Questions & Answers/FAQ on Islam By Dr. Zakir Naik
In the name of God, most Gracious, most Compassionate
Note: This page and all pages under this page are directly taken from irf.net.
In conveying the message of Islam to a non-Muslim, it is usually not sufficient to highlight only the positive nature of Islam. Most non-Muslims are not convinced about the truth of Islam because there are a few questions about Islam at the back of their minds that remain unanswered.
They may agree with your contentions about the positive nature of Islam. But, in the same breath, they will say – “Ah! But you are the same Muslims who marry more than one woman. You are the same people who subjugate women by keeping them behind the veil. You are fundamentalists, etc.”
I personally prefer asking the non-Muslim upfront, what he feels is wrong in Islam. I prefer asking directly, what they feel is wrong in Islam with their limited knowledge, whether right or wrong and from whichever source it may be. I encourage them to be very frank and open and convince them that I can take criticism about Islam.
In the past few years of my Da’wah experience, I have realized that there are barely twenty most common questions that a common non-Muslim has regarding Islam. Whenever you ask a non-Muslim, “what do you feel is wrong with Islam?”, he poses five or six questions, and these questions invariably fall among the twenty most common questions.
Logical replies can convince the majority
The twenty most common questions about Islam can be answered with reason and logic. A majority of non-Muslims can be convinced with these answers. If a Muslim memorizes or simply remembers these answers, Inshallah he will be successful, if not in convincing non-Muslims about the complete truth of Islam, then at least in removing misconceptions about Islam and neutralizing the negative thinking about Islam and Muslims that the non-Muslims have. A very few non-Muslims may have counter arguments to these replies, for which further information may be required.
Common Questions:
- MOST COMMON QUESTIONS ASKED BY NON-MUSLIMS
- Q01. Why is a man allowed to have more than one wife in Islam? i.e. why is polygamy allowed in Islam?
- Q02. If a man is allowed to have more than one wife, then why does Islam prohibit a woman from having more than one husband?
- Q03. Why does Islam degrade women by keeping them behind the veil?
- Q04. How can Islam be called the religion of peace when it was spread by the sword?
- Q05. Why are most of the Muslims fundamentalists and terrorists?
- Q06. Killing an animal is a ruthless act. Why then do Muslims consume non-vegetarian food?
- Q07. Why do Muslims slaughter the animal in a ruthless manner by torturing it and slowly and painfully killing it?
- Q08. Science tell us that whatever one eats, it has an effect on one’s behaviour. Why then, does Islam allow Muslims to eat non-vegetarian food, since eating of animals could make a person violent and ferocious?
- Q09. When Islam is against idol worship why do the Muslims worship, and bow down to the Kaaba in their prayer?
- Q10. Why are non-Muslims not allowed in the holy cities of Makkah and Madinah?
- Q11. Why is the eating of pork forbidden in Islam?
- Q12. Why is the consumption of alcohol prohibited in Islam?
- Q13. Why are two witnesses who are women, equivalent to only one witness who is a man ?
- Q14. Under Islamic law, why is a woman’s share of the inherited wealth only half that of a man?
- Q15. How can you prove the existence of hereafter, i.e. life after death?
- Q16. When all the Muslim follow one and the same Qur’an then why are there so many sects and different schools of thoughts among Muslims?
- Q17. All religions basically teach followers to do good deeds. Why should a person only follow Islam? Can he not follow any of the religions?
- Q18. If Islam is the best religion, why are many of the Muslims dishonest, unreliable, and involved in activities such as cheating, bribing, dealing in drugs, etc.?
- Q19. Why do Muslims abuse non-Muslims by calling them ‘Kafirs’?
- MOST COMMON QUESTIONS ASKED BY NON-MUSLIMS WHO HAVE SOME KNOWLEDGE OF ISLAM
- COMMON QUESTIONS ASKED BY HINDUS ABOUT ISLAM
- COMMON QUESTIONS ASKED BY CHRISTIAN MISSIONARIES AGAINST ISLAM
- Queries On Islam by Dr. Zakir Naik
- PRAYING BEHIND BEARDLESS IMAM
- Is it allowed for an ulcer patient to leave the Fast ?
- Does a wife have the right to refuse sex with her husband ?
- Sending Sawab to the Dead: Isaal-e-Sawab through Recitation of the Quran
- Zakir Naik on Wet-Dreams
- Social Service in Islam
- Are Menstruating Women Permitted to Recite or Touch the Qur’an ?
- Is Allah Masculine In Gender
- Which School of Thought Should A Muslim Follow? By Zakir Naik
- Zakir Naik on Inheritance
- Quoting the Bible for Dawah Purposes
- IS THE QUR’AN GOD’S WORD? By Dr. Zakir Naik
- IS THE QUR’AN GOD’S WORD? – Part 2 By Dr. Zakir Naik
- IS THE QUR’AN GOD’S WORD? – Part 3 By Dr. Zakir Naik
- IS THE QUR’AN GOD’S WORD? – Part 4 By Dr. Zakir Naik
- IS THE QUR’AN GOD’S WORD? – Part 5 By Dr. Zakir Naik
- IS THE QUR’AN GOD’S WORD? – Part 6 By Dr. Zakir Naik: PROPHET DID NOT LEARN THE QUR’AN FROM JEWS OR CHRISTIANS
- IS THE QUR’AN GOD’S WORD? – Part 7 By Dr. Zakir Naik: SCIENTIFIC COMPARISION BETWEEN QUR’AN AND BIBLE
- IS THE QUR’AN GOD’S WORD? – Part 8 By Dr. Zakir Naik
- IS THE QUR’AN GOD’S WORD? – Part 9 By Dr. Zakir Naik
- IS THE QUR’AN GOD’S WORD? – Part 10 By Dr. Zakir Naik
- IS THE QUR’AN GOD’S WORD?–Part 11 By Dr. Zakir Naik
- Relationship With Parents
- Why Aren’t Islamic Missionaries as Active as Christian Missionaries ?
- Do the Muslims Believe in Jesus (pbuh) and his Second Coming?
- Is it Compulsory to Wear the Trousers Above the Ankles?
- Zakir Naik talk Proves a big draw in Bangalore
- How Shameful, We Don’t Have a Media of Our Own!
- If a husband and wife have a mutual divorce
- Is a Muslim woman permitted to go out for a job (organization belongs to Muslims with all women staff) even if her husband can support the family well?
- . Is it allowed for a wife to address her husband by his name, as our previous generation didn’t do so?
- Can a rich Muslim wife give portion of her Zakat to her poor husband?
- Is contraception (that is, preventing one’s wife from becoming pregnant) prohibited in Islam? What is the authentic Islamic ruling about it?
- which of the two is more important, Da’wah or Islaah?
- WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE EMBRACE ISLAM IN TODAY’S TIMES?
- Religion, if it is true, should be able to stand scientific scrutiny.
- IS HINDUISM THE OLDEST AND THEREFORE THE BEST RELIGION?
- WHY DON’T MUSLIMS IN INDIA FOLLOW THE ISLAMIC CRIMINAL LAW?
- BURYING BETTER THAN CREMATING DEAD BODIES
- ISLAM’S VIEWPOINT ON WILLS, BEQUESTS AND INHERITANCE
- WIFE’S CONSENT PRIOR TO A SUBSEQUENT NIKAAH
- SIMILARITIES BETWEEN ISLAM AND HINDUISM – Part 1 by Dr. Zakir Naik
- SIMILARITIES BETWEEN ISLAM AND HINDUISM – Part 2 by Dr. Zakir Naik
- SIMILARITIES BETWEEN ISLAM AND HINDUISM – Part 3 by Dr. Zakir Naik
- SIMILARITIES BETWEEN ISLAM AND HINDUISM – Part 4 by Dr. Zakir Naik
- SIMILARITIES BETWEEN ISLAM AND HINDUISM – Part 5 by Dr. Zakir Naik
- SIMILARITIES BETWEEN ISLAM AND HINDUISM – Part 6 by Dr. Zakir Naik
- SIMILARITIES BETWEEN ISLAM AND HINDUISM – Part 7 by Dr. Zakir Naik
- SIMILARITIES BETWEEN ISLAM AND HINDUISM – Part 8 by Dr. Zakir Naik
- SIMILARITIES BETWEEN ISLAM AND HINDUISM – Part 9 by Dr. Zakir Naik
- Does Islam make the Face Veil Obligatory for Muslim Women?
- Raising one’s Hands during Salaah
- FORBIDDEN TIMES FOR SALAAH
- MARRYING WOMEN FROM THE PEOPLE OF THE BOOK
- DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MARY AND MIRIAM
- PROHIBITION OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
- DYEING ONE’S HAIR IN ISLAM
- IS IT PERMISSIBLE TO OFFER NAFIL SALAH AFTER WITR SALAAH?
- Allah’s Name: Is It Permissible To Call Allah by Any Name?
- WOMEN IN THE MOSQUE
- WHY DO MUSLIMS FOLLOW THE LUNAR CALENDAR
- Why are all prayers and supplications not answered or fulfilled by Allah (SWT)?
- Why Building of Temples and Churches, and Propagating Other Religions, is Prohibited in Saudi Arabia?
NOTE: This page and all pages under this page is taken from Dr. Zakir Naik’s website IRF.net.
Watch his lecture on the topic “Is Terrorism a Muslim Monopoly?”
http://navedz.wordpress.com/2009/01/15/dr-zakir-naik-is-terrorism-a-muslim-monopoly/
we got a job from USA to assist an insurance company is it halal I want you to tell me about it briefly. My point of view is that it is a economic war we should fetch money from them as much as we can and the thing which we are going to do for them is in their society not in Pakistan please I want to know it urgently. Thanking in anticipation
I am not an expert of Islamic economics or halal or haram. If it includes interest then it is haram. If it includes haram business then it is also haram. Please seek further assistence from Islamonline.net and Askimam.org and search about it in the internet.
can please some one tell me which are the authentic colleges in London according to zakir naik , where a muslim can get higher islamic education?
i have two child i desided one chield your school in study. plesae i dont no english, i vave why step to join us my child.
my child 5th standerd in english midium in valsad – gujarat thanks allah hafiz
IF YOU HAVE DIFFICULTY UNDERSTANDING ENGLISH, PLEASE ASK YOUR SON TO READ THIS SINCE HE STUDIES IN 5TH GRADE IN AN ENGLISH MEDIUM SCHOOL.
Sir, I am not any staff of Zakir Naik, so I don’t know about the admission process of Islamic International School run by Zakir Naik’s Islamic Research Foundation.
But I searched the web and found this school’s website: http://iischennai.com/
The website did not provide updated information for 2009-10.
So you must contact the school either by calling them by phone or mailing them. The addresses are given below:
ISLAMIC INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
Managed by
IRF EDUCATIONAL TRUST
56/58, Tandel Street (North), Mumbai 400 009
Tel: 2373 0030 Fax: 2373 0689 Email : iis@irf.net
Branch
Islamic International School
No. 9, Mohan kumaramangalam Street, Off Nungambakkam High Road, Chennai – 600 034
Tel.: 42148804 / 05 Fax: 42148806 Email : iischennai@gmail.com
INFORMATION RELEVANT FOR ADMISSION IN Islamic International School
NOTE THAT:
We don’t have hostel facilities.
Admission is done purely on interview basis.
Three steps Interviews are taken in which both the parents and child are compulsory.
The admission form is available at our school office reception at 9,MohanKumaraMangalam Street, Numgambakkam, Chennai – 600 034, Tel. : 91-44-42148804/05.
For more details contact at tel.: 91-44-42148804/05.
The following documents have to be submitted alongwith the admission form
a. Photocopies of the following documents (originals of which should be brought by the parents at the time of interview)
1. Birth Certificate of the Child.
2. Ration Card
3. All the school Reports / Marksheets of the previous school/s attended.
b. Five recent passport size colour photographs of the student, (clicked in the last 3 months), including the one pasted on the admission form.
c. One recent 4″ x 6″ or 5″ x 7″ size colour photograph (clicked in the last 3 months) of the student alongwith his / her complete family – including father, mother, brothers and sisters.
d. Visiting Card/s of parents if any.
e. Incomplete forms are liable to be rejected.
Note : All the photocopies of documents and the photographs submitted alongwith the Admission form become the official records and property of the school and will not be returned.
SCHOOL TIMINGS
5th Std. – 8.00 am to 4.30 pm
WEEKLY HOLIDAYS
The school will remain closed on Fridays and Sundays.
FEES STRUCTURE
Monthly Fees is Rs. 4,750/-. (This includes fees for Tuition, Excursions, Martial Arts, Swimming and cost of eatables provided during short break at school).
Term Fees: Rs. 4,750/- to be paid once every six months.
Fees for the first three months and the first term (i.e. Rs. 19,000/-) should be paid within one week of the admission being granted. This amount is non-refundable.
Thereafter the Term Fee should be paid at the beginning of each term and the monthly fee should be paid by the 10th of each month.
ISLAMIC INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
Managed by
IRF EDUCATIONAL TRUST
56/58, Tandel Street (North), Mumbai 400 009
Tel: 2373 0030 Fax: 2373 0689 Email : iis@irf.net
Branch
Islamic International School
No. 9, Mohan kumaramangalam Street, Off Nungambakkam High Road, Chennai – 600 034
Tel.: 42148804 / 05 Fax: 42148806 Email : iischennai@gmail.com
i am a girl studying in sri-lanka.I’ll be sitting my London A-LEVEL Examination next year.insha allah i have an idea to pursue my higher studies in islam so that i can spread the true message by doing some daawa work. can you please guide me? which university will suit me? And further am doing my A/L in the commerce stream so will the islamic universities hesitate in giving me admission? please respond! and i’ll be really thankful to you.
assalamu alaikum.
here i have same question for Dr zakir,
sir, please do think of rest of the children residing out of mumbai.
we as a parents would like to put our children at irf school.as we have no idea whether you have any branch in Hyderabad.please do help us in finding a school with hostel.i.e irf.i am eager to here from Dr zakir.
Jazakaalh khair
Allah hafiz
Dear Sir
Aslammoalkum I want to know about the on line aaplication form of admission because i live in M.P (rewa) so not possible to come ur mumbai office only for the purpose admission form
assalam mulaikum,my name is jamal and iam 15 years old,my question is when i was 13 years old iv been start doing Masturbation,and now iam 15 years old i can’t stop Masturbation i been doing it for two years,i also try to stop but after two weeks it start happen agean and agean,so please gave me your best anserwr to stop doing Masturbation.many tanks
As salaam alaikum
i would like to know whether another branch of IIS will be opening in Hyderabad in India or elsewhere in the country or any other country (I’ve heard people talking about a branch in Saudi Arabia).do inform me regarding this as i have 3 kids and plan to put all of them in such a great place…..
Hi Assalaam,
I am Mohamed Sadiq residing in Chennai. I have my son aged 3 years as of now. I just want to admit my son in the Play school-so it would be great if you could let me know the fee structure for pre school class. I believe with the grace of Allah my son will have a good knowledge in both Deen and duniya.
Assalaamu alaikkum,
I am Mohamed Sadiq residing in Chennai. I have my son aged 3 years as of now. I just want to admit my son in the Play school-so it would be great if you could let me know the fee structure for pre school class. I believe with the grace of Allah my son will have a good knowledge in both Deen and duniya.
my questions. founder of islam mohammed vegetarian or nonvegetarian?
my questions. founder of islam mohammed vegetarion or nonvegetarion?
HOW MANY FEES OF ISLAMIC INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL?
Dear Dr.Zakir Naik,
Greetings to you. I have heard many of your messages in CD and on TV. I have met some of your evangelist in Chennai who made me to convince that Christian pastors have joined your belief. Fine, I can believe that and you have the boldness to say the same to a Christian like me since you know that we will not react. Can I, on the same way, introduce many people who embraced Jesus Christ as their Lord to your people. Probably not, because anything can happen to their life.
Islam is not a religion of peace. It is peaceful where there is in minority and violent where in majority. Your recent comment in the media also justifies my argument. A simple statement cannot make a religion peaceful. There should be definite act that justifies the peaceful attitude.
You have the freedom to talk about Jesus. If we speak the same way about Prophet Mohammed, it would be blasphemy. I can loose my hand. What happens all over the world for dictators are not strange things but the manifestation of the attitude prevail for a lng time.
May God bless you. Jesus, the Eternal God who had created the whole world forgbive you and bless you. Some day we want to debate with you. I was told that you generally choose some ordinary pastors to have debate and fail them. Many other request are still pending at your side. I hope that one day you will allow yourself to have debate on all pending requests.
I respect you sir, for your zeal for what you believe. See you some time..
Blessings..Saji
Respected Sir,
I am very found of IRF and keen to get admission for my child, like me may be many people want to get admission for their child because they also want their child to developed in an islamic environment but people like me can just have a dream because first thing i can not afford your monthly fees which is 4750/- per month and secondly I stay far away from your school i stay at Mumbra Dist. Thane Maharashtra State, every sunday I used to attend lecture at UIA opposite Boostaan Hotel at mumbra, and i heard your school give admission only for Nursary please suggest something
Please started zakir naik islamic school from Nagpur.
AOA, My problem is my husband is infertile. this was diagonosed just after 1 year of marriage. We attemp two times the ICSI but failed. Can i force my husband to have the medical treatment , what is islamic point of view on this situation. As he argues that since the first two attemps are failed so this attemp will aslo fail. Also on first two attemps I have spend my own money and I want that for any further attemps he spent the money. He says that as u earn u should spend or spenf ur hak-mehr money. At the same time he is giving a lot of money for his brothers marriages. Can i force her to spend on treatment and have treatment. Plz ans me soon.
you have agift from ALLAH
Hi,
i have a question about Allah name keep apearing on animall skin, on fruits, on trees etc.
what is all about i am muslim. but not really sure what to make of all thees really confuse about what dose quran says about it. Please do reply if anyone knows anything aboit it.
i would really apreaciate.
Thanks
salm dr zakir naik main ap ka programe buhat hi shooq se dehkta hoon .main pakistan main rahta hoon .main ap se ek sawal karna chata hoon . i m married . my age is 35yr.i have three daughters.my question is when the women is pregnet . she is in the months of 7 .or 8. or 9.is her man doing sex with her.plz gine me answer by the soul of islam and sience.in urdu .
allahatala ap ko jazay kher ata kary
thanx.
Asalamulikum,
I would like to know if our wudu breaks while we are in Haram Shareef and we dont have option to go out & perform wudu as it is heavly crowded, what should we do? Is it permissible to perform namaaz in that situation?
Kindly reply my question urgently as Iam planning to go for umrah and want’s to know on this topic very curiously..
assalam walekum dr. zakir naik. my name is jiya and accepted islam a year back. im a go and what tostudent of bcom. I know that idol worship is wrong but my parents ask me to do so during festivals and i dont have idea how to move out of this situation. i had taken 1lakh from my parents to invest in shares and lost the whole amount. Since i had taken the money on my friend’s guaranty, he would be in trouble. pls help me.. i dont know where to do..
mard our orat ke namaz ma kea farak ha
Peace be upon all of you. I’m from Ethiopia, my comment, irf is doing perfect job in most of the country. But why irf doesn’t prepare for the Ethiopian cristian missionaries please?
Asalaam-alaikum i am a 28 yr old muslim lady .Alhamdurallah i have 2 healthy girlls,lost my son 2 years ago because of health problems,i also had a miscarriage 2 months ago .I have been told by alot of ladies that i might have pashava which caused my miscarriage but i have not come across a word like that in any of the holy books i have read .I don’t want to be rude and say i don’t belive in that with out evidance,please can you help me ,is their a meaning to that word and what should i do.
JAZAKALLAH
Asalamuailikum My dad wants to ask a question he watches your programme and he wants to quesetion a bit of the quaranic scripture , so basically in the quaran it said every one origaneted (was born from) adam and howa and we are all children of them two but then why are we all diffrent coulers black white etc… If you see it please awnser it
AS SALAM MU WALEKUM: dr sahab me apke taqrir bohat dihaan se sunta un or mujy apki bathay MASHALLAH bohat e zada achi lagti hai….ALLAH PAK app ko amesha esi tara sehat mand or deen ki khidmath me kamyab kare main arr nemaz main app ke lye khasoosi dowa karta un….ALLAH PAK apke umar me ezafa kare…mera name MEHMOOD UMER hai or main
mera taluk PAKISTAN se hai main sirf app se ye pochna chata un wese to ISLAM main bohat se firke hai app ka taluk kis firke se hai??????Q ke aksar mere dost app ke khelaf bath karte hai or main onse larta un Q k main janta un app sae hoo or one in only in this world app ho jo islam ko sae tarike se pehla ray hoo or ye jo app ki kabliyat hai MAHALLAH ye app ko ALLAH pak ki taraf se hai or ALLAH pak ne app ko is kaam k lye chuna hai islye dowa karta un app amesha salamat raho or kamyab raho AMEEN SUM AMEEN….ALLAH HAFIZ AND I LOVE YOU SO MUCH…………………………!!!!!!!!!
inalillahi wainaillahi rajioon for muslims only??? or other religion people also.
IS BEHEADING PERMITTED IN ISLAM?IN WHICH BASIS & HOW WOULD IT BE DONE?
assalam mulaikum,
i want to admission my child there. for her better education? what is the processing can u reply that?
Sir plz guide me why there are lot of differences in opinion between Muslim jurists(school of thoughts).what are the reasons behind that….plz guide me…..THANKS.
assalamu alaikkum;
dear; dr zakir naik
i am a sri lankan muslm. i want to know whether students from any other countries except india are provided admission at IIS? And also i request you to visit sri lanka once again and deliver a speech on Buddhism and Islam.
jazakallahu khaira.
Sir,
Last night i was on the internet and i saw a very bad movie about our Prophet (PBUH) on youtube.I send them an email to erase this video and i also said very bad words to the person who upload this video.Sir can we do some thin to remove this video or how we can stop our self .As far as my self is concerned i am just a muslim with not good deeds but the love for Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) is so much is=n my heart.i want to do some thing for this and i want that man to be behind bars.
Please help me in this sir.
I am very happy if dr zakir sahab open the school in hyderabad in new city