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[Dear Sir, Joseph Islam,]

Dear Sir,  Joseph Islam,
Assalamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh,

It's been about two years since I have been studying the Quran-alone approach to Islam. I found your site quite helpful in this journey.

But, I am a lonely Quran-alone Muslim living amidst the Sunni Hadithists. And I can't even convince people to join the Quran-alone creed because I am alone. I am not wise enough yet to establish a community of Quran-alone Muslims. I could only convince a very few friends of mine to accept some Quranic ideologies, like: there is no punishment of the grave, no punishment of stoning for adultery, etc.

I still feel lonely anyway, disconnected from the Quraniyoon brothers and sisters from other parts of the world. And I am pretty sure there are thousands of Quraniyoon brothers and sisters all around the world who feel the same — alone and isolated.

Sir, Joseph Islam, I would humbly request you to consider creating a Discord server for the Quranite Muslims. At least we will be connected virtually. We won't have to feel lonely anymore.
It would be nice to have a common platform where we can share our stories, our knowledge, and also have casual talks in free times.
And we can have a Q&A section dedicated to questions and answers only.

You know, Quran-alone Muslims are very confused about the religious practices like Salat, Zakat, etc. If we have a common platform, we can reach a consensus on how to perform Salat.

You can unite the scattered Quran-alone Muslims from all around the world if we have a Discord server. Besides, it will become easier to bring our surrounding Hadith followers into the realm of monotheism.

So, sir, I hope you will kindly consider creating a Discord server for the Quran followers and uniting them on a single platform. May God bless you, increase your wisdom, and reward you for your efforts in spreading the truth of the Quran.

Ramadan Mubarak to everyone!😊


Best Regards,
Sabir Mahmud

Salamun Alaikum,

I have questions about the inheritance law mentioned in 4:11 and 4:12. I know these laws are effective after completing the will and paying the debts.

The problem is, while distributing the wealth, many cases appear when the sum of the fractions exceeds 1. For example: say, a man died and he has 3 daughters and a wife and both parents alive.

Now, according to 4:11 and 4:12, the fractions of property they receive are:
3 daughters = 2/3
Father = 1/6
Mother = 1/6
Wife = 1/8

If we take them to common denominator,
2/3 = 16/24
1/6 = 4/24
1/6 = 4/24
1/8 = 3/24
Total = 16/24 + 4/24 + 4/24 + 3/24 = 27/24

Which is greater than 1! Then, how are we supposed to distribute the remnant wealth?

For such cases traditional scholars invented a method, called the law of 'Awl'. According to this law, in such cases some portion of property from each receiver's part is reduced proportionally to cover up the shortage.

But, the law of 'Awl' is not mentioned in the quran. Critics of islam are also not convinced by the law of 'awl'. They say, it's a man made law to correct God's mistake!

Can someone please give another interpretation of 4:11 and 4:12 so that the sum of the fractions never exceeds 1?