuh) because I don’t really know his story that well. Is it okay to look at [...]

Question: Why are the duas told/recited by the Prophets (anbiya) in Holy Quran always start with ربنا ? Eg. ( ربنا هب لنا ) ( ربنا اتنا في الدنيا حسنه ) Answer: The divine attribute of “ar-Rabb” (الربّ) literally means to gradually nurture something or someone towards their perfection. Thus, parental job is التربیۀ (to [...]

This is a follow up question from the original question posted here: Was the Holy Prophet poisoned and martyred or did he die a natural death? - Please read that post first before reading this. Question: Did the two wives of the Holy Prophet (pbuh) poison him as narrated by al-Ayyashi? Al-Ayyashi reported in his Tafsir (Volume [...]

Question: Was the Holy Prophet poisoned (or killed) and martyred or did he die a natural death? Answer: In general, the famous opinion (among the Shi’a and Sunni scholars) is that the Prophet (P) was poisoned by a Jewish woman after the battle of Khaibar. We do have a narration with a sound chain of [...]

Question: If Islam’s origin is from Prophet Muhammad (s), then what about the other prophets of our religion, what did they bring us? Answer: Allah (swt) in His Grand Wisdom introduced His perfect religion in stages. The past prophets came with revelation from God or taught these revelations. Each one introduced a more advanced stage of [...]

Question: I am shocked and have  real difficulty with your answer on this (Marriage between children of Adam & Eve) question. There are clear ahadeeth (narrations) which totally reject this opinion presented in your answer. At least using this rule إذا تعارضا تساقطا (if two narrations contradict eachother, both cannot be used). We should try to be more [...]

Question: Is there any historical  evidence that Prophet Muhammad, Jesus son of Mary, Moses son of Imran, or any prophet ever existed? Answer: It is very difficult to gather material and physically existing evidence of personalities and events of the past that would suffice the intellectual needs of the modern world. Like if Noah’s ark [...]

Question: I was of the impression that the Holy Prophet (s) more or less knew everything from birth. Is this the Shia belief, and if not, what is? And how does this comply with the following verse in the Quran: “And thus did We reveal to you an inspired book by Our command. You did [...]