September 2021 – Page 5 – Sheikh Assim Al Hakeem

I wanted to ask if a person has a brother or sister and rhey married to a non Muslim are their kids count as nephew and nieces or no ? Especially if a muslim women married a non Muslim man are her kids nephew and niece of the maternal side I know the relationship is invalid but what about the kids?

21 Sep

ANSWER: The children born out of wedlock of your sister are your kinship as she is their mother and gave birth to them! The children born out of wedlock of your brother are not related to neither him or you.

My extended family has been living in a apartment building. The building has a prayer room with an assigned imam employed by the building management.The prayer room is taken care of by the building management and All 5 prayers are done there in jama’ah. My question is is praying in the above prayer room same as praying in a masjid ? They’ve been there for decades assuming its same as masjid

Prayer

21 Sep

ANSWER: The reward is not the same as a masjid as this hall can be changed by the owners into anything if they want. However, it is permissible to pray there in Sha Allah.

Sheikh is it true if someone misses three jummahs in a row he becomes a kafir? and if not how many missed jummahs would someone a kaafir or would it just be a Major sin?

Prayer

21 Sep

ANSWER: This is not true. It is a major sin and Allah will seal his heart.

If a non-Muslim sneezes can we say bless you and if we sneeze around a non-Muslim and he says it to us can we say thank you

Etiquette, Morals and Heart-Softeners, Religions

20 Sep

ANSWER: It is not permissible to say “bless you” however if they say it to you, there is no problem in saying “thank you”.

Sheikh, My family friends asked for my hand and promised to come to Pakistan from USA. In Asian families word means a lot. Everything was decided and we were preparing for shadi. They bought the tickets and confirmed us. We even announced everything in our family. But they said no at the last moment. And said we are not liable for anything. Are they sinful for breaking promise?

Engagement, Fiqh of Marriage

20 Sep

ANSWER: There is no obligation to continue in such an engagement as it is not binding. Be grateful that Allah took it away from you and your family. Imagine how it would have been, had he walked out on you after marriage and two or three children!

If Someone yet didn’t memorise the tashahud (Attahiyat) or the salatutation upon the Prophet, What should they say during the tashahud?

Prayer

20 Sep

ANSWER: He should write it down and read it while praying.

Some people says that we must not use the right hand to wash our feet during wudu and we must use left hand. Is it authentic?

Ablution (Wudhu)

20 Sep

ANSWER: This is baseless.

Sheikh,is it haram to upload pictures of food? Would this be riya?

Halal/Haram Matters, Social Media

19 Sep

ANSWER: Generally speaking, this is permissible. One must be careful not to break the hearts of the poor and not to bring evil eye to himself.

My family and relatives are attached to saints. A saint gave us all something long ago to recite, 11 times every morning. Also, during talks about marriage, it was said by his daughter to see if the stars of both people match. Pictures of the saint are kept in the prayer room as well. Everyone says saints know everything. But, I am hesitant to accept this. What should I do?

Shirk and its different forms

19 Sep

ANSWER: This is soothsaying and fortunetelling and whoever believes in it is an apostate out of the fold of Islam! You must stop communicating with this individual, burn anything he gave to you while reciting the last three quls and never deal with him again.

I heard about a hadith where one will receive the reward of 50 sahaba if he/she remains steadfast upon religion. How can we remain steadfast like the sahaba did?

Commentary on Hadeeth, The Companions of the Prophet

17 Sep

ANSWER: This hadeeth is authentic. If we manage to stay steadfast on Islam in our troubled times and in calamities, we will be highly rewarded. We won’t surely reach the companions’ patience and commitment but Allah will grant us this reward out of His generosity.

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I wanted to ask if a person has a brother or sister and rhey married to a non Muslim are their kids count as nephew and nieces or no ? Especially if a muslim women married a non Muslim man are her kids nephew and niece of the maternal side I know the relationship is invalid but what about the kids?

Sheikh is it true if someone misses three jummahs in a row he becomes a kafir? and if not how many missed jummahs would someone a kaafir or would it just be a Major sin?

If a non-Muslim sneezes can we say bless you and if we sneeze around a non-Muslim and he says it to us can we say thank you

If Someone yet didn’t memorise the tashahud (Attahiyat) or the salatutation upon the Prophet, What should they say during the tashahud?

Some people says that we must not use the right hand to wash our feet during wudu and we must use left hand. Is it authentic?

I heard about a hadith where one will receive the reward of 50 sahaba if he/she remains steadfast upon religion. How can we remain steadfast like the sahaba did?

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