Shaykh Farid Dingle

January 11, 2021 1 min

Is Picking-Up Passengers Who Carry Alcohol Permissible?

Question: Is it permissible to pick up passengers who are carrying or drinking alcohol? Answer: Wa alaykum assalam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, Dear questioner, Thank you for your important question. Picking up passengers who carry or drink alcohol is permissible. It does not count as helping others commit sin (al ianah ala al haram). It […]
January 11, 2021 1 min

Are Claw Games Haram?

Question: Are claw games, and other such funfair games, like coconut shy permissible? Answer: Wa alaykum assalam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, Dear questioner, Thank you for your important question. Such games are permissible. They are not what the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) meant by prohibiting sales concluded by throwing an item […]
January 9, 2021 1 min

Can a Dead Fetus Be Buried Along With Its Mother?

Question: Can a dead fetus be buried along with its mother? Answer: Wa alaykum assalam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, Dear questioner, Thank you for your important question. Yes, when a woman dies while pregnant and a fetus dies inside her, they do not have to be buried separately. If, however, the woman dies and the […]
January 9, 2021 1 min

How Should I Handle Christmas Activities At School?

Question: What should we do if our children’s elementary school has our children do Christmas activities? Answer: Wa alaykum assalam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, Dear questioner, Thank you for your important question. Physically acting out religious activities from another religion is sinful, but not disbelief. It would be sinful to do this or allow one’s […]
January 8, 2021 3 mins

What Should One Do Immediately After Finishing One’s Obligatory Prayer (fa...

Question: What should one do immediately after finishing one’s obligatory prayer (fard)? Answer: Wa alaykum assalam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, Dear questioner, Thank you for your important question. After the ritual prayer (salat), it is recommended in the Shafi’i school to sit down in one’s place of worship and do one’s prayers (adhkhar) before one […]
January 7, 2021 3 mins

What Is the Definition Of a Living Organism, According To Islam?

Question: In the Islamic paradigm, what is life? Answer: Wa alaykum assalam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, Dear questioner, Thank you for your important question. This is quite a broad and profound discussion, so I will try to deal with it from just a few angles.   Carrion As the Opposite Of Living One place where […]
January 7, 2021 1 min

What Is the Relationship Between Allah and His Attributes?

Question: Are Allah’s attributes identical with His own being, or are they separate? Answer: Wa alaykum assalam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, Dear questioner, Thank you for your important question. Allah’s divine attributes are neither identical nor other than His own essence. [Jawharat al-Tawhid, Laqqani] Allah’s power is not a physical part of Him that could […]
January 7, 2021 1 min

Why Is It Sinful To Pray During the Friday Sermon (Khutba)?

Question: Why is it sinful to pray during the Friday Sermon (Khutba)? Answer: Wa alaykum assalam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, Dear questioner, Thank you for your important question. It is sinful to pray during the Friday sermon (khutba) because the Prophet forbade us from speaking during the sermon. [Bukhari and Muslim] The reason why we […]
January 7, 2021 3 mins

Is It Permissible To Curse Yazid ibn Muawiya?

Question: Is it permissible to curse Yazid ibn Muawiya? Answer: Wa alaykum assalam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, Dear questioner, Thank you for your important question. Islam is a religion of love and beauty and not a religion of hatred. The Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) said, ‘I was not sent to curse […]
January 7, 2021 3 mins

Is Sitting On the Floor While Eating Sunna?

Question: Has Allah asked us to sit on the floor while we are eating, or it is just a cultural thing? Answer: Wa alaykum assalam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, Dear questioner, Thank you for your important question. Sayyidna Anas (Allah be pleased with him) said that in all the time he spent with the Messenger […]
January 6, 2021 1 min

How Are the Levels of Paradise Greater or Lesser?

Question: Are the levels of Paradise greater or lesser in a numerical sense or in a qualitative sense? Answer: Wa alaykum assalam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, Dear questioner, Thank you for your important question. The disparate levels of Paradise are greater and lesser than each other in both a numerical and qualitative sense. Therefore some […]
January 6, 2021 2 mins

How Should I Deal With Ingredients of Unknown Origin?

Question: How should we deal with the ingredients of unknown origin? Answer: Wa alaykum assalam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, Dear questioner, Thank you for your important question. The default assumption is that everything we use and eat is pure until proven otherwise. If a certain ingredient may have animal origins, it is still assumed pure […]
January 6, 2021 4 mins

Should We Command Non-Muslims To Abide the Rules of Islam?

Question: Should we tell non-Muslims to abide by the rules of Islam? Answer: Wa alaykum assalam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, Dear questioner, Thank you for your important question.   Short Answer: We are not obliged to command non-Muslims to conform to the details of the Sacred Law. However, we do have to rebuke them if […]
January 5, 2021 1 min

How Do I Obey My Parents If They Follow a Different Madhab?

Question: If one has different fiqh positions to one’s parents, does one still have to obey them in that which is sinful in one’s own opinion or madhhab? Answer: Wa alaykum assalam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, Dear questioner, Thank you for your important question. No, one does not have to have to obey them in […]
January 5, 2021 2 mins

Is Violence During Intercourse Allowed?

Question: Is it permissible to strike the face or put one’s foot on someone’s face during intercourse? Answer: Wa alaykum assalam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, Dear questioner, Thank you for your important question. So, to my very limited knowledge, there are four issues to talk about here. Proper Islamic decorum during intercourse, causing non-consensual pain, […]
January 4, 2021 1 min

Did My Negative Thoughts About Someone Cause Their Death?

Question: Many years before my grandmother passed away (Allah show her mercy!), I had thoughts of her dying? Now I feel extremely guilty for causing her death. Will Allah forgive me? Answer: Wa alaykum assalam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, Dear questioner, Thank you for your important question. It is okay! Thinking about someone dying does […]
January 4, 2021 2 mins

Why Does the Hadith Say That the Buried Child Will Be in Hell?

Answered by Shaykh Farid Dingle  Question How is it that “the child-burier and the buried child are in Hell,” as mentioned in a hadith when children are not morally responsible? Answer Dear questioner, Thank you for your important question. Whenever we come across a hadith that seems to be at odds with what we know […]
January 4, 2021 1 min

Are There Hadiths That Discuss the Invasion of India?

Question: Are there any hadiths about invaded India? If so, how can Hindus feel safe from Muslims? Answer: Wa alaykum assalam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, Dear questioner, Thank you for your important question. There are hadiths about Muslims invading India, but they are of disparate levels of authenticity. One such hadith reads, ‘An army from […]
January 4, 2021 1 min

Is It Permissible to Teach Sex Education in the West?

Question: Is it permissible to teach sex education in the West? Answer: Wa alaykum assalam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, Dear questioner, Thank you for your important question. There is nothing wrong with teaching sex education. In fact, you can be a very much needed role model for Muslim youth. The only issue is that you […]
January 2, 2021 1 min

Is It Permissible to Use Egg-Based Vaccines?

Question: Is it permissible to use egg-based vaccines? Answer: Wa alaykum assalam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, Dear questioner, Thank you for your important question. Yes, egg-based vaccines are permissible to use. As long as eggs come out of living chickens, eggs are pure (tahir) even if they are fertilized. [Hashiyat al Sharwani] One would assume […]
January 2, 2021 2 mins

How Can I Judge Rulings that I Do Not Understand?

Question: How do I deal with rulings in the Sacred Law that do not make sense? Answer: Wa alaykum assalam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, Dear questioner, Thank you for your important question. If there is a conflict between what Allah and His Messenger (Allah bless him and give him peace) have taught us and what […]
January 2, 2021 1 min

How Do I Grow Closer to Allah?

Question: How can you operationally get closer to Allah? Answer: Wa alaykum assalam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, Dear questioner, Thank you for your important question. Closeness to Allah means that Allah loves you. The more Allah loves someone, then the closer they are to Allah. Besides looking very carefully at what you do, whether or […]
January 2, 2021 2 mins

What Should I Do if I Feel Tempted by Christianity?

Question: Although I do pray five times a day, I am becoming tempted by Christianity. What should I do? Answer: Wa alaykum assalam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, Dear questioner, Thank you for your important question. Any objective study of Islam and Christianity will tell you that historically we know so much more about the Prophet […]
January 1, 2021 3 mins

Can a Colleague of the Opposite Sex Come to My House to Work?

Question: Is it permissible to have a work colleague of the opposite sex come to your house for work purposes? Answer: Wa alaykum assalam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, Dear questioner, Thank you for your important question. Having a member of the opposite sex come to one’s house to deal with one personally is something that […]
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