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Knowledge

What is Qadr?

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Badat Question: What is Qadr? I have read that it is God’s decree and things are pre-destined. I also heard that this knowledge of decree is only with God. If so, does this mean we as humans are merely ‘puppets’ and that whether we choose to exercise our free will...

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Knowledge

Funeral Service for a Muslim in Debt

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Badat Question: Can you please clarify a hadith I came across about debt?  Something about the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings upon him) not conducting the funeral prayers on someone who had debt. One of the Companions stepped in and payed the debt off. Only...

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Women

Gender Relations in the Prophet’s (SAW) Society

Many of us lament that we’re no longer like the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ; that their times were different, that their circumstances were different, and that we can never be like them. This concept is often invoked when we discuss gender relations with regards to Muslim youth and how...

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