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QUESTION: Some people light a(oil lamp)in their homes on certain days or for pious people, believing it brings blessings They also claim that Allah mentions lamps in the Qur’an and that the Prophet used lamps, Is lighting a lamp with the belief of gaining blessings or as a religious act something proven from the Qur’an or authentic Sunnah? Did the Prophet or the Sahabah ever do this as an act of worship?

Innovations, Sects

08 May

ANSWER: This is totally baseless and fabricated and not from Islam! This is sinful and can mount to shirk!

QUESTION: In my country there are chilli and lemon out there randomly on the road put together with a thread.People in my family say that prevent stepping on it as it might lead to black magic on you.Is it shirk and if I encounter something like this what should I do ? Is this a minor or a major shirk ?

Jinn, Witchcraft, Black Magic and the Evil Eye

07 May

ANSWER: Chili and lemon are things people eat and must be respected and not stepped on as any other food thrown on the ground. Avoid stepping on it not because it would harm us rather because it is an edible thing.

QUESTION: My Paternal uncle does not have his own home and my grandmother wants to give him a small property as gift. All his other siblings including my father are well settled and have their own homes. Is she allowed to do so?

Inheritance

07 May

ANSWER: No, this is not permissible at all as this is a major sin unless all the other children agree on their own of such a gift to their sibling, without any pressure from her.

QUESTION: I have an close muslim friend that i have advised for many years and allhamdulliah he is getting better with salah and overall.And he ask my for advise in islam. But somtimes he does the oppesite like buy house on riba or talking to oppesite gender.. I feel like leaving him as a friend… what should

Character and Morals, Knowledge & Propagation

06 May

ANSWER: Keep advising him every now and then, with good manners, knowledge and choosing the appropriate time & place without policing or nagging him. No one is perfect and you are not his mother. As long as he listens and does many of the things you advise him to do, this is great.

QUESTION: If a person peels his lip skin and swallow it does it break fast?

Fasting, Fasting and Ramadan

06 May

ANSWER: Yes, if done intentionally

QUESTION: I was born out of wedlock, my father is Christian and his whole family, my father accepted me and he told his family later, for now some of his sisters and brothers we communicate. So I’m still obliged to maintain ties of kinship, because some live abroad and we haven’t met, many cousins are girls, so how to maintain ties of kinship.

Mahram, Step Relations and Related Matters

06 May

ANSWER: As long as he claimed you as his son and he is your biological father and your mother did not have any previous relationships when she gave birth to you, he is your father and you should maintain your ties of kinship with his siblings as they are your uncles and aunts. Your female […]

QUESTION: Is it a most when performing ablution all the three times you are washing a part you don’t leave a spot .

Ablution (Wudhu), OCD

06 May

ANSWER: When you make wudu normally, the limbs are all wet by default. Overthinking about it is a sign of ocd which would destroy your life.

QUESTION: For a kaffarah,if a person is feeding same 2 poor person for 5 days to complete the 10. Is it okay?

Oaths

05 May

ANSWER: This is totally unacceptable. He has fed only 2 and he must feed another 8 different people!

QUESTION: If I sue my employer for pending dues in court which they refuse to pay or have caused me financial loss due to their bad actions such as illegal termination, can I request the judge to also make the employer pay for mental agony?

Halal/Haram Matters

05 May

ANSWER: No, there is no such thing in Islam that you can ask for compensation for!

QUESTION: Approximately how long was the Prophet’s prayer (Peace be upon him)? If someone’s prayer may exceed twenty minutes when just praying fardh, is it normal?

Prayer

05 May

ANSWER: We don’t have an estimate for the length of the prophet’s prayer salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam. 20 minutes can be acceptable if someone is praying alone and he is not repeating things or doing things out of OCD.

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