Answered by Shaykh Irshaad Sedick Question Did Abu Karb Himyari build the Ka‘ba, as claimed in historical sources? How reliable are the cited references? Answer In the Name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the Especially Merciful. Allah (Most High) say, “And (mention) when Ibrahim was raising the foundations of the House and (with him) Isma‘il, (saying), ‘Our […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question In the Quran, some verses are translated to refer to “atoms.” How did the Prophet and his Companions understand this term? Is there evidence it refers to atoms, or could it be a mistranslation influenced by modern science? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question How do we reconcile reports stating 1,000 years between Adam and Nuh, and between Nuh, and Ibrahim with scientific evidence suggesting human fossils date back hundreds of thousands of years? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate Many of the narrations that assert a date […]

Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel Question How can the Hadith stating that Adam lived 6000 years ago be reconciled with human fossils dated up to 400,000 years ago? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate We do not have a theological chronology, calendar, or timeframe for the beginning of creation, and […]