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QUESTION: If someone does a thing in salah which doesn’t need to perform sajdah al sahw but the person does sajdah al sahw for that thing is the prayer valid?

Prayer

07 Jun

ANSWER: No, its not valid because you added something that was not part of salah

QUESTION: I used to be good and was able to recite the Qur’an in flow but because of whispers of Shaitan (I guess) I have now almost lost the ability to read in a flow and with tajweed… ‎What can I do now with this situation and how can I again achieve my old recitation?

Quran, Reading/Reciting the Quran

07 Jun

ANSWER: This is Satan trying to prevent you from reading and enjoying the Quran as you used to. You must not make him achieve his objective by fighting him and ignoring his whispers. Keep on reciting the Quran and trusting your recitation and he will soon disappear

QUESTION: Someone has dry lips. So if he peels the cracked residue from the lips, is it considered skin that is prohibited to remove for the person offering udhiyah?

Slaughtering

06 Jun

ANSWER: Yes

QUESTION: While moving within a country like from Riyadh to Dammam, when we qasar namaz, can we combine the earlier prayers with the following like can we pray zuhr with Asar and maghrib with Isha or do we have to combine only in this order like combine Asar after we are finished with zuhr?

Prayer

06 Jun

ANSWER: No problem in choosing either way as both are permissible

QUESTION: Is it permissible for a woman to please her husband by wearing the hijab and cover her beauty as this is what he wants from her?

Kind Treatment of Spouses, Women clothing

06 Jun

ANSWER: She must wear the hijab and cover her beauty in front of non mahrams as this is what Allah has ordered her to do! She would be pleasing Allah and pleasing her husband as well.

QUESTION: Sheikh, there is a horror game about surviving in a haunted hotel with monsters that try to kill you. The problem is that it contains a cross that can be used to make those monsters disappear. Is it okay if I completely avoid using that cross? Also, whenever it is used, a moon-and-star symbol appears. I’m not sure whether they intended it to represent Islam.

Sports, Entertainment and Music

06 Jun

ANSWER: You must not play such a game that is filled with such symbols of kufr

QUESTION: Is it sinful if me and my brother or uncle pray at the same level when we are not praying in congregation and are at home? If I am praying and he starts praying right next to me, should I move back slightly? Note that there is some distance between us where someone could stand. ‎

Prayer

05 Jun

ANSWER: No problem in this if you are all praying individually

QUESTION: Sheikh, sometimes we are doing adhkar and someone/Imam takes the name of Prophet, peace be upon him, what to do in that case? send salawat or continue adhkar and then send salawat?

Supplications

05 Jun

ANSWER: Send salawat, then continue athkaar.

QUESTION: I topped my college, but because I was out of network, the college printed my ID photo (without niqab) on a public banner without my permission. It will stay up for a year and might be used for market ads. I wanted to give them a niqab photo. Am I sinful for this, and is it gunaah-e-jaariya?

Sins, Women clothing

05 Jun

ANSWER: Yes, you are sinful if you don’t ask them to remove it immediately and yes its an ongoing sin (until men can see it)

QUESTION: If I passes wind immediately after solah, can I proceed to do the “after prayer” supplication or must I perform ablution before the “after solah” supplications?

Ablution (Wudhu), Supplications

05 Jun

ANSWER: No problem as you are not required to be in Wudu for thikr

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