QUESTION: I know that the most authentic way of salah is doing raf ul yadain and placing the hands on the chest. My father once found me praying that way and repremanded me saying no one in our family prays or has ever prayed like that. Should I obey him or not?

Fiqh of the family, Prayer, Schools of Thought
28 Dec

ANSWER: You are not obliged to obey him but you should not confront him to avoid any fights or disrespect. Try to pray without him seeing you.

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QUESTION: Living in a Hanafi-majority country, finding a suitor from Ahl e Sunnah wal Jama’ah is challenging. I may encounter pious Hanafi women who don’t share the same aqidah. Should I focus solely on searching for women with correct aqidah, or is it permissible to consider these pious Hanafi women for marriage?

Fiqh of Marriage
28 Dec

ANSWER: No real Muslim would compromise issues of aqeedah in his future mother of his children!

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QUESTION: I’m flying from Pakistan to Abu Dhabi in Ramadan in the daytime. Going there and coming back within a week. As there is 2hrs time difference between the countries, can I fast while flying either side. Or it’s not permissible and/or recommended.

Fasting, Fasting and Ramadan
28 Dec

ANSWER: No problem in fasting while traveling if you wish.

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QUESTION: Sheikh i read a hadith on google it says females can shave the head bald if the got lies or some extreme reasons . Is ot correct?

Halal/Haram Matters, Women clothing
27 Dec

ANSWER: No, this is not true! It is not permissible for a woman to shave her head except if prescribed by a professional doctor. 

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QUESTION: My husband’s mother has decided by her personal reasoning that his wife shall be banned from her house and from any other gathering from my husband’s side because of the family because she shall be there. Whats the ruling on this ? Should I let his family isolate me. My husband leaves me home alone and takes the kids for all events and even eid and iftar dinners.

Dealings and Attitudes with Relatives
27 Dec

ANSWER: What choice do you have if you’re not invited there? People who don’t want to see you, you are better off not wanting to see them either! Focus on your hobbies and readings and house chores and show them that you are happy with it.  Your husband & your children must visit the family […]

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QUESTION: I want to start my own AI agency helping local businesses get more jobs and help them with customer reviews/appointments online. Can I work with businesses where the website has pictures of women, (the website they already have, I didn’t make the website), for example dentists/chiropractors? By helping the website get more customers I feel that I’m causing more people to see haram

Jobs
27 Dec

ANSWER: If you are promoting the site and endorsing what is in it, this is not permissible if it contains haram elements.

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QUESTION: If a woman is inside the masjid while the congregation is happening, is she mandated to join it?

Prayer
26 Dec

ANSWER: No, its not mandatory on her.

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QUESTION: Is it permissible in Islam to eat fruits from fruit bearing trees of graveyard ?

Funerals, Halal/Haram Matters
26 Dec

ANSWER: No problem in that.

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QUESTION: Here, every Eid day after Fajr, they all gather and do qabr ziyarat. Is it bidah?

Funerals, Innovations
25 Dec

ANSWER: Yes, this is an innovation.

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QUESTION: Have no intention of celebrating the new year but can i make new year resolutions? i find them extremely helpful because it’s like a new chapter of life. i have no kafir beliefs regarding this (like considering new year day blessed). is this permissible? is it permissible to be happy that id get to improve?

Halal/Haram Matters, Religions
25 Dec

ANSWER: This is not permissible as its imitating the disbelievers.

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