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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Your Questions Answered (volume 2) Question : How Far Is a Muslim Allowed To Entertain Himself ? Is He Allowed To Entertain Himself With Music ? Question : Did the Holy Prophet Pay Mahr For His First Wife, Hadhrat Khadija ? How Much ? Answer: There are various traditions about the 'Mahr' of Hadhrat Khadija : 500 Dirhams or 400 Mithqual gold or 20 camels. Question: How was the "Black Stone" brought to Hazrat Ismail ? How does it look like ?

What is inside it ? What is the significance of the stone ? Answer: The Black Stone was brought to earth by Hadhrat Adam. It is a stone and nothing is inside it. I am attaching its photo, and you will see that now it is covered on the rims by silver. According to Islamic traditions, in the beginning of the creation, Allah asked all the souls "Am I not your Lord ?" And all the souls replied "Yes, surely". Then Allah kept these confessions of beliefs in that stone.

Now, the pilgrims recite a Dua in which they affirm that they have kept their promise and have maintained the belief that Allah is their Lord. According to Hadith, this stone will be a witness for those who go to the pilgrimage with true faith. Question: The ancestors of the Holy Prophet were the worshippers of one God (Allah), according to our faith. How is it that they did not discourage the idol worshipping ?

Answer: See Unit 4 page 3, where you will find that some of the prophets were sent to one man only. Also, in page 9 of that Unit you will find that the ancestors of the Holy Prophet were successors of the prophets, but not prophets themselves This much about their spiritual position. Coming to the worldly side, we know that they were not strong enough to successfully oppose idol-worship.

The tribe of Quraish during the period of their disintegration and weakness had acquired all the bad habits and customs of other Arabian tribes. When they were gathered by Qusaiy, they had been idol-worshippers for many hundred years. It needed a man of the spiritual status of our Holy Prophet (s.a.w.) to succeed against them and eradicate idol-worship; no other man could accomplish this task.

As they realized that their voices against idols would not be heard, they remained silent, forbidding only those of whom they were sure that they would listen to them. Question: The uncle of the Holy Prophet, Abu Talib, seemed to accept Islam, but not really a Muslim, why? Answer: Who said that Abu Talib was not really a Muslim?