If you pray for dead people, will they know that you particularly – prayed for them?

Funerals
05 Oct

ANSWER: There is no authentic evidence to prove that they know. 

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Sheikh, I wanted to ask that the prayer of honoring the masjid or Tahiyat-Ul-Masjid is a command from the Prophet (Saww) but we also have a hadith in which a bedoin came and asked about islam, so the Prophet (Saww) told him about the obligatory acts such as obligatory 5 prayers. Is the Tahiyat-Ul-Masjid recommended or mandatory (compulsory) ?

Prayer
04 Oct

ANSWER: It is mandatory to pray when you enter the masjid if you want to sit down. It can be a voluntary prayer or even fard. There’s no separate prayer called Tahiyatul Masjid, it’s just a name given by scholars. As for the hadeeth of the Bedouin, this can be looked at as talking about […]

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Sheikh we have felt the presence of Jinns in our house but Alhamdulillah they do not bother us in any way. Except that recently our money and other things are getting misplaced automatically and money has started disappearing even in the safe lock. Is there any dua or anything else we can do about it?

Jinn, Witchcraft, Black Magic and the Evil Eye
04 Oct

ANSWER: Whenever you put money Or place it anywhere, always say bismillah. This protects it from jinn. 

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Please tell me whether what I am doing is good or wrong: before sleeping I cup my hands, blow in it and say the 3 Quls and wipe my body. I do this three times. Then I recite Surah Al Mulk and Ayatul Kursi. To finish things off, I recite Al Kafiroon as I read a hadith about it preventing you from Shirk. Is what I am doing good? Thank you.

Supplications
04 Oct

ANSWER: This is correct and you should also say subhanallah 33 times, alhamdulillah 33 times and Allahu Akbar 34 times. There are many other Duaa you can find in the ‘Fortress of the Muslim’.

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Is the hadith authentic about reciting surah kafiroon before going to sleeping as its a protection from shirk

Supplications
03 Oct

ANSWER: Reciting Surah kafiroon is authentic before sleeping. 

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What should our last words before sleeping be: Surah al-Kafiroon? Laa ilaaha illAllah? Or something else?

Supplications
03 Oct

ANSWER: It was narrated that al-Baraa’ ibn ‘Aazib said: Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “When you go to bed, do wudoo’ as if for prayer, then lie down on your right side, then say: ‘Allahummah aslamtu nafsi ilayk, wa wajahtu wajhi ilayk, wa fawwadtu amri ilayk, wa alja’tu zahri ilayk, […]

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Sheikh I wanna ask that can I read Quran daily from my phone I mean using Quran apps or should I use the Original Quran(book)

Reading/Reciting the Quran
03 Oct

ANSWER: No problem in this and the reward is the same.

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Is taking bai’at from any alim to ask for solutions of worldly problems,or to know islam is permissible? Or is the term only for the caliph?, in our country,lot of people, ask alims about their problems,and they say, it helps to get rid of waswasa from saitan & they claim ashraf ali thanwi(ra) said, it is mustahaab, if u wish, u can do it. Is these true or shirk?

Innovations, Sects
03 Oct

ANSWER: The concept of giving bai’ah to other than the Muslim ruler who leads the country, is an innovation. 

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Few months ago I took Allaah’s oath and told my mom that I would not talk to dad, as she(my mom) wanted this, but now for some reason I want to talk to my dad and I am getting thoughts that I want to talk to dad so is it permissible for me to tell my mom that, Now I end/finish Allaah’s oath and now if I want I will speak to dad, (As I don’t want to sin by breaking Allaah’s oath) please help

Fiqh of the family, Oaths
03 Oct

ANSWER: You must immediately break this oath and talk to your father as it’s one of the major sins to be disrespectful towards your parents let alone stop talking! He is your middle gate to Paradise and Allah will be angry with you until you ask forgiveness from your father. Expiate this breaking of oath […]

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I had memorized few juzz of the holy Quran and then had to discontinue. I was told not to forget the memorized parts by my ustaads but as years went by I have forgotten most of what I had memorized. What is the sin of forgetting and what effects does this have in my life . I do intend to learn it again . InshaAllah.

Reading/Reciting the Quran
02 Oct

ANSWER: There is no sin on you because of forgeting the Quran.  However, you should keep revising those surahs in order to be elevated in jannah. Why would you want to waste some much of time and efforts that you put into it.

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