QUESTION: When praying alone, should I recite the iqamah for each different type of Salah? For example, let’s say I recite the iqamah, then I pray the Sunnah rakahs of Fajr. After this, should I recite the iqamah again and start my Fard rakahs of Fajr? Or should I just start my Fard rakahs with no iqamah?

Prayer
12 Aug

ANSWER: Iqamah is only given before the 5 fard prayers and not the sunnah prayers. 

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QUESTION: My wife insists on watching TV between hour of asr and Maghreb. She complained of this saying she prayed asr salah, read a bit quran , done askhar now 30mins to 45 minutes Maghreb salah, now wants to watch some TV . I say no , I feel the angels visit our homes bringing blessings at this time . And if we have TV on during this time , the angels will miss our home

Halal/Haram Matters, Sports, Entertainment and Music
12 Aug

ANSWER: What you have said is not true!  However, it’s not permissible to watch anything haram throughout the day and night!

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QUESTION: What are the fasts except ramadan missed or shawl fast we can combine with expiation of an oath?

Fasting, Fasting and Ramadan
11 Aug

ANSWER: You can combine mandatory fasts with Monday, Thursdays, a’shora and the 9 days of thulhijjah. 

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QUESTION: Salaam Sheikh, for a traveller who shortens and combines his prayer, if he prays Thuhur then Asr right after must be change his position meaning to speak, move forward, left right etc? Or can he pray Thuhur conclude and pray Asr in the same position? same for Maghrib and Isha.

Prayer
11 Aug

ANSWER: No need to change or speak as he is not praying sunnah prayer rather he is offering fard.

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QUESTION: Sheikh don’t you think Islam can be taken into practice more when you are rich . Like all the scholars on ytube show taht they are happy, rich , have ipads and other Worldly things. It gives the show to audience that bcz of being rich they are practicing Islam.. What do you say to advise me here?

Etiquette, Morals and Heart-Softeners
11 Aug

ANSWER: By your logic, the Prophet ﷺ shouldn’t have practiced Islam as he was poor! What you see is not necessarily the truth therefore, be content with what you have rather than feeling envious of what Allah blessed others with!

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QUESTION: Can I work as a nail artist I’ll not use any fake nails I will just clean nails and do nail polish And if they go in front of non mahram with nail polish on their hand will I get sin And if I can’t do on those who don’t cover their hand in front of non mahram Can I do for those who cover their hands

Beautification & Cosmetic Suregry, Halal/Haram Matters
11 Aug

ANSWER: If you do nails that are long & you give shape to them & beautify them (even for women who would conceal this from non mahram men and while going out) then this is not permissible because its haram to keep long nail. It is mandatory to cut nails off within 40 days and […]

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QUESTION: My husband does biddah and worship to graves I don’t like him doing that I love him truely, Other than that he’s really a good husband and I have 2 kids, I can’t leave without them, What shall I do sheikh

Invalid Marriages, Shirk and its different forms
10 Aug

ANSWER: If he worships the graves, your marriage is invalid and you are living in zina.

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QUESTION: A girl I love and I ended things and left each other for Allah’s sake but I have some doubts that I didnt leave it to Allah fully?If I get negative thoughts regarding her, I replace it with tawakkul and dua regarding our reunion.Am I missing anything? How do I fully leave her in Allah’s care by heart while having full Tawakkul that us two will be reunited soon? I hope the question wasnt confusing

Pre-Marital Relations
10 Aug

ANSWER: These are waswas from Satan  As long as you both have repented sincerely to Allah while showing deep remorse, Allah will forgive you and if she’s in your destiny, you will be married to her, if not, she’s not the last woman on earth, you must move on.

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QUESTION: In these videos what do u mean by fence? is it the four walls of a masjid? or the border walls of the land where the masjid is situated? There’s a grave outside the four walls of my local masjid (to the south) but inside the border walls of the land. Can I pray there?

Funerals, Prayer
10 Aug

ANSWER: If the grave is being worshiped by some and the masjid was built over the ground belonging to the grave, you can’t pray there. 

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QUESTION: Is it permissible for the muezzin to repeat after the imam, for example, when the imam says “Allahu Akbar,” the muezzin also repeats it? Some people (oulala) in my locality say this is an innovation if the people behind the imam can hear and understand him. However, I also see that in Makkah, the muezzin repeats after the imam.

Prayer
10 Aug

ANSWER: This was the practice before the loudspeakers so that the takbeer would reach even the last rows but now it’s not needed.

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