Sheikh I want to study Financial engineering. My friends tell me there is alot of money in it. My question is, is it halal or haram? I don’t know much about Finance but do know that if one gets to be a financial engineer one gets to work with exchanges, hedge funds, trading algorithms, stock options and risk management. I don’t want to spend time studying this subject only to find out that 99 percent jobs in this field are haram.

Other
24 Nov

This is not permissible.

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A person is learning Arabic language in order to comprehend islam in a more better way which I believe would be considered as an ibadah but if that person does show off to people that he knows arabic, due to that intention of learning Arabic, this act has now become a worship,in this case, if he does show off to people that he knows arabic language, will it be riyaa which is minor shirk?

Shirk and its different forms
24 Nov

It would be sinful.

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It’s custom in some countries to recite few verses of Holly Quaran before inaugurating any public meeting, projects etc ; Even in front of graveyard before starting dua’a by raising hands. Usually it’s common practice that an imam of local mosque leads these activities. Please throw some light in respect to Quaran and Sahih Hadith about this matter JK

Reading/Reciting the Quran
24 Nov

This is an innovation and it is not from the sunnah.

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Can we take a teddy bear and sleep with it, it may have only button eyes..

Other
24 Nov

If you are an adult it is not permissible.

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My friend had confessed to me that she is an intersex. Meaning she has both male and female parts. She looks like a woman but her private part looks abnormal. So in Islam she wanted to know if they are allowed to get cosmetic surgery in the private area to look normal. And in Islam are intersex allowed to get married?

Medicine and medical treatments
24 Nov

If her organs are male organs, she is a man and can seek medical assistance to undergo the full transformation. She can’t remove her male organ when she doesn’t have a womb and the rest of the female anatomy. But if she has both male and female organs, Muslim doctors must look into her case […]

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Usually when I return home from work its almost maghrib time and after staying sometime at home I leave for Masjid. However, my kids are really cranky at that time and my wife wants me to support her with house chores and kids and pray at home as she is pregnant too. So, is it permissible in this case to pray at home while helping wife and kids.

Prayer
24 Nov

This is not permissible. You have to pray in the masjid and go back home to give her a hand. It is only few minutes that you spend in praying.

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Sheikh, can you please advise if there is a hadith which stops women from going out during maghrib. There is a hadith for children I know. Also sometimes its just maghrib and you want to have a shower before you pray. Is that permissible. My husband seems to think we can’t so I want to clarify.

Commentary on Hadeeth
24 Nov

The hadeeth refers only to preventing children from going out between Maghreb and Isha unattended. There is nothing wrong in taking a shower any time of the day or night.

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My doctor gave me Dianette pills to take for my skin to get better, I took it for a week then had to stop because of breathing problems. I’ve stopped the pill, but now I am bleeding- the bleed is quite thick and something like menses, but I started my menses 2 weeks ago. Sheikh shall I continue praying?

Menstruation and post-natal bleeding
24 Nov

This seems to be your menses and you should refrain from praying.

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Is this authentic? Allahumma la aisha illa aishul Aakhirah :: Imam Ahmad (RH) authentically reported in his ‘Musnad’ that Rasulullah (saws) said, “O Allah! There is no comfort, but the comfort of the Hereafter.” — [No. 12763]

Commentary on Hadeeth
24 Nov

This is authentic.

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Some people write an abbreviated version of the salaams, which is similar to “seen-raa’-baa'” in ‘Arabic. They write “ws wr wb” in English. What is the ruling on this?

Other
23 Nov

This is not permissible.

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