Know Your Deen

Islamic QA for North America

May 11, 2010
by Ml. Muhammed Shoayb
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‘talaq’

Q: my husband said talaq three times and inssits he meant a fresh new talaq each time for completing the marriage. We have kids. One local imam is saying it counts as one if he was angry and we are still married because of the best interest of the kids. they are ages (X, X and X) Only if he said talaq again would they go through. Now shaytan is telling us we are not fully divorced because of this imam. What is your take? Continue Reading →

May 6, 2010
by Ml. Muhammed Shoayb
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‘for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God’

Q:Asalamualaikum,

I had a question regarding your 04/23/2010 Friday English speech… this question is not only to better my own understanding but to elaborate further on a specific topic to rid any confusion that was caused or chaos it may have created in the minds of especially those who are not fully educated on the 12 commandments.  1st commandment-“You shall have no other gods before Me” and you also quoted it and said that God says that he is a jealous God? can you please elaborate on this to further clarify so that we can better understand the relationship between the 12 commandments and Islam.  Why does God say he is a jealous God? Maybe the God and Goddesses are jealous but Allah is in no need of anything or anyone nor is he is need of our worship and is definitely free from jealousy? please explain Continue Reading →

May 5, 2010
by Ml. Muhammed Shoayb
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GMO food is everywhere

Q: salamualikum Imam. As you know GMO food is everywhere. It is cheaper and cannot be avoided. Would it be wastage –israaf according to the words of Allah– to buy food that is not GMO processed and it costs twice to three times more then GMO products?  As Allah does not love people that waste money and other things? Also if my budget does not allow me to only buy healthy foods that is it okay to buy healthy non GMO foods when i have the money and when i dont have for some foods to switch to gmo foods. (text: January 21-2010) Continue Reading →