QUESTION: Is it permissible in Islam to invest in a gold scheme where customers can purchase jewellery at either the pre-booked gold rate (against advance payment) or the invoice date rate, whichever is lower? If not, should I withdraw my money or buy the jewellery?

Halal/Haram Matters, Riba
30 Oct

ANSWER: This is absolutely prohibited and you must immediately withdraw your money!

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QUESTION: It’s been 6to7 yrs I attained puberty since then I didn’t make up the missed fasts coz of menses.. So what should I do I do now?

Fasting, Fasting and Ramadan
30 Oct

ANSWER: You must sincerely repent to Allah while showing deep remorse for delaying them for this long and must make up all those fasts now!

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QUESTION: If Maghrb azan is called & I were in a place where I hv no water so what should I do ? Should I do tyammum or I hv to buy water bottle from a shop or ask from someone or w8 till I get water if thr is enough time ?

Ablution (Wudhu)
29 Oct

ANSWER: Tayammum is not permissible in the presence of water therefore, if you have the means to buy a water bottle to make wudu, you must do so

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QUESTION: My family is not financially stable and I’m trying my best with what Allah has blessed me sometimes it’s hard for my parents to eat they sacrifice for my siblings, Also I want to get married but I want to ask you for advice whether to wait for everything to be alright before getting married or the best opinion

Fiqh of Marriage, Fiqh of the family
29 Oct

ANSWER: If your parents and family are struggling and you are working to help them, you will be rewarded for that.  If you need to get married for the fear of falling into sin, you must do that if you can afford it and try to help your parents to the best of your ability […]

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QUESTION: A dog liked my trousers and my mother kept the trousers on a dry bucket Do i need to wash it 7 times?

Purity
29 Oct

ANSWER: No need to wash it 7 times as this is only for utensils.  Simply wash it normally

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QUESTION: I have a hobby of collecting banknotes from different countries, some were gifted to me and others I kept after traveling, some of them have just images of nature while other have images of people and animals, is it permissible to collect those with images of animate beings?

Halal/Haram Matters, Images and image-making
29 Oct

ANSWER: No problem in collecting them providing you do not display them as this would prevent angels from entering the room

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QUESTION: When the imam goes on the mimbar for jummuah and greets us with the salam,should i respond to his salam or no?

Prayer, Prayer and Duaa
28 Oct

ANSWER: Yes, you should.

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QUESTION: Shaykh, can I take home the toiletries from the resort where I’m staying, since we pay for them?

Character and Morals, Halal/Haram Matters
28 Oct

ANSWER: No problem

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QUESTION: I learned from a hadith that the phrases SubhanAllah wa bihamdihi, SubhanAllah al-‘Azim are light on the tongue but heavy on the scales. I also know saying SubhanAllah wa bihamdihi 100 times in morning and evening adhkar erases all sins, even if as many as the foam of the sea. Can I recite both in my adhkar to get both rewards?

Supplications
28 Oct

ANSWER: Restrict yourself for the 100 times in the morning and evening and you can say that other one whenever you want and as many times as you want

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QUESTION: About the Sunnah of fasting 3 days each month: do these fasts have to be in the lunar months or can I also do 3 fasts according to the solar months (e.g. Jan, Feb, Mar)? (note that I’m not talking about white days)

Fasting
28 Oct

ANSWER: Yes, they need to be according to the Islamic lunar month 

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