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  Support IslamQA  Please contribute generously in order to ensure the continuity of our website InshaAllah. Contribute Ruling on working as a defence lawyer  24-06-2001          Question 9496 When working as a defence lawyer, one may have to support and defend evil, because the defence lawyer tries to prove the innocence of the guilty person whom he is defending. Is the income of a defence lawyer who does that haraam? Are there any Islamic conditions attached to a person working as a defence lawyer? Ruling on jobs Related topic Answer Praise be to Allah. Defence also means protection, and if a person defends and protects evil then undoubtedly this is haraam, because it means that he is falling into that which Allaah has forbidden: “but do not help one another in sin and transgression” [al-Maa'idah 5:2 – interpretation of the meaning] But if he protects and defends good, then this is a praiseworthy kind of protection as enjoined in the aayah: “Hel...

  The reason for the differences between the rulings of the Torah and of the Qur’aan  159831 Publication : 12-10-2011 Views : 31236 EN Question A central belief of both Islam and Judaism is the belief in one God and the prohibition of the worship of idols. The main difference between these two purely monotheistic religions is the book of each religion, the Koran and the Torah. How do the teachings of the Koran differ from the teachings of the Torah. Answer Praise be to Allah. Firstly:  We welcome you to our website and we ask Allah to help us to present useful information to you, and that this will be beneficial to you in both spiritual and worldly terms.  Secondly:  If you are speaking about the Judaism that was prescribed by God and the Torah that God revealed, then Islam and Judaism are agreed – as you said – on the worship of God alone, with no partner or associate, and on the prohibition of worshipping anything or anyone else, no matter what it is. Similarl...

  If the Qur’an is perfect and complete and contains everything needed for the laws and regulations of sharee‘ah, what need is there for the Sunnah?  93111 Publication : 19-01-2015 Views : 67544 EN Question If the Qur’an is perfect and complete and contains everything needed for the laws and regulations of sharee‘ah, what need is there for the Sunnah? Answer Praise be to Allah. Firstly:  The enemies of Islam are always keen to cast aspersions upon the religion of Allah, may He be exalted, in various ways and by various means. They spread their specious arguments and misguidance among the ordinary Muslims and they are followed by some of those among the Muslims who are weak in faith and ignorant. If one of these ordinary people were to give the matter a little thought, he would realise that their specious arguments are invalid and their argument is worthless.  One of the easiest ways in which the ordinary Muslim can refute this flimsy specious argument is to ask himse...

  Praying Taraaweeh in congregation in Ramadaan is Sunnah and not a bid’ah (innovation)  21740 Publication : 06-09-2008 Views : 30686 EN Question Is praying Taraaweeh in congregation considered to be a bid’ah (innovation), because it was not done at the time of the Prophet and the first one who established that was ‘Umar ibn al-Khattaab (may Allaah be pleased with him)? Answer Praise be to Allah. The view that Taraaweeh prayer is a bid’ah is not valid. Rather we should ask whether it was one of the Sunnahs of ‘Umar ibn al-Khattaab, because it was not done at the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) but it was done in ‘Umar’s time, or was it one of the Sunnahs of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)?  Some people claim that it was one of the Sunnahs of ‘Umar, and they base that on the fact that ‘Umar “commanded Ubayy ibn Ka’b and Tameem al-Daari to lead the people in praying eleven rak’ahs.” He went out the same night and saw t...