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QUESTION: My brother is an independent/financially independent adult but does not fast or pray. Is it acceptable for my mother to pay zakat al fitr on his behalf without him knowing?

Fasting and Ramadan, Zakat

26 Mar

ANSWER: No problem in this! However, if he doesn’t fast nor pray, this wouldn’t benefit him as he might be a disbeliever for not praying at all! She should be more worried about that than worrying for zakatul fitr

QUESTION: Some people observe their fast according to Saudi Arabia’s schedule, even while living in Pakistan, where there is a one-day difference. Is their fast valid? I have heard that we should follow the fasting schedule of the place where we reside.”

Fasting, Fasting and Ramadan

26 Mar

ANSWER: Their fast is not valid as they must observe the fast with the majority of Muslims where they live.

QUESTION: Is it permissible to give female influencers that aren’t abiding by the hijab to advertise our products even though they’ll only post the pictures of our products on their page without showing their faces in our own advertisement?

Halal/Haram Matters, Social Media

26 Mar

ANSWER: This is not permissible as you would be endorsing their sin and normalising it

QUESTION: Last year I gave on the zakat deadline my zakat to my mother and aunt to distribute around in my hometown to the poor. They did this but they distribute partly every few months. Is this allowed or do I need to give my zakat to charities to do this?

Zakat

25 Mar

ANSWER: Zakat must be given on its due date and must not be delayed for this long. You can take a couple of days extra but not months like this.

QUESTION: Will people like ntnyahu go to jannah if they accept islam someday

Paradise and Hell

25 Mar

ANSWER: As long as someone dies on Tawheed & Islam, they would eventually enter Jannah with Allah’s permission and Mercy regardless of their heinous past as Islam erases all evils that was committed before it.

QUESTION: “Is it compulsory to mop the entire floor of the house and wash the pillow covers of the woman(the floor and pillow cover has not come into direct contact with menstrual blood)who used them during her menses, after she has completed her ghusl bath?”

Menstruation and post-natal bleeding

24 Mar

ANSWER: Of course not!! Menstruation is not a contagious disease to do all of that! As long as there’s no impurity, there’s no need to wash anything!

QUESTION: I have neighbors with children who aren’t doing well financially. They have an apartment and money for food, but the one salary barely covers her expenses. Sometimes they can cover everything, and sometimes they have to go into the red (e.g. little food). Can I give them Zakat al Fitr, or does it have to be given to someone who is much worse off?

Fasting and Ramadan, Zakat

23 Mar

ANSWER: As long as the salary doesn’t cover the whole month, it is permissible to give them zakatul fitr

QUESTION: Sheikh is this true that if the area u live in, have no concept of women going for masjid at night for qiyaam and have a hafiza in their homes to do the same job as of imam at night. Then it gives us all similar reward to be behind her whole night as it will be in masjid ?

Taraweeh, Tahajjud and Qiyam-ul-Layl

22 Mar

ANSWER: A woman’s prayer in the home is far greater in rewarding than her prayer in the masjid without a doubt.

QUESTION: Can a fasting person doing fard ghusl wash ears eventhough water can enter ear hole and also is it necessary to clear all dirt and ear waxes during fasting time( I usually clean it with wet clothe)

Fasting, Fasting and Ramadan

22 Mar

ANSWER: The ears are not a normal passage of water to the stomach and one can swim and bathe without a problem.

QUESTION: Is there any significance or special reward in delivering a baby in last 10 nights of ramadan or on the day of Eid..?

Fasting and Ramadan

21 Mar

ANSWER: There is no special reward in this.

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