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2 Interesting Palindromes in the Qur'an A palindrome is a 'word', 'number', 'phrase', which reads the same backward as forward. ----------------------------- 1- The Qur'an states: كل في فلك "Each gliding in an orbit." (21:33). These are the letters...

Board games with Dice/Backgammon - النرد Short Answer: 1- If these games involve gambling, it is forbidden by agreement of all scholars. 2- If they don't contain gambling, but keep a person away from God's remembrance (prayers etc), it is also for...

A common mistake when JUDGING OTHERS - أدب الاختلاف Some people judge their opponents with the Fiqhi opinion that they themselves hold. This is a huge mistake ... For example, a guy believes that keeping trousers below ankles (الإسبال) is a sin ev...

About keeping secrets ... it is said: صدور الأبرار قبور الأسرار "the chests of the pious (abraar), are graveyards of secrets (asraar)." Meaning: when a secret reaches the ear of a good person, it d...

How many MAJOR SINS are there - كبائر ? Sh Haatim al-'Awni says that the quantity of 'major sins' was much less according to the early scholars, as compared to later scholars: 1- Al-Bardiji (301 AH) wrote the first book about MAJOR SINS, he listed:...

When you borrow a book, return it as it was given to you: A man borrowed a book from Imam Al-Isfarayini. He returned the book, with leftovers of fruit inside it. Later on, the man wanted to borrow another bo...

A big mistake people make when judging others: "He is a SINNER because he does not lift his trousers above his ankles" "He is a SINNER because he eats with his left hand" "He is a SINNER because he listens to musical instruments" "He is a SINNER bec...

Imam Tirmidhi often graded Ahadith as: حسن صحيح (hassan sahih, meaning: good & authentic) Nobody knows for sure what he means by that … The scholars have been disputing for 1000 years about what he actually meant by that. Shaykh Sa'id al-Kamal...

Example of a strange view of the Dhahiri Literalists - من عجائب الإمام بن حزم The Prophet said: لاَ تُنْكَحُ الْبِكْرُ حَتَّى تُسْتَأْذَنَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَيْفَ إِذْنُهَا قَالَ ‏"‏ أَنْ تَسْكُتَ "A virgin should not be married ...

Imam Abu Walid al-Baaji al-Maliki wrote 1,000 years ago: يقول أبو الوليد الباجي [ت 474 هـ] في كتابه "التعديل والتجريح" (1/310): ((وقد أخرج البخاري أحاديث اعتَقَدَ صحَّتَها، تَرَكَها مسلم لما اعتقدَ فيها غيرَ ذلك. وأخرج مسلم أحاديث اعتقد صحَّتها، ترك...