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My mom has artheritis. So she cannot sit on the ground. But she can stand and she can sit and prostrate for sujood on a flat elevated surface. Is it correct to be seated on the chair for the whole salah without standing?. Is this method of sujood that she does correct?

Prayer

18 Apr

ANSWER: You cannot offer your prayers sitting without a legitimate reason as standing up in the standing position in salah is a pillar, without which your Salah is invalid. She can can sit on a chair for doing sujood. She should pray standing and do the ruku normally and when she has to make sujood […]

Is there any dua to cure excessive thinking? i love my parents n bro very much and want them happiest, but now this is becoming serious. i think and fear a lot for them for no reason. is this my lack of emaan or OCD? Allah bless you Sheikh for taking time out to enlighten us.

Psychological Problems

18 Apr

ANSWER: This shows lack of full dependence and reliance on Allah! You must trust Allah fully and know that everything was written 50,000 years before Allah created the universe! Therefore, whether you worry or not, nothing will change than what Allah had predestined. Kindly refer to the following link(s): https://islamqa.info/en/20130

Is it allowed to invite people to ur house to read Quran, n doing dhikr(praising Allah through his names), n then give them food. With the intention to do gud deeds n bring baraqah in the house ?

Innovations

18 Apr

ANSWER: If this is a circle of knowledge where people study the Quran, the tafseer and how to recite it, this is permissible. The issue of remembering Allah in congregation is an innovation. Seeking Barakat through making food and inviting people is an innovation as well.

I have to take bus to and fro my home and office.If i do overtime (which is sometimes required) the maghrib prayer falls during that journey.I arrived at home about 20-25 minutes after the azan of maghrib.The surrounding atmosphere is not completely dark while i arrived home.So,is it permissible for me to pray after returning home or should i pray in bus while sitting?

Prayer

18 Apr

ANSWER: In case you arrive before isha time to your home, then you must pray at home, as the time is not over yet. you cannot pray fard salah while you are sitting unless the time is going to expire and you can’t stop the bus.

I have no house,I am renting temporarily.I saved money and still saving which is still not enough to build a house… Am I supposed to pay zakka???

Zakat

18 Apr

ANSWER: You’re eligible to pay zakat if you have savings that reach nisab(Threshold) and stays with you for a whole lunar year, if not then you don’t have to give zakat. THRESHOLD FOR ZAKAT The threshold of money is the value of 595 grams of silver which is about 300$. You try and set a […]

When Allah spoke to the prophet pbuh on the night journey, what did Allah’s voice sound like? Was it like deep or high pitch? Are there any evidences to Allah’s voice or if Allah speaks like us with His mouth or is it in a different method such as through vibrations or telepathically?

Names and Attributes of Allaah

18 Apr

ANSWER: Muslims don’t ask such questions as it is disrespecting Allah! Allah is beyond people’s imagination and one must not ask about what we don’t have knowledge of.

I came on vacation to India from Qatar for 15 days can I shorten my prayers?

Prayer

16 Apr

ANSWER: If you went on vacation to your home town, where you would one day eventually return back to for good, then you must pray in full.

Sheikh, if we only pray the Fard components & skip the Sunnah without any legitimate reason Are we sinful for it

Prayer

16 Apr

ANSWER: No problem, however it’s highly recommended to pray these sunnah prayers as our fard prayers have a lot of shortcomings and these sunnahs compensate for them.

Its reported in hadith that one among best time for dua is between azan and iqamah,what about women who prey at home can they also make dua and say iqamah

Prayer

16 Apr

ANSWER: For women, it is from the athan until they pray their own prayer.

Is all sea food permissible? If not, then how can we know which is halal? I read somewhere, sea creatures that don’t have scales on them are Haram. Is it true? Does that mean one can not eat crab or lobster or prawn?

Halal/Haram Matters

16 Apr

ANSWER: Yes, you can eat that as all seafood is halal.

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