What Should Be Done If Aliens Exist?

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani

Question

What should be done if aliens exist?

Answer

I hope you’re doing well, insha’Allah.

Allah Most High tells us that He is “Lord of the Worlds,” [Quran, 1:1] and that, “He creates much that you don’t know about.” [Quran, 16:8]
Even if aliens are found, as believers, we focus on our responsibilities of preserving and promoting good–worldly and spiritual–and avoiding harm, likewise.

[Shaykh] Faraz Rabbani

Shaykh Faraz Rabbani spent ten years studying with some of the leading scholars of recent times, first in Damascus, and then in Amman, Jordan. His teachers include the foremost theologian of recent times in Damascus, the late Shaykh Adib al-Kallas (may Allah have mercy on him), as well as his student Shaykh Hassan al-Hindi, one of the leading Hanafi fuqaha of the present age. He returned to Canada in 2007, where he founded SeekersGuidance in order to meet the urgent need to spread Islamic knowledge–both online and on the ground–in a reliable, relevant, inspiring, and accessible manner. He is the author of: Absolute Essentials of Islam: Faith, Prayer, and the Path of Salvation According to the Hanafi School (White Thread Press, 2004.) Since 2011, Shaykh Faraz has been named one of the 500 most influential Muslims by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Center.