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QUESTION: Ruling on reserving first row spot in masjid if I come early to clean and lay carpets, but row fills before I finish? (also ramadan, reserving a spot while i eat iftar after serving iftar)

Prayer, Rulings on mosques

24 Oct

ANSWER: As long as you came first and sat there and did not leave the masjid, you are entitled of the position you first came for.

QUESTION: One of my friends has highlighted a picture of me and her on her Instagram account, I have asked her many times to delete the picture but she has not deleted it. Now, will I be guilty of a sin because the picture is highlighted on her Instagram account?

Character and Morals, Social Media

24 Oct

ANSWER: If you had nothing to do with it, you are not sinful. However, you must cut off your friendship with such an evil friend and show her that you don’t want anything to do with her.

QUESTION: Some people say that tasting salt before putting it in any dish while cooking is a proven sunnah, is this true?

Innovations, Superstitions

23 Oct

ANSWER: This is absolutely baseless and fabricated!

QUESTION: It is permissible to take diwali gifts from our Hindu friends, they just buy those gifts from shop and give it to us

Halal/Haram Matters, Religions

23 Oct

ANSWER: No problem in this, as long as you do not participate in their kufr gatherings or celebrations

QUESTION: Sheikh, I don’t use my hands to clean feet in wudu, I just put my feet under the tap as it’s faster. Would this invalidate my wudu, as I’m using more water?

Ablution (Wudhu)

23 Oct

ANSWER: This has no impact on your wudu, though you would be sinful if you wasted water

QUESTION: In dua of istikhara as non-arabs can we have our haaja in our mind or must we say it in arabic?

Istikhara

23 Oct

ANSWER: If you don’t know how to say it in Arabic, say it in your native language but you must verbally utter it and not just say it in your mind.

QUESTION: While reading Quran on the phone in public like on transportation for example, and I come across a sajdah mark, what can I do? do I just wait till I get home and prostrate then? Or how does one handle this

Quran, Reading/Reciting the Quran

22 Oct

ANSWER: This is up to you! You can either offer it where you are or not offer it at all as this is not mandatory.

QUESTION: Can a husband and wife talk about physical intimacy or sexual desires through msgs when they are apart,like saying I’ll do this to you or we’ll do that to express their longing and fullfil emotional and physical desires through words?

Fiqh of Marriage, Masturbation

22 Oct

ANSWER: No problem in this as long as they do not masturbate.

QUESTION: Sheikh, can I make dua in sujud during sunnah prayers? Are they equally effective as the dua made in fard prayers?

Prayer and Duaa

22 Oct

ANSWER: Yes, you can and it is as effective as the fard prayers.

QUESTION: Mum was raised with ignorance of correct islam, yet still gave zakah ever since she 1st got good amt of gold 25 yrs ago. She gave acc. to Gregorian calender,didnt know when nisab was reached i.e, made errors but still gave every yr. She doesnt recall details of past yrs& made tauba now,Is this sufficient

Zakat

21 Oct

ANSWER: She is about 8 months late on her zakat as every three Gregorian years there is about one month and a day or two difference with the lunar year. Therefore, if she pays her zakat about 8 or 9 months earlier form now on, she will be fine in sha Allah

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