QUESTION: Sometimes it happens that my grandma hurts me to the core that i cry badly and complain to Allah tala or my friend about it. will it erase my good deeds i gained by obeying and taking care of her?

Backbiting, Character and Morals
23 Oct

ANSWER: Yes (if you complain to any human being as this is backbiting).

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QUESTION: I am trying my best to find halal jobs and apply to wherever I can but if I don’t get a call back or hired and my only option is a riba-based bank, then what should I do? My father works there and said he will get me the job there if I don’t have any other option. My parents are non-Muslim and they saying I have to work there and if I don’t then I will be kicked out and on the street. What to do?

Halal/Haram Matters, Jobs
23 Oct

ANSWER: It is not permissible to apply for a job in a conventional riba based bank no matter what the circumstances are.

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QUESTION: I recently learned a sunnah of walking up the stairs by saying allahuakbar and down the stairs saying subhannallah so my question is how many times do we say this? (Do we say according to the number of steps we take?)

Innovations, Supplications
23 Oct

ANSWER: No, this applies only to traveling and going up and down mountains or hills.  Doing it while going up and down the stairs would be bid’ah.

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QUESTION: Is it kufr or shirk to say that the Prophet (salla Allahu alayhi wa sallam) is hathir nathir without believing that he has ‘ilm al ghaib or that he controls or oversees the universe or a part of it?

Shirk and its different forms
23 Oct

ANSWER: Giving him such attributes means that you believe that he sees everything and he is present everywhere!  How could this not be shirk? 

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QUESTION: While eating, elders say that the left hand must not touch the food at all. Even though we eat with right hand, but sometimes we use both hands to break bread or meat. Is it true that the left hand cannot even touch ur food to help?

Etiquette, Morals and Heart-Softeners, Innovations
22 Oct

ANSWER: What they say is incorrect.

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QUESTION: I want to ask if a person does ruqya on himself or on others does it matter if he is a righteous and practising muslim or not in order for that ruqya to work or it doesn’t matter at all?

Ruqyah
22 Oct

ANSWER: Any muslim can do ruqya. The more the person is righteous, the better it is. QUESTION: What is Ruqyah and how one should do it?

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QUESTION: What should be our attitude towards Imam Abu Hamid al-Ghazali? He is a renowned scholar and many regard him as a mujaddid, yet he apparently was ashari and brought tasawuff/sufism to Islam?

Knowledge & Propagation
22 Oct

ANSWER: Imam Ghazali is not reliable to learn from as he went too deep into philosophy.  I do not recommend to read alghazali books if you do not have knowledge; as he has a lot of mistakes in Aqeeda and he included many weak hadeeths in his books, so if you are not able to […]

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QUESTION: While rising from sujud I felt a movement and a sound but In that moment I was sure it came from my stomach..so I continued to pray..after sometime I thought it could be farting sound but I ignored the thought and prayed.. should I repeat my prayer?

Prayer
21 Oct

ANSWER: Your prayer is valid as you must not break it for the sake of a doubt. You must have certainty in order to break it.

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QUESTION: Should I do raf ul yadain when standing for third rakah of witr incase I pray it with one tashahhud?

Prayer, Taraweeh, Tahajjud and Qiyam-ul-Layl
21 Oct

ANSWER: No, you shouldn’t raise your hands.

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QUESTION: If someone makes a vow and he die without fulfilling it, will he go to hell for ever and be a major hypocrite or is it a major sin but Allah can forgive him ? Is it issue of dispute ?

Oaths
21 Oct

ANSWER: If he was unable to fulfill it, Allah will not hold him accountable. But if he was able but did not do so intentionally, he is sinful but it is not an act of kufr! 

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