QUESTION: I’m from Bangladesh. My question is about praying witr salat. In ramadan we pray witr in jamat right after taraweeh. 1.Prophet muhammad pbuh said, whoever prays with imam until he finishes, it will be recorded for him as if he prayed the whole night. 2. In another hadith he pbuh said Make the last of your prayer at night witr. when should i Pray witr?

Fasting and Ramadan, Prayer, Taraweeh, Tahajjud and Qiyam-ul-Layl
24 Feb

ANSWER: Pray it with the Imam in Taraweeh and if you want to pray home when you go home, you can while not repeating Witr.

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QUESTION: I know that the hadith about salat-al-tasbih is not authentic. But on Thursday at my school, they’re gonna make us pray it and they’re forceful about it. Will I be sinful if I attend the prayer?

Innovations, Prayer
24 Feb

ANSWER: You must not partake in it. Simply stay home that day

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QUESTION: Im working in cafe.they give leftovers food to charity organisations. But some days the van not come to collect food. So that day our management says to throw all food in garbage and make video of throwing for proof. But some staff keep new clean garbage bag and make video of throwing food and then take that bag out side the shop,sharing food and eat. Can i join them to eat, is this halal ?

Halal/Haram Matters
20 Feb

ANSWER: No problem as its haram to throw good food

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QUESTION: Were the Jews who wanted to kill prophet Isa alehi salam or were the Romans wanted to kill the prophet?

Belief in the Messengers, Religions
19 Feb

ANSWER: The Jewish leaders of the time, in cooperation with the Roman authorities, attempted to kill Prophet Isa (Jesus), but Allah saved him, and he was not killed or crucified. https://islamqa.info/en/answers/224199

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QUESTION: Is fasting obligatory for a woman who weighs 38 kilos, is 160 cm tall, has anemia, and struggles to eat two meals a day?

Fasting, Fasting and Ramadan
17 Feb

ANSWER: Fasting is mandatory upon every Muslim individual who has reached puberty and is free from obstacles that prevent him/her from fasting such as traveling, menses or illness that doctors say that fasting would harm or endanger a person if they were to fast.

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QUESTION: If during fasting, after a long time in the day, there are deposits on the teeth that feel sticky when the teeth are pressed together, and one swallows them, does it break the fast?

Fasting, Fasting and Ramadan
17 Feb

ANSWER: If its a mass and you swallow it intentionally then yes, it breaks the fast.

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QUESTION: If the borrower is wealthy and is using the saved money of the lender and also wants to pay zakat on it with his own money, will this be against the rules of zakat as the lender (owner) is the one obliged to pay?

Zakat
16 Feb

ANSWER: The lender must pay the zakat over his money which he had willingly given to someone else.  The borrower must also pay zakat if the money is in his possession and a whole year passed on it.

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QUESTION: I pray 4 rakah of doha prayer only but i was thinking to pray more but sitting. Iam healthy ALHAMDULILLAH but want to pray more nawafil sitting so can i pray doha nawafil while sitting on chair or sitting on foor ?

Prayer
14 Feb

ANSWER: You can pray the voluntary prayers while sitting but you will lose half the reward if you didn’t have a genuine reason for doing so.

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QUESTION: I experience spotting before my periods. For example, At Maghrib time I had discharge so I wash and change my pad, take wudu and pray. At Isha time there was no discharge so I proceed to pray. Then while praying I feel discharge. I cannot be certain of what it is untill I look. What is the correct procedure for this regarding my salah?

Menstruation and post-natal bleeding, Prayer, Purity
14 Feb

ANSWER: If you check immediately after prayers and see spotting, you need to clean yourself, renew your wudhu and repeat that prayer.

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QUESTION: I am confused regarding the hadith of Abu Hurairah in the hadith book Adab al-Mufrad, where he tells a man to avoid three actions in front of his father. So regarding not sitting before him, is a Muslim obliged to stand up when his father comes in to the room and he is sitting down or if they are both sitting and the father gets up for a reason like going to the bathroom?

Character and Morals, Fiqh of the family
10 Feb

ANSWER: This is regarding when they both enter a room like when visiting friends or relatives and the son disrespects his father by sitting before him. 

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