ANSWER: Your wali is your paternal grandfather. If he is dead, then your eldest brother. If you don’t have brothers, your paternal uncles. If you don’t have any, then your paternal cousin.

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ANSWER: Tell him it is part of your religion and excuse yourself for 5 minutes asking to take a bathroom break in order to pray on time.  As long as you pray it within its allocated time, this is sufficient and don’t worry about him seeing you as odd as Allah mandates praying on time […]

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ANSWER: No problem in giving Salam when your mahram is around in the same room. But you must not chit-chat or hang around there. 

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ANSWER: The most authentic opinion is that the navel and knees are not part of the awrah, rather the area between the navel and the kness is awrah for a man.  Thighs are part of the awrah and he cannot expose this in front of anyone except his wife.

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ANSWER: In fard prayers, standing up is one of the pillars of prayers that it is void if one is capable of standing and doesn’t stand. If you are able to stand up, you must do so as this is a pillar of prayer. When bowing, you should bow standing up when able. If you […]

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ANSWER: No, this is not permissible as interest money must be disposed off to poor and needy Muslims in order to cleanse your wealth and you CANNOT utilize it for your personal benefits.

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ANSWER: This is not permissible as they should preach among women only and not be filmed nor give dawah on public platforms as this defies the purpose of hijab. 

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