It should be asked of those who deny the existence of the unseen: “Why do you reject its existence?”
They will answer [conjecturally]: “Such things cannot be quantified in the sensory realm or ascertained by experimentation”.
It should then be said in response: “If we were to hypothetically acquiesce that the unseen cannot be quantified in the manner you have alluded to, are the avenues towards establishment of the sciences not multifaceted? Most of these avenues do not fall into the realm of sensory perception anyways. Rather—even by your own admittance—your sensory abilities are woefull…
If the Christians say: Our books, including the Torah and the Bible, have been translated for us by the disciples who we consider to be infallible messengers. They have translated these books such that all nations and people may become acquainted with them. This is contrary to the circumstance of the Qurʾān which has only been translated by those who are fallible.
There are several answers to this:
The Claim that Infallible Translators Conveyed the Bible Is False
This claim is a clear, unadulterated lie. For there are a great many Arab Christians—their actual number is known only by Al…
Raising the Hands upon Returning to the Standing Position
After the rukūʿ, the praying person should raise his head, straighten his back, and return to the standing position. He should then raise his hands until they are adjacent to his shoulders; the same manner observed when performing the takbīrat al-iḥrām at the beginning of the ṣalāh. Raising the hands after standing from rukūʿ has been authentically narrated from the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) in ‘al-Ṣāḥīḥayn (al-Bukhārī and Muslim) and others on the authority of Ibn ʿUmar (رضي الله عنهما) that the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) would…
