Halal/Haram Matters

QUESTION: Is thinking that the idols that are worshipped besides Allah beautiful and admiring them, is this Kufr Akbar?

11 Jan

ANSWER: No Muslim would admire them if he was a real Muslim! Would anyone admire the r*pist of his mother and then still be considered a real man?

QUESTION: We know that if someone make wudu and sleep on his right side and say “Allahumma aslamtu nafsi ilaika, wa wajjahtu wajhi ilaika, wa fawwadtu amri ilaika, and the rest” then If he dies he will die on Islam.My question is,When someone make wudu and after saying the dua by lying on his right, Can he sleep on his back as he sometimes can’t sleep on his right.Will he have the reward?

Halal/Haram Matters, Supplications

10 Jan

ANSWER: No problem.

QUESTION: Is it Halal to get membership in shopping store (like Costco) where they sell bulk items at discounted prices. One has have to pay $60 per year to get the regular membership. For $120 exclusive membership you get 2% cash back annually. Without Membership you cannot shop there. Is this cash back riba? If it is riba, then is regular membership without cash back halal?

Halal/Haram Matters, Riba

08 Jan

ANSWER: The cash back is riba as you are getting it in exchange of a subscription. The 60$ you are paying is also ambiguous as you may pay it and not get any discounts because you didn’t buy anything and you may get much more than what you had initially paid them. Therefore, this is […]

QUESTION: I know shaving the beard is a sin. But I read on a site which said that shaving the beard is a major sin and the person who does it is considered to be an immoral person. Is this true?

Halal/Haram Matters, Men Clothing

07 Jan

ANSWER: It’s totally prohibited to shave the beard as it is imitating disbelievers and also women who are by nature beardless.

QUESTION: Is it permissible to watch Omar and Imam ahmed bin hanbal series sheik

Halal/Haram Matters, Sports, Entertainment and Music

03 Jan

ANSWER: It is not permissible to watch series depicting companions. As for the one about scholars and Imams, if there is no music or women and the content is historically valid, this is permissible.

QUESTION: There are some videos on YouTube which shows the family background of prophet muhammad sallallahu alaiwasalm (in cartoon) and it shows the faces of the sahaba and all others except Prophet muhammad sallallahu alaiwasalm…so is this permissible to watch such videos

Halal/Haram Matters, Sports, Entertainment and Music

02 Jan

ANSWER: No, this is not permissible at all!

QUESTION: Shiekh, My father want to me to do all his bank works as he didnt have much time , He tell me to do a fixed deposit of xyz amount , invest in Sip, ppf etc. I tell him so many times that dealing in riba is like engaging in war with Allah but he ignores me what to do should i listen to him?

Fiqh of the family, Halal/Haram Matters, Riba

01 Jan

ANSWER: You must not obey him in this regard as there is no pleasing or obedience to anyone at the cost of displeasing and disobedience to Allah. Try to be diplomatic and explain to him that you love him and you would do anything for him but you can’t disobey Allah.

QUESTION: Sheikh…can a female teacher teach the male students of 8th 9th and 10th. The teacher is 26 years old and abides by the hijab as well as niqab.

Halal/Haram Matters, Jobs

01 Jan

ANSWER: This is not permissible. These are full grownup men !

QUESTION: My friend is having a business.he told me to invest some amount of money to him and for that money i invest he will gave me a fixed profit every month .is this come in riba ….. The business he is doing is 100%halal

Halal/Haram Matters, Islamic economy, Riba

01 Jan

ANSWER: This is totally prohibited and its riba, one of the major sins in Islam. You must be part of both profit and loss. You can get a fixed percentage on the capital you invested and not a fixed amount.

QUESTION: My husband wants to celebrate new year with his non-muslim friends group that do all sorts of bad habits such as alcohol, drugs etc. My husband he prays 5x a day and fasts and does not consume alcohol. As a wife can I tell him not to associate himself with such people? His answer always is that I don’t do it im not committing sins.

Halal/Haram Matters, Sports, Entertainment and Music

30 Dec

ANSWER: It’s totally prohibited to be in such a gathering, whether he drinks, does drugs or not! The prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam said: whoever believes in Allah and the Day of Judgment must not sit on a table where people drink intoxicants! Allah also said in 4:140 that if you sit with such […]

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