QUESTION: One of the people who I gave a people to as part of expiation for broken oath was a poor child, probably 4 or 5 years old, old enough to walk and talk. Is feeding children of this age permissible as part of expiation.

Oaths
19 Jun

ANSWER: Yes, as long as he is Muslim and you are giving them the adequate amount.

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QUESTION: If I am personally satisfied with 100k mahr, but I know my family wants a higher amount, can I later forgive part of the mahr after the nikah contract? Since mahr is my right, I don’t want to burden someone with an amount they may find difficult to pay. Do I have to ask my father’s permission? Or I can do it by myself?

Fiqh of Marriage
19 Jun

ANSWER: No problem in that and no, you don’t need anyone’s permission to do that

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QUESTION: I prayed Salah in the wrong qiblah (wrong direction) by mistake, I found out later that it was wrong direction, were my salahs valid or do I have to redo them? Keeping in mind I 100% didn’t know I was praying in the wrong direction.

Prayer
19 Jun

ANSWER: If you prayed it in the wrong direction, your prayer is invalid and you have to repeat it. 

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QUESTION: So I wait until the next salah to check if my period ended , is this sinful bc if I check during the salah there’s only 10 minutes left till next salah and I can’t do ghusl that fast so I just wait till azaan and then check for purity .

Menstruation and post-natal bleeding
18 Jun

ANSWER: You don’t need to go to check every few minutes! You need to check at the time of fajr and also before the time of the prayer ends by 15 to 30 minutes so that you can perform ghusul if you discover that you are pure https://youtu.be/yXfuoLfC_Ks,

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QUESTION: IS IT haram to greet whit left Hand or to take something whit left Hand for examples If i take My phone from someone Hand because he refuse to give it?

Etiquette, Morals and Heart-Softeners
18 Jun

ANSWER: The sunnah is to give & take with your right hand.

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QUESTION: If someone wants to do hijra from a place and if he sells his land to muslim ,is he putting that muslim in same problem.what should he do

Other
18 Jun

ANSWER: No problem in selling his land to another Muslim. He is not his mother!!

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QUESTION: Can I make tawaf the day I arrive to Makkah and after that pray two rakahs behind Maqaam Ibrahim and if I feel tired go to my hotel rest and do the rest of the umrah the next day ?

Hajj and Umrah
18 Jun

ANSWER: This is permissible and the Umrah is valid. 

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QUESTION: Is it ok to say allahuma salli ala saydina Muhammad?

Prayer, Supplications
17 Jun

ANSWER: No problem in that but you must not say it during prayers or prescribed salutations.

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QUESTION: We know that any sin that is commited due to ignorance or forgetfulness is forgiven. So if someone does biddah because of following his parents or community but he doesn’t know that action is biddah. Will he be sinful?

Innovations
17 Jun

ANSWER: He is not sinful if he doesn’t know, however if he comes to know about it, he must immediately stop doing it, otherwise he’ll be held accountable for it

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QUESTION: A couple had twins via gestational surrogacy. The embryo was created with the parents gametes and transferred to a surrogate because the mother’s uterus couldn’t support the pregnancy. my question – the baby which they have now is theirs according to Islam i know that in islam surrogacy is haram!

Fiqh of Marriage, Halal/Haram Matters, Pedagogy education and upbringing
17 Jun

ANSWER: The wife has nothing to do with the child as the mother of the child is the one who was pregnant with it and gave birth to it!  What they had done is a heinous crime and sin.

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