QUESTION: Does conception actually = established linage? If so, does that mean if two fornicators repented and got married after the birth of the child/during while the woman was pregnant, the child would still be considered illegitimate?

Illegitimate children & Lost property
06 Feb

ANSWER: If they got married and the man gave the child his name, he is his legitimate child.

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QUESTION: Is there an authentic Hadith suggesting that the supplication (dua) made specifically before Maghrib throughout the thirty days of Ramadan is guaranteed to be accepted?

Fasting, Fasting and Ramadan
06 Feb

ANSWER: The duaa which a person who is fasting at the time of breaking his fast is answered.

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QUESTION: Sheikh my husband delays paying my zakah by a few months. What should I do Sheikh?

Zakat
06 Feb

ANSWER: You are obliged to pay it yourself on time and are sinful if it gets delayed.

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QUESTION: What is the ruling on only fasting the 13,14 and 15 of shaban and not the 13,14 and 15 of other months?

Fasting
05 Feb

ANSWER: No problem if their intention is to fast the 3 white days

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QUESTION: I saw your video which you sent of shaabaan 15 but I want to ask that Allah forgives people on its night so to be forgiven can we ask forgiveness on that night. This was not clear from video

Innovations
04 Feb

ANSWER: You shouldn’t specifically ask for forgiveness on this night as that would be an innovation since its not from the sunnah.

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QUESTION: I had $30,000 in Jan 2025. In Jan 2026, I have $1000 on hand. I used $20,000 to buy silver and gold bars as investment and 10,000 dollars I gave as a loan. I also own two gold necklaces weighing 8gms all, for personal use. I did earn more throughout the year but I spent that for my basic needs, food, clothing and shelter. What amount should I pay Zakat on this year? I am very confused.

Zakat
04 Feb

ANSWER: You must give zakat on whatever cash you have in your possession now and all the gold, even the gold that you wear (if it reaches the nisab of 85 gms or more) and all the investments. The date of zakat doesn’t change just because you turned some of the cash into investments. You […]

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QUESTION: In Ramadan my mom makes iftar and im really hungry so i sit and eat for some time and then pray maghrib in home with my brother or sometimes alone and skip prayer of maghrib only because im eating. is it permissible?

Fasting, Fasting and Ramadan
04 Feb

ANSWER: No! Eat a date, a few things to satiate your hunger a bit, go pray in the masjid and come back and eat.

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QUESTION: I live 5 minutes from an established Masjid, but a new one is opening just 2 minutes away. This new Masjid is being built specifically due to personal disputes and community division. Given the Sunnah of attending the nearest Masjid, am I obligated to switch to the closer one, or should I continue attending the original Masjid to avoid supporting a division based on discord?

Rulings on mosques
04 Feb

ANSWER: Its not an obligation to pray in the nearest masjid, you can pray anywhere you like (imam’s recitation, convenience etc)

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QUESTION: I saw in a facebook post once that petting or touching cat with the foot is haram as the Prophet Muhammad disliked it very much and he forbade others to do so. I tried looking for this hadith but couldn’t find it anywhere. Does any hadith like that exist which mentions petting or touching cat with foot is haram?

Innovations
04 Feb

ANSWER: This is totally baseless and there’s no such hadith!

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QUESTION: This girl showed me her painting& asked for my opinion. I said smthng like “wow” (in my mind i was like wow that is extremely ugly) but i didnt say it was nice so i dont lie nor did i say mashallah (i forgot) then subhanallah water spilt on her painting and it was ruined. she accused me of giving evil eye. Similar scenarios happened. When they do, what do i do?

Jinn, Witchcraft, Black Magic and the Evil Eye
03 Feb

ANSWER: Tell her that you said that out of shock of how ugly that painting was and that you could not have given her an evil eye at all

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