QUESTION: I live abroad with my wife and our 15-day-old baby. My mother-in-law is staying with us to help. My aunt has passed away in my home country. The Prophet (PBUH) encouraged attending funerals. My wife is in the early postpartum period and feels anxious about me leaving, and the trip would take up to two days. Should I stay with my wife and newborn or travel to attend the funeral?

Funerals, Halal/Haram Matters
01 May

ANSWER: It is not from the sunnah to travel for a funeral or for mourning.

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QUESTION: Is it sunnah for men to take bath everyday?

General
01 May

ANSWER: There’s no such sunnah. Its hygienic to take a shower everyday for both men & women but this has nothing to do with sunnah 

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QUESTION: When can i fast instead of give food to 10 poor people or cloth them when breaking oath? I know it’s when im poor, but when am i considered to be poor

Oaths
30 Apr

ANSWER: When you don’t have the money to fulfill this expiation!!

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QUESTION: Will my prayer be valid if my feet and half of my arms exposed as a girl?

Prayer
29 Apr

ANSWER: The prayer is invalid

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QUESTION: What about using nutmeg in cooking bcz its also use in little amout and doesn’t make drowsy?

Halal/Haram Matters
29 Apr

ANSWER: Nutmeg and using it in very small amounts is an issue of dispute and it is best to avoid it if possible but if one is unable to do so due to the fact that it is widely used in cooking and everyone uses it, I pray that this is fine in sha Allah. 

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QUESTION: Can Sunnah prayers that are usually prayed after the Fard be prayed before it?

Prayer
29 Apr

ANSWER: No.

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QUESTION: Shaikh is it shirk/kufr to write things that contain shirk or kufr (like evolution, darwinism, and things against islamic morals etc) in the exam (without the disclaimer of I am not believing it) in order to get first position (not to pass but to get first position)?

Halal/Haram Matters, Shirk and its different forms
29 Apr

ANSWER: This is not shirk or kufr. No problem in this due to necessity even without the disclaimer as long as you resent it and disbelieve in it

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QUESTION: If iam sitting in haram and i want to do ablution can i use spray bottle to do so

Ablution (Wudhu)
28 Apr

ANSWER: If the amount of water sprayed is equivalent to what wets the organ when washed and you can see the water running, this is sufficient.

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QUESTION: Is it permissible when selling my plot, instead of giving the middleman a percentage of the sale price/commission, to agree with him that “I want x price if you sale beyond that then the rest is yours”? Knowing that the buyer wouldn’t be aware that this price is actually higher than what I actually need?

Halal/Haram Matters, Jobs
27 Apr

ANSWER: It is an issue of dispute among scholars as they say if the price was double what you had asked for, you won’t like this and would probably envy him for it! Therefore, the commission should be identified and known.

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QUESTION: If a man marries a woman and gave one divorce before consummating the marriage, can he remarry her again if so how?

Divorce, Fiqh of Marriage, Marriage Contract
27 Apr

ANSWER: If he was never alone with her, one divorce is done and there is no iddah on her.  If he wants to marry her again, he has to do the same process of the previous marriage, new dowry, two witnesses and the consent and approval of her guardian. If the marriage takes place, he […]

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