Halal/Haram Matters

I heard that eating prawn is Makrooh. So my question is if I eat prawn in suhoor, does it have any impact on my fast? Do I get less reward?

Halal/Haram Matters, Innovations

30 Sep

ANSWER: This is totally baseless! It is permissible and has no impact on anything.

Is it sinful to bring Quran from Harram(Makkah) or masjid e nabwi(Madina) to home to read it without asking anyone?

Halal/Haram Matters, Reading/Reciting the Quran

23 Sep

ANSWER: This is not permissible as it’s kept there for reading in the haram itself! This is a major sin and stealing from the house of Allah.

There’s a company named “MSI” which manufactures various types of high quality products for Computers. Their logo has a “Dragon” in it and the products sometimes contains that logo. The Dragons eye , mouth and hands are only visible in black colour. Can we buy those products ?

Halal/Haram Matters

23 Sep

ANSWER: No problem. The logos or names do not make things halal or haram. You should put a tape or paint on the face of the dragon after buying it.

Sir, Thanks for be a source of clearing our doubts. My question is What is islam view on waiting for and shopping on offers days provided during national day?

Halal/Haram Matters, Innovations

23 Sep

ANSWER: No problem in shopping halal things on these days and availing their discounts. It’s not permissible to celebrate.

Sheikh, in my office there is arrangement of distributing sweets/foods on the occasion of ‘eid-e-miladunnobi’. Or sometimes the management arranges a lunch. What should I do in this case? Note that we don’t need to donate any money.

Halal/Haram Matters, Innovations

22 Sep

ANSWER: No problem in eating halal food that is sent to you, without you participating in such events or gatherings.

Sheikh,is it haram to upload pictures of food? Would this be riya?

Halal/Haram Matters, Social Media

19 Sep

ANSWER: Generally speaking, this is permissible. One must be careful not to break the hearts of the poor and not to bring evil eye to himself.

My question is about sadaqah jariyah. I set up a link to raise money through donations so I can build a water well on behalf of my grandmother. Is this valid? as I’ve been told it has to be her own money or children’s money. I would like to know which information is authentic as I would love to get all the help since I cannot do it on my own or just with my family’s help.

Funerals, Halal/Haram Matters

16 Sep

ANSWER: This is more like begging people for money and this is not permissible.

I have a question regarding artificial intelligence. Since it is the science of getting the machines to mimic the behaviour of humans/ imitate human intelligence, is studying artificial intelligence haram in any way?

Halal/Haram Matters, Jobs

16 Sep

ANSWER: Using artificial intelligence and being a robotic engineer is permissible. Having a statue like robot is not. It is not permissible to make anything that resembles a human being with a head and body.

My father runs a tobacco store, selling cigars, cigarettes and the like. He wishes that I take over the main store so he can expand it. He will start training me in a week on how to manage the store. I know this is haram. But, how can I tell my father this is haram? Also, if he does not listen, is it permissible that I run the store until I can sell it and donate the money to charity?

Halal/Haram Matters, Jobs

16 Sep

ANSWER: You must tell him that this is prohibited in Islam and that the income is haram. You must not assist him in anything and you will sinful as he is if you do.

When I am driving and texting at the same time, and then I see a cop and put my phone down, is this shirk? (Since Allah was watching me I didn’t stop but for a cop I did…) this has been stressing me out a lot because sometimes I use my phone when I need to when driving.

Character and Morals, Etiquette, Morals and Heart-Softeners, Halal/Haram Matters

15 Sep

ANSWER: This is not shirk but sinful as you are breaking the law of the land you’re living in and threatening the lives of others while bringing a bad name for muslims for being irresponsible.

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