Answered by Shaykh Irshaad Sedick Question The default ruling on the clothing of people who frequent impurities (najasa) is purity. Does this apply to people who own/work with dogs/pigs (and don’t purify themselves; difference of opinion, don’t care, non-Muslim, etc.)? My concern is that e.g. the drunkard washes regularly, meaning the filthy alcohol goes away, but […]

Answered by Shaykh Irshaad Sedick Question I heard it is ok to keep a dog as long as it is for farming and the like. I had my dogs before I reverted to Islam. I don’t want to give them away because they are ill and old, and I don’t trust others to care for […]

Shaykh Abdurragmaan Khan is asked about the validity of wudu and ghusl when wearing a permanent retainer. I have a permanent retainer fixed to my top teeth. If they are removed my teeth will move. In the past I have committed sins but now I want to do the right thing. In terms of prayers […]

Answered by Ustadh Salman Younas Question I have been struggling with OCD for the past few years. It’s mainly obsessive thoughts about impurities (najasa).  I have read that certain things considered najis in the Hanafi madhab aren’t najas in, for example, the Maliki school. My life would become easier if I could consider less things […]