I started to practice our Deen. And now I whant to wear the correct hijab. The problem is that my father is scared that someone Will attack me(I live in a kafir country). How to convince my father I have to wear it.

Women clothing
22 Apr

ANSWER: It is not permissible to compromise your Islam by disobeying Allah The Almighty while obeying your parents. You must start wearing hijab as soon as possible. Also handle the situation with your parents diplomatically and respectfully by giving them evidences from the Quran and Sunnah. Do not go out alone and never go to remote […]

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A sister has taken a loan from the bank by keeping her gold jewelry as a mortgage. Does she has to pay zakah on this mortgaged gold?

Riba, Zakat
22 Apr

ANSWER: It is prohibited to take interest based loan from a bank. The gold and silver kept with the bank as mortgage is still zakatable.

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I own a facebook group with many participants. I charge members to advertise on my group I charge them. Weekly, monthly. Is that permissible?

Social Media
22 Apr

ANSWER: If what they are advertising is halal and without any music or women, this is permissible otherwise it’s not. 

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If I share an incident that happened between me & my mother in law, what she told me and how I felt about it. Would that be backbiting? if I share about her beliefs and practices she follows that’s not mentioned in quran or hadees is that backbiting? And if I say someone I don’t like certain dish she prepares is that backbiting?

Backbiting
22 Apr

ANSWER: Generally speaking, this is backbiting. But, if you tell about her ill treatment to someone to seek their genuine advice then this is not backbiting.  However, telling someone about her bad cooking and something similar comes under backbiting which is prohibited.

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Some money was being collected as Sadaqah for a brother. I committed to an amount to the one who was collecting, and he paid the amount to the brother (Money still with me).Later it was told to us that the brother is eligible for Zakah. Can I ‘change’ my intention to have this counted as Zakah from me, coz earlier I didn’t have this intention as we didn’t know.

Zakat
22 Apr

ANSWER: No this is not permissible. You cannot change the intention now, intention should have been prior to commitment. 

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A maid comes for cleaning our house or sometms hr daughtr.She takes 2000/month for that.But this tim she didn’t come for atleast 13 days to clean because of the marriage of her eldst daughter.So,on completion of this month I gave her 1200 salary and asked her to come for 8-9 days more then I will give her remaining salary.Did I do wrong?she is poor I should have given her ful amount?What u think?

Jobs
22 Apr

ANSWER: If she didn’t work these days, she shouldn’t get paid for them. 

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Ya Sheikh in Pakistan we eat a dish usually called “Haleem” made from different lentils. Our Scholars said bcz Haleem is the Name of Allah so it should called Daleem(urdu name of dish) but people argue that we have so many other names like Hakeem,Wakeel, Waris etc so we can’t change everything. So what’s the ruling specifically on a food dish name?

Halal/Haram Matters
21 Apr

ANSWER: No problem in calling this dish ‘Haleem’.

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How many rakat of taraweeh prayer do we have to pray if we are praying at home especially women?

Taraweeh, Tahajjud and Qiyam-ul-Layl
21 Apr

ANSWER: The Sunnah is to pray 8 rakahs (set of 2 rakahs each) and 3 witr, however you can pray as many rakahs as you want. 

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Is collecting/saving money is bad what does our Islam says about it? I want to know your thoughts on: 1. Collecting/saving money to fulfil desires(eg: buying a book, which is in my case because I love reading and to gain knowledge or for eg: planning to buy a car) 2. Collecting/saving money for future purpose or emergency use 3.Is it okay to collect money to spend it in the way of Allah(SWT).

Other
21 Apr

ANSWER: There’s no problem in saving and wanting to gain wealth as long as it’s done in a halal way and you pay the due zakat, however this must not overtake your life and religious commitments. You must strike a balance between deen and dunya while giving priority to deen. 

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I live with my inlaws and their children are very ill mannered they waste food,yell at elders,throw away food,burp on faces and if i try to correct them strictly their parents dont like it, i have 6 monthsold son too m scared he will get influenced by them.grandmother gets angry if we try to correct them she tells they can do anything as they r small for it to learm manners!! What should i do?

Dealings and Attitudes with In-Laws
21 Apr

ANSWER: You have all the right to have a separate accommodation. If this is not possible then keep yourself to your room and only come out when it’s necessary. You have no right in correcting these children if their parents don’t want you to!

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