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Bismillah i Rahman i Raheem Assalaam o 'Alaikum Wa Rahmatullah i Wa Barakaatuh !!!CONTROVERSY WARNING!!! I recall reading somewhere, I think in this very forum actually, a post that mentioned eschatological details according to Islam. There was a description of the Sufyani also mentioned, and one of the signs was that he'll rip children out of the bellies of women. I was thinking about this a few days ago, and coincidentally came across a tweet that mentioned something about the US elections and abortions. I began thinking that maybe this sign of ripping children out of the bellies of woman is referencing abortions? To be clear, I'm not trying to say that the Sufyani will rise in the US, I only mentioned the US to give context about how I came to this thought of connecting these two. I want to know what are the thoughts of everyone else on this. I'm not asking for your views on abortion, late-term/early-term or any other details, I'm only asking about your thoughts on this connection that came to my mind recently. JazakAllah Wa 'Alaikum Assalaam Wa Rahmatullah i Wa Barakaatuh

What is the difference? By mutah I mean doing it behind your wife’s back. Why is adultery deserving of death by stoning while getting a secret wife (up to 4) or doing mutah (unlimited) is allowed?

For the past couple of weeks, I have heard about how Sheikh Jaffer Jaffer has said something controversial about some Pakistani cultural practices. In my community, there has been a huge uproar from the Pakistani side. Anyways context aside, does anyone know what he said and as well what are your opinions on it. (I personally think that you should not be getting so mad about it because it is culture not religion)

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/europe/140304/2014-nobel-peace-prize-nominees-malala-pope-francis-putin Is the Nobel Peace Prize worth anything at all now? Especially after they awarded it to a mass-murderer and criminal like Obama? And now they look toward Putin... This was me for a good 10 minutes when I first learnt about Putin's nomination.

Hey guys, I know this topic is hot and a bit sensitive but I am currently plunging into utter confusion. I would like to comprehend what these verses are in fact saying. It seems, in light of the tafsirs and classical dictionaries, that the verses here are referring to the semen which proceeds from between the backbones and an area being either between the two breasts, between the breasts and the collarbones, or the chest. Now these are the dictionaries, mostly classical, I have used to deduce the meaning of the words in the verse: Lisan Al Arab by Ibn Mandhoor, Kitab Al-'Ayn by Al-Faraheedi, Al-Kanz Al-Lughawy Fi Al Lusun Al-Arabi, Al-Qamuus Al Muheet, and Lane's Lexicon which is the only one, amongst those whom I mentioned, who put loins as a definition for sulb. Now the tafsirs that are in favor of this conclusion comprise almost all of them. These are the exegeses that I have referred to: Shaykh Al Tusi's Al Tibbyan Fi Tafsir Al Quran, Tafsir Al Saafi by Al-Kaashaani, Majma' Al Bayaan and Jaami' Al Jawaami' by Al Shaykh Al Tabrasi, Tafsir Nur Al Thaqalayn by Al-Shaykh 'Abd 'Ali Bin Jum'a Al-Huwaizri, Bihaar Al Anwar Fi Tafsir Al Maathoor Fil Quran by Al Majlisi, and no I did not forget Tafsir Al Mizaan by Al Alaamah Al Tabatabaei. The only one tafsir that I am separating is Al Amthal Fi Tafsir Kitab Allah Al Munazzal by Al-Shaykh Naasir Makarim Al Shiraazi especially because it is a bit different from others. It collects the most famous interpretations of the verse in explaining the ayaat. However, in my humble opinion, the interpretations were not quite convincing in there. Excluding the last tafsir, it seems that there is a consensus on the general definition of the words in these ayaat. Anyhow,I guess the point has reached. I hope somebody can help me out in this issue. You will probably get most of what I have mentioned here from books to dictionaries: http://www.hodaalquran.com/bookscat.php?sec=2&mn=1 http://www.baheth.info Thank you and waiting for your replies.