QUESTION: Can we fold our pants during prayer

Men Clothing, Prayer
01 Jul

ANSWER: If it is below your ankles, you must fold it for prayer and also when outside the prayer as well in order to avoid being cursed by Allah

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QUESTION: i accidently damaged a product which i purchased online, but becoz it was under warranty, i wrote to the companys mail that, the product has stopped working, i did not told them that it was my fault, and later they arranged the replacement and product got replaced, am i sunful that i did not tell them the truth??

Character and Morals, Halal/Haram Matters
01 Jul

ANSWER: Of course, you are sinful and a liar

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QUESTION: If i keep committing sins accidentally, and by accidentally i mean out of habit because i did them frequently before i knew these actions were haram, what should i do?

Sins
01 Jul

ANSWER: You must consiously make an effort to not go down the path that leads you to do such sins 

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QUESTION: I go to the Baber every 2 weeks and everytime the barber shaves the little hair under my side burns. It is not alot and it’s a little light but still has somewhat a dark color. Is it haram to shave it at 13 years old? Because I’m not sure when exactly the beard starts growing. If it’s fine at my age what age is it best to leave it

Beautification & Cosmetic Suregry, Halal/Haram Matters, Men Clothing
01 Jul

ANSWER: Sideburns are part of the beard and you must not touch them let alone shave them especially if you are an adult and had reached the age of puberty

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QUESTION: If one begins charity purely for Allah but later grows attached due to the honor it brings—so much that leaving it (if he is said to do so) feels hard mainly because of that praise—does this spoil the intention? Should he quit the deed or fix the intention? Is consciously correcting intention accepted in Islam, or only those that begin instinctively for Allah’s sake?

Charity
01 Jul

ANSWER: He must keep renewing his intention for the sake of Allah otherwise his charity is not accepted, on the contrary he will be sinful for riya!

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QUESTION: I had sitt down with potential wife and her mother was sitting away from us. After meeting i told her i want to meet her again and she said we can phone each other. I said before we move on i need to meet your father or speak with him.. her family dont want to. They said involve father when we know each other more. Isnt it wrong of her ? Maybe look for another?

Fiqh of Marriage
01 Jul

ANSWER: You were wrong to meet her without the presence of her father and to insist on another meeting. This is called dating!  In Islam you only have one meeting in which the marriage interview is conducted by her father and there is no communication after that As for the girl, you must move on […]

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QUESTION: Indian government-backed companies offer long-term investment schemes, such as paying ₹6,000 monthly for 17 years to receive ₹25 lakhs after 20-25 years. Is it halal or haram to invest?

Riba
30 Jun

ANSWER: This is totally prohibited as fixed profit is riba and one of the major sins in Islam for which Allah has waged a war against people who deal with it (riba)

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QUESTION: After my father’s death we discovered he has a 4/5 yrs daughter from an extramarital affair theres no nikah/marriage certificate only birth certificate naming him as the father. Does she have any inheritance rights? Are we obligated to provide for them? Should we offer to take in the child with us? What is the most just, merciful action to protect my father from punishment? Please help.

Illegitimate children & Lost property, Inheritance
30 Jun

ANSWER: If he wasn’t married to her mother and he had never disclosed it or claimed her to be his daughter, she has no right in anything as she was born out of wedlock and is not related to you.

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QUESTION: I learned that buying and selling in masjid is haram but what if I’m hungry or thirsty and the masjid sells dates water etc, what to do?

Rulings on mosques
30 Jun

ANSWER: What kind of a quesiton is this? There are no shops to buy food in the whole city except inside the masjid? It is not permissible to buy or sell inside the masjid regardless. 

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QUESTION: My friend and I jokingly make funny stories about our other friends while they are not present. Is this considered backbiting?

Backbiting
30 Jun

ANSWER: Of course this is backbiting!

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