2020 – Page 61 – Sheikh Assim Al Hakeem

I know that salaah without surah Fatiha is invalid, sometimes i forget to read after the imam reads and sometimes I’m doubting whether I read or not. Shall I repeat the Salaah or pray two sajda after salaam. Please advise i get this frequently.

Prayer

21 Aug

ANSWER: If this is in loud prayers, the prayer is valid even if you didn’t read it as the recitation of the imam is sufficient for those who are praying behind him. But if it is a silent rakah, not reciting the fatiha voids the rakah as it is a pillar and you must offer […]

I read in school. In our Bengali book there are stories and poems which contain shirk beliefs. We have to read and study them to get marks in the exam. Will I become a polytheist (Mushrik) if I read and write them in exam if I don’t believe in those this things?

Halal/Haram Matters, Shirk and its different forms

21 Aug

ANSWER: You can study this only to pass the exam while hating it in your heart. It’s best if you write at the end that this goes against Islamic beliefs.

I am going to my relatives who live around 100 miles way and I am staying there for 2 to 3 days so I will have to shorten my prayers unless I pray with the imam,my question is based on the fact I heard you can’t pray sunnah or nafl on traval,does this also include for the night prayer or am I able to pray that as he night prayer is a nafl?

Prayer

21 Aug

ANSWER: You should not pray the Sunnah of dhuhr, Maghrib and isha as Prophet salla Allahu Alaihi wa Sallam used to skip these while traveling. Other than that, you can pray as many voluntary prayers as you want, including 2 Sunnah before Fajr and Witr as Prophet salla Allahu Alaihi wa Sallam never missed these […]

The question is a bit harsh,I know.But i really feel like Allah doesn’t care about women.He only created her to please man.We have marriage issues,we have social pressures, we have a time limit on having kids, etc. How is that fair, Men can marry multiple women, but Allah made woman such that she can’t bear the thought of another woman with her man.and then in hell our number would exceed

Etiquette, Morals and Heart-Softeners, Fiqh of the family

21 Aug

ANSWER: There is no harshness in your question! It is only the thing that separates faithful Muslims from people who do not submit their will to Allah and object to His rulings similar to how Satan refused to obey Allah and prostrate to Adam like the rest of the angels and justified it by saying […]

Can we work in insurance company? What is the ruling for working in health insurance companies

Insurance, Jobs

21 Aug

ANSWER: It’s not permissible at all to work in any department of conventional insurance companies and the income is haram.

My grandparents have a maid. She had asked money of 50,000 rupees from my grandmother as our maid had some debt to repay. So my grandmother gave her the money. But every once a week, she keeps asking money and she asks more than 100,000 rupees. She has the habit of taking the money and disappearing. Should we give her the money she is asking from us?

Other

20 Aug

ANSWER: You fool me once, shame on you! You fool me twice, shame on me!

What is the ruling of reading a specific dua for end of Islamic calendar year and beginning of the year month (awal muharram) of the following year? There is also the custom of asking forgiveness from family and friends on that day. Can that be done too?

Innovations

20 Aug

ANSWER: All of this is baseless and innovation.

Is it enough to say Astaghfirullah after sinning?

Sins

19 Aug

ANSWER: No, this is not enough! One must have deep remorse and sincerity while repenting and ask Allah for forgiveness.

Honourable sheikh it is said that one who pays, receives and bear witness to payment of interest is equally sinful. My doubt is who all are included in the witness. If I’m an accountant of a company (not a bank) will I be sinful for preparing the accounts of my company.

Jobs, Riba

19 Aug

ANSWER: Yes, you will be sinful and it’s a major sin. https://islamqa.info/en/answers/112175/ruling-on-working-as-an-accountant-in-companies-institutions-and-factories

I and my husband both have good jobs. He is asking me to spend my money on our house whilst he is spending on his parents( which he claims). My salary account is joint account and his is personal. I know Islamically it’s the man’s duty to spend on me. 1) How can I tell him gently that I don’t want to spend my money and want him to spend on me.

Fiqh of Marriage, Kind Treatment of Spouses

19 Aug

ANSWER: Make him understand that along with his parents you are also his responsibility after the marriage and he should fulfill all your financial needs as he will be questioned about this in the hereafter. Give him references from the Quran and Sunnah in a polite manner and make dua for him to understand this. […]

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I know that salaah without surah Fatiha is invalid, sometimes i forget to read after the imam reads and sometimes I’m doubting whether I read or not. Shall I repeat the Salaah or pray two sajda after salaam. Please advise i get this frequently.

I read in school. In our Bengali book there are stories and poems which contain shirk beliefs. We have to read and study them to get marks in the exam. Will I become a polytheist (Mushrik) if I read and write them in exam if I don’t believe in those this things?

Can we work in insurance company? What is the ruling for working in health insurance companies

What is the ruling of reading a specific dua for end of Islamic calendar year and beginning of the year month (awal muharram) of the following year? There is also the custom of asking forgiveness from family and friends on that day. Can that be done too?

Is it enough to say Astaghfirullah after sinning?

Honourable sheikh it is said that one who pays, receives and bear witness to payment of interest is equally sinful. My doubt is who all are included in the witness. If I’m an accountant of a company (not a bank) will I be sinful for preparing the accounts of my company.

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