I have a problem. In winters my Prayers are better than summers. The question “Are the prayers of a person who prays in air conditioned room with relaxed and focused mind better than a person who is feeling anxiety in hot weather and praying hurriedly with inability to focus on prayers?”

Prayer
23 Jun

ANSWER: Whenever a person prays in a suitable environment, this is best for his prayer and concentration. 

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I want to ask while praying at home do we have to pray with voice for salah such as Fajir , Maghrib and Isha or its just for jamah in masjid. Can we pray silently for these specific prayers at home. This query is for both for men n women.

Prayer
23 Jun

ANSWER: It’s a highly recommended sunnah to pray these prayers aloud for both men and women.  If you pray silently, the prayers are valid though you would lose the reward for not following the sunnah. 

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It says at the end of the fard prayer you should make dua but I was taught to do the dua after you finish the fard and sunnah, then do dhikr then dua// is this correct too?

Prayer
22 Jun

ANSWER: No. The dua should be made after completing the prayer, just before making salam. It’s time to make the prescribed dhikr after you conclude the fard prayer (after salam). After finishing fard salah, it’s time for making the prescribed dhikr. The best time in salah to make dua is in your sujood and in […]

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Does doing wazifa for marriage or other purpose permissible? Is there any dua for getting married soon and also getting the desired spouse (in terms of nobel and pious characteristics)?

Innovations
22 Jun

ANSWER: This is not permissible as it’s an innovation. There’s no specific dua mentioned, just make general dua during times of acceptance, such as in salah in your sujood, in the last tashahud, before making salam, between Azaan and iqama, during the last third of the night, begging Allah until He opens the door and […]

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Sir my parents said they will gift a gold ring as dowry to my groom,here in india dowry is must and i denied that coz gold is haram on men,a man wearing gold on wedding is more worse for me ,i denied, my mom said me dnt bring saudi law here its india,and saying m disobedient child, am i? For saying No to haram? does it make me a bad child? My mom also tortured me for saying no, i follow Allahs law

Fiqh of Marriage
22 Jun

ANSWER: No you are not sinful and you are not disobedient. What you said was right.  Handle this matter with respect and diplomatically try to resolve this matter by giving them some other option of gifting to your groom which will benefit both of you in future. If your husband to be is a practicing […]

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Sheikh can a divorced muslim women get married again without the consent of her father if he only keeps giving excuses after excuses.

Fiqh of Marriage, Invalid Marriages
22 Jun

ANSWER: If your father rejects MANY good proposals without any justifiable reason, you can approach the muslim Qadi and he will look into your case and decide. But if he only rejected this particular suitor, you can’t marry him without his consent as this is his right in Islam and you must obey him. 

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My cousin brother wants to start a mobile business. My mother wants to invest money in his business and from the profit he’ll have she wants 50/50 of it. She will not be involved in any other way in his business other than investing money. Now she wants to know can she do so?

Halal/Haram Matters, Islamic economy
22 Jun

ANSWER: It is permissible to share the profit in any percentage they agree upon. However, she should know that the percentage is from the profit and not from the capital invested and that if there were any losses, he loses his effort and work and she loses her money and capital. 

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My friend asked me a question regarding the 30 dajjals appearing and he showed me a hadith and is wondering whether it is authentic or not. Is there any mention of that anywhere?

Commentary on Hadeeth
21 Jun

ANSWER: The hadeeth about the emergence of around 30 imposters is authentic. In other narrations, 4 of them are women. This is referring to those who claim to be prophets and also have fame and power to fight with and not only calming prophethood as those were in the thousands.  Among them were Mosailimah Al […]

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Some scholar like in mazhab hanafi said that tuma’ninah is not wajib or is not rukun. So can people from other mazhab pray behind imam that does not do tuma’ninah?

Prayer
21 Jun

ANSWER: The prayer of such an imam is invalid if he doesn’t sit properly! Either you are too slow or he is too fast! If it is the later, pray somewhere else as his prayer is not valid due to the lack of tranquility and calmness in this pillar between sujoods. 

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Can a sinful person lead people in prayer when others don’t want to lead? That person is involved in a serious sin of masturbation. Otherwise, he has a long beard and doesn’t lie and pray salat on time. Doesn’t cheat or consume Riba, also very dutiful to his parents and people around. Can he still lead prayer or he should avoid it? As others consider him very pious person.

Prayer
21 Jun

ANSWER: It is permissible for him to lead The prayers. Sins don’t prevent people from leading prayers especially when it is hidden and between them and Allah. He should however repent to Allah from such a sin. 

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