text: If you are doubting the authenticity of the hadith, it is a different matter. My assertion is based on the assumption that Prophet indeed said it. On your second point, that a hadith is not just a text, but has a context behind it, please provide the detailed context of this statement from Prophet. Where can we find it ? Please explain if he meant to exclude the evil of polytheism from this directive to Muslims to stop the evil. This hadith is relevant to the discussion, unless it is proven that Prophet didn’t mean to include polytheism in his comment.

title: Al-Ma’idah 5:2 يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ لَا تُحِلُّواْ شَعَٰٓئِرَ ٱللَّهِ وَلَا ٱلشَّهۡرَ ٱلۡحَرَامَ وَلَا ٱلۡهَدۡىَ وَلَا ٱلۡقَلَٰٓئِدَ وَلَآ ءَآمِّينَ ٱلۡبَيۡتَ ٱلۡحَرَامَ يَبۡتَغُونَ فَضۡلًا مِّن رَّبِّهِمۡ وَرِضۡوَٰنًاۚ وَإِذَا حَلَلۡتُمۡ فَٱصۡطَادُوا۟ۚ وَلَا يَجۡرِمَنَّكُمۡ شَنَـَٔانُ قَوۡمٍ أَن صَدُّوكُمۡ عَنِ ٱلۡمَسۡجِدِ ٱلۡحَرَامِ أَن تَعۡتَدُواۘ وَتَعَاوَنُواْ عَلَى ٱلۡبِرِّ وَٱلتَّقۡوَىٰۖ وَلَا تَعَاوَنُواْ عَلَى ٱلۡإِثۡمِ وَٱلۡعُدۡوَٰنِۚ وَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَۖ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ شَدِيدُ ٱلۡعِقَابِ English – Pickthall O ye who believe! Profane not Allah’s monuments nor the Sacred Month nor the offerings nor the garlands, nor those repairing to the Sacred House, seeking the grace and pleasure of their Lord. But when ye have left the sacred territory, then go hunting (if ye will). And let not your hatred of a folk who (once) stopped your going to the inviolable place of worship seduce you to transgress; but help ye one another unto righteousness and pious duty. Help not one another unto sin and transgression, but keep your duty to Allah. Lo! Allah is severe in punishment. English – Sahih International O you who have believed, do not violate the rites of Allah or [the sanctity of] the sacred month or [neglect the marking of] the sacrificial animals and garlanding [them] or [violate the safety of] those coming to the Sacred House seeking bounty from their Lord and [His] approval. But when you come out of ihram, then [you may] hunt. And do not let the hatred of a people for having obstructed you from al-Masjid al-Haram lead you to transgress. And cooperate in righteousness and piety, but do not cooperate in sin and aggression. And fear Allah ; indeed, Allah is severe in penalty. English – Transliteration Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoola tuhilloo shaAAa-ira Allahi walaashshahra alharama wala alhadya walaalqala-ida wala ammeena albayta alharamayabtaghoona fadlan min rabbihim waridwananwa-itha halaltum fastadoo walayajrimannakum shanaanu qawmin an saddookum AAanialmasjidi alharami an taAAtadoo wataAAawanooAAala albirri wattaqwa wala taAAawanooAAala al-ithmi walAAudwani wattaqooAllaha inna Allaha shadeedu alAAiqab English – Yusuf Ali O ye who believe! Violate not the sanctity of the symbols of Allah, nor of the sacred month, nor of the animals brought for sacrifice, nor the garlands that mark out such animals, nor the people resorting to the sacred house, seeking of the bounty and good pleasure of their Lord. But when ye are clear of the sacred precincts and of pilgrim garb, ye may hunt and let not the hatred of some people in (once) shutting you out of the Sacred Mosque lead you to transgression (and hostility on your part). Help ye one another in righteousness and piety, but help ye not one another in sin and rancour: fear Allah: for Allah is strict in punishment. If shirk is the greatest sin then how can we allow or help other mad hand build their temples in our religion?

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text: You need to understand the difference between God’s rights and human rights first. Otherwise it’s hard to reach an agreement on the temple issue The quran is full of verses telling prophet mohammad SW to just convey the message and whether they accept it or not should not be his concern. Killing infidels was a punishment of God to His criminals that He asked his messenger to carry out in His behalf. At times God did this punishment to the people of His messengers through natural calamity or other means. You can join conquest of Mecca to learn more about this topic.


text: Yes I think your list is definitely a great start. When you guys have adjusted all the tags to the best you can (take your time), please let me know and I will delete all remaining tags without any entries. thank you 🙏!!

title: I am starting this Tags control sheet where by we will keep a track of all the tags created by us. I will be posting tags created by me from the next reply and will keep updating it with time. This way, we can make sure to keep our tags streamlined and limited while covering a whole range of topics at the same time. @faisalharoon Sahab & @Sohail Sahab you are also requested to post separate replies with tags created by you and keep updating them with time, so that there’s no overlap of similar tags (e.g. with a difference of only one or two alphabets). If you think this is a useless activity then please let me know, I will delete this post. This activity will also help the platform admin to delete the unrelated and useless tags, thereby reducing the clutter and helping us in keeping these tags organized and structured. I would also suggest to include a statement in the main “Welcome to Ask Ghamidi” topic that people should not create tags while posting their topics, moderators will include the appropriate tags themselves. This way, we can reduce the creation of unnecessary tags. Thank you.


text: I have added a tag Economic .


text: Mohd Hassan bothering you this much? 🤣🤣 I don’t necessarily see a utility of it – but if you do, go right ahead! Just a bit of nitpicking from my side – when do you think a person will come to the site/app thinking today I just want to read a mixed bag of questions? Or how will it make our job any easier?


text: As a side note, you can also use Google search for any kind of complex queries (phrases, multiple words, etc.) Go to Google.com and begin your search with “site:ask.ghamidi.org<space><your search query>” Google index is a bit stale, so don’t expect to post something and immediately have it searchable though.


text: I haven’t looked into it. If you come across anything substantial please feel free to share.

title: Why did prophet Loot AS offered his daughter to his nation?Why was his wife left behind?


text: Whenever new words are added or older words become obsolete, the same are documented and can be verified and traced back to their source. But language in general is not dependent on any book, neither is Sunnah. In case of any additions or changes, the same can be traced back to their source. Sometimes the source is undue influence of Ahadith (can be traced back), sometimes its just fiqh (can also be traced back to its source) and sometimes its only a biddah (whose time of initiation can also be easily known, for example, Eid Milad-un-Nabi as you mentioned somewhere else. Even the people celebrating it don’t disagree on it’s history). Sunnah being practiced among Muslims, just like analogy of language, doesn’t need to be looked at to be verified. If someone wants to look at the written history, they can refer to the books of fiqh (just like you refer to dictionary to look for obsolete and archaic words or sometimes for the etymology of any word). None of these activities challenge the authenticity of the original practice (i.e. Sunnah or language).

title: How can we confirm if a sunnah is tawatur or not. If we take the case study of the Quraysh they had added bidah into the sunnah of Ibrahim عليه السلام . They had tawatur to their old ancestors. My question is isn’t tawatur sometimes subjective and also how can we confirm it without any textual references? Also Christians have an ijma and they would also say tawatur on Jesus being the son of God and rising from the grave. So why is their tawatur and ijma lesser than ours?


text: Yes bhai sorry I came across that way. Are all the examples I have forms of backbiting?

title: Can someone explain backbiting and some examples of what constitutes thererof and doesn’t?


text: Ahmad sahab generally yes, but it also depends. I have childhood friends who just do not mind no matter what jokes I crack about them in their absence or presence. I don’t mind their jokes either. We just have that kind of a strong bond. As humans we intuitively know when we’re crossing the line. And if we unknowingly commit a mistake and it’s pointed out, we should apologize in no uncertain terms. This is my sincere opinion.