Shaykh Abdullah Anik Misra

January 8, 2022 3 mins

Can I Buy and Sell Paintings Depicting Animals?

Answered by Shaykh Abdullah Anik Misra   Question Is it ok for me to buy and sell paintings that have pictures of animals? Answer In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful and Compassionate The position of the Hanafi school of thought is that it is prohibited to draw/paint/create images of animate beings and display them […]
January 7, 2022 4 mins

What is the Point of Doing Good Deeds?

Answered by Shaykh Abdullah Anik Misra  Question I understand good deeds are important and that our deeds are being recorded. However, if a person comes on Judgement day with no sins at all, he will only enter Jannah through Allah’s mercy. If we are only entering Jannah through Allah’s mercy, what is the point of […]
January 6, 2022 2 mins

What Are Some Recommendations on What To Study for a New Muslim?

Answered by Shaykh Abdullah Anik Misra  Question I am an American revert sister and do not have community connections. I want to continue my studies but do not know which program would be best for me. Answer In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful and Compassionate May Allah bless you for your interest in studying […]
January 6, 2022 2 mins

Does Taking Shahada Require Witnesses?

Answered by Shaykh Abdullah Anik Misra  Question What are the requirements for witnessing a Shahadah? Do the witnesses have to be men? Can they be women? Does SeekersGuidance have template Shahadah certificates we can issue? Answer Saying the shahada, or verbal proclamation of faith to convert to Islam, does not require witnesses to be valid. […]
December 28, 2021 3 mins

The Hadiths on the Witr Prayer According to the Hanafi Legal School

Answered by Shaykh Abdullah Anik Misra  Question: I am from Hanafi madhab and have been praying witr as three rakat, in which the 3rd rakat has an additional takbeer+qunoot. Some hadiths narrate a different way of praying. Pls guide as to which Hadith is the basis for Hanafi witr Answer: In the Name of Allah, Most […]
February 4, 2021 6 mins

Heart Melting Traditions: The Reality of Your Wealth

Part Three: The Reality of Your Wealth Based on the course by Shaykh Abdullah Misra This is the third article based on the series, The Heart Softeners from Kitab al-Riqaq from the Mishkat al Masabih, presented by Shaykh Abdullah Misra. In the previous article, we learned about the temptations of this world. Our world can […]
December 21, 2020 6 mins

When Hearts Go Hard – Hadiths to Revive the Heart

Hadiths to Revive the Heart Part  One: The Reality of This World by Shaykh Abdullah Misra   Our world can be viewed from the lens of a trial; in both good times and bad, the potential to develop cynicism and callousness exists. It is our duty as Muslims to always remain vigilant such that we […]
September 16, 2019 6 mins

What Are the Conditions of Making Tawba? (Transcript) – Ustadh Abdullah Misra

The following is a transcript of a Q&A session of the Essentials of the Islamic Tradition course by Ustadh Abdullah Misra. The Conditions of Repentance (tawba) The conditions of making tawba are that first a person leaves the action that they are doing. Let’s take for example a common action that affects people: let’s look […]
May 16, 2012 6 mins

How to Get Rid of Suicidal Thoughts and Depression?

Answered by Shaykh Abdullah Anik Misra Question I’m having a problem with myself because I keep having mental images of harming myself or committing suicide and I’m not sure what to do. I’m going through a rough patch in my life right now. I have serious family problems, financial problems, and heart problems. I just […]
February 24, 2012 3 mins

How Does a Child Deal With Parents Who Fight Each Other?

Answered by Shaykh Abdullah Anik Misra Question My question relates to a common practice in my country.  If your parents are fighting amongst each other, and your father is hitting your mother and in response, your mother is hitting your father, and both abusing each other and not stopping, the child can’t just stand there […]
September 14, 2011 3 mins

Did Allah Literally Create the World in Six Days?

Answered by Shaykh Abdullah Anik Misra Question What is the meaning of the verse of Allah creating the world in six days?  Was it really six days, or is it a metaphor for something? What is the time scale with Allah (I heard one day was like 50,000 years)? Answer In the Name of Allah, […]
August 10, 2011 2 mins

Did the Prophet Solomon Literally Hear an Ant Speak?

Answered by Ustadh Abdullah Anik Misra Question: Does “qaalat” in Quran 27:18 with regards to ants imply that the communication of ants took place through the uttering of “words”? Answer: In the Name of Allah Most Gracious Most Merciful, As salamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, I pray this reaches you in the best of […]
March 21, 2011 9 mins

Houses, Women, and Horses: A Clarification on Bad Omens and an Often Misundersto...

Answered by Sidi Abdullah Anik Misra Question Please explain the following Hadith. Sahl ibn Sa’d said, “If there is bad luck in anything, it is in houses, women and horses.” Anas ibn Malik said, “A man said, ‘Messenger of Allah, we were in a house and there were a large number of us and we […]
August 5, 2010 3 mins

How Should I as a Convert Deal with My Non-Muslim Parents?

Answered by Sidi Abdullah Anik Misra Question I reverted more than a year ago. I’m 19 now. My parents live in Italy, and I live in England with my sister. Now I am back in Italy again for the summer. My present trouble is unless I tell my parents clearly that certain things are prohibited, […]
April 30, 2010 3 mins

Does One Have to Repeat Ghusl After Noticing that Sexual Fluid Exited?

Answered by Sidi Abdullah Anik Misra Question According to the Hanafi school, if a female has sexual intercourse with her husband and after her ghusl she notices a wetness/liquid exiting her female orifice and this may last for a number of hours after intercourse, does this necessitate the repetition of ghusl? Waiting for this to […]
November 8, 2009 6 mins

My Husband Doesn’t Pray: How Do I Advise Him?

Answered by Sidi Abdullah Anik Misra Question What should I do to make my husband perform his prayers? I really want to but he doesn’t care about it. Every time I tell him, he says that I am bothering him. He is a nice person and does drink or smoke or anything, but he just […]
September 7, 2009 10 mins

Friendship With Non-Muslims: Explaining Verse 5:51

Answered by Sidi Abdullah Anik Misra Question Could you please explain ayat 5:51? Does this verse mean that we cannot have non-Muslim friends? That would seem somewhat strange, because after all, men are allowed to marry non-Muslims. Why would we be able to marry them but not befriend them? Answer May Allah Most High reward […]
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