QUESTION: Is it haram to ask or beg my teachers to give me higher final grades than I deserve according to school rules? I attend a non-Islamic school with free mixing and other haram influences. Higher grades could improve my chances of transferring to an Islamic school.

Character and Morals
14 Jun

ANSWER: This is not permissible! Have some dignity & remember you’re always representing Islam so behave accordingly!

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QUESTION: If I hear that two people are backbiting about me, am I sinful for listening to it? Because I know that listening to backbiting is also sinful.

Backbiting
14 Jun

ANSWER: You need to be stupid to listen to people backbiting you instead of intervening and stoping them!  You need to man up a bit! 

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QUESTION: Where should we draw the line on what we compromise / be tolerant on when it comes to non muslim family and Islam, so that we don’t ruin ties?

Dealings and Attitudes with Relatives, Fiqh of the family
14 Jun

ANSWER: We maintain family ties, kindness, good character, and patience with non-Muslim relatives. We do not compromise on matters of belief, worship, haram actions, or anything that involves disobeying Allah. Be as accommodating as possible in worldly matters, but do not obey anyone in sin. Preserve the relationship while politely declining what Islam forbids.

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QUESTION: If my urine leaks during jumah prayer can I pray jumah prayer alone as I attended khutbah

Prayer
13 Jun

ANSWER: No, this is not permissible. You must immediately leave and wash the affected areas, change your underwear and renew your wudu and pray Dhuhr on your own.

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QUESTION: Is it permissible to combine Dhuhr and Asr in congregation like it is done in airports ?

Prayer
13 Jun

ANSWER: If you are in your own city, this is not permissible unless there is a legitimate reason as you did not travel yet out of your city limits.

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QUESTION: I’m always sensible,when people around me talk about non-present peopl Question: negativly, even if it’s not directly an insult or with bad intentions. I think everything could possibly hurt the feelings of the one who is talked about. It’s like OCD & difficult for me when I meet with friends&family. There are nearly always people who talk about others shortcomings etc.. Even though everytime I say “change the topic, don’t use negativ words”. Am I always sinful & must go away?

Backbiting
13 Jun

ANSWER: If they are backbiting, you must change the topic (no need to ask them to change the topic) and if they insist even after this, then you should leave the place.

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QUESTION: If a person makes vow about praying tahajjud every week for a certain amount, but then he couldn’t persist on it and doesn’t want to be binding to it, is offering expiation enough for him to be out of it or he has to do it for rest of his life?

Oaths
13 Jun

ANSWER: He has to do it to the rest of his life as this is an act of worship which he had vowed upon himself.  He can’t leave it unless he is unable to do it due to medical reasons or the likes.

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QUESTION: There’s a dua that if we see someone in difficulty and says that we will never suffer from same difficulty “Alahmadulilah hilazi aafni mimabtalaqa bihi wafadalani ala kaseerin miman khalaqa tafdeela “ is this also applies seeing someone in difficulty on social media?

Supplications
12 Jun

ANSWER: Yes

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QUESTION: If someone owns a kitchen device like a fridge and the symbol of the brand contains a symbol of shirk/kufr like a cross and the symbol is on the thing, is it enough to use glue and stick something over the symbol to keep using the fridge?

Other
12 Jun

ANSWER: Yes, this is sufficient 

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QUESTION: If I am in middle of doing dhkir after salat reciting e.g reciting subhanallah 33 times and get interrupted by talking to someone for a brief 10 -20 seconds, do I just continue where I left off or start again? Same with recitating surah mulk in the evening.

Supplications
12 Jun

ANSWER: You can continue from where you left.

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