Sheikh there’s this kind of tawba i have been taught since i was little. That if you say something bad you touch your right cheek twice and left cheek once saying tawba each time consecutively. Is this an innovation?

Innovations
20 May

ANSWER: Yes, this is an innovation 

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I heard that it is difficult for rich to enter jannah than poor man…is it authentic?

Paradise and Hell
20 May

ANSWER: This is not true. What is authentic is that the poor would go to jannah 500 years before the rich since they have less financial accounting to give.

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Sheikh is there any way a competition (other than horse riding, archery, camel racing) can be halal? Suppose having a sponsor, not taking registration fees or anything?

Halal/Haram Matters, Sports, Entertainment and Music
20 May

ANSWER: No problem in having competitions if you have NOT paid anything to enter the competition, providing there are no other haram activities involved like music, free mixing between genders etc. But if you paid an entry fee and then participate in any activity with the possibility of winning something, this is gambling. 

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I know the prophets dad is going to hell as we are told by hadeeth. Yet his name was Abdullah (slave if Allah) so how does it work if his name is in relation to the one true Creator.

Biography of the Prophet salla Allahu alahi wa sallam, Paradise and Hell
19 May

ANSWER: They used to worship Allah but associated partners with Him.

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Is there the concept of ‘makafat e amal’ in Islam? Like if men of family did something wrong then it will come back to the women of their family. Likewise if parents did wrong things then it comes back to their children?

Fiqh of the family, Punishments
19 May

ANSWER: This is baseless. Allah is Just and does not burden a person for someone else’s sin.

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People are circulating to recite namaz at specific time, ayat karima and Global Tahajjud on specific day at specific time for Palestine…Is it permissible or its an innovation?

Innovations
19 May

ANSWER: This is not permissible as it’s an innovation.

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Can a girl marry at 27?She wants to graduate university(&look after her family’s finance as her father will be 65 years then)&also study to be a daee&hafiz& learn arabic as it is not possible to take care of house after marriage & study at the same time?Also parents & siblings are not practicing muslims & she being with them is influencing them positively.Here,girls can get married at this age.

Fiqh of Marriage, Fiqh of the family
18 May

ANSWER: She should accept marrying a suitable practicing suitor if he comes her way and not delay that as chances come only once.  So many women rejected a good suitor only to end up being unmarried their whole lives or only getting proposals from 60 year old men looking for a nurse to take care […]

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My mum has previously told me that I can not change my surname to my husband’s once I get married. However my husband is saying that is wrong and I must change my surname to his surname. He even brought local imam to our house and the imam told me that I’m sinning for not listening to my husband.Please tell me what is correct according to Islam. I haven’t done anything yet.Need clarification.

Fiqh of Marriage, Halal/Haram Matters
18 May

ANSWER: This is totally prohibited and one of the major sins in Islam! This imam is either an imposter or a total ignorant! Hold your grounds and do not change your name which your father gave to you! 

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During one of the days of ramadan I was cutting my nails and it caused a bit of bleeding (only small amount). But as I sensed there would be bleeding I pushed on it a little bit to see if it was really going to bleed/make it come out quicker. Do I have to repeat that day? Is this comparable to cupping although its a very small amount of blood?

Fasting
18 May

ANSWER: Your fast is valid as bleeding doesn’t impact its validity.

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Please kindly explain what is the right way to pray witr. In a masjid I went to, it was two units first, a tasleem and then we got up for the one unit. In another masjid, the imam just prayed the three continuously without Tashahud In between. Which is the correct way of praying it

Prayer
18 May

ANSWER: Both are correct. What is not permissible is to pray witr like maghrib by sitting in the tashahhud after two rakahs and to get up and pray a third rakah like Maghrib.

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