Shaykh what to do when your in a kafir country and you work in a partially mixed environment where there is some mixing and the females sometimes try talking to you asking questions like “what time do you finish” or “how are you” and you feel as if you will be disrespectful if you just ignore completely, also what about muslim women, what to do?

Character and Morals, Etiquette, Morals and Heart-Softeners
24 Dec

ANSWER: You must minimize your communication to them to the bare minimum and be as straight as possible with few words without reciprocating with them even if they accuse you of being rude. Lower your gaze and show them lack on interest and do not socialize with them.  They will get the message loud and […]

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My mother did something to me that hurts my heart every time it crosses my mind although I have forgiven her. My heart grieves and I try my best to stop thinking about it so it won’t affect my relationship with her yet it’s difficult. Is it right if I informed her about it so it won’t happen again and so I may experience peace in sha Allāh?

Fiqh of the family
23 Dec

ANSWER: Allah ordered us to be kind, dutiful, obedient and respectful towards our mothers! What can be worse than saddening her and depressing her by confronting her with such hurtful things?  You should suppress your feelings and acknowledge that even if she slaps you with her slippers everyday, she is still your mother and your […]

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Is it allowed for a muslim to say : “O my God” or ” O my Gosh” or similar things of that nature?

Names and Attributes of Allaah
23 Dec

ANSWER: One should not say this as God is not one of Allah’s beautiful names. 

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Ya Shiekh if we go to the casino but not to gamble just for a vacation because they gave us free nights to stay at their resort, is this permissible to go there?

Halal/Haram Matters
23 Dec

ANSWER: Of course not!  With all the gambling around you and the prostitution, the music, the liquor etc, aren’t you afraid of Allah’s wrath to fall upon them and to include you with them? And for what, for free nights? Is your religion this cheap? 

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Sir, A person who is praying all fard prayers individually at home should pray them silently or loudly?

Prayer
23 Dec

ANSWER: The sunnah is to pray the silent prayers silently and the loud prayers aloud, even when praying alone for both men and women.

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Is this correct ‘we have start moving to next position in salah only after the imam reaches the next position ‘ eg : we should start moving to ruku from the time imam reaches ruku . What to do if we can’t see imam ?

Prayer
23 Dec

ANSWER: If you can’t see him then you must move only after he completes saying the takbeer.

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Sheikh, a high profile educator (non-Muslim) told me that the meaning of the word “Allah” is “unique”. I searched everywhere, I dint get any answer, can you please say me so that I can convey him!

Names and Attributes of Allaah
23 Dec

ANSWER: The name Allaah refers to the One Who is adored and worshipped, the One Who possesses the attributes of divinity and to whom all His creation is enslaved. The attributes of divinity with which He describes Himself are the attributes of perfection.

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Does reciting sura Ikhlas 3 times earns sawab equivalent to 1 complete recitation of quran?

Reading/Reciting the Quran
23 Dec

ANSWER: Yes, this is authentic.

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I know that if halal and haram food are cooked together it is harm.in a bakery run by non Muslims,if I am pretty confident that meat items and stuff like plain buns are cooked speratly, will a plain bun be haram if it is served/sold with the same spatula used to serve a meat based bun,what I am trying to ask is wil halal food be haram if merely touched by haram,like by the fat particles e.t.c.

Halal/Haram Matters
23 Dec

ANSWER: If halal food was contaminated directly with haram food, this becomes najis as well.

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Sir, what does this hadeeth actually mean here? “”Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “A believer is not stung twice (by something) out of one and the same hole.””

Commentary on Hadeeth
22 Dec

ANSWER: Meaning a believer is intelligent enough to not be harmed by the same thing, situation or person for the second time. If you have been betrayed or hurt or let down by someone, be civil and maintain good relationship with them but don’t allow them to hurt you again by blindly trusting them or […]

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