QUESTION: Can i divide a long surah in salah? I know it’s sunnah and not obligatory to recite a surah after fatiha, but I love reciting long surah. So, for example, I am reciting surah Rahman (which has 78 ayahs) in Fajar fard Prayer. Can I recite half in one rakah and other half in second rakah?

Prayer
20 Oct

ANSWER: Yes, this is permissible

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QUESTION: Sheikh, one day I heard my mother telling to my teacher that ‘First Allah, then you’. Did my mother commit shirk by saying such thing?

Halal/Haram Matters, Shirk and its different forms
20 Oct

ANSWER: This is a very bad statement and inappropriate but there is no shirk in it in sha Allah

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QUESTION: Can I read quran having an intention that my mum has taught me this quran so the more I read the more sawabh she will earn as this is sadiqa jariyah after her death? Also doing any good deed which she taught me gives her also equal reward? Plz tell

Reading/Reciting the Quran, Rewards & Punishments
20 Oct

ANSWER: 1. No problem  Even if you don’t intend, she will get the reward if she was the one who taught you to read the Quran or do good deeds. 

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QUESTION: 5 years ago I wasnt practicing Islam and there was an incident where I sold a car to a dealer and I told him about all its information,also about one large scratch on the doors,which he didn’t see before, but I didn’t mention that the car was making a certain noise sometimes when driving. He never got back to me, but I feel bad, because of not saying something. Am I sinful/what is the ruling here?

Character and Morals, Halal/Haram Matters
20 Oct

ANSWER: If such defects are something you would not want to find in your car and you would feel cheated if the owner concealed it and did not tell you about it, this is cheating and haram money.

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QUESTION: If my non-Muslim friends give me sweets on the occasion of their festivals (like the current one — the festival of lights), is it permissible to eat them or to greet them back using the same words they say?

Halal/Haram Matters, Religions
20 Oct

ANSWER: No problem in eating halal food given to you, without you participating in their kufr gatherings or celebrations nor is it permissible to greet them back, you can simply say thank you.

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QUESTION: My son loved a girl and wanted to marry her. As a mother, I agreed at first because I wanted his happiness. Later, I learned the girl planned to hide their relationship from her parents to make it seem like an arranged marriage.I disagreed with that, & since then, my son has spoken harshly, blaming me for ruining his life. Was I wrong to stop their marriage?

Fiqh of Marriage, Fiqh of the family
19 Oct

ANSWER: If you wanted her to expose their relationship to her parents before proposing, this is prohibited and immodest!  Who in his right mind would tell a girl to expose herself like this to her parents? Allah has concealed their sin and you want to expose it?

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QUESTION: Sheikh, is it from Islam or a form of sadaqah to take meat of chicken and swirl it around a person 3 times and throw it out so “balayen” i think evil things? will leave that person?

Shirk and its different forms, Superstitions
19 Oct

ANSWER: This is absolutely prohibited and a form of shirk!

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QUESTION: My local masjids are all tablighi and sometimes people ask for money for their madrasa,so can I donate to Tablighi madrasa?

Charity, Sects
18 Oct

ANSWER: No, you must not donate to them.

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QUESTION: I work as a freelancer for a company whose HR and payroll are managed by a 3rd party company. This company allows me to receive part of my salary in advance before the actual payday, but they charge a small service fee for it. On payday, they deduct the advanced amount and pay the remaining balance. Is this permissible, or does it count as riba?

Jobs, Riba
18 Oct

ANSWER: This is riba & not permissible.

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QUESTION: If someone is going to perform umrah, they have to arrange for food to the local people, imam will be reciting Fatiha and make congregational dua. People will make musafah with those who is gonna perform umrah. After fajr on the day of travel, Imam will visit the house, recite Fatiha and write some dua on the entrance wall of the house. Are these practices necessary?

Hajj and Umrah
18 Oct

ANSWER: All of this is not part of Islam hence not permissible and an innovation!

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