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:salam2: I'm trying to clear my home of all images, but I want something to replace things with. I would like to get a scroll or engraving of a small surah, or something that says bismillah or something similar to replace a large painting I have in my living room. The painting I have now is...

:salam2: By now I'm sure you have heard that some Frito-Lay products have pork in them and have been deemed haram. Please join me in signing this petition to ask Frito-Lay to use vegetarian methods in producing their products...

:salam2: I'm curious if there is any hadiths about children leading prayer. I have been having my 7 year old daughter leading the Sunnah prayers (I lead all the obligatory prayers) so she can learn how to do them properly. She has learned how to do the whole prayer now by herself and is now...

:salam2: Normally when my dad frys fish he will put a small amount of beer in it for flavor and there are other recipes that call for white wine or something similar. Since it is used only for seasoning, is it allowed? Also, no matter how much you would eat of this food, you could never get...

:salam2: About 6 years ago I met a girl that is a muslim where I worked. I used to give her rides to and from work and we would talk about Islam briefly. She really was one of the first people to ever explain Islam to me and one of the things she said is that a muslim will spend time in hell...

:salam2: My cat has passed in front of me while I have been praying. Does this affect how my prayer is heard since it's not a human that I can teach to not do that? Just curious if anyone has any evidence from Qur'an and/or Hadiths that can help me determine what this means/what to do...

:salam2: The Dutch government is looking into banning women from wearing the veil in public. You can vote what you think using the link below and read the article as well. Maybe this is old news for many, but it is talking about making people watch homosexuals kissing and nude women on...

I'm just wondering if anyone else has watched Al Gore's movie The Inconvenient Truth. In the movie he shows the seven ice ages that the earth has been through... shown from the carbon readings in the ice in Antartica. The goes back 650,000 years. Both the Qur'an and Bible speak of the earth...

:salam2: I have been working to learn how to pray for a little while now and things are going well but when you are supposed to sit on your left foot and have your toes on your right foot pointing forward, this is extremely painful for my right foot to have my toes bent in that way and it...

:salam2: I have been changing my lifestyle for a little while now and I truely believe in Islam as a religion and a way of life but I am stuck on one thing... praying. I have like three books on it and I've watched like five different videos but I can't get through a full prayer as of yet...

:salam2: I, personally, love collecting quotes and sayings that I find in misc. places. I'd like to know what other quotes or sayings people use or like. I hope this becomes a fun thread!! :muslim_child: I'll start... "Wisdom and power follow endurance and patience" ~Unknown "We...

:salam2: I've heard many different opinions on this matter and I couldn't find anything already in the forum for this. If I buy kosher meat, is that still halal? Does anyone have proof from Sunnah as I don't recall it being in the Qur'an specifically anywhere. :wasalam:

:salam2: I was wondering if it is haram to have fake flowers or plants just as it is haram to have pictures or painting of Allah's creations. Also, what is the view on having little porcelin (sp??) figurines or pictures of creatures that are not real like unicorns and dragons. I have a few...

Hello, I'm from Minnesota, USA. I started reading the Qur'an about five months ago and I've been hooked ever since. I started reading it out of curiousity and learning more about some Muslim friends of mine and now I finished reading the Qur'an from cover to cover and I've ordered more books so...