ANSWER: If you are an ignorant layman who knows nothing else, your prayer is valid.  But if you know the right way and the way of the prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam and still decide to go against it, this usually can only happen to full fledged hypocrites!!

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ANSWER: This is not permissible as you have no right to throw away what is his, besides, he would just get more! You must advise him with good manners, wisdom, knowledge and diplomacy to stop.

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ANSWER: What he has said is totally baseless and fabricated. The name itself has no meaning in Arabic and it is not an Islamic name 

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ANSWER: This is not kufr unless one believes in such kufr but its not permissible to watch and it is a major sin

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ANSWER: No need. The fast is valid however, you have committed a major sin by abandoning prayer and are in great danger of being a hypocrite.

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ANSWER: If the price is fixed and you are buying from the owner and there isn’t any way that the installments would increase more than what was agreed upon initially, this is permissible. But if there is a 3rd party that is doing the financing or the price would go up if you are late […]

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ANSWER: If you have cash that would mount to the thresh hold of gold when added to the gold you have, you should give zakat.  But if it doesn’t reach the threshold of gold but the cash is above the threshold of silver, you must give zakat only on the cash and not the gold. 

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ANSWER: You are not obliged to provide a penny to your brothers and siblings as this is the responsibility of the father of the house and then the sons.  If they are able but declining to do their duty, you can work and keep all what you make to yourself and not share it with […]

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