QUESTION: My local masjids are all tablighi and sometimes people ask for money for their madrasa,so can I donate to Tablighi madrasa?

Charity, Sects
18 Oct

ANSWER: No, you must not donate to them.

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QUESTION: I work as a freelancer for a company whose HR and payroll are managed by a 3rd party company. This company allows me to receive part of my salary in advance before the actual payday, but they charge a small service fee for it. On payday, they deduct the advanced amount and pay the remaining balance. Is this permissible, or does it count as riba?

Jobs, Riba
18 Oct

ANSWER: This is riba & not permissible.

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QUESTION: If someone is going to perform umrah, they have to arrange for food to the local people, imam will be reciting Fatiha and make congregational dua. People will make musafah with those who is gonna perform umrah. After fajr on the day of travel, Imam will visit the house, recite Fatiha and write some dua on the entrance wall of the house. Are these practices necessary?

Hajj and Umrah
18 Oct

ANSWER: All of this is not part of Islam hence not permissible and an innovation!

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QUESTION: When i was below 7 i saw a nice earing on my preschool ground and i took it home. now im 16. my mother has that and she doesnt use it and idk what to do. can she keep it? (i think its gold)

Character and Morals, Halal/Haram Matters
17 Oct

ANSWER: You must give the value of it to poor and needy Muslims as you have committed a sin by taking it without checking with the people for lost items

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QUESTION: Do we do the action for the sake of Allah or for the reward? We know that if you help a brother in this life allow will help you in the afterlife. My q is before helping the person, Do we have to intend or think that if I help him now Allah will help me later or do I just do it for the sake of Allah?

Other
17 Oct

ANSWER: They both go hand in hand! You do every good deed for the sake of Allah to seek his pleasure and reward and fearing His wrath and punishment.

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QUESTION: I’m a medical student at a university requiring 85% attendance. Lecturers take attendance via a QR code scanned through an app, but majority of my classmates scan it from home without attending. Attending lectures consumes significant study time, so I’m considering doing the same to prioritize my learning while technically meeting attendance requirements.

Character and Morals, Halal/Haram Matters
16 Oct

ANSWER: This is not permissible as Prophet ﷺ said a person who cheats is not from among us & lying is a major sin

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QUESTION: Here it is cultural norm to round up the debt amount at Payback or round off as the lender. No stipulations were made before. Example: My mum buys groceries for me 19.36€, i give her 20€ back. Or she payed 20.27€ then she says just give me 20€. This is usually done cause it’s easier or out of shame cause it can be seen as stingy to count every cent. Is this Halal?

Halal/Haram Matters, Riba
16 Oct

ANSWER: No problem, as long as there was no prior agreement of giving these extra cents

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QUESTION: I was in the supermarket and an old short lady asked me to help her reach a bottle of wine from a high shelf. I was the nearest, so I handed it to her just to help. Later, I started wondering — was that haram, and am I included among the ten categories of people cursed in the hadith about alcohol, or not, since my intention was only to assist her and not to support sin?

Halal/Haram Matters, Sins
16 Oct

ANSWER: What you had done is totally prohibited and yes, you’re included in the hadith!

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QUESTION: Is this authentic that prophet Muhammad (s) prohibited us to cut our nails on wednesday? And said that whoever cut his nails on Wednesday gets the disease of leprosy (برص)

Innovations
16 Oct

ANSWER: This is absolutely baseless and fabricated!

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QUESTION: Sometimes after i finish my bedtime athkar i get up from the bed to on the AC Or sometimes say someone to close the door or i go to the washroom . so if i do this should i repeat my athkar each time i do this?

Supplications
15 Oct

ANSWER: No need

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