your questions answered volume Iv (April 1975 - June 1978) BY: Sayyid Saeed Akhtar Rizvi Chief Missionary Published by: Bilal Muslim Mission of Tanzania S.L.P. 20033 Dar es Salaam Tanzania First Edition 5,000 Copies Published by: Bilal Muslim Mission of Tanzania P.O.Box 20033 Dar es Salaam – Tanzania Published by: The Dar es Salaam Printers Ltd P.O.Box 845 Dar es Salaam – Tanzania CONTENTS Preface . i 1. Is Science Action of God? . 1 2. If Allah is Adil, why did He create Shaitan? . 1 3. Was Satan an Angel? . 3 4. Are there some people created for Hell (Jahannam)? . 4 5. Why difference of Religions . 5 6. Choiceless Awareness? . 5 7. How Human Race Began? . 6 8. Were Luqman and some others Imams? . 6 9. Sons of Nabii Ibrahim (a.s.) . 7 10. About Nabi Musa (a.s.) . 7 11. Parents of Hadhrat Maryam . 7 12. Did Isa (a.s.) marry . 7 13. A Prophet eaten by an animal? . 8 14. Was the Holy Prophat illiterate? . 8 15. Marriages of the Holy Prophet? . 8 16. Authority of the Holy Prophet and the Imams? . 8 17. Why Ali did not fight for Khilafat? . 9 18. About those who went against Ali (a.s.) . 10 19. Comment on a forged Hadith . 12 20. Why Imam Husain (a.s.) did not resort to Taqiyyah? . 13 21. Re-appearence of Imam Mahdi (a.s.) . 13 22. About Imam Mahdi (a.s.) . 15 23. Wives of Ali (a.s.) . 15 24. Was Bibi Shahr Bano alive on Ashura Day? . 15 25. Was Fatimah Kubra in fact married to Qasim ibnul Hassan in Karbala? . 15 26. Progeny of Hadhrat Abbas . 17 27. Differences in Meccan and Madinite Suras . 17 28. How many ‘Ayat in Qur’an? . 18 29. Islam and Science subjects . 19 30. Tafsir of first four ‘Ayat of An-Najm . 19 31. Sura ‘Asr . 20 ٓ ٓ 20 . ك ٰه ٰي ع ٓ ص Meaning of .32 33. Tafsir of ‘Pearl and Coral’ . 21 34. Meaning of an ‘Aya . 22 35. How the night passes into day? . 22 36. Why the Qur’anic order to kill the pagans? . 22 37. Authentic Shi’a translation of Qur’an . 23 38. Authentic Shi’a books of Ahadith . 24 39. Difference between Dirty and Najis . 25 40. Use of toilet paper . 26 41. Characteristic features of semen . 26 42. Moisture secreted from women . 27 43. Vaginal Checking . 27 44. Are perfumes, lotions etc. Tahir . 27 45. Rulings on Industrial Alcohol . 27 46. Medicines containing alcohol . 28 47. Skull of a man . 28 48. Dog as a Pet . 28 49. Prayer in a cloth washed by a non-Muslim? . 28 50. Oily Skin . 29 51. Plastic surgery and Wudu . 29 52. Wudu on nail polish . 29 53. Long hair of boys . 29 54. How to calculate times of Prayers? . 29 55. How to find Direction of Qibla? . 30 56. Qibla on moon? . 30 57. Why use of gold is forbidden for man? . 31 58. Is Iqamah Wajib? . 31 59. Prayer in front of a photograph . 32 60. Why Ka’bah is called the House of Allah? . 32 61. Prostration before other than Allah . 32 62. Reading Qur’an without understanding . 32 63. Seven Takbirs . 33 64. Position of hands for women during Prayers . 33 65. Adil Imam not easily available . 33 66. How to organize a Jamaat without a qualified Imam? . 33 67. Can a prayer be led by a tape recorder . 35 68. Minimum number of people for Juma’h Prayer? . 36 69. Are women exempted from jum’ah prayer? . 36 70. Why do we offer two prayers one soon after the other? . 36 71. Prayer of a man who ate ‘Najis’ food . 36 72. How to thank Allah? . 37 73. Meaning of some Arabic phrases . 37 74. Color of Shroud (Kafan) . 38 75. Kafan Imported from Karbala . 38 76. One Kaffan and two Mayyits . 38 77. Why pour water on grave? . 39 78. Cemented Grave . 39 79. Is Fateha Khwani an Islamic custom . 39 80..