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QUESTION: I got gold around 30tola(more than 300grams) and I find it difficult to give zakat. Can I distribute the zakat between my two daughters( 4-5yrs) each one getting (6tola which is approx70 grams) ..So now zakat is reduced to 18 tola…

Zakat

17 Oct

ANSWER: You can gift your daughters equally if you want, however that gold would belong to them in reality and you will not be it’s owner. They must possess it and have full control over it even if they want to sell it! Otherwise you are trying to trick Allah to avoid paying zakat

QUESTION: Do you consider yourself to be a part of any sect? If so, what sect? If not, why?

Sects

17 Oct

ANSWER: I am a Muslim who try to follow the Quran and Sunnah according to the understanding of the favorite 3 generations (salaf). I consider myself to be part of the sect of our Prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam and his companions

QUESTION: Sometimes I speak to myself alone if something upset has happened and I want to take it off my mind and behave normal like it never happened or sometimes to get things off my head and do what’s right…It’s like I’m scolding someone without their presence…Is this backbiting?Am I sinful for it? What should I do?

Backbiting

16 Oct

ANSWER: This is not backbiting but you are sinful for saying it verbally as the angels will write it down

QUESTION: I work for a company where i got less salary than others company. I got travel allowance when i go for field work. My question is my company give me less salary than others but still got profit. Moreover can i be increased my travel allowance than the real fare to adjust my appropriate salary which is not given to me? Please explain this kind of injustice, Sheikh.

Jobs

16 Oct

ANSWER: This is not permissible as its cheating and Prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam said a person who cheats is not from among us and lying is a major sin.

QUESTION: Shiekh, My husband came to US two years ago. He is working, but still struggling to meet our needs. I work and take care of my own needs.Each month he sends money to his family back home even he doesn’t have enough to send.He doesn’t give me any allowance. Even if I am working and contributing to home more than him, shouldn’t he give me something for my allowance as a husband?

Fiqh of Marriage, Kind Treatment of Spouses

16 Oct

ANSWER: If he doesn’t earn enough and you are working, why would you burden him by asking him to give you something? He is poor and unable to make ends meet! You want him to stop sending any money to his parents and family and give you an allowance while he sees you working and […]

QUESTION: Sheikh, iddah is performed to make sure if the woman is pregnant or not. Will it be valid if she does ultrasonography and blood test to accurately make her pregnancy sure and marry before 3 periods if she’s not pregnant?

Divorce, Waiting Period of widow or divorcee

16 Oct

ANSWER: The iddah is from Allah and not necessary only to make sure there is no pregnancy. Otherwise it won’t vary from one cycle to 3 cycles to 3 months and finally to 4 months and 10 days

QUESTION: Why do we touch our eyes while taking the name of Muhammad Saw?

Innovations

15 Oct

ANSWER: No, we Muslims do not touch our eyes when hearing the name of the prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam as this is an innovation.

QUESTION: I understand husband is superior to a wife and deserves alot of respect. However, husband acts in a way that upset the wife, would she be sinful for getting angry?

Fiqh of Marriage, Kind Treatment of Spouses

15 Oct

ANSWER: She is a human being and has all the right to be angry. However, what makes her sinful is not her anger but rather what she does as a result of such anger.

QUESTION: Is it permissible answering the call of nature while athaan is being given?

Other

15 Oct

ANSWER: No problem.

QUESTION: Are Muslim actors like Sharukh Khan Salman Khan etc still in the fold of Islam?

Apostasy, Halal/Haram Matters

15 Oct

ANSWER: It is not permissible to call a Muslim a kafir. The Prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam said that whoever says to his brother: O Kafir, then one of them will take it (meaning one of them will be labeled as Kafir). Therefore, one must not say this unless the conditions are fulfilled and […]

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