QUESTION: To make floor pure is it sufficient to remove cockroach or lizard feces (size of a grain of rice or smaller) from tiles floor with dry tissue paper, then pouring a handful of water over it without wiping or scrubbing?

Purity
29 Aug

ANSWER: As long as the surface is as smooth as glass and you wipe it so that there is no trace of impurity, this is sufficient.

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QUESTION: Is eating food directly from the vessel it’s prepared or cooked in, results in decrease of rizq or barkat in one’s house?

Superstitions
29 Aug

ANSWER: This is absolutely baseless and a superstitious belief that has got nothing to do with Islam!

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QUESTION: Can I ask intimate questions to my potential spouse for example ‘is physical touch important for you’ and if I’m allowed then where do I draw the line but if not then may ask when engaged? As it could lead to one being unhappy if one wants to touch more than the other.

Character and Morals, Etiquette, Morals and Heart-Softeners, Fiqh of Marriage
28 Aug

ANSWER: This is totally inappropriate and not permissible at all! Only perverts would ask such questions!  The father of the girl would kick you out of his house, let alone give you his daughter!

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QUESTION: I’m a travel agent from Kashmir India. I give packages and make arrangements of accommodation and transportation for the clients . Most of the times, we provide them transportation service from airport to airport. However, in some rare cases, some clients ask to drop them at Katra where there they have some hindu temple. Is the income that I generate from this transportation halal?

Halal/Haram Matters, Jobs, Religions
28 Aug

ANSWER: If this (katra) is a city and have other tourist places then no problem. But if you are certain that they want to go there to worship their false gods and they tell you about it, this is not permissible.

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QUESTION: Can a father or a mother disown his or her childeren in islam?

Fiqh of the family, Inheritance
28 Aug

ANSWER: They can boycott them if they want, if the children had committed something heinous in Islam that calls for that. However, they can’t prevent them from inheriting them after their death as long as they are Muslims.

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QUESTION: If targeting 200times*everyday*Alhamdulillah,Allahu Akbar, La ilaha illallah and salutation upon prophet Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam 200times*everyday*but on Friday 1500 times Target for salutation,Is it bidah??

Innovations, Supplications
28 Aug

ANSWER: Yes, this is an innovation as you are setting a number for it. Do it as many times as you wish without fixing a number to it. 

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QUESTION: Is it an innovation to say Bismillah before doing any day to day activity like sitting and standing.

Etiquette, Morals and Heart-Softeners
28 Aug

ANSWER: No, this is not an innovation 

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QUESTION: Can I take loan from my father to perform haj with my wife?

Hajj and Umrah
27 Aug

ANSWER: You should not take loan to perform umrah or hajj

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QUESTION: You said we cannot cheat the gov by declaring less. But the gov took so much from us. So why can’t we take back?

Halal/Haram Matters, Islamic Politics
27 Aug

ANSWER: Because we live in a civil society and not in a jungle.  When everyone takes the law into their own hands, we would be living in chaos and a state of lawlessness. The Prophet ﷺ said: Do what you are obliged to do, and ask Allah for your rights. 

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QUESTION: What are sins that can cancel out all good deeds of a person can you name and specify them?

Apostasy, Shirk and its different forms
27 Aug

ANSWER: Shirk and kufr are sins that would erase all good deeds. 

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