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I just wanted to ask if eating alive seafood is permissible as I have seen in many countries it is done so?

Halal/Haram Matters

02 Sep

Eating it while it is still alive is not permissible as this is torture and animal like behavior. There are scholars who permitted this in the account that after the fish is out of the water, this is like slaughtering the animal. The way I see it, it is torturing the fish for no legitimate […]

Nigeria is my hometown but I migrated to Egypt to live there for a couple of years. I’m now back in Nigeria for the holiday for 2 months. Do I have to shorten my Prayer and for how long?

Prayer

02 Sep

You must complete your prayers as it is your home country and eventually you will go back there to live someday!

I have some candlestick at home and I realized there are kufr symbols on it. Is it enough just to throw it in trash or do I have destroy it?

Images and image-making

02 Sep

Remove these symbols by scratching it or burning it and this is sufficient.

How loud can a woman recite qur’an in the salah? Can she be as loud as she can hear her recitation herself? Or does she has to recite the Qur’an in a low voice so that someone besides her cannot hear it?

Prayer

02 Sep

As loud as she can hear. If no mahram men can hear her she can pray aloud but if she may disturb other women, she must not pray out loud.

I touched madhi on a pad & accidentally wore underwear without washing my hand. After washing my hand I realized that the underwear got impure so with CLEAN hands I took it off & wore clean pair of underwear. After this however, I didn’t re-wash my hands. I thought about it later & started getting anxious. Is it ok that I didn’t wash? I don’t even know what all I may have touched after that.

Purity

01 Sep

No problem.

Is it permissible to say Subhana Rabbi al Adheem once during the first rukoo of salah and then say it three times in another rukoo of the same prayer?

Prayer, Uncategorized

01 Sep

No problem! However saying three times is better.

I was given an English translation of the Qur’an and it also has Surah introductions from M. Mawdudi’s commentary “Towards Understanding the Qur’an”. I don’t know much about this person, but I have heard warnings about him. Is it not a good idea to read his commentary?

Uncategorized

01 Sep

If you are not a student of knowledge, you shouldn’t read it as you may not be able to distinguish what is right from what is wrong.

Can a person believe in some aspects of hanafi and some aspects of shafiee for e.g., divorce?

Schools of Thought, Uncategorized

01 Sep

Picking and choosing from the different views of scholars is not permissible unless a person is a student of knowledge and he picks and chooses what goes side by side with the sunnah.

If someone distribute souveniors and or gift items such as wallets, pens, usb keychains, etc with his company name embosed on them in order to promote his business with clear intention of getting business, does it fall into the category of rishwat (bribe)?

Islamic economy, Uncategorized

01 Sep

If he is giving it to all, this is permissible. But if he gives it to selected employees in other companies, this is a bribe.

My sister who doesn’t wear hijab asks me sometimes to die her hair brown color or other and I do so. I wonder is it permissible for me to do so?

Uncategorized, Women clothing

01 Sep

No. You should advice her to wear hijab and not show her adornments to non mahrams. You must not help her in that.

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