QUESTION: If i am eating & have to take more rice from bowl..can i use my left to serve rice?? (as my right hand in dirty)

Etiquette, Morals and Heart-Softeners
01 Nov

ANSWER: No problem in that as long as you don’t lift it up to your mouth with your left!

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QUESTION: Is it haram to sell items(plates etc) with images? My mother sells items with images. And sometimes I help her. If it is not permissible, may I sell them out of necessity? as I and my family do need money. And she already bought the items.

Images and image-making, Jobs
31 Oct

ANSWER: It is not permissible to sell such items with animate images on them. You can sell images of landscape and things that have no soul in them.

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QUESTION: Is kneeling to propose someone shirk

Fiqh of Marriage, Halal/Haram Matters
31 Oct

ANSWER: This is imitating the disbelievers and prohibited in Islam. Kneeling is a form of shirk whether major or minor depending on the intention.

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QUESTION: Last year my parents went for Umrah. My mother told me that while doing her 4th tawaf, she passed Maqam Ibrahim, then the adhan was called, so she went to pray. My question is, when she returns, should she start the 4th tawaf again from Hajar al-Aswad or continue from where she left off? And does the gap affect the tawaf?

Hajj and Umrah
31 Oct

ANSWER: 1. She can start from where she left  2. No

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QUESTION: I have no male wali. My mother handles proposals for me. Sometimes a Abroad proposal man asks to speak with me briefly on a call through my mother’s number before visiting, since we can’t invite every proposal home. Is it permissible to talk once, in my mother’s presence, just for basic discussion?

Fiqh of Marriage
31 Oct

ANSWER: No, this is not permissible. There must be one of your male mahrams present in the meeting, if this is not possible then the imam of your local Islamic center should act as your wali & your mother must not sit in the meeting.

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QUESTION: Is this form authentique for tashahud: At-taḥiyyātu lillāh, az-zakiyyātu lillāh, aṭ-ṭayyibātuṣ-ṣalawātu lillāh, as-salāmu ʿalayka ayyuhan-nabiyyu wa raḥmatullāhi wa barakātuh, as-salāmu ʿalaynā wa ʿalā ʿibādillāhiṣ-ṣāliḥīn, ash-hadu an lā ilāha illā Allāh, Wahdaho lā sharika lah wa ash-hadu anna Muḥammadan rasūlullāh.

Prayer
30 Oct

ANSWER: This is authentic as it was what Omer May Allah be pleased with him taught the people on the pulpit to say.

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QUESTION: If my younger brother is my wali, and orders me to do his laundry, polish his shoes, serve him food, massage his feet, AM I OBLIGED to do all this bcz he is qawwam/authoritian over me?

Fiqh of the family
30 Oct

ANSWER: No, you’re not obliged to serve him! He is your wali when it comes to marriage.

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QUESTION: Is it permissible in Islam to invest in a gold scheme where customers can purchase jewellery at either the pre-booked gold rate (against advance payment) or the invoice date rate, whichever is lower? If not, should I withdraw my money or buy the jewellery?

Halal/Haram Matters, Riba
30 Oct

ANSWER: This is absolutely prohibited and you must immediately withdraw your money!

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QUESTION: It’s been 6to7 yrs I attained puberty since then I didn’t make up the missed fasts coz of menses.. So what should I do I do now?

Fasting, Fasting and Ramadan
30 Oct

ANSWER: You must sincerely repent to Allah while showing deep remorse for delaying them for this long and must make up all those fasts now!

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QUESTION: If Maghrb azan is called & I were in a place where I hv no water so what should I do ? Should I do tyammum or I hv to buy water bottle from a shop or ask from someone or w8 till I get water if thr is enough time ?

Ablution (Wudhu)
29 Oct

ANSWER: Tayammum is not permissible in the presence of water therefore, if you have the means to buy a water bottle to make wudu, you must do so

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