QUESTION: In my local masjid they are starting martial arts lessons inside the mosque. Is it permissible to pay for these lessons?

Rulings on mosques, Sports, Entertainment and Music
05 May

ANSWER: It is not permissible to conduct such a transaction inside the masjid as this is a form of trade and selling and buying.

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QUESTION: Sheikh, Despite knowing the hadith that Allah does not forgive the one who openly exposes his sins, I shared a sin of mine with my friends. Will Allah still forgive me? How should I repent for this?

Sins
04 May

ANSWER: This is in Allah’s hands.  If you repent, show remorse, ask Allah for forgiveness and do good deeds, you have a good chance to be forgiven.

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QUESTION: I saw a reel claiming 6 hairstyles are haram for women: pixie cut, bob cut, wolf cut, shaved head, high bun, and hair extensions. Is it true that these styles are haram?

Beautification & Cosmetic Suregry, Women clothing
04 May

ANSWER: I don’t know as I don’t work in a beauty parlor and hence can’t tell what these names mean.

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QUESTION: If two gets married and suddenly one day the husband leaves the house and his wife without any explanation. For many years No one knows where he is, he’s missing. Can the woman (wife) get married again to someone else while the husband is gone? Not sure if he is dead or not.

Fiqh of Marriage, Inheritance
04 May

ANSWER: She cannot get remarried while her husband is still alive. She must approach the Islamic court and file for a missing person’s case and they would work with the authorities. If proven that he is missing, they would issue a document that he is dead and his inheritance would be distributed and she can […]

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QUESTION: Is it okay to say shahada before sleeping, of course after reciting sleep dua or is it something that was not practiced by the prophet s.a.w hense should not be done by us?

Innovations, Supplications
03 May

ANSWER: You should not do this as it’s an innovation.  You can randomly say it once in a while and also during the whole day but not specifically before sleeping. 

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QUESTION: Sheikh I asked you a question regarding what you said about looking through women. You gave me some video links but it didn’t answer my question. Those videos just spoke about looking through never describing the process. How do you do it? Sorry to be rude but could you give a detailed explanation about how you do it? Could you please give it in a message format in email

Character and Morals, Etiquette, Morals and Heart-Softeners
03 May

ANSWER: You look in her direction without actually looking at her, as if you are not focusing the lens of a camera so you can’t see clearly rather the image is blurred

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QUESTION: Sheikh, is it permissible to Raise hands and make Duaa straight after Tahiyyatul Masjid/Sunnah Prayers every time. This is to make Duaa for in between Athan and Iqamah.

Prayer, Supplications
02 May

ANSWER: No problem at all in making dua by raising hands in between Athan & Iqamah, in fact it’s a highly recommended thing to do, it’s one of the prescribed times the dua is most likely to be answered

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QUESTION: We have a mate [smoker]whom was asked clearly if smoking was kufr would he quit and he was asked also if he had to choose between smoking and deen to which he did not reply at first then he saidhim self that smoking is his weakness if he have it up life would be hard Some of our friends cut ties with him untill he quits my question shikh is if the smoker a kafir since even he admitted that he wont

Character and Morals, Knowledge & Propagation
02 May

ANSWER: No, he’s not a kafir!! However, I don’t know if the one who asked him such a question is or isn’t !! You guys are totally ignorant and sinful for putting someone in such a spot & making them almost give up on Islam! It’s guys like you who push & repel people from […]

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QUESTION: In my home, I, sister and mother stay together. We both are unmarried and our three people’s gold together is above nisaab and separately it isn’t. So do we have to pay zakaat?

Zakat
02 May

ANSWER: No, there’s no zakat on it as it must be calculated individually and not all together.

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QUESTION: My quran teacher said that the full name of our prophet is Mohammad Mustafa صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ. Is it accurate?

Biography of the Prophet salla Allahu alahi wa sallam, Other
01 May

ANSWER: No, Mustafa is not one of Prophet’s ﷺ names or Kunya.

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