sheikh, if my wife gets periods in ramadan she doesn’t intends for fast but she avoids eating and drinking just because she doesn’t like to eat and drinking while whole family is fasting so doing such thing is permissible or she’s sinful for this?

Fasting
18 May

ANSWER: She is not sinful for respecting others and not wanting to hurt their feelings. However, she must not fast and she must eat and drink when alone. 

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Is marriage done on an actual contract where we need to sign or can we avoid this and just do it verbally? Also does it need to be registered with the law of the country?

Marriage Contract
18 May

ANSWER: In marriages, there are many people who are cheaters and don’t fear Allah. Therefore, to protect all parties, such a contract must be registered and legal. Doing it verbally only causes a lot of problems in the future. 

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While am praying in the Masjid at times the person next to me doesn’t stretch his legs in order to close the gap in order to prevent shayateen to enter no matter… Does this invalidate the prayer?

Prayer
17 May

ANSWER: No, this does not invalidate the prayer as this is not mandatory, rather its a highly recommended Sunnah.

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I dont live with my in laws. My mother in law always taunt me whenever i talk her over the phone or face to face which affects me mentally and my marrital life also. So i stopped calling her and going in laws. Am i sinful for this or what else i can do?

Dealings and Attitudes with In-Laws
17 May

ANSWER: No, you’re not sinful as you’re not obliged to maintain ties with them because they’re not your kinship. However, you must give them Salam whenever you meet them somewhere. You should also grow up as normal people and mentally healthy people are not affected like this! She is your children’s grandmother and the mother […]

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Could you explain why the reward for women for reciting Qur’aan on a phone during their periods ( with no wudu) is not the same as reciting from a مصحف ، outside their periods and with wudu. The speech of Allaah is same .

Reading/Reciting the Quran
16 May

ANSWER: Who said it is not the same reward? The reward is the same.

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In Australia 90% of the meat slaughting is by the machine not by hand is it halal to eat or we have to eat hand slaughter only. Its very difficult to buy hand slaughter meat in foreign countries. Australian Muslim council said is halal. Some people say machine slaughting is halal and some say not. What is according to Quran please guide me?

Halal/Haram Matters
16 May

ANSWER: As long as each press of a button that slaughters a group of chicken at the same time is pushed by a Muslim or a Jew or a Christian and the name of Allah is mentioned at each slaughter, this is permissible. But if he says Bismillah once and the slaughtering takes place on an […]

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Do you get rewarded for cooking sahoor and waking your siblings for it? Also, do you get rewarded for cooking iftaar for your mother and siblings as well? Is it the type of reward that you have a similar reward as them or is it just an act of kindness to one another?

Fasting
15 May

ANSWER: This is definitely a very good deed and you will be rewarded for this. Make your intention to please Allah by doing that. 

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The place where my aunt stays azan cant be heard can she set time according to the azan of that place on phone through any app and break her fast through that phone azan?

Fasting
15 May

ANSWER: No problem. Ask her to choose the Umm al qura timetable.

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Is it allowed to watch comedy(just simple comedy,no adult comedy) and does it invalidiate our fast?

Fasting, Sports, Entertainment and Music
15 May

ANSWER: This does not invalidate your fast, however it is not permissible to watch this whether while fasting or otherwise as it contains many haram things such as lying, making fun of others and music.

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When i tell my parents,or elderly people here in india that medical insurance is prohibited in islam then many of them who belong to middle class or who don’t have savings tell what will u do if u have serious disease like cancer,or illness that require lot of money to treat.It’s like either u ask others for money or die.so what should a muslim do?Is it permisible to have insuranc for middle class

Insurance
15 May

ANSWER: This is absolutely not permissible if taken voluntarily.  Medical insurance or any kind of insurance is haram if taken by your own self because it involves two major sins: gambling and riba. If the insurance is compulsory by the government or if your company is offering it to you then there’s no problem in […]

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