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QUESTION: Is it permissible for a woman covered in abaya and hijab to go in a restaurant (closed and place) with her female friend for lunch without a mehram?

Sports, Entertainment and Music

28 Mar

ANSWER: No problem as long as its a safe place and if her father (or husband) allows it.

QUESTION: How should a son handle a situation where his father is preventing him from attending nearby mosque prayers, claiming it affects his studies, despite having good grades? The father insists on stopping mosque visits or leaving home. Should the son comply until he finishes school and can support himself, or go out and live with relatives?

Fiqh of the family, Prayer

27 Mar

ANSWER: The son must try his level best with all the means he has in his ability to persuade his father to let him attend the masjid as this is an obligation from Allah and he is obliged to obey Allah even if this angers his father. His father must also go to the masjid […]

QUESTION: Some of the brothers are struggling with addiction of masturbation during ramadan. The question is, should they strive in jihadu-nafs and risk breaking their fast with masturbation which may be a common occurance, or is it better to premptively masturbate in the night so that their fasting can remain intact.

Fasting, Fasting and Ramadan, Masturbation

27 Mar

ANSWER: Masturbation is haram and its transgression against Allah ! Who in his right mind would even suggest that they do such a heinous act at night so that they would not break their fast? Why not also allow fornicators to commit zina at night so that they wouldn’t do it at day time? The […]

QUESTION: What should a woman do if she has not kept her skipped fasts(due to menstruation) after Ramadan, eversince her puberty? Does she have to keep all the skipped fasts of past 18 years? Or feed the poors? If to feed, then how many?

Fasting, Fasting and Ramadan, Menstruation and post-natal bleeding

26 Mar

ANSWER: There is no expiation for this except to repent to Allah while showing deep remorse and to keep all those missed fasts of the past.

QUESTION: If a person in a state of Janabah wants to fast next day. It is necessary to perform ghusl before fajr or he/she can fast and perform ghusl on day. Is their fast valid then?

Fasting, Fasting and Ramadan, Purity

26 Mar

ANSWER: Ghusl is not mandatory before fajr and has no impact on his fasting but praying fajr is mandatory hence they must make ghusl and pray fajr on time!

QUESTION: In big cities public transport, during peak hours, there is a lot of crowd and it is inevitable that you would be touching a non mehram while standing etc. What is the ruling on this?

Other

25 Mar

ANSWER: You are not sinful if you are touched by mistake. However, you must do your best to avoid any physical contact

QUESTION: If I am praying behind a hanafi imam and no one does Rafa yadain here should I also not do it ?

Prayer, Sects

25 Mar

ANSWER: You can do it even if no one else is doing as this is the sunnah of the Prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam.

QUESTION: Does the miscarried fetus of around 7 weeks in Islam also wait for his or her parents at the gates of Jannah?

Funerals

24 Mar

ANSWER: No, it does not. The soul was not breathed into the fetus. Hence it was not a human being.

QUESTION: Is it authentic that Prophet Yusuf, peace be upon him, married the woman who seduced him?

Belief in the Messengers

24 Mar

ANSWER: No.

QUESTION: Father mother separated because of father’s unholy behaviours ( domestic violence, extra marital affairs,) he was also not provided for the family. Sometimes I miss that fatherly love and instantly I am trapped in guilt. Is it sinful to remember him or is it sinful to be trapped in guilt.

Fiqh of the family, Halal/Haram Matters

23 Mar

ANSWER: It’s obligatory for you to maintain ties of kinship with him no matter what went on between your parents! Severing ties with him is a major sin that would prevent you from entering paradise.

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