Know Your Deen

Islamic QA for North America

June 1, 2011
by Ml. Muhammed Shoayb
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how to join and complete the salah without errors

Q: Salam alaikum Imaam,

So I am confused as to what specifically we do when we come in the middle of a prayer:

1. say for Maghrib, a person came after the Second Rakah was completed. Meaning they only did One rakah in Jami’ah, how does the person complete the other two? (Would there be an Atahyat in between the two rakahs?) Continue Reading →

May 30, 2011
by Ml. Muhammed Shoayb
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intra-faith question

Q: Before Muhammad (S.A.W) became a prophet, was islam a religion present anywhere around the world. I know that prophets before Muhammad (S.A.W) conveyed messages to worship one God(Allah), so does that mean that islam was present. If so, i sometimes get confused as to how khadijjah was the first woman/person to become muslim.
Time: Sunday April 17, 2011 at 9:28 pm Continue Reading →

May 29, 2011
by Ml. Muhammed Shoayb
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intersexed … transgendered people are seperate issues to us?

Q: 1) What does Islam say about intersexed (people born with both genders)  people in Islam? Because roles and obligations in Islam are very gender oriented, what would the roles/obligations of an intersexed person be? Or would they have to choose to become one gender or the other? I have heard choosing one gender or the other at a young age can have detrimental effects psychologically in the long run. Continue Reading →