Answered by Shaykh Gibril Haddad Question: Assalamu alaikum Dear brother in Islam.  May Allah reward you with jannathul firdaus for your service to this ummah. I have a question about annual payment of zakat. There is scholar in my country who says zakat need not be paid for the goods for which zakat has been paid already, […]

Answered by Shaykh Rami Nsour Question: Is my prayer sound if I missed the first two rakats of Isha prayer with the Imam, then recited them quietly when I got up to finish my prayer? Answer: If one stands up to make up the first two units (rak’as) of an audible prayer, then they would […]

Answered by Shaykh Rami Nsour Question: Is one allowed to have a watch dog inside the house in the Maliki school? What are the conditions for having such a dog, if any? Are there specific criteria that need to be met concerning the *need* of this type of dog besides one’s own subjective interpretation of […]

Answered by Ustadh Tariq Abdul-Rasheed Question: If you wash the impurity off and the water (najas) runs down your leg is it necessary to wash that limb? Answer: In the name of Allah the Beneficent the Merciful If washing a limb and the ad-mixture of water and filth runs down the limb then the area […]