QUESTION: Can I name my son Williams or a “western” name that has no connections or attributes to their religions and my intention NOT being to imitate the non-believers?

Pedagogy education and upbringing
06 Apr

ANSWER: There can’t be any reason for naming a Muslim child with such names other than feeling inferior and wanting to imitate them !

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QUESTION: I saw some videos so was wondering that is it permissible to kiss parent’s feet ?

Fiqh of the family, Halal/Haram Matters
05 Apr

ANSWER: It is permissible to kiss parents feet without bowing down to them as when they are sitting and their feet are up on the chair for example. 

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QUESTION: Ever since i heard that the Prophet PBUH licked his fingers and ate the last morsel of food or so, ive been trying to do what he doee, but while i am, sometimes i think stuff like isnt this disgusting/gross to do? because i pick up left overs on the table and eat them for barakah but i do get self talk like this, is it kufir or disrespect even though i still do the actions?

Etiquette, Morals and Heart-Softeners
04 Apr

ANSWER: This is not kufr as long as you do not verbalize such thoughts but it is surely stupid of you to think this way! Even the Americans whom you may idealize say: finger licking good! 

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QUESTION: I have cold allergy. When I wipe over my head, especially when the water reaches the skull in cold season or the water is cold, I catch cold. What should I do? Should I use less water? Or else?

Ablution (Wudhu)
04 Apr

ANSWER: The sunnah in Wudhu is to wipe your head, not wash it! Therefore you wet your hands and wipe over your head. The water can’t and must not reach your scalp!

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QUESTION: Can voluntary donations replace the obligation of Zakat, meaning that one does not have to pay Zakat if they give enough in voluntary charity?

Charity, Zakat
04 Apr

ANSWER: Can one offer voluntary prayers and intend that it takes the place of Fard prayers?

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QUESTION: Is it permissible to reject a marriage proposal because the person follows celebrities, including female ones, on Instagram? Will Allah hold me accountable for rejecting a marriage proposal over this.

Fiqh of Marriage, Marriage and the Muslim Family
03 Apr

ANSWER: You are ordered to accept people who are religiously committed and have good moral conduct Someone who follows female celebrities is surely not religiously committed

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QUESTION: Is it permissible to give interest money to a care home for kidney and leukemia patients they also conduct iftar and i have gone for their iftar

Charity, Riba
03 Apr

ANSWER: No problem but you shouldn’t eat from that which you have given. 

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QUESTION: I used to repent by writing down my common sins and having that list there so i can recall all of them in the when i fall back into those sins. is or compulsory to read that whole list before repenting when i fall into those sins or can i just have the intention to repent from those sins without reading the list and recalling everything

Sins
03 Apr

ANSWER: Tear off the pages where you had written down such sins as this is not permissible! Simply repent to Allah whenever you remember such sins and move on!

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QUESTION: Let’s say if I pray all my 5 daily prayers in a masjid where the imam doesn’t give enough time to make dua neither in sujood nor after tashahud , as you have said that making dua after Salah is biddah , So When should I make dua

Prayer, Supplications
02 Apr

ANSWER: Make dua during voluntary prayers.

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QUESTION: Is it a sin to lie to my elders (father, grandfather) that i am fasting or that i have prayed, even though i am on my period. my mother and aunt have told me that my father and grandfather shouldn’t know that i am on my period, and told me to lie about it.

Fiqh of the family, Menstruation and post-natal bleeding
02 Apr

ANSWER: It is not permissible to lie in Islam  Simply tell them you are not allowed to pray or fast

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