Sheikh my question is, after I have prayed Quran and some Zikr, I will pray for the reward to be passed on to my deceased father and other deceased people I know(friends and family). I would like to know in your opinion does the reward reach the deceased?

Funerals, Innovations, Reading/Reciting the Quran
10 Jun

ANSWER: You can make dua for the deceased anytime you want but associating it with after reciting the Quran or dhikr is an innovation and it is not permissible.

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Shiekh, I write articles for the LinkedIn of companies. Sometimes I indirectly market hotels but for business clients. Is it permissible to market a hotel for the purpose of meetings and conferences?

Jobs
09 Jun

ANSWER: If the hotel serves alcohol and pork or has any other haram activities involved, it is not permissible to market for them as this is facilitating and collaborating in their sin.  

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Is this supplication authentic to say when we wake up? “Alhamdulillahi illathee ‘aafaani fee jasadee wa radda ‘alaya roohee wa ‘athina lee bi thikrihi “

Supplications
09 Jun

ANSWER: This is authentic.

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A picture with 9 boxes in three rows. First 8 boxes each have one Haroof-e-Muqattat within.(Like 1.Alif,laam,Meem, 2. Yaasin,3.Kaaf,etc) 9thbox has “Ameen” written. Below photo, it says in english, “These holy words are a blessing even if you can’t read them. They ease daily problems and increase your income from unsought sources InshaAllah”. Question: Is this shirk or bidd’ah?

Sects, Shirk and its different forms
09 Jun

ANSWER: This is absolutely prohibited to keep and believing in such a thing would mount to shirk. 

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My Ustadh said that whenever we take a Ghusl, and the water that we are going to use must not go enter the water cotainer, for example is i will take a Ghusl in a bowl or a water container, then i will get a scoop, then the water that i use in scooping must not hit or enter on the container because the water on it will become Najis,and we cannot use anymore, is this true?

Innovations, Purity
08 Jun

ANSWER: What he has said is absolutely baseless and wrong! The water doesn’t become najis due to this and no problem whatsoever in using the same water for ghusl.

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In hadith it isnt mentioned about dates 13,14,15th of lunar month to fast. So is it so that we can/should only fast on ayyam al beed or we can fast any 3 days each month?

Fasting
08 Jun

ANSWER:  It is best to fast the white days first. If this is not possible, one can fast any random 3 days of the month. 

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My sister’s marriage has been fixed,You must be aware of the marriage party in sub continent ,There is a complete mixing up of women and men ,and women in subcontient on any function put off their outer garment (jilbaab,abhayas)and wear kameez shalwar which are very attractive and having glitters over it and are decorated with embroidery My family is forcing me to putt off

Halal/Haram Matters, Sports, Entertainment and Music, Women clothing
08 Jun

ANSWER: If this is mixed and there would be non mahram men, you must not attend even while wearing your abayah. 

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If a woman is beautiful and righteous is that enough for a marriage to be successful or is there anything else which is important to look for?

Fiqh of Marriage
08 Jun

ANSWER: This is usually enough but may need to check whether she has anger or temper issues as this is a very bad thing for a spouse to have. 

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Is it correct to say that watching the Omar series or Dirilis Ertugrul series is better than watching hollywood and bollywood?

Sports, Entertainment and Music
08 Jun

ANSWER: This is like saying masturbation is better than fornication!  Or calling that drinking wine, gambling and other different sins are better than shirk or kufr! What kind of logic is this? 

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In my country the mufti says It will be kufr,if anyone touched Quran with his feet intentionally or when he is aware that his feet his touching Quran and he remain doing that even if his intention is not to disrespect Quran. But if it happened unintentionally then it is not kufr. Is this fatwa correct?

Reading/Reciting the Quran
07 Jun

ANSWER: If a person is doing that out of disrespect, this is kufr and prohibited without a doubt.  But if this was unintentional or without any ill intent, this is not kufr nor sinful. 

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