As an artist, what would be considered shirk in what I draw?

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Submitted by Pascale Raposo on Thu, 05/30/2019 - 17:25
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As an artist, what would be considered shirk in what I draw?

A little background information; I’m a recent revert (since February) and as such, I’m still learning a lot. As I have been cleaning out boxes and such for zakat, I found a lot of old projects that I started before I reverted but never finished and now I want to complete them. Well, some of those projects are “different gods of the world’s miscellaneous pantheons challenge” (which encompasses many many drawings, hence the word challenge) and such. Completing these drawings would be great for my professional portfolio, but would completing these be considered shirk? I only worship Allah and it’s not like i would be worshipping these other gods or make them equal to Allah, so I’m really not sure if it would be shirk.

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<p><em>Bismihi ta'al

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Submitted by Zaid Alsalami on Thu, 05/30/2019 - 17:03

Bismihi ta'ala

As Muslims we believe in the infinite wisdom of Almighty God and we do not really know the absolute real reasons as to why certain things occurred in certain ways throughout the history of mankind. 

According to one strong view, there are only the names of 25 Prophets mentioned in the Quran. And so this leaves another 123, 975 Prophets, in which some have been mentioned in Hadith, and many have not been discussed (See: Surah al-Nisaa`, verse 124). 

Please ponder on these points:

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Yes your fast is val

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Submitted by Abolfazl Sabouri on Thu, 05/30/2019 - 16:48

Yes your fast is valid. 

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Bismihi ta'ala A

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Submitted by Zaid Alsalami on Thu, 05/30/2019 - 16:29

Bismihi ta'ala

A woman, single or married, is independent in her takaleef and obligations towards Allah ta'ala, even in financial matters. 

A wife is not obliged to financially contribute to household expenditures, however she is able to do so out of her kind generosity and good-will. She is able to count that as her common expenses. 

As for long-term loans, and her contributing to getting it paid of, it will not exempt her from khums should she have anything entitled for khums on her khums day. 

And Allah knows best. 

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Bismihi ta'ala If

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Submitted by Zaid Alsalami on Thu, 05/30/2019 - 16:19

Bismihi ta'ala

If you have doubt as to whether there was something obstructing water from reaching your skin or not, after having performed the ghusl, you consider the ghusl as valid.

However, if you are sure it was there before the ghusl, and forgot during the ghusl, and then realised after the ghusl that it the obstruct was there, then as long as you kept your taharah, wash that part, based on the ruling of tarteeb (sequence). 

And Allah knows best.

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This claim is comple

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Submitted by Sayyed Mohammad... on Thu, 05/30/2019 - 11:38

This claim is completely wrong and it comes from non Muslims who put allegations on the prophets that they committed sins.

Musa was a prophet and all prophets are Infallible.

Musa killed that man because he was defending a believer when that man wanted to kill him. The believer called for help from Musa and Musa helped him by killing his enemy who was entitled for this punishment.

Any narration which contradicts the infallibility of any prophet or Imam  must be carefully  assessed and understood according to the teachings of Quran and authentic Hadeeth.

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There are many Duas&

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Submitted by Sayyed Mohammad... on Thu, 05/30/2019 - 11:26

There are many Duas against the oppressors in Quran and Hadeeth of the Prophet (SAWA) and Ahlul Bayt (AS).

Quranic Dua : Verse 10 in Sura 54 (RABBI INNI MAGHLOOBUN FANTASIR)

فدعا ربه أني مغلوب فانتصر

It is also very useful to recite Ayatul Kursi 7 times for protection from the oppressors.

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