1. Ask A Question About Islam And Muslims
  2. Ask A Question About Islam And Muslims

Ask A Question About Islam And Muslims

22 Questions

Is it justified for me to seek further information and consult scholars or Tafsir of the Quran before accepting Islamic facts shared by my close family members?
Amina Inloes

Yes
Is it necessary to be in a state of Wudhu when studying Tafsir?
Zaid Alsalami

Bismihi ta'ala

No, it is not necessary, as long as you dont touch Quranic script.

And Allah knows best
Do Shia Muslims follow the concept of Bila Kayf in interpreting the Qur'an?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

Shia Muslims take the Tafseer of Quran from the Prophet (S.A.W.A) through the most authentic source who are Ahlulbayt (A.S). We don't take the opinions of people even the famous scholars in understanding Quran, unless it has been taken from the Authentic Hadeeth of Prophet (S.A.W.S) and his Ahlulbayt (A.S).

We believe in Bila Kayf  بلا كيف regarding the attributes of Allah as human mind is limited and it cannot reach to the unlimited attributes of Allah.

Wasalaam
What do the authentic narrations and commentaries say about the concept of the seven heavens and seven earths as mentioned in the Quran?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

We have many authentic Hadeeths about the seven heavens and the seven earths. Imam Ali ibn Musa Al-Ridha (AS) was asked : Where are the seven earths? In his reply he stepped his left hand, and then he put the right on it, and he said, ""This is the land of this world (the first earth). And the sky is above it.  The second earth is above the first sky. The third earth is above the second sky , then forth earth is above the third sky ,  -- and so until he said: - and the seventh earth above the sixth sky, the seventh sky above it, the throne of the mercy is blessed and above the seventh sky above the seventh sky, the saying of God: * ( Who Created seven heavens and from the earth like them) *
Bihar Al-Anwaar , Volume 60, page 79.

Wassalam.