QUESTION: I live with my parents and my elder brother. My brother is 26 and i am 21 . He is going to get married next year so he wants me to leave the house by getting married as soon as possible. So that his wife and my parents can live together. I am kind of thorn for him in his married life . We are looking for matches for me but just waiting for the right match .

Fiqh of Marriage, Fiqh of the family
27 Feb

ANSWER: He has no right in asking you to leave the house. He is the one who is supposed to leave the house and provide for his wife a separate accommodation.

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QUESTION: I watched the videos and still unsure. Do the ijab and qubool have to be verbally said by the wali and the groom directly in full or can there be a person who’s made as the “celebrant” asking the wali if he offers etc, and the wali just agrees to give the bride with a nod and saying “yep”? Likewise the groom agrees after being prompted if he accepts. Is this valid?

Marriage Contract
26 Feb

ANSWER: The guardian (wali) must be present to propose to the boy in the presence of the 2 witnesses or he must prior to that authorize someone else to do the proposing to the boy.

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QUESTION: What is the ruling on buying a dancing cactus for kids?

Halal/Haram Matters, Sports, Entertainment and Music
26 Feb

ANSWER: No problem as long as it doesn’t have music.

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QUESTION: Shaykh, I am a student of knowledge and I want to become an engineer. Is this disliked? I fear I will have to study very hard and spend much time. I want to become a scholar and I want to refrain from studying worldy things. Is my mindset extreme or correct? I mean scholars like Bin Baaz, Al albani, and Fawzaan didn’t study worldly things (to my knowledge).

Jobs, Knowledge & Propagation
26 Feb

ANSWER: No problem in seeking both as men are the bread winners and a professional degree is required for this.

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QUESTION: Sheikh back in my country india, people say women in nifas and her newborn baby is considered to be impure. And some believes that their impurity can cause trouble to a person who is possessed a by jinn. So the person should not go near to the mother or baby. Is it true?

Superstitions
26 Feb

ANSWER: This is absolutely baseless and nonsense, this has nothing to do with islam!

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QUESTION: Sheikh,can we make any dua during rain in our own words and language,like “Oh Allah bless my parents with strong iman health and happiness” or does it have to be the duas proven in Sunnah only?

Supplications
25 Feb

ANSWER: No problem in making your own dua.

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QUESTION: Sheikh If a guy is a practicing Muslim and his behaviour is good too but his job his haram like works in bank..Is it okay to say yes to such marriage proposal?

Fiqh of Marriage, Jobs
25 Feb

ANSWER: This is not permissible.

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QUESTION: Can a married woman be with someone else in Jannah who she couldn’t marry in this world? Does she have a choice? Is it possible to change her husband in hereafter by her choice?

Paradise and Hell
25 Feb

ANSWER: This is not possible! She would be with her husband of this dunya providing they both make it to jannah!

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QUESTION: Sheikh does doing shirk destroy every previous good deeds including Salah sawm etc it’s literary every good deeds will be nullified?

Shirk and its different forms
24 Feb

ANSWER: Shirk destroys all good deeds. If one repents and reverts to Islam, Allah restores his good deeds back.

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QUESTION: What does Islam say about blowing air into the hands after a small prayer?

Innovations, Supplications
24 Feb

ANSWER: This is an innovation. 

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