QUESTION: Name of the scholars that you follow and quote from.

Knowledge & Propagation
21 Sep

ANSWER: Ibn Taimiyya, Ibn Uthaymeen, Sheikh Bin Baz, Sheikh Al Bani etc

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QUESTION: I’ve reverted to Islam and my parents are typical Hindus. After a lot of chaos they accepted me as Muslim and I got married to a Muslim Alhamdullillah. But as they still do idol worship at home, can I visit and stay with them and pray at their place.

Fiqh of the family, Prayer, Religions
21 Sep

ANSWER: No problem.  You must be more respectful and merciful to them as you’re representing islam now.

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QUESTION: If I am trying to pray in school and the school is only allowing before Dhuhr time a room for me, should I pray before dhuhr at around 12:40 when dhuhr starts at 1:05 or try to find somewhere else 

Prayer
20 Sep

ANSWER: It’s not permissible to pray even a single second before the time of prayer enters. However, it seems that 1:05 is thuhur according to the hanafi school which is wrong. Check umm al qura prayer timetable in your app for times for prayer. It should be around 12:20 and then, you can pray without […]

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QUESTION: I recently got divorced and i miss my wife. Even though she was dishonest, not loyal and not sincere. How to get over her ?

Etiquette, Morals and Heart-Softeners, Fiqh of Marriage
20 Sep

ANSWER: By becoming a real man and having some dignity and honor! 

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QUESTION: Can we sleep /laying in a position where our feet are towards kabbah?

Halal/Haram Matters, Innovations
20 Sep

ANSWER: No problem.

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QUESTION: I sold my car. I insisted that the buyer take my car for a computer test and also to his mechanic for a thorough check. He did and was satisfied with the car and purchased it. Was this enough or was it also fard on me to have informed him of every single issue with car that was in my knowledge?

Halal/Haram Matters
19 Sep

ANSWER: That was enough unless there is a defect that you know that it can’t be found by mechanics. 

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QUESTION: Should we recite inni wajahtu wajhiya…or sana subhana kalla… before or after the first takbeer?

Innovations, Prayer
19 Sep

ANSWER: It should be recited after the takbeer.  But if people recite it before starting their prayer and before takbeer, this is an innovation.

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QUESTION: Is there any udhr for men to not lower their gaze from a woman, other than marriage? I sometimes see that du’aat look at them when clarifying their question, or when women take the shahadah with them. Please clarify my confusion

Character and Morals, Knowledge & Propagation
19 Sep

ANSWER: This is not permissible.  Men are ordered to lower their gaze to any woman who is non mahram to him. I would also advise you to mind your own business as you are as guilty as they are! How did you know that they were looking at these women if you yourself weren’t? 

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QUESTION: There is a cultural norm in pakistan when we greet elders (mahram or non mahram) they put their hand on our head. I have also seen this in religious families. Is it permissible?

Halal/Haram Matters, Mahram
19 Sep

ANSWER: This is not permissible if they are non mahrams to you

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QUESTION: Can I do a small business from home of cute stationeries and school supplies for kids with faces on them like cartoon characters because I heard we can sell dolls with faces

Halal/Haram Matters, Jobs, Pedagogy education and upbringing
18 Sep

ANSWER: This is not permissible.  It is permissible to give children toys that have the shape of humans or animals. It is not permissible to have these drawings on the clothes of children or on such school supplies etc The only thing permissible is selling or making such TOYS for kids to play with. 

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