If we hurt someone and if they curse behind us..and then later if we ask sorry and to forgive.. to them..then still the curse remains in us? How to protect ourselves from such curse..? Kindly Explain..

Character and Morals, Etiquette, Morals and Heart-Softeners
22 Jun

ANSWER: If you had wronged them and seek their forgiveness and repent to Allah while showing deep remorse, Allah will forgive you and their curses won’t have any impact in sha Allah.

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If someone joins jamaat in the second row and he’s alone, we know he has to pull someone from the front with him. But in a country like Bangladesh people will get angry if we do this. What to do?

Prayer
22 Jun

ANSWER: If the front row is full then you must pray alone in the second row and not pull anyone back from the first row as this is prohibited.

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I don’t have a relationship with my father and i have no other male relatives besides my younger brother. When i am getting to know someone for marriage would it be ok with just my mum being there acting as a wali or could my younger brother be there. He is 4 years younger than me but he has passed the age of puberty.

Fiqh of Marriage, Halal/Haram Matters, Mahram
22 Jun

ANSWER: It’s not permissible at all for your mother to sit there as she’s a non mahram to the guy and a woman cannot be a wali! Your brother must sit there after you get your father’s consent to do so. It is not acceptable not to have relationships with your father.

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I was recently in Singapore and in a taxi proceeding to a place of sin. The radio was playing with a. Song and the lyrics were ‘its a sin”. I want to know if this is a sign from Allah or shaytaan, as it was music.

Sins
22 Jun

ANSWER: You don’t need “Signs” to determine it’s sinful or not! You’re definitely sinful for going to such places whether you see a sign or not!

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Can I work as an English literature professor where I have to teach harms content.

Halal/Haram Matters, Jobs
22 Jun

ANSWER: No problem in this job.  You must tell the students while teaching Haram stuff that this goes against the teachings of Islam but learn it only for exams.

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is it true that the dead visits us every Friday and ask for sadaqa to be paid so that they may earn reward

Funerals, Innovations
22 Jun

ANSWER: This is absolutely baseless and fabricated! Once people die, they do not come back!

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I completed memorising Quran 11 years ago but due to my job/career, I’m not been able to devote time to revise it on a daily basis. I think I forgot major part of what I initially memorised. I know this is a big sin to forget Quran but inspite of trying a lot, I’m unsuccessful in creating a daily revision habit, bound by circumstances. This sin is troubling my heart and mind every second.

Reading/Reciting the Quran
21 Jun

ANSWER: This is not sinful.

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Sheikh, in my country, there is an extremely bad & immoral ritual of ragging that whenever a new student goes to college, the older/senior students abuse him, torture him mentally and physically, beat them with sticks & bats and most heinous of these is that they may even make you strip off your clothes in front of many students and sexually harrass you and if you don’t obey them they will torture

Other
21 Jun

ANSWER: This is absolutely prohibited and must be reported to school authorities so that severe action is taken against them.

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My question is can we place one quran on top of other?

Reading/Reciting the Quran
21 Jun

ANSWER: No problem. What is not permissible is to place anything on top of the Quran.

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When a man goes to see a woman for marraige, is he allowed to ask about woman’s past or can woman ask about man’s past?

Fiqh of Marriage, Sins
21 Jun

ANSWER: This is totally prohibited.

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