Islamic Revival

Question: Assalamu Alaikum wa Rahmat Allahu wa Barakatu  my Sheikh, It is known that the evidence in the Aqeedah is either rational or through transmitted proofs. However the belief in Jinn is present only for their existence of transmitted evidence, for the lack of any significant physical evidence of their presence leads to belief in their presence rationally. So the question: How does it agree with the afore-mentioned, that scholars say that the presence of touch and possession and such of physical interactions between Jinn and humans? And also how can it be said that Jinn have a connection to Hasad and what a person can be also afflicted by of illness or crisis (losing a job, an accident...)? And finally, how can the Ayahs and Hadiths dealing with articulations of touch and the like be interpreted, if you do not understand what those scholars understood from them? From Salem Jaradat Answer: Wa Alaikum Assalam wa Rahmat Allahu wa Barakatu 1. The Jinn are ...

Question: Assalamu Alaikum wa Rahmat Allahu wa Barakatu About selecting the gender of an embryo in an in vitro fertilization procedure? What is the Hukm Shar'ii for the process of in vitro fertilization procedure in order to select the gender of the fetus in the future? And thank you and May Allah reward you. From Abu Zaid Answer: Wa Alaikum Assalam wa Rahmat Allahu wa Barakatu First : Before answering about selecting the gender of the fetus, we will briefly mention about in vitro fertilization: There are some medical conditions between couples that prevent the fertilization of the wife's egg from the sperm of the husband in a natural way, like if there is an obstruction in the cervix or weakness in sperm mobility to reach the egg, or other reasons known to the specialists. So some scientists were able to achieve fertilization of the egg outside of the uterus in a tube under suitable conditions. The woman is given pharmaceuticals such as Clomid that makes her ...

Question: Assalamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu Is it permissible (from a shar'i perspective) to carry out a punishment from the punishments of Allah on earth by Jihadist groups or members in "the absence of the Islamic State"? May Allah bless you and aid you. From Noor Abulfilat Answer: Wa Alaikum Assalam wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu. The carrying out of a punishment is a consequent of the judgment after proving the evidence of legitimacy, and the judiciary is the obligatory notification of the judgment. This obligation means the presence of a power that obligates the perpetrator to be sentenced, and this power is the authority, i.e. the ruler applies Allah's rulings and obliges Muslims to abide by these rulings, so the punishments are not executed except by the ruler who establishes Allah's rulings. As to the evidences for that, they are as follows: 1. General evidences, such as: Allah سبحانه وتعالى says: الزانية والزاني فاجلد...