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Islam and the Quran
                  Did Musaylama (the false prophet) give
                  you a fatwa in this regard? (Musanaf Abdul
                  Razzaq, hadith no. 1318)

          In other words, he meant: ‘Which hypocrite told you of
          this wrong practice?’

          When Umar’s sister had asked him to clean himself, she
          said it out of the leverage she had over her brother. We
          may not have the same leverage over others in our life.
          Cleanliness is a form of respect a reader gives to God’s
          word, however, imposing this practice keeps people away
          from comfortably reading or gifting the Quran and above
          all prevents people from knowing the message of God.






             46   In Islam, can we see Allah if
                   we go to heaven?


             es. According to a hadith, the Companions once asked
          Ythe Prophet if we would see God in Paradise. The
          hadith is as follows:
                  During the lifetime of the Prophet some
                  people asked, ‘O God’s Messenger! Shall we
                  see our Lord on the Day of Resurrection?’
                  The Prophet said, ‘Yes. Do you have any
                  difficulty in seeing the sun at midday when
                  it is bright and there is no cloud in the sky?’
                  They replied, ‘No.’ He then said, ‘Do you
                  have any difficulty in seeing the moon on a
                  full moon night when it is bright and there




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