Sheikh, can one read English translation of Quran on phone or book during menstruation?

Menstruation and post-natal bleeding, Reading/Reciting the Quran
23 Jan

ANSWER: No problem in reciting the Arabic Qur’an as well.

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If a woman is pregnant, has her baby and breastfeeds her baby for up to a year and misses two years of Ramadan fasts, does she need to keep them once she no longer breastfeeds or can she fast whilst nursing her baby?

Fasting
23 Jan

ANSWER: If it’s easy for her to fast while breastfeeding and it won’t effect her health or her milk then there’s no problem in fasting.

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I lost my mother when I was very young and my father got married again does my step mother have the same rights as my birth mother and all the other rights my birth mother is entitled to

Step Relations and Related Matters
23 Jan

ANSWER: The step mother has no right on the step children nor the step children have any duties towards the step parent.  However, you should respect her as an elder and in order to please your father.

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A raqi has asked my in laws to avoid eating beef (they can eat chicken and mutton) while he cures an episode of demonic possession. Is this the masnoon method?

Ruqyah
22 Jan

ANSWER: This person is a soothsayer or an imposter pretending to be a raqi.  Such people are professional liars and they make millions out of people like your in laws. Believing them takes a person out of the fold of Islam. Listening to them without believing them makes the prayers of 40 days void. If […]

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Here in my country we have a strict ban on beef. As it is currently Illegal in our country is it permissble for us as muslims to offer sacrifice in such a way??

Slaughtering
22 Jan

ANSWER: If it’s illegal you must not do this as this will make matters worse for Muslims. Allah has blessed us by giving us alternatives as the Prophet salla allahu aliahi wa sallam slaughtered 2 rams. 

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I want to ask about a hadith that I read in tirmadi 1055 which states that mother Ayesha went to her brother’s grave so doesn’t that prove that women can go sometimes to the graveyard plz clarify?

Funerals
22 Jan

ANSWER: It is an issue of dispute and the most authentic opinion is that it is prohibited for women to visit graveyards.

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Old person who wear diapers and can not control urine, body waste, etc. is it obliged for them to read salah in bed ridden condition. If yes then how can they read salah in un-purified state like this

Prayer
21 Jan

ANSWER: Allah says: fear Allah to the best of your ability.  If he does his best, Allah will accept his prayers even if he doesn’t perform wudhu or clean himself in the case he had no one to assist him.

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Is it compulsory to pray 2 rakah of Sunnah before fajr .if some one not pray then his Salah is acceptable or not?

Prayer
21 Jan

ANSWER: No, this is not compulsory, though it’s highly recommended and Prophet salla Allahu Alaihi wa sallam never used to miss this and the witr even while traveling.  You would lose a great deal of reward if you don’t pray the sunnah prayers but you’re not sinful and your prayers are still valid.

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Can me and my wife exchange winter jacket or some casual cloth

Men Clothing, Women clothing
21 Jan

ANSWER: No problem, providing these are unisex clothes. 

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Yesterday my neighbour visited me she said that her daughters proposal and marriage were getting cancelled which is about to fixed..now her daughter is 31 years old. My neighbour is so so sad and since last 4 years she is so sick with this daughter marriage tension.. kindly sir suggest and help in this regard..

Fiqh of the family
21 Jan

ANSWER: This is a test from Allah! This is way better than marrying someone who would divorce her after two months only to find out that she is pregnant and stuck with his child.

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