Presentation

The Extract of a Sermon of Hazrat Fatima (a.s.) the Princess of Islam

 Preface

Question 1: Do we have the right to ask about the Logic behind Islamic Laws?

Question 2: How to ponder on the Philosophy of Islamic Laws?

Question 3: Why Should We Do Taqlid (Follow A Mujtahid) In Religious Problems?

Question 4: Why Should We Worship Allah? What Is The Philosophy of Prayers, Fasting And Hajj?

Question 5: Why Should We Do Taqlid of The Most Learned Scholar?

Question 6: Why Pray In Arabic?

Question 7: Why To Face The Qibla In Prayers?

Question 8: Why Do We Pray Five Prayers In Three Times?

Question 9: How Does Prayers Keep a Person Away From Sin?

Question 10: What is The Purpose of Prayers of Ayaat?

Question 11: Why Should Women Cover Themselves In Prayers?

Question 12: Why Are Alcoholic Drinks Impure?

Question 13: What Is The Difference Between Perspiration And Urine?

Question 14: What Is The Philosophy of Bathing The Dead Body And Bath     For Touching The Dead Body?

Question 15: Why Illegitimate Children Are Kept Away From Some Posts?

Question 16: The Harmful Effects of Pork on the Health of a Person

Question 17: Why An Unbeliever Is Impure?

Question 18: What Is The Purpose of Jizya?

Question 19: The Dress of Ihram

Question 20: Why Is The Meat of Sacrifice Wasted?

Question 21: Why It Is Forbidden To Read The Deviated Books?

Question 22: Why The Holy Qur’an Cannot Be Given To Any Non-Muslim?

Question 23: The Reason of Strictness In Proving Certain Sins (Crimes)

Question 24: Why The Animals Should Be Slaughtered In A Particular Way?

Question 25: Circumcision

Question 26: Philosophy of Halalah

Question 27: The Psychological And Physical Dangers of Sexual Promiscuity

Question 28: Music From The Islamic Point of View

Question 29: Why Does Allah Subject People To Tests?

Question 30: How Can Tayammum be Performed in Soil Contaminated by  Germs?

Question 31: Are Other Religions Right?

Question 32: Prayer For Correct Guidance To The Right Path (Siraatul Mustaqeem)

Question 33: What Is The Purpose Of Creating The Heavens And The Earth In Six Days?

Question 34: What Is Meant By ‘Seven Heavens’?

Question 35: Where Are Two Easts And Two Wests?

Question 36: The Earth Being Spherical And The Holy Qur’an

Question 37: Rotation of  The Earth

Question 38: What Is The Exegesis of  This Verse?

Question 39: Importance of  Laylat’ul-Qadr

Question 40: How Zulqarnain Saw That The Sun Sets In Dark Water?

Question 41: Holy Qur’an And Control Over Planets

Question 42: Does This Verse Point Towards The Artificial Means of  The Present World?

Question 43: Do These Verses Support The Theory of  Evolution?

Question 44: Is This Ayat Contrary To Islam Being Universal?

Question 45: Why Allah Has Used Plural Pronouns For Himself?

Question 46: Hearing And Sight In The Holy Qur’an

Question 47: Why Would The False Gods Be Put In The Fire?

Question 48: Is It Allowed To Prostrate Before Anyone Or Anything Other Than Allah?

Question 49: What Is Meant By Tawbah an-Nasooha?

Question 50: Is This Ayat Contrary To The Issue of “Abiding Forever”?

Question 51: What is the Benefit of Uttering Allah’s Name Before Starting Anything?

Question 52: The Qur’an is safe from distortion

Question 53: The Order of Revelation of Surahs of The Holy Qur’an And The Scribes of Revelation

Question 54: Interpretation of Qur’an Based On Personal Views

Question 55: What Is The Aim of Repetitions In The Qur’an?

Question 56: Is The Prohibited Tree The Tree of Knowledge?

Question 57: Why Is There No ‘Bismillah’ In The Beginning of ‘Surah Baraat’?

Question 58: Are There More Than One Creator?

Question 59: Why is Charity Compared To An Ear Having 700 Grains?

Question 60: Son of Nuh (a.s.) In The Holy Qur’an

Question 61: Is The Following Ayat In Contravention of The Infallibility of The Holy Prophet (S)?

Question 62: What Is The Meaning of The Words: Everything Will Be Destroyed Except His Face?

Question 63: How Did Yusuf (a.s.) Allow That His Brother Should Be Falsely Implicated For Theft?

Question 64: Should We Laugh Less And Weep More?

Question 65: Would There Be Interrogation On The Day of Qiyamat?

Question 66: Does The Prophet Also Seek Counsel?

Question 67: What Are ‘Smaller’ And ‘Greater Sins’?

 Question 68: Are Greater And Smaller Relative Terms?

Question 69: How Many Greater Sins Are There?

Question 70: What Is Lying For A Hidden Wisdom?

Question 71: Is It Allowed To Give Physical Punishment For Women?

Question 72: Islamic View on Artificial Insemination

Question 73: What Is The Command Regarding Contraception?

Question 74: What Is The Legal Position Regarding Abortion of Illegitimate Fetus?

Question 75: Blood Transfusion

Question 76: Is The Sincerity of Intention Beneficial To The Deed?

Question 77: Why Do We Sometimes Recite The Afternoon Prayers Prayers At The Time of Noon Prayers Prayer?

Question 78: Does Prayer Have A Role In Acceptance of All Deeds?

Question 79: How To Pray And Fast In The Polar Regions?

Question 80: Prayer At The Earliest Hour

Question 81: Why Do We Pray Facing The Qibla?

Question 82: What Is The Decree Regarding The Game of Chess?

Question 83:  How Can Latin Speaking People Perform Prayers?

Question 84: Prostrating To The Imam’s Tomb?

Question 85: What is The Ruling about Sports like Boxing?

Question 86: Questions of An American Muslim

Question 87: What Are The Causes of Advancement of The Muslims In The Past Ages And Their Downfall In The Modern Era?

Question 88: Why The Youth of Today Avoid Religious Gatherings?

Question 89: How Can We Control The Misuse of Polygamy?

Question 90: Has Islam Prescribed The Duties of Woman?

Question 91: Is The Universe Dependent Upon Allah For Its Continued Existence?

Question 92: What Is The Islamic View Regarding The Sneeze?

Question 93: Do Dreams Have Any Truth?

Question 94: Is Khums The Recompense of Prophethood?

Question 95: Is Not Khums a Cause For Social Difference?

Question 96: Why Is There Still Ignorance Despite So Many Efforts For Popularizing Knowledge?

In this book, the authors have endeavored to reply to over a hundred
commonly asked questions about Islamic laws and practices and have also
explained the reasons being various Islamic directives.


Philosophy of Islamic Laws

Question 7: Why To Face The Qibla In Prayers?
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**Question:** Why it is necessary to stand towards Qibla while praying,
while Allah is everywhere and doesn't have a specific direction?

**Answer:** To pray in a specific direction doesn't mean that Allah is
in a specific direction. The glorious Qur’an says about Qibla and
explains its reality:

***And Allah's is the East and the West, therefore, whither you turn,
thither is Allah's purpose…***[^1]

And in another ayah Allah says:

***The East and the West belong only to Allah***.[^2]

It means east and west belongs to Allah (and all places are similar for
Him).

In fact to pray facing the Qibla is due to that since a person has
physical body, while praying he has to face some direction and Islam
desires that for the perfection of this worship, he should take as much
benefit as possible. The reason to face the holy Ka'ba is, as we all
know, the holy Ka'ba is the oldest center of monotheism. It is the house
built by the hands of the Pillar of Monotheism, Hazrat Ibrahim (a.s.)
and was the center of attention of all the Prophets and guides of
Monotheism, which is why turning towards this center of Monotheism means
turning towards Allah.

It is correct that Allah is not confined by space, but when a person
stands towards such a center, because of many reasons he is nearer to
Allah and feels himself in Allah's proximity. The turning of the Muslims
of the world towards this holy center five times a day creates the
inspiration of oneness and unity and this creates the similarity between
the Muslims of the world and connection between them who are spread from
East to West and shows their magnanimity and greatness and after all
represents to the world the purpose and faith of Islamic teachings.

[^1]: Surah Baqarah 2:115

[^2]: Surah Baqarah 2:142


