QUESTION: My brother is currently working in a 35-40 hour per week job but the duration of this job is 3 months. He earns 550 USD weekly. He started this job sometime in May. So, Shiekh is Qurbani valid on him this year?

Slaughtering
25 Jun

ANSWER: If he has savings that suffice buying an animal after his expenditure then yes, otherwise no.  

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QUESTION: Sheikh, I am from Pakistan and here we have a custom in marriages that on barat when groom Comes to sit with his wife, bride’s sisters blocks his way and demand for money and he sit after paying, is it permissible to do so?

Halal/Haram Matters, Sports, Entertainment and Music
25 Jun

ANSWER: Of course not! This is totally prohibited as it comes under free mixing. 

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QUESTION: Is there any dua for completing or finishing the whole Quran ? In your one Utube video you said there isn’t any but another video of yours tell this dua “SubhanakAllah huma wabihamdika, Ashadu al llaillaha illa anta, Astaghfirullaha wa atubu illaik”.

Reading/Reciting the Quran
24 Jun

ANSWER: This later duaa is said when you finish reciting the Quran and close the book. This is not related to finishing the whole Quran! 

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QUESTION: If a person prays behind an Imam who claims that our Prophet knows the unseen and makes dua to him. So will the prayer of that person be accepted and most importantly will he become a kafir by praying behind such Imam?

Prayer, Shirk and its different forms
24 Jun

ANSWER: It’s not permissible to pray behind such a person and the prayer is invalid. 

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QUESTION: If there r 7 people in the family. No the main head who is the father is sacrificing 7 goats of each of them. Than is it necessary for other members of the family not to cut hair and nails. Or is it only 4 the person who is paying 4 the sacrifice? whether he is doing it for all of his family members. And his family members also recite takbeer on their sacrifice.. while sacrifice is done by butcher

Slaughtering
24 Jun

ANSWER: One ram is sufficient for all those living under his roof. If they did not authorize him, they are not obliged to refrain from their hair and nails.

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QUESTION: Me and my family were recently at the Prophet’s Mosque, and I noticed that almost all of the people who pray there, pray 2 rakats sunnah after adhan of every prayer (they already performed tahiyyatul masjid as I’ve seen), is this permissible? This is the same case here in Masjid Al haram in Makkah.

Prayer
24 Jun

ANSWER: This is from the sunnah to perform 2 rakah prayer between adhan and iqamah except for fajr.

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QUESTION: What to do if imam mistakenly stands up in 2nd rakah Directly of asr and then sits down after realising?

Prayer
24 Jun

ANSWER: If you mean he forgot to sit for the 1st tashahhud, stood up for the 3rd rakah and then sat down immediately then this is not permissible since he had already stood up for the pillar. He should have continued the prayer and made sujood as sahu before making salam for missing the 1st […]

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QUESTION: Sheikh, please enlighten me about cutting of hair and nail befor Qurbani. Is there any rule not to cut hair or nail befor certain days of qurbani?

Slaughtering
24 Jun

ANSWER: It’s not permissible for the one who is paying for the qurbani to cut his/her nails and any part of body or head hair from the 1st of dhul hijjah until his animal is slaughtered. 

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QUESTION: My husband says his Only responsibility is to earn. Is that true? He doesn’t help me in any way. Me or kids I’ll not his concern, he goes out and chill with friends but demands me to fulfill whatever he orders. Is that true that I’ve to obey him ANYWAY?

Fiqh of Marriage, Kind Treatment of Spouses
24 Jun

ANSWER: What he is doing is totally wrong as he is responsible for his children and his wife in other means than financial provision! It is his responsibility to teach them all about Islam and to raise them up to be good individuals in their communities. The wife can also claim that her responsibility is […]

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QUESTION: I know it’s not allowed for a person who is paying for slaughtering to shave his hair or trim nails. What if one does that anyway? Will his slaughtering not be valid?

Slaughtering
24 Jun

ANSWER: This has no impact on the validity of his Udhiya but he is sinful for disobeying the prophet salla allahu alaihi wa sallam.

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