QUESTION: Studypool is a website where students post questions, and tutors answer them to earn money. As a tutor, is it permissible to secretly use AI like ChatGPT in the background to fulfill the website’s requirements and answer students, though the website forbids using AI? Are these earnings halal?

Character and Morals, Halal/Haram Matters, Jobs
12 Nov

ANSWER: If the website forbids it then it’s not permissible as Prophet ﷺ said a person who cheats is not from among us and lying is a major sin.

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QUESTION: When I’m praying sunnah prayer and the prophets name is mentioned, should i send salutation upon him or continue with my prayer? does fard prayer also apply?

Prayer
11 Nov

ANSWER: No, you should not (in all prayers)

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QUESTION: You mentioned that it is not permissible to be extravagant when building masjids. I wanted to ask: does this ruling also apply to building a prayer room within one’s home?

Prayer, Rulings on mosques
11 Nov

ANSWER: One must not build such prayer rooms in homes as this is not from Islam. 

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QUESTION: Clear nailpolish unsure if its gone can i assume it is

Ablution (Wudhu), Beautification & Cosmetic Suregry, Purity
11 Nov

ANSWER: If you completely took it off then by default it’s gone unless you physically feel or see it

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QUESTION: Our father left us and married another woman ( our mom grew us alone without his help and when he left us he told “don’t bother me from now on “)and now when we start working and receiving money he want that we buy him a house, should or must we do it? Is it our obligation if we don’t see him from childhood till now?

Fiqh of the family
10 Nov

ANSWER: If he is earning or has enough to sustain a decent life, you are not obliged to give him anything, let alone buy him a house! 

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QUESTION: Imam in my masjid, when he goes in sujood he does not bend his toes, and sometimes his feet arent even touching the ground, can i pray behind him?

Prayer
10 Nov

ANSWER: Concentrate on your own prayers instead of observing other people’s prayers.

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QUESTION: Sheikh , why cats are halal and dogs are not when Dogs are actually mentioned in Qur’an but cats are not ? Also I’ve seen cats eating impure things too?

Halal/Haram Matters, Sports, Entertainment and Music
10 Nov

ANSWER: This is the ruling in Islam! Who are we to question it? Satan is also mentioned in the Quran as well as snakes! Does this make it fine and legit?

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QUESTION: Learning black magic for evil work is haram.But my question is if someone learn it for Good .Still learning it and teaching it?What the rulling of it is it haram? Please answer my question. I don’t practice it. I just don’t want to say anything without knowing.I just want to black magic learning in any case is haram.

Jinn, Witchcraft, Black Magic and the Evil Eye
10 Nov

ANSWER: This is absolutely prohibited and kufr regardless of the intention.

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QUESTION: I know that I can make dua when the time of prayer enters till my own iqamah nd it is not related 2 whether adhan is given in masjid or not but when I’m on period nd I can’t pray when the time lasts for this?

Prayer and Duaa
09 Nov

ANSWER: It would be between the athan and Iqamah in the masjid

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QUESTION: The Challenge mentioned in the Quran to produce 1 surah, does it mean a surah or 1 ayah?

Quran, Religions
09 Nov

ANSWER: Surah.

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