QUESTION: Is saying yarhamuk Allah quietly sufficient or must the person who sneezed and praised Allah to hear it

Etiquette, Morals and Heart-Softeners, Other
19 Oct

ANSWER: He must hear it.

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QUESTION: Can you tell me about Quran because I’m in a bit confusion, did Allah recite the Quran (in a way befitting His majesty)? And jibril heard Allah’s recitation and taught our prophet? Or it was written in Lawh Mahfuz and Jibril brought it down step by step in different situations as per Allah’s command. Please clarify.

Reading/Reciting the Quran
19 Oct

ANSWER: Allah spoke the Quran as it is Allah’s speech and Gibreel peace be upon him revealed it to the prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam 

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QUESTION: I have a 6 mnths old baby ., and my in laws says that we should not take the baby outside at night as there are jins at night and it will affect the baby. Is this true?? Can we take the babies outside at night?

Pedagogy education and upbringing
18 Oct

ANSWER: No problem as long as you or any adult is accompanying him.

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QUESTION: We know that it is recommended to recite The Quran everyday. Can we recite the translation of the quran in our languages? Or do we have to recite the quran in arabic?

Reading/Reciting the Quran
18 Oct

ANSWER: It should be the Quran in Arabic text to gain the prescribed reward. The translation is not Quran but rather a translation of the meaning. 

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QUESTION: A girl committed sins like haram relationship and zina ( one time)  but she realised and repenting for her sins. But don’t want to get married now because she think she is impure is it true that she is not capable of marrying to anyone  and how to repent

Fiqh of Marriage, Sins
18 Oct

ANSWER: As long as she has sincerely repented to Allah while showing deep remorse, Allah will forgive her and she can marry any practicing Muslim.  She must not reveal her sin in front of ANYBODY. 

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QUESTION: How can Muslim women compete in professional sports when there are cameras all around nowadays and many other difficulties every step of the way? And if there are no women in professional sports, wouldn’t our religion be looked down by others ? Is it better for women not to get involved in these sports?

Sports, Entertainment and Music
18 Oct

ANSWER: Of course, they must not be involved at all in such public sports, this is totally prohibited! Who cares what others say? They criticize everything in our religion as they are disbelievers. Even if you do everything they want, still they won’t be happy with you. 

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QUESTION: If i follow hanafi imam on normal days, can i pray duhr until the hanafi timing If i am not attending the congregation? If i am at work I’ll pray later but can i delay it until the hanafi time since i follow that imam on normal days?

Prayer
18 Oct

ANSWER: It’s not permissible to delay it until the hanafi Asr time.

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QUESTION: Sheikh, if i am going somewhere like mall etc, and the time for the specific prayer is not yet established, knowing it will get late enough that i will miss my prayer when i will come back,so what should i do? Should i pray that prayer before the time or should i come back and pray even though prayer time has gone by? What niyya should i make with this kind of prayer

Prayer
18 Oct

ANSWER: Both your options are totally prohibited.  Pray on time is the only option you have!

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QUESTION: I am from Fiji and some muslims own hotels and restaurants and sell alcohol in it are they allowed to do so!

Jobs
17 Oct

ANSWER: Of course not! This is absolutely prohibited and one of the major sins in Islam and the income through it is totally haram. 

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QUESTION: I have seen some muslims in my community and family doing a particular practiceOn occasions like eid or 15th of Shaban,they recite some surah (particularly surah fatiha with other surahs as well)  on the sweets ,and then they eat it.Is it right to do so ? will I be sinful for eating from it ?

Innovations
17 Oct

ANSWER: 1.This is not permissible at all as its an innovation. 

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