Is buying shares/stocks of a shariah compliant company and selling it within a day even an hour or few haram? Couldn’t find reasonable answers online.

Islamic economy
27 Jul

ANSWER: If you mean by intraday is buying and selling on the same day, this is only permissible when there is no obligation to sell at a specific time.  This means if you buy stocks in the morning, you can keep them for as long as you wish and no one can force you to […]

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I was told that if I wake up late for fajr like 15 or 10 left that I do the fard first (although I can do them all within 15 minutes) then the sunnah (their reason is because sun has started rising). Then after sun has risen i.e after 30 minutes then I should do the sunnah what is the correct view in this situation

Prayer
27 Jul

ANSWER: This is not true. If you know that you have enough time to do both, you should pray the sunnah first and then the fard. 

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A practicing sister wants to add one new form of worship to please Allah subhaanahu wa taala. Kindly suggest what has more rewards, waking up for tahajjud prayers twice a week or fasting Mon and Thurs. (She feels she can’t do both)

Fasting, Other
27 Jul

ANSWER: Fasting Mondays and Thursdays as this is a continuous form of worship. 

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Is it regarded as backbiting if a member of the family like mother talking to her son about her challenges with the father if it’s affecting her health and the husband is not giving listening ears rather making her go through psychological torture. This conversation may lead to talking about evil acts about the father and how to help it out.The woman health is at stake too.

Backbiting
27 Jul

ANSWER: If this is to seek genuine guidance and advice to solve her problems then no problem, however if it’s just venting out then this is not permissible and it’s a major sin of backbiting.

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Is takbir al tashreeq obligatory or sunnah?

Hajj and Umrah, Slaughtering
27 Jul

ANSWER: It’s a highly recommended sunnah.

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Prophet pbuh said:The Shaytaan is present with any one of you in all his affairs. Prophet said:When a man enters his house, and mentions Allah when he enters and when he eats, the shaytan says: ‘You have no place to stay and no dinner. When we recite Ayat kursi,shaitan goes away.How is shaytaan present in all affairs?

Other
26 Jul

ANSWER: The qareen is always with you no matter what you do or go to! Other devils can be prevented from entering the house and the likes. Praise be to Allaah. Yes, there is something which is called the qareen, which Allaah has caused to accompany every human being. This qareen pushes a person to […]

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My question is: after keep resisting I don’t have the possibility of blocking my mum from shaving my beard (I don’t shave it myself she does it) also she wants me to walk around with my Awrah opened. She even buys me Shorts which don’t cover my knees. Am I sinful for this if I stop resisting? She threatened me to sever the kinship with me if I do not do what she says.

Fiqh of the family, Halal/Haram Matters
26 Jul

ANSWER: Are you still suckling or not? You are either lying or you have a mental illness that requires seeing a psychiatrist.  It is prohibited to obey your mother in such sins even if this leads her to cut you off and not talk to you! 

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Do we have to give any kaffara if quran falls down from our hands by mistake?

Reading/Reciting the Quran
26 Jul

ANSWER: No, there’s no kaffara for this.  Just be careful from next time.  

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I go to Masjid to learn tajweed,hifdh of Quran.Evrytme I’m into quran,my 2yr old son wants one,reads it(babbling).Then starts playing wth it(unintentionally though),which touches his feet or falls down.I keep a check on him always,hit him if I find him doing so.I’m tired of doing this now.Also helpless.Whats the ruling on children doing so?Will we be punished for such a act?

Reading/Reciting the Quran
26 Jul

ANSWER: You should not let him play with the Qur’an like this, give him something else to keep him occupied, like his toys or some other normal books.   

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Can I write a book of my life in the form of an inspirational story and publish it? Would it be wrong islamically to disclose my whole life in the form of book which people could read and will learn from it?

Halal/Haram Matters
26 Jul

ANSWER: This sounds like exposing your dirty laundry to all to see. It will contain secrets that must be concealed and backbiting or relatives and friends that are prohibited to expose.  There is no good from writing such a thing! 

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