QUESTION: In sub-continent mostly people say that the husband is a virtual god in urdu (مجازی خدا) is it right to say this.

Innovations, Kind Treatment of Spouses
08 Sep

ANSWER: This is totally prohibited!

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QUESTION: Is it permissible to have a clock that is in the shape of a butterfly in the room, it has no facial features, no eyes etc?

Halal/Haram Matters, Images and image-making
08 Sep

ANSWER: If it is like a statue and in 3D, this is prohibited.

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QUESTION: Our office dress code is formal clothes. But now on the occasion of onam, they have asked us to wear traditional/ethnic clothes and come. Can we wear such traditional/ethnic clothes and goto office or is it kufr?

Halal/Haram Matters, Religions
07 Sep

ANSWER: This is not kufr but its not permissible to participate in their kufr festivities and to dress up for such events.

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QUESTION: Health insurance is mandatory in Abu Dhabi, UAE. So, is it permissible for me to take Comission by assisting people in buying health insurance?

Insurance, Jobs
07 Sep

ANSWER: No, this job is not permissible at all and the income is totally haram. 

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QUESTION: Sheikh, for the sunnah salah of the fajr do we say the dua for ruku, for sujood and for sitting between the two sujood 1 time or 3 times , what is the sunnah number?

Prayer
06 Sep

ANSWER: Saying it one time is mandatory, 3 times is sunnah and you can add more to it if you wish. This ruling is for ALL prayers, whether sunnah or fard.

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QUESTION: If I am done with my adhkar and someone is praying behind me what should I do if I want to go home and there is no sutra in the masjid.

Prayer
06 Sep

ANSWER: You can get up and go without passing in between his standing position and his sujood spot.

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QUESTION: Hanafi’s don’t recite Surah Fatiha during the Janaza cause they believe it is not a salah but only a prayer for the deceased. Is their prayer valid?

Funerals, Prayer
06 Sep

ANSWER: Omitting the Fatiha renders their prayer invalid.

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QUESTION: Is there any hadith or any sources where we muslim should not eat/being full if we don’t feed or don’t know if our neighbour starving? like they could smell our food like i can smell my other neighbour’s cooks

Character and Morals
06 Sep

ANSWER: This is authentic: Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 112 Ibn ‘Abbas informed Ibn az-Zubayr, “I heard the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say, ‘He is not a believer whose stomach is filled while his neighbor goes hungry.'”

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QUESTION: Say someone who’s female identifies as m*le, therefore wants to be referred to as he/him. As a Muslim, I can’t comply with that. I also have to treat them with dignity, so how can I come to a decision that won’t affect my beliefs and won’t disrespect the person? What if someone wants to be called by they/them? Can I just always call them by their name, to avoid pronouns all together?

Halal/Haram Matters
05 Sep

ANSWER: You must not be associated with such a person. If they want to be identified as dogs, will you give them the honor to do so?

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QUESTION: Can I give money to my family friend who is going for Umrah to give to charity on our behalf? Like we ask him to buy a Quran with our money and donate it to Masjid al-Haram

Charity, Quran, Reading/Reciting the Quran
05 Sep

ANSWER: You should not keep the Qur’an there as the authorities would dispose them off because it doesn’t have their official stamp. Give charity where ever you are and don’t send it all the way to Makkah.

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