I work in a hospital. And I have the issue of repeated episodes of headache, sometimes very severe which impairs my work. My question is, during fasting, can I use transdermal patches of painkiller medicine which are placed on skin and the drug gets absorbed directly through the skin into blood?

Fasting
28 Apr

ANSWER: This is permissible.  You should also try cupping as it is very beneficial for your headaches. 

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Is it allowed to work as a package delivery driver (for DHL) or as a luggage porter (in the airport) in a kafir country ? I ask the question because i would probably “unkowingly” carry haram items that are inside poeple’s packages or luggages.

Jobs
27 Apr

ANSWER: This work is permissible as you do not know what is in the packages.

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In my country, Bangladesh, people are fighting saying Is Taraweeh sunnah or Nawfl.If Tahajjud sunnah or Nawfl.Some are saying tahajjud=tareweeh!please clarify

Taraweeh, Tahajjud and Qiyam-ul-Layl
27 Apr

ANSWER: Sunnah and nafl have the same meaning which is what a person does, he will be rewarded for it and if he doesn’t do it, he won’t be sinful. 

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My jewelry are with my in laws and after my marriage they did not give me and have kept with them.Do i need to consider them(jewelleries kept with inlaws) while calcualting my contribution to zakat?

Zakat
27 Apr

ANSWER: If its not in your possession and they would not give it to you even after you ask them to, in this case there’s no zakat on it for you.  However, you must ask your husband to talk to your in laws and give that jewelry back to you and after that keep it […]

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Is it better to offer less rakats with longer surahs or more rakats with shorter surahs when praying taraweeh?

Taraweeh, Tahajjud and Qiyam-ul-Layl
27 Apr

ANSWER: It’s more rewarding to pray longer surahs. You can pray as many rakahs as you wish.  The sunnah is to pray 8 rakahs in units of 2, followed by 3 rakahs of witr and its best to pray longer surahs even if you have to hold the Qur’an or phone in your hand if […]

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I have a doubt regarding reading Quran in mobile. In sha Allah, I will be completing one full Quran this Ramadhan as well. Is it allowed to read partly in mobile and partly in Quran to finsh all the 30 juzz?? Or we should only read and complete 30 juzz in Quran only

Reading/Reciting the Quran
26 Apr

ANSWER: No problem in reciting from the Quran or from the phone, the reward is the same and you can complete half from both without a problem. 

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I accidentally said سبحان ربي الاعلى in ruku, but then i said the correct one, do i have to perform sujood sahu? Also, What is the difference between giving sujood sahu before concluding prayer and after?

Prayer
26 Apr

ANSWER: No need for sujood as sahu as long as you have corrected yourself before going to the next position.  Sujood As Sahu (Prostrations of Forgetfulness) Question: Can you explain the Sujood of as-Sahu? When do they have to be done after the Tasleem (the Salaam)and when do they have to be done before? Answer: Sujood as-Sahu […]

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Sometimes if someone is asked a question they respond with Allaah and his prophet knows best. Like the sahaba did. What is the ruling in this?

Biography of the Prophet salla Allahu alahi wa sallam
26 Apr

ANSWER: This was permissible at the life of our Prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam. After his death, this is a wrong statement and not permissible. 

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i am a widow i am 40 yrs and i Have been through big trouble now abt 2 months ago there is a man of 31 yrs have been friend and he tell me he love me but i told him not in zina and i told me to make nika but in secret without anyone would know not even my and his parents jis like this and he will not stay with me just one hour a day but my heart doesnot agree he is young and afraid of

Invalid Marriages, Pre-Marital Relations
26 Apr

ANSWER: This is zina! A marriage without the consent of your father and without witnesses is zina. It is totally prohibited to be in communication with him as he is a non mahram. All what he is interested in is one thing and you know that! You sounded to him as a desperate woman and […]

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What are the consequences of sins out of ignorance? If parents never tell kids what is haram and halal, how would they know what is prohibited?

Sins
26 Apr

ANSWER: As long as a person doesn’t know what he’s doing is sinful, he’s not punished for it because Allah doesn’t hold a person accountable for something he did out of ignorance or forgetfulness.  However, he must learn at least the basics about Islam to differentiate between rewards and sins as this is well known. 

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