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    Islamic worship history

    I have an online aquantience who has visited a mosque and has asked me a few questions about Islam. She asked me about the history of the mosque and the worship therein. Does anyone have any websites or books recommendations for me? The only thing I have found online said the minbar was added...
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    My father is dying

    My father has stomach cancer and tumors have spread into his lungs and other parts of his body. He also has blood clots in his lungs. We have been told death will be soon. Please pray for my father and my family at this time.
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    pray for my father

    Please pray for my father. he was diagnosed with stomach cancer last Monday.
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    Question about Arabic grammar in Quran

    Greetings Brothers and sisters, I have a question for you. In Surah 41:30-31 when it says you can have "whatever you want"..... "whatever you desire", does the rules Arabic grammar make those phrases modify this world or the hereafter? I believe it probably refers to the hereafter, but...
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    help me with alleged contradiction

    In Quran 41 v10-15 it is alleged the heavens and earth were made in 8 days whereas in other parts of the Quran it is said the heavens and earth were made in six days. Can someone help me here?
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    Allah and the scriptures of the Jews and Christians

    Hello, Why did Allah allow the Jews and Christians and others with revelations to corrupt their scriptures?
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    hijab question

    Dear brothers and sisters, Wome are commanded to wear hijab. How do you answer the charge that instead of a woman having to cover up men should just have self control? thanks.
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    I am puzzled

    I live in the United States and am a revert. Everyone for the most part who is not Muslim I talk to thinks Islam is in countries that are poor and backward. However, I see and understand that many Muslim countries are some of the richest and most hi tech on Earth, not that that makes them...
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    doctrinal error

    Can one hold erroneous views as a Muslim but still be saved as long as the error is due to honest ignorance and not wilful sin?
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    Allah's all powerfulness

    If Allah is all powerful then is he subject to logic? Is logic a creation of Allah or something that exists apart from himself that he is subject to?
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    Thank you all TTI brothers and sisters!

    I have been Muslim for over three years now. I do not post a whole lot but do read a lot of what you have to say. You have helped me so much. You are encouraging, when you rebuke you do so truly in love, and you are always willing to help answer questions as they come up. May Allah bless...
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    Question about Quran

    I have a person I know telling me that the Quran is poor literary quality and written by someone who could not even form sentences correctly. He said all of the words found in English translations that are in brackets [....] or parentheses (......) really are not in Arabic but had to be put...
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    advice on moving to more Islamic minded country

    I am an American revert still living in the U.S. It bothers me at times---it seems like the people here are just dead set on opposing Allah and his good intentions and want to be friends with the devil. I have thought about moving to a more Islamic minded nation and have saved up lots of money...
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    I demand to be told the truth about Islam!

    Is it true that early Islam was for freedom of religion and only later when people not strong in religious knowledge took over Muslim nations did persecution of non-Muslims take place? Also, do most Muslims and Muslim countries, regardless of what the Quran and hadith actually say about it...
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    Islam as a way of life

    Since reverting to Islam one thing I admire most about Allah's religion is that it is supposed to be a complete way of life for its followers. It isn't boxed into praying at the mosque on Friday and then living according to secular values the rest of the week. Unlike the Christians and other...
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    prayer beads

    Is it a sin to use prayer beads to help you in your prayers?
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    mercy vs vengeance

    When is one obligated to show mercy and when is one obligated to show vengeance?
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    Love

    How does Allah define what love is or isn't? More specifically, what is love?
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    Islam and revolution

    What does the Holy Quran and Sunnah have to say about a population revolting against its government and forcefully removing leaders from power?
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    Quranic "bad grammar"

    Dear Brothers and Sisters, Infidels have charged that the Holy Quran contains grammatical errors. Can you give me web links and book titles that discuss this in a competant way and refutes this charge?
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