Is it not possible that sukuk falls under بيع العينة considering the criteria for the sale of the asset is always that it is resold to the seller, or that it falls under buying a product that is not yet owned as in a fish in the water, or بيعتين في بيعة؟ I’m afraid most dealings replacing riba, but tagged halal still end up haram because they aim for same results

Islamic economy
08 Jul

ANSWER: This concept is a form of buying shares in a company or a project that one buys for a certain period of time where he is a partner in loss and profit. If there is a trusted sharia board that overlooks the dealings of such sukook, investing in it is halal in Sha Allah. […]

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My husband is non practicing Muslim, he doesn’t pray at all.He doesn’t provide for me as well.do I have to obey him if he asks for intimacy?

Fiqh of Marriage, Invalid Marriages
07 Jul

ANSWER: No! You don’t have to obey him and if he doesn’t pray at all, it is not permissible for you to stay married to him!

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What is the ruling on tying or braiding hair for males?

Beautification & Cosmetic Suregry
07 Jul

ANSWER: This depends on the community and the people around you! If this is normal and done by REAL MEN as in some tribes, this is permissible. But if it is going to make a person stand out in a crowd or he is doing this to imitate disbelievers or women, then this is totally […]

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Can someone’s prayer become invalid if he recites a specific ayat of a surah a number of time due to some error…if so,what is the number of time he can recite the ayat before the prayer become invalid

Prayer
07 Jul

ANSWER: This doesn’t invalidate the prayer regardless of the number of times he repeated it. 

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Honourable sheikh are non Muslims allowed to enter madinah. I have seen some non Muslim youtubers entering madinah. I don’t know more about those videos. I’ve also heard that non Muslims are not allowed to enter haram area. Some people tell that in madinah only the masjid is haram and outside the masjid non Muslims can enter. What is the reality

Halal/Haram Matters
07 Jul

ANSWER: The prophet salla allahu alaihi wa sallam had never prohibited non Muslims from entering madinah. We have authentic hadeeths where they even were allowed in the masjid of the Prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam. 

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Sheikh instead of Qunoot can i say Rabana atena fid dunya ….. Because i don’t learn Qunoot as i replace dua is it ok ??

Prayer
07 Jul

ANSWER: No problem, however qunoot is not mandatory in witr.

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I live in India. Is it permissible for me to sell computers because computer can be used for various good things and bad things? It is highly likely that my customers who are kaffirs will used computer for something haraam at one or another point of their life even if they don’t explicitly say that.

Halal/Haram Matters, Jobs
07 Jul

ANSWER: No problem whatsoever in selling computers!  By your logic, one must not sell water as people MIGHT make ice cubes out of it and use it in drinking wine!

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These days the game ‘carrom pool’ is catching attention among friends. For competing in it.. both the players put in some fake game coins and start the game. At the end of the match, the winner gets all the game coins that was put in by both the players and the loser loses all his coins. Is it ok to play this, or would it come under gambling inspite of it not being real money?

Sports, Entertainment and Music
06 Jul

ANSWER: This is not permissible as the concept of gambling is there. 

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I’m supposed to fast continuously for 60 days because I had intercourse during fast in Ramadan. However as Eid -ul- Adha is coming it will fall it the middle of my 60 days.Do I fast on 3 Eid days too or I must not fast on 3 Eid days and continue after the 3 Eid days?Please tell

Fasting
06 Jul

ANSWER: You must skip the day of eid and the 3 days after it and then continue from there. This means that you will skip 4 days in total including the day of eid. 

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I’m a young female and from couple of years I have lost a lot of hair. I’ve been to many doctors and they all give different diagnoses and none of their medicines helped. It’s definitely not a serious DISEASE in the medical sense, nor is it genetic but it bothers me. Can ruqyah be done to fix this issue, and if so, how should i do the ruqyah?

Beautification & Cosmetic Suregry, Ruqyah
06 Jul

ANSWER: You can do ruqya for this. What is Ruqyah and how one should do it? Ruqyah in Islam is the recitation of the Quran seeking the refuge in Allah, remembrance and supplications that are used as  a means of treating sicknesses  and other problems as the Quran is a source of healing. This can […]

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