QUESTION: 70% dont wear helmet on bike in India (it’s illegal but not implemented) I try to follow this to best of my ability. Neighbour/parent/kinship offer me ride less than 1 km can I go with them (they take offence if I refuse)

Halal/Haram Matters
08 Aug

ANSWER: You must wear it and follow the law.

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QUESTION: If a person has a haram job, then are the benefits which he receives apart from his salary from the job also haram like car, free food, water etc.?

Jobs
08 Aug

ANSWER: Yes.

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QUESTION: Sheikh I use a pocket mat to pray in masjids because many times it has been happened with me when I prostate I smell very bad odour from that masjid mats of feet smell or socks or something. Also if I pray in second row people’s wet feet leave stamps on the mat. Is it permissible?

Prayer, Psychological Problems
08 Aug

ANSWER: This is not from the sunnah and would open the door for OCD

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QUESTION: Is it haram to sell beverages,food that are by famous influencers? even if the product is halal? if my intention is to only make money, ofcourse to provide for my family.

Halal/Haram Matters, Social Media
07 Aug

ANSWER: It is not permissible to use such influencers if they endorse haram stuff in their work or engage in haram activities. 

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QUESTION: I have two autistic boys(12 & 7)who are non verbal. Recently someone said in alam-e-arwah my children did not testify to being Muslim so that is why such people who do not testify to Allah become disabled. Is it true? My children do not understand anything subhanAllah but try to sit with us parents when we pray. Is it true?

Other
07 Aug

ANSWER: What they have said is totally baseless and fabricated!

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QUESTION: Sheikh can we turn our back to Quran while its open and we are reading and when we are not reading it?

Quran, Reading/Reciting the Quran
07 Aug

ANSWER: No problem in this whatsoever!

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QUESTION: Can i perform other nafls after witr?

Prayer, Taraweeh, Tahajjud and Qiyam-ul-Layl
07 Aug

ANSWER: No problem.  However, Prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam prescribed us to pray witr as the last prayer of the night but if you happen to stay up late after offering witr and wish to pray night prayers later on or if you got up after praying witr (after isha) and wish to pray […]

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QUESTION: Sheikh, is it permissible to have a post paid phone plan where you pay every billing cycle but if you don’t pay on time then you are charged more on top of the normal cost? Must we only have pre paid phone plans?

Halal/Haram Matters
07 Aug

ANSWER: If there is a penalty for delayed payment or a late fee payment, this is riba and prohibited But if they charge you more for your calls and sell you minutes in a higher price than usual as it is post paid, this is permissible.

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QUESTION: Sheikh, can you give me a list of things that invalidates a person’s prayer for 40 days?

Halal/Haram Matters, Shirk and its different forms
06 Aug

ANSWER: Generally speaking, consuming alcohol, intoxicants, reading horoscopes for fun, etc

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QUESTION: Sheikh how is it to welcome hajis with flowers and cake cutting and decorating the house by writing hajj mubarak. Then the hajis host a grand function and then all other relatives call them over for a dinner. Doesn’t this all come under riya and it should be avoided?

Hajj and Umrah
06 Aug

ANSWER: This is not from the sunnah and it is not permissible to show off in such a fashion.

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