Do I have to face Qibla for reading Quran? Or any direction is okay? And do I have to sit in Salah’s position for reading Quran? Or can I sit on a chair and keep the Quran on table in front of me and then read it?

Reading/Reciting the Quran
12 Jan

ANSWER: No need to face the qibla and you can sit in any position while reading Quran and you can recite it while lying down as well.

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Sheik if a woman did not make up her missed fast before next Ramadan, what should she do? Should she feed 1 miskeen and fast?

Breast Feeding, Fasting
12 Jan

ANSWER: If she didn’t make them up until the following Ramadan was due without a legitimate reason, she is sinful for that. She cannot give fidya for such missed fasts as she needs to make them up whenever it is possible for her.

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Sheikh one of my friend says that if a Muslim do a sin even if it is one sin and he do it whole life he knows that this is haram and fear Allah but he do that sin whole life even if it is one then he can enter into hell permanently he says it is written in Qur’an…? What do you say about him any advice for him

Paradise and Hell, Sins
12 Jan

ANSWER: What he has said is absolutely wrong! His aqeedah is that of the khawarij. No Muslim, who did not do shirk, would be in hell forever.

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I got to know that the name of angel of death is not mentioned in quran. Then who is azrael ?

Belief in the Angels, Funerals
12 Jan

ANSWER: There’s nothing mentioned in the Qur’an or the Sunnah about the name of the angel of death as this name Azraiel is not authentic. https://islamqa.info/en/answers/40671/name-of-the-angel-of-death

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What is your take I’m confused so when one has not fullfiled the branches of iman of what does that mean. Like does that mean he won’t offer good deeds normally or is he sinful like can you explain this concept when one has not fullfiled all 70 branches of iman what happens to him I know it does not take a person out of fold islam but I myself am I layman.

Basic Tenets of Faith
11 Jan

ANSWER: If one doesn’t have any of the branches of Iman, he is not muslim!  If he has some and lacks some, he is a muslim but not a complete mo’min.  https://islamqa.info/en/answers/49023/degrees-of-islam

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If I am not sure whether I will wake up for tahajjud, should I pray witr or leave it? Again if I pray witr and suddenly wake up in midnight and want to pray Tahajjud can I do that?

Prayer, Taraweeh, Tahajjud and Qiyam-ul-Layl
11 Jan

ANSWER: You should pray witr and sleep and if you wake up for tahajjud then you should pray in even numbers and not repeat the witr as witr is prayed only once per night.

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Is the hadith salah is the key to Jannah authentic?

Commentary on Hadeeth, Prayer
11 Jan

ANSWER: This is not authentic. 

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Shaykh, you had said it’s permissible to use motor vehicles to go to the masjid quickly to catch jamaa’ah. What if I go to the masjid late, riding a normal bicycle to catch the jamaa’ah, will it fall into the prohibition of running/rushing as paddling a bicycle in high speed will make me gasp just as if I ran to the masjid?

Prayer
10 Jan

ANSWER: Rushing to the masjid whether by walking or riding a bike which makes you gasp, this is prohibited.  Driving to the masjid in a fast fashion is also prohibited.  One must walk, ride and drive normally. 

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Once I used to play musical instrument but now I don’t.I have a flute,Harmonium and harmonica at some.Is it okay if those instruments just stay in my home and I don’t play them ever!

Halal/Haram Matters, Sins, Sports, Entertainment and Music
10 Jan

ANSWER: This is not permissible as you will get the urge to play them one day or someone else would see it and use it and you will get the sins for that even after your death.

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I get riya thoughts every time i pray in the masjid or with anyone at all even if its one person the best way for me to get away for this is to pray alone, when i do this im ok, as soon as someone comes i get thoughts of riya, its the worst when i go to the masjid & its the beginning of salah i stop & think this is for Allah but its still there what to do, it hapens so much i jst ignore it.

Prayer, Waswaas - Whispers of Shaytaan
09 Jan

ANSWER: This is what satan wants you to do and you are fulfilling his wishes.  The second step is when he will make you leave prayers altogether.  You must ignore such whispers and force yourself to pray with the congregation and convince yourself that you are praying for the sake of Allah and that you […]

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