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February 10, 2021 2 mins

Are the Prayers of Non-Muslims Answered?

Question: Is it possible that Allah answers the prayers of non-Muslims do disbelieve in Islam? Answer: Wa alaykum assalam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, Dear questioner, Thank you for your important question. Everyone is given a choice to do what is right and what is wrong. Everyone who has heard the message of Islam is responsible […]

February 9, 2021 2 mins

How Do I Divide My Estate Amongst My Children?

Question: If someone gives his property to his children and then has more children, do the new children also get their portion of the property? Answer: Wa alaykum assalam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, Dear questioner, Thank you for your important question. If someone gives his property to his children and then has more children, the […]

February 9, 2021 1 min

Why Am I Being Punished for Growing Up in an Irreligious Family?

Question: Why am I being punished for growing up in a not so religious family? Why do I have to make up prayers when they never taught me to pray? Answer: Wa alaykum assalam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, Dear questioner, Thank you for your important question. When Allah asks us to make up prayers, He […]

February 7, 2021 1 min

Why Did the Prophet Interpret a Black Woman That He Saw in a Dream as a Plague?

Question: Why did the Prophet interpret a black woman that he saw in a dream as a plague? Answer: Wa alaykum assalam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, Dear questioner, Thank you for your important question. The hadith is in Sahih al-Bukhari and reads: In a dream I saw a black woman with unkempt hair leaving Medina […]

February 4, 2021 1 min

Why Is Fifteen Days the Maximum Length of a Period?

Question: Why is it that 15 days is the maximum length of a period? Answer: Wa alaykum assalam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, Dear questioner, Thank you for your important question. Menstruation is a term that is used in the Quran and Hadith, but it is not explained (mujmal). Whenever a concept is mentioned in the […]

January 30, 2021 4 mins

Is Veneration Of the Husband Misogynistic?

Question: There are many hadiths that indicate that wives should show the utmost veneration towards their husbands. Isn’t this misogynistic? Answer: Wa alaykum assalam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, Dear questioner, Thank you for your important question. Social rank in Islam is based on responsibilities. Allah has given more responsibilities to the husband than He has […]

January 28, 2021 2 mins

Can a Pure Intention Be Mixed?

Question: Is it considered pure sincerity if one intends to seek Allah’s pleasure in some worldly activity when one is also driven by the need to fulfill a worldly need? Answer: Wa alaykum assalam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, Dear questioner, Thank you for your important question. Pure sincerity is doing something just to please Allah, […]

January 28, 2021 1 min

Does Islam Have Predestination?

Question: Does predestination apply to the Hereafter? Answer: Wa alaykum assalam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, Dear questioner, Thank you for your important question. Yes, predestination does apply to the Hereafter. Everything that is, was, and ever will be is known by Allah in all its details and niceties, and it has all be ordained. The […]

January 27, 2021 2 mins

Should I Shave My Beard For Work?

Question: Is it permissible and advisable to shave off one’s beard for work purposes? Answer: Wa alaykum assalam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, Dear questioner, Thank you for your important question. Having a beard is a religious symbol for Muslim men and a sign of masculinity. Stating one’s Islam and stating one’s masculinity rank very high […]

January 27, 2021 6 mins

Living Simply: The Slings and Arrows of Not-So-Outrageous Fortune

Part Ten: The Slings and Arrows of Not-So-Outrageous Fortune by Shaykh Farid Dingle In order to get through life with ease, the early Muslims (salaf) focused on certain key ways of living that would make it spiritually and practically easier and more fruitful. They coined a term for the variegated rules that they lived […]

January 26, 2021 1 min

Can I Teach Tafsir Without an Ijaza?

Question: Can I teach Tafsir without an ijaza? Answer: Wa alaykum assalam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, Dear questioner, Thank you for your important question. One should only teach Tafsir if one’s teachers have told one to do so. I advise you to take this course with Sh. Abdul Rahim Reasat https://seekers.flywheelstaging.com/courses/ulum-al-quran-on-revelation-how-it-was-preserved-and-understood-and-why-it-is-true/ You can ask him […]

January 25, 2021 2 mins

What Were the Rites Of Dividing Arrows Among Pagan Arabs?

Question: What were the dividing arrow rites that the pagan Arabs used to observe with Hubal? Answer: Wa alaykum assalam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, Dear questioner, Thank you for your important question. The great historian Ibn al-Kalbi (d. 204 AH) describes these rites in his book, The Book of Idols (Kitab al-Asnam). He says: The […]

January 25, 2021 1 min

How Many Days Constitute Traveling For Combining Prayers?

Question: How many days can one keep journey prayers while on a journey? Answer: Wa alaykum assalam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, Dear questioner, Thank you for your important question. In the Shafi’i school, one may keep joining Dhuhr and Asr and Maghrib and Isha as long as one is a traveller. One is a traveller […]

January 24, 2021 1 min

What Parts Of a Slaughtered Animal Are Impermissible To Consume?

Question: Are there any body parts of a halal slaughtered animal that we cannot eat? Answer: Wa alaykum assalam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, Dear questioner, Thank you for your important question. The only part of the slaughtered animal that cannot be eaten according to the Shafi’i school is blood itself. Allah Most High has said, […]

January 24, 2021 3 mins

Does Motherhood Via Milk Relations Require Witnesses?

Question: Is it true that one cannot prove that in an Islamic court a woman cannot be proven to be a man’s milk-mother without four witnesses? Answer: Wa alaykum assalam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, Dear questioner, Thank you for your important question. Proving that a woman is a man’s milk-mother before the court can be […]

January 24, 2021 2 mins

Where Do Women Place Their Feet In Prayer?

Question: As a female, how should I position my feet in prayer? Answer: Wa alaykum assalam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, Dear questioner, Thank you for your important question. When praying, the most important sunna is to focus on what we are doing: thanking Allah, glorifying Him, and pleading for His good pleasure. Thinking too much […]

January 24, 2021 1 min

Does Islam Promote Squatter’s Rights?

Question: In Islam, is it valid to take other people’s property who do not use their property? Answer: Wa alaykum assalam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, Dear questioner, Thank you for your important question. In Islam, there is no concept of squatter’s rights: one cannot simply live on someone’s uninhabited property and then take the property […]

January 24, 2021 2 mins

Is It Permissible To Work For the Government and Receive Salary Derived From Tax...

Question: Is it permissible to receive a salary from the government that comes from taxes? Answer: Wa alaykum assalam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, Dear questioner, Thank you for your important question. There are many hadiths that prohibit levying taxes. These however are referring to taking taxes that are unfair and unnecessary. When the Muslim Common […]

January 24, 2021 1 min

Can I Accept Scholarships From a Haram Source?

Question: Is it permissible to receive a scholarship from a haram source? Answer: Wa alaykum assalam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, Dear questioner, Thank you for your important question. Yes, as long as more than 50% of the source of the scholarship is halal, then it is permissible to receive such a scholarship. Please see: https://seekers.flywheelstaging.com/answers/hanafi-fiqh/what-is-the-ruling-on-receiving-things-from-others-that-were-acquired-with-unlawful-money/ […]

January 23, 2021 1 min

How Do We Pray In Rows?

Question: Can you pray with the imam at the front, one follower to his right, and then the rest of the followers in the second row? Answer: Wa alaykum assalam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, Dear questioner, Thank you for your important question. When three or more people are praying together, the imam should be in […]

January 23, 2021 1 min

Which Direction Should the Feet Of the Deceased Be In the Grave?

Question: Which direction should the feet of the deceased be in the grave? Answer: Wa alaykum assalam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, Dear questioner, Thank you for your important question. The deceased has to be lying perpendicular to the direction of the qibla. It is recommended that he be on his right, and it is offensive […]

January 23, 2021 1 min

Can I Treat My Adopted Parents As My Real Parents?

Question: Is it okay if I treat my adopted parents legally and emotionally as if they were my real parents? Answer: Wa alaykum assalam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, Dear questioner, Thank you for your important question. You can treat your adopted parents emotionally as your real parents, and you can call them by the names […]

January 23, 2021 1 min

Should I Follow an Unlearned Imam?

Question: What should we do if the imam of our mosque is unlearned and makes mistakes in the Fatiha? Answer: Wa alaykum assalam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, Dear questioner, Thank you for your important question. If one is in an area replete with the ulema, one should not pray behind someone who does not recite […]

January 23, 2021 3 mins

Is It Permissible To Use Contraception?

Question: Is it offensive you use contraception for the first few years of one’s marriage or when studying? Answer: Short answer: Wa alaykum assalam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, Dear questioner, Thank you for your important question. If one is generally trying to avoid physical, emotional, or relational harm, then there is nothing wrong with using […]