QUESTION: Can someone fast on behalf of the deceased if it’s a fast related to breaking an oath?

Fasting, Fasting and Ramadan, Funerals
25 Oct

ANSWER: It is permissible for the heirs of the deceased to make up obligatory fasts they had and couldn’t make up before dying

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QUESTION: We have to give the interest money to poor people, but there’s no one in our area that poor enough to give it to. So the money is just sitting in the account — in this situation, what should I do with it?

Charity
24 Oct

ANSWER: Give it to trusted charity organizations or donate it to sponsor ask zad program by contacting info@zad.tv

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QUESTION: My father passed away and left no will My mother is still alive and my siblings are trying to avoid inheritance tax, by passing down the inheritance to my mother. Is it allowed in Islam for me to agree/sign so that inheritance goes all to my mother

Inheritance
24 Oct

ANSWER: The inheritance must be divided according to Sharia law. If signing this document would allow your mother to distribute it accordingly, there is no problem in this to avoid the tax though I had encountered tens of similar cases where the mother seized all wealth for herself and refused to give her children a […]

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QUESTION: Ruling on reserving first row spot in masjid if I come early to clean and lay carpets, but row fills before I finish? (also ramadan, reserving a spot while i eat iftar after serving iftar)

Prayer, Rulings on mosques
24 Oct

ANSWER: As long as you came first and sat there and did not leave the masjid, you are entitled of the position you first came for.

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QUESTION: One of my friends has highlighted a picture of me and her on her Instagram account, I have asked her many times to delete the picture but she has not deleted it. Now, will I be guilty of a sin because the picture is highlighted on her Instagram account?

Character and Morals, Social Media
24 Oct

ANSWER: If you had nothing to do with it, you are not sinful. However, you must cut off your friendship with such an evil friend and show her that you don’t want anything to do with her. 

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QUESTION: Some people say that tasting salt before putting it in any dish while cooking is a proven sunnah, is this true?

Innovations, Superstitions
23 Oct

ANSWER: This is absolutely baseless and fabricated!

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QUESTION: It is permissible to take diwali gifts from our Hindu friends, they just buy those gifts from shop and give it to us

Halal/Haram Matters, Religions
23 Oct

ANSWER: No problem in this, as long as you do not participate in their kufr gatherings or celebrations

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QUESTION: Sheikh, I don’t use my hands to clean feet in wudu, I just put my feet under the tap as it’s faster. Would this invalidate my wudu, as I’m using more water?

Ablution (Wudhu)
23 Oct

ANSWER: This has no impact on your wudu, though you would be sinful if you wasted water

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QUESTION: In dua of istikhara as non-arabs can we have our haaja in our mind or must we say it in arabic?

Istikhara
23 Oct

ANSWER: If you don’t know how to say it in Arabic, say it in your native language but you must verbally utter it and not just say it in your mind.

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QUESTION: While reading Quran on the phone in public like on transportation for example, and I come across a sajdah mark, what can I do? do I just wait till I get home and prostrate then? Or how does one handle this

Quran, Reading/Reciting the Quran
22 Oct

ANSWER: This is up to you! You can either offer it where you are or not offer it at all as this is not mandatory.

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