To safeguard from cyber crime theft,can i put my money in fix depost. I will not use interest amount but give it to poor and needy without expecting any ajar.

Riba
26 Oct

If you do not have the option of Islamic bank and this bank doesn’t have a current account without riba, then you may.

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sheikh my friend working with my hubby.she is a Muslim girl,She is chatting with my husband at nite in what’s app and saying to me if you don’t like it, I will not chatting with him.we are just friend talking general things only..like tht she said to me.what shal I do in this case? Pls help me

Social Media
26 Oct

Obviously, you should ask her to stop before this little general talk turns into something else and you have to regret upon yourself.

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My brother has a few psychological problems.can i promise allah that i will avoid certain food(not fasting) for allah to cure him?.one person suggested that i can do like this.is this beneficial? If yes, what food should i avoid and for how long?

Oaths
26 Oct

You must not take such an oath.

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Sheikh, is it permissible for a girl aged 19 to attend university where there is a mixed environment of boys and girls and is it permissible for a male teacher to teach female students?

Knowledge & Propagation
26 Oct

It is not permissible for a girl to attend mixed universities. As for the teacher, if there is no other alternative, he may do that but must lower his gaze and try to segregate the students if he can.

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Aqeeqah, how much it is necessary? Once aqeeqah is done, can anyone change his/her name in future? Thank you so much Sheikh for answering my question.

Slaughtering
26 Oct

Doing Aqeeqah is Sunnah, hence this makes it important and necessary to do. Changing the name has nothing to do with the Aqeeqah as they are two separate things.

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If i go to a practising raqi or sheikh to have ruqya for evil eye , constant head ache etc.???and he blows in zamzam water and asks me to drink it or spray it in my house or around my bed ..is this all permissible in islam to go to raqi and spray that water ????

Ruqyah
26 Oct

If he is known to follow the sunnah and is righteous,  this is permissible but not with the part of sprinkling water around the bed or the house.

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My husband have earned a good amount of money and have it in his possession for more than a year. I have asked him to pay zakat on that money but he didn’t. Will i be also sinful for it?

Zakat
26 Oct

The sin is on him and it is a major sin.

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Opening dua for salah

Articles, Prayer, Q&A/Fatwas, Videos
24 Oct
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Does one have to pay zakat over money deposited in Fixed Deposit account in a bank for a year or more. The deposit is for security reasons as as one fears about cyber thefts. Of course, the interest earned is not utilized for self and is given to poor and needy.

Zakat
23 Oct

Yes one has to pay zakat on the savings of over a year.

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When reciting a surah in the middle of the salah if I forget an ayah, and I get stuck and I don’t remember the next ayah, shall I take time to remember it or start the same surah from the beginning, or I start another surah or I leave the ayah and I read as much as I remember the rest of it? Sometimes it happens when I recite a newly memorised surah.

Prayer
23 Oct

If you can’t remember it, go to ruku.

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