QUESTION: “Is it compulsory to mop the entire floor of the house and wash the pillow covers of the woman(the floor and pillow cover has not come into direct contact with menstrual blood)who used them during her menses, after she has completed her ghusl bath?”

Menstruation and post-natal bleeding
24 Mar

ANSWER: Of course not!! Menstruation is not a contagious disease to do all of that! As long as there’s no impurity, there’s no need to wash anything!

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QUESTION: I have neighbors with children who aren’t doing well financially. They have an apartment and money for food, but the one salary barely covers her expenses. Sometimes they can cover everything, and sometimes they have to go into the red (e.g. little food). Can I give them Zakat al Fitr, or does it have to be given to someone who is much worse off?

Fasting and Ramadan, Zakat
23 Mar

ANSWER: As long as the salary doesn’t cover the whole month, it is permissible to give them zakatul fitr

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QUESTION: Sheikh is this true that if the area u live in, have no concept of women going for masjid at night for qiyaam and have a hafiza in their homes to do the same job as of imam at night. Then it gives us all similar reward to be behind her whole night as it will be in masjid ?

Taraweeh, Tahajjud and Qiyam-ul-Layl
22 Mar

ANSWER: A woman’s prayer in the home is far greater in rewarding than her prayer in the masjid without a doubt.

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QUESTION: Can a fasting person doing fard ghusl wash ears eventhough water can enter ear hole and also is it necessary to clear all dirt and ear waxes during fasting time( I usually clean it with wet clothe)

Fasting, Fasting and Ramadan
22 Mar

ANSWER: The ears are not a normal passage of water to the stomach and one can swim and bathe without a problem.

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QUESTION: Is there any significance or special reward in delivering a baby in last 10 nights of ramadan or on the day of Eid..?

Fasting and Ramadan
21 Mar

ANSWER: There is no special reward in this.

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QUESTION: Sheikh, who is to blame for r*pe? In our society, many blame women, saying it’s their fault for not wearing the veil. Some even say angrily that women are responsible for being r*ped. However, most victims are innocent women and children. Is a woman to blame for being r*ped? What does Islam say about this? Does r*pe happen because women do not wear the veil?

Character and Morals, Women clothing
21 Mar

ANSWER: The r*pist is to be blamed for his heinous crime. The woman is blamed for not following the Islamic law of hijab and modesty but this doesn’t incriminate her and change her from a victim to a perpetrator! 

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QUESTION: After how many days a person can become muqeem of jeddah to perform umrah from jeddah.

Hajj and Umrah
21 Mar

ANSWER: As long as he came with the intention of umrah and did not assume his Ihram from the meeqat, he needs to go back to the meeqat or slaughter a sheep in Makkah and distribute the meat over to the poor there.

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QUESTION: I missed teraweh and I was installing operating system on my laptop so i prayed after i finished it. Is this work or some else hobby or money earned halal due to which we missed prayer in masjid and delayed salah and should I repeat process I did during that time?

Prayer, Taraweeh, Tahajjud and Qiyam-ul-Layl
20 Mar

ANSWER: Taraweeh is not mandatory so you’re not sinful for missing it in the masjid, however you have LOST a great deal of reward.

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QUESTION: Whenever a relative gives me eidi (money given on Eid) my mother says she wants to keep that money. Is it permissible to keep that money, which was originally given to me?

Fiqh of the family
20 Mar

ANSWER: No, she doesn’t have that right!

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QUESTION: “I am living with my narcissistic mother-in-law. Her husband has passed away, and she has three sons. I am the wife of her youngest son. She does not give my husband and me our own space and takes care of him as if I do not exist. I feel unworthy and stressed. What are the Islamic rulings on this?”

Dealings and Attitudes with In-Laws, Fiqh of Marriage
20 Mar

ANSWER: There are two ways to describe a glass that has water to the middle of it. Either you say it is half full or you say it is hall empty!  Both descriptions are correct but it depends whether you are an optimistic or pessimistic!  If you are supposed to work x amount of hours […]

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