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QUESTION: After how many days a person can become muqeem of jeddah to perform umrah from jeddah.

Hajj and Umrah

21 Mar

ANSWER: As long as he came with the intention of umrah and did not assume his Ihram from the meeqat, he needs to go back to the meeqat or slaughter a sheep in Makkah and distribute the meat over to the poor there.

QUESTION: I missed teraweh and I was installing operating system on my laptop so i prayed after i finished it. Is this work or some else hobby or money earned halal due to which we missed prayer in masjid and delayed salah and should I repeat process I did during that time?

Prayer, Taraweeh, Tahajjud and Qiyam-ul-Layl

20 Mar

ANSWER: Taraweeh is not mandatory so you’re not sinful for missing it in the masjid, however you have LOST a great deal of reward.

QUESTION: Whenever a relative gives me eidi (money given on Eid) my mother says she wants to keep that money. Is it permissible to keep that money, which was originally given to me?

Fiqh of the family

20 Mar

ANSWER: No, she doesn’t have that right!

QUESTION: “I am living with my narcissistic mother-in-law. Her husband has passed away, and she has three sons. I am the wife of her youngest son. She does not give my husband and me our own space and takes care of him as if I do not exist. I feel unworthy and stressed. What are the Islamic rulings on this?”

Dealings and Attitudes with In-Laws, Fiqh of Marriage

20 Mar

ANSWER: There are two ways to describe a glass that has water to the middle of it. Either you say it is half full or you say it is hall empty! Both descriptions are correct but it depends whether you are an optimistic or pessimistic! If you are supposed to work x amount of hours […]

QUESTION: I have gone to many shops to sell gold however they gave me less than 50% of the value of the gold price unfortunately.Now when giving the zakat in cash should I go for the ongoing market price of the gold or the price which I got by selling the gold?

Zakat

19 Mar

ANSWER: You give zakat according to the price you would get today if you were to sell it.

QUESTION: Whenever I read Darood Ibraahimiya before doing anything, everything works out perfectly for me, so that’s why whenever I am scared or having doubts before doing a work/activity e.g cooking, I recite it and it makes my work perfect. Does it count as bidah?

Innovations

19 Mar

ANSWER: Yes

QUESTION: Can you use someone’s wealth after they pass away to do hajj for them?

Hajj and Umrah, Inheritance

19 Mar

ANSWER: This is not permissible as the money now belongs to the heirs of the deceased. If they all agree to take a portion of it to perform hajj if he did not perform his fard hajj, this is fine.

QUESTION: I am a 21-year-old male university student in Canada, with 44.4 BMI ,Class 3 obesity and pre-diabetes. My doctor advised me to exercise to prevent complications, but I get leg injuries if I run due to my weight. There are no gender-segregated gyms or hours, and home workouts like push ups or pull ups are something I can’t do again because of my weight. Would it be permissible to use a mixed gym

Halal/Haram Matters, Sports, Entertainment and Music

18 Mar

ANSWER: No, this is not permissible You can walk and do exercise at home

QUESTION: Sheikh, today I accidentally fell asleep around 4:25 PM and woke up after 15 minutes of the Maghrib Adhan. Did it affect my fasting or make my fasting invalid?

Fasting, Fasting and Ramadan

17 Mar

ANSWER: No, this does not impact the validity of your fast.

QUESTION: My mother is very evil unfortunately and tries to do everything she can to hurt me because old personal issues we had that I moved on from and she didn’t. I’m afraid if I invite her to my wedding that she would try to sabotage it or embarrass me or my in-laws. Can I choose not to invite her?

Fiqh of the family

17 Mar

ANSWER: Of course not! You must mend all what is broken between you and her and apologize and seek her forgiveness It is too obvious that you have not moved on but rather you want to bury the fire under the ashes but this won’t help you on the day of judgment as you won’t […]

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