Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel Question I recently started praying and wearing a hijab. My husband makes excuses by saying he forgot how to pray when I asked him to. I have tried to pray with him to remind him, but to no avail. He is also very obese, which prevents me from finding any […]

Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel Question Dairy products such as cheese state that they are suitable for vegetarians, they still can contain DNA extracted from calves in the rennet, but they can also be rennet from plants or fungi and mold. It is hard to know which rennet is used as companies may not give […]

Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel Question After a stroke, a person cannot move his right hand and right leg. Also, he cannot speak properly. He is bedridden. He has a catheter attached to his penis/bladder for urine. He is wearing diapers for solid waste. He cannot sense whether he urinated or pooped. Does he need […]

Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel Question Every time I have a period, it’s always longer than ten days. My last period lasted / months; my current one is on day 19. I’m not sure how to figure out when I can pray or how to stay ritually pure when I do pray. And I cannot […]