Shaykh Farid Dingle

July 30, 2022 8 mins

How Are Enslaved Women Treated under Muslim Rule?

Answered by Shaykh Farid Dingle Question Is it true that enslaved women didn’t have to wear the hijab in Muslim lands? Does that mean that they were not worthy of respect? Answer Enslaved people were given fundamental human rights like any other human and never treated like animals. That said, a clear status difference is […]
July 30, 2022 3 mins

How to Interact with the Opposite Gender?

Answered by Shaykh Farid Dingle Question Is it haram to listen to a woman singing? What is the ruling on mixed gatherings? When is it permissible to look a woman in the face? Answer [Short] By default, it is offensive to listen to a woman singing, and it would be sinful if the voice inspires […]
July 30, 2022 1 min

Can I Remove Facial Hair and Hair between the Eyebrows?

ََAnswered by Ustadh Farid Dingle Question Is it permissible to remove facial hair and hair between the eyebrows? Answer Thank you for your valued question. The Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) cursed women who pluck/alter their eyebrows to give a false impression of their beauty. [Bukhari] This hadith has not to be […]
July 27, 2022 1 min

Can We Participate in Any Non-Islamic Religious Celebration?

Answered by Shaykh Farid Dingle Question Part of the accreditation and licensing requirements of daycare in my country is that we celebrate Christmas and other multicultural celebrations. Given the situation, is this allowed? How else can we bring baraka into the business? Answer May Allah give you baraka, light, knowledge, and certainty in Allah and […]
July 22, 2022 1 min

Can We Eat Kosher Meat Due to the Unavailability of Halal Meat?

Answered by Ustadh Farid Dingle Question When no halal meat is available, is it permissible to eat Kosher meat? Answer Thank you kindly for your important question. Yes, it is halal to eat Kosher meat even if meat slaughtered by Muslims is available. This is because Kosher meat is halal. Allah Most High says, “The […]
July 18, 2022 1 min

Is Participating in Secret Santa Haram?

Answered by Shaykh Farid Dingle Question Is participating in Secret Santa haram? Answer Given that offering Christmas gifts is something directly related to the religious celebration of Christmas, it is not permissible to participate in Secret Santa. Please see this article: Muslims Having Christmas Trees Instead, you should give gifts around the time, in an […]
July 5, 2022 1 min

What Is the Best Way to Invite Someone to Islam?

Answered by Shaykh Farid Dingle Question What is the best way to invite a woman to Islam? Answer Thank you for your critical question. It is an obligation to call everyone, men or women, to Islam as this is the only way to express one’s care and concern for all humanity fully. That said, when […]
July 5, 2022 2 mins

Who Owns the House If the Major Amount Was Paid by My Parents?

Answered by Shaykh Farid Dingle Question Who owns the house if my parents paid a large share of my house and I paid the rest in credit? What about repairs and decorations that I have done over the past years? Answer I pray Allah gives you a clear and bright way out of your difficulty. […]
June 28, 2022 4 mins

Can I Provide Medical Treatment That May Assist in Sin?

Answered by Shaykh Farid Dingle Question As a doctor, is it halal to provide and advertise medical treatment that would frequently allow others to persist in committing sins? For example, PrEP protects patients at high risk for HIV? Answer Given that such treatment provided is not exclusive to people committing sin and that it does […]
June 28, 2022 1 min

How to Approach the Matters in Which There Is a Difference of Opinion?

Answered by Shaykh Farid Dingle Question When there is an isolated opinion that contradicts the general opinion can we say that there is a difference of opinion/divergence? Answer Differences in the agreement can be broken down into two different categories: differences that have a valid basis, and those that are invalid. Those that are invalid […]
June 27, 2022 3 mins

Is It Permissible to Buy, Use and Sell Materials Sourced from Mistreated Animals...

Answered by Shaykh Farid Dingle Question I have a question regarding coyote fur. I bought a jacket from the brand Canada Goose, and it’s made out of coyote fur. I wonder if this is permissible to wear since I’m not sure how the animals were treated to make the jacket. Is it better to sell […]
June 20, 2022 1 min

Can My Children Act in a Christmas Play at School?

Answered by Shaykh Farid Dingle Question It is permissible to allow my children to participate in a Nativity play at school? Would it be considered disbelief? Answer Dear questioner, Thank you for your valued question. May Allah grant us all ease and tawfiq in fulfilling the great responsibility we have to both our children and […]
June 20, 2022 1 min

When To Shorten Prayers? Does Touching a Child’s Privates Break Wudu?

Answered by Shaykh Farid Dingle Question When are you obliged to shorten prayers? Does touching a child’s private parts break one’s wudu? Answer In the Shafi’i school it is recommended [sunna] and not obligatory [fard] to shorten prayers on a permissible journey of 50 miles or more. The distance is judged from city limit to […]
June 19, 2022 1 min

What Is the Ruling on Masturbation?

Answered by Shaykh Farid Dingle Question What is the ruling on masturbation? Could you give me an answer based on the Sunni schools of thought as well as Salafi/Ahl-e Hadith scholars? Answer Dear questioner, thank you kindly for your important question. Masturbation is forbidden. The four Sunni schools of thought and the prominent Salafi/Ahl-e Hadith […]
June 19, 2022 2 mins

Is It Permissible to Eat Food When One Is Not Certain about Its Ingredients?

Answered by Shaykh Farid Dingle  Question Is it permissible to eat an item of food that may be haram, but it is not known for sure? Answer Dear questioner, Thank you for your valued question. The assumption on all things and food is that is pure, and therefore edible. [Millibari, Fath al-Mu‘in] For this reason, […]
June 19, 2022 1 min

To What Extend Do I Need to Check the Purity of Ingredients?

Answered by Shaykh Farid Dingle Question If an ingredient is frequently but not always sourced from an impure substance, it is permissible to use? Do we have to find out whether or not it is indeed pure? Answer If an ingredient is frequently but not always sourced from an impure substance, it is assumed to […]
May 22, 2022 1 min

How Can I Demonstrate to Non-Muslims Islam’s True Mercy and Compassion?

Answered by Shaykh Farid Dingle Question How can I convince non-Muslims that mercy and kindness are really at the core of the Islamic faith? Answer Thank you for your important question. The best way to convince non-Muslims of this is to be an example of mercy and compassion yourself. A living example is always the […]
May 8, 2022 4 mins

Is It Okay to Be Patriotic about the Pyramids?

Answered by Shaykh Farid Dingle and Shaykh Irshaad Sedick Question As an Egyptian, should I be patriotic about the pyramids given that they were built by pagans and tyrants? Answer Dear questioner, Thank you for your important question. Reflecting on History Studying and reflecting on the past is very important in Islam. Ibn Khaldun said, […]
April 12, 2022 2 mins

Is There Such a Thing as Good Omens?

Answered by Shaykh Farid Dingle Question Should one take good omens from good words and encouraging verses of the Quran that we hear? Answer Dear questioner, Thank you for your important question. Yes, taking good omens is something the Messenger of Allah loved and he disliked taking bad omens. [Ibn Majah] They asked the Messenger […]
March 24, 2022 3 mins

Should I Hide Blessings to Avoid the Evil Eye?

Answered by Shaykh Farid Dingle Question Is it good to hide blessings from others so as to avoid jealousy and the evil eye? Answer Dear questioner, Thank you for your important question. Jealousy and the Evil Eye There is nothing wrong with talking about one’s worldly or religious blessings that one enjoys unless one fears […]
November 9, 2021 2 mins

Sexual Relations Other Than Intercourse With One’s Wife During Menses

Answered by Ustadh Farid Dingle  Question: Is it permissible to have sexual relations other than intercourse with one’s wife during menses? Answer: Wa alaykum assalam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, Dear questioner, Thank you for your important question. The relied upon position in the Shafi’i school is that one may not touch one’s wife anywhere between […]
October 14, 2021 1 min

My Whole House Is Filthy and I Can’t Pray or Go to the Bathroom?

Answered by Ustadh Fariduddin Dingle   Question My whole house is filthy and I can’t pray or go to the bathroom? Answer Wa alaykum assalam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, Dear questioner, Thank you for your important question. Don’t worry about it. Your house isn’t all filthy. Allah is merciful and His religion isn’t that hard. […]
October 14, 2021 1 min

Is It Better To Perform Hajj a Second Time or To Pay for Others To Go on Hajj?

Answered by Ustadh Fariduddin Dingle   Question Is it better to perform Hajj a second time or to pay for others to go on Hajj? Answer Wa alaykum assalam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, Dear questioner, Thank you for your important question. In a normal scenario, it would be better for one to perform Hajj a […]
September 9, 2021 1 min

Were Hadiths Narrated Verbatim or Were They Paraphrased?

Answered by Ustadh Fariduddin Dingle Question Were hadiths narrated verbatim, or were they paraphrased?   Answer Wa alaykum assalam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, Dear questioner, Thank you for your important question. Some Hadiths are clearly narrated verbatim. We know that because we can compare the different narrations of the same Hadith and find them all […]
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