FAQ and selected email replies

This page is constructed primarily for the purpose of presenting the reader with FAQ and also to present various inquiries we received in emails together with the replies we posted.

The emails we are posting here cover various Quranic issues, and we always try to respond to all inquiries by presenting the Quranic view and nothing else. May you find these replies of interest.

For privacy purposes the names of the senders are kept anonymous.

• 1- Where can we find the Salat (prayer) in the Quran?
• 2- The Funeral Prayer
• 3- Stoning during Hajj
• 4- Number of Salat
• 5- The meat of dogs and cats
• 6- The Quran and Evolution
• 7- Does the Quran allow Temporary (mutaa) Marriages?
• 8- Does the Quran authorise 2 prayers per day or 3 ?
• 9- 2 Easts and 2 Wests
• 10- Semen or Dust
  
• 11- Praying in a masjid that harbours idol worship
• 12- Which Quranic words to utter in Salat
• 13- Who is the "khalifa on earth" in 2:30?
• 14- Has God created humans as enemies of one another?
• 15- When does hajj start in the Quran?
• 16- Do women have to be covered from head to toe?
• 17- Should women observe the prayers during menstruation?
• 18- Is Witchcraft and Sorcery mentioned in the Quran?
• 19- Why is the reciting of the Quran at dawn witnessed?
• 20- Should we fast all Ramadan or only few days therein?
• 21- Cruelty to animals
  
• 22- Is surgery prohibited in the Quran?
• 23- The "Night of Destiny"
• 24- Intention utterance before Salat
• 25- Duluk of the sun
• 26- The claim that salat is not a physical ritual
• 27- The nine 'ayat' (signs) given to Moses
• 28- How lawful is a 'fatwa'?