Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question I want to know whether every kind of shirk, whether in the divine essence, the attributes or the acts, counts as worship of something other than Allah, whether atheism is included, and if not, what does count as worship. Answer Two things first. A believer, by definition, does not […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question If someone knowingly lies about being descended from the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace), does that make him a disbeliever? I accept that it is a major sin, but I want to know whether he remains a Muslim. Answer In the name of Allah, the Most […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question My legs are sometimes apart while I do the remembrance of Allah (dhikr) and I close them when I hear the name of the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace), so I fear I hold the Messenger in higher respect than Allah and have fallen into disbelief; […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question I joked with a friend that an anticlimactic situation was like the hadith of the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) eating chicken, since that report seems relatively unimportant. Now I fear I have committed disbelief by mocking, and if I have not, are jokes like these […]