I have friends who say that one should pray ayatul qursi and clap and revolve their index finger in a circular fashion calling it as Bandish (commonly known in the asian subcontinent) before sleeping so that any jinn or any evil not afflict that person and also the further the clap sound reaches it protects to that area where the clap sound was heard. Do we have any authentic narration which state

Innovations
27 Feb

This is totally baseless and innovation.

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I am a convert, and I am planning to stay for good in Philippines for good and I’m planning to have a business which is piggyery, is it haram sheikh? Thank you and waiting for your reply.

Jobs
27 Feb

What do you mean by piggery? Raising pigs and selling them? This is not permissible.

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Is it permissible to see the عورة of the same sex as you. Obv not in a deliberate weird way. But for eg in the changimg rooms men get changed in same room. Or during swimming for eg. Not all cover naval to knee.

Men Clothing, Women clothing
27 Feb

This is not permissible.

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WHEN OUTSIDE THE PRAYER ,YOU DOING ZIKAR OR GLORIFYING ALLAH OR PRAISING AND DURING THE NIGHT TIME BEFORE GOING TO BED,READING THE 3 KOOL’S AND AYATH QURSI OR THE 2 LAST AYA’S OF SURAH BAQRA AND RUBBING THE HAND’S ON YOUR BODY,DO YOU HAVE TO HAVE WUDHU OR IS IT PREFERABLE.

Supplications
27 Feb

Yes, this is recommended. Kindly refer to the following link(s): https://islamqa.info/en/8828

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please could you advise if a widowed mother of 4 children passes away and she only owns a house, how does she split the value of this property ie shares?. She has two girls and 2 boys. One of the boys is married and has a family of his own.

Inheritance
27 Feb

The wealth and prosperity must be divided by 6 shares; each son gets two and each daughter gets one.

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Can I give the Money for breaking a vow to orphanage . Send it to a poor country to feed Orphans..may Allaah bless you..

Oaths
27 Feb

As long as you are feeding 10 poor people, this is fine.

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Sheikh, I heard that when one makes a dua for something, it is good to make it consistently over time. I wanted to know is it the sunnah, when one makes a general dua to repeat it three times (at that given time)? Or was it only specific duas the Prophet -salah Allahu ali wa salam- said thrice?

Supplications
27 Feb

The sunnah is to make it three times but this is not a must.

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A brother’s father in his lifetime used to oppress and beat up many poor people unjustly. The brother is a religious person. His life has been hard with different trials for the last 30 odd years and getting worse. My question, does the curse (of the people) who were oppressed by the father fall upon the child (the religious brother) and what should be done?

Sins
27 Feb

This is a false belief of the Christians and has no basis in Islam – Everyone carries their own sins and will be punished for it. It will not fall upon anyone else.

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Is it true that Satan Urinates in the ear of that person who missed FAJR?

Commentary on Hadeeth, Prayer
27 Feb

This is authentic.

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I wanted to ask if we should say Alhamdulillah if we sneeze while offering Salah or not ?

Prayer
27 Feb

No problem in saying it but do that silently.

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