QUESTION: If I get a caretaker job and one of my roles is to take elderly out, if I take them somewhere like a cinema with money that it is not mine is that income earned haram?

Halal/Haram Matters, Jobs
07 May

ANSWER: Taking them to cinema is prohibited and the income is haram.

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QUESTION: We know when Allah intends a thing he says (كن), like the miraculous creation of Prophet Adam and Isa. But is it the same for every other everyday matter? like human conception, deaths, rain, etc.

Divine Will and Decree, The beginning of creation and wonder of creation
07 May

ANSWER: Prophet Adam peace be upon him was created by Allah’s hands and not by the Word.  The rest is created by Allah’s command and word.

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QUESTION: Is it allowed to touch and read from small book of surah kahf (does not contain any tafseer only the surah in Arabic) during menses?

Menstruation and post-natal bleeding, Quran, Reading/Reciting the Quran, Supplications
06 May

ANSWER: It’s not permissible to touch it with bare hands  You can either wear gloves or read from your phone etc.

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QUESTION: I saw this hadeeth(muslim book 24 5149)and Have a question. Does Phrophet(sav)s clothing makes the dua more likely to accept. Since i saw a video that Turk used relic that allegedly belonged to Phropthet(sav) for barakah. ” The Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him) used to wear that, and we washed it for the sick and sought cure thereby.”

Innovations, Sects, Shirk and its different forms
06 May

ANSWER: This is not permissible as its not confirmed that these clothes belong to Prophet ﷺ

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QUESTION: The permissibility of a woman participating in online jobs that involve recording her voice to help train AI models. The task involves asking questions on various topics, and the recordings are then used by companies to improve their AI systems.

Jobs, Women clothing
05 May

ANSWER: If it involves softening the voice, this is totally prohibited

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QUESTION: I will be marrid soon with a divorce girl. Mom & I have requested my sisters and her husbands to keep it secret from my extended family members about her being divorced and other matter related to her. They refused to do as they claim it will be lying if my extended family member ask them and not tell them the truth Are they sinful if they tell everyone about it where as we asked to keep secret

Fiqh of Marriage, Fiqh of the family
05 May

ANSWER: There is no sin in telling the truth and you should be man enough to accept this and not be ashamed of it!  If you are not man enough and you are ashamed of it, don’t marry her!!

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QUESTION: In my local masjid they are starting martial arts lessons inside the mosque. Is it permissible to pay for these lessons?

Rulings on mosques, Sports, Entertainment and Music
05 May

ANSWER: It is not permissible to conduct such a transaction inside the masjid as this is a form of trade and selling and buying.

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QUESTION: Sheikh, Despite knowing the hadith that Allah does not forgive the one who openly exposes his sins, I shared a sin of mine with my friends. Will Allah still forgive me? How should I repent for this?

Sins
04 May

ANSWER: This is in Allah’s hands.  If you repent, show remorse, ask Allah for forgiveness and do good deeds, you have a good chance to be forgiven.

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QUESTION: I saw a reel claiming 6 hairstyles are haram for women: pixie cut, bob cut, wolf cut, shaved head, high bun, and hair extensions. Is it true that these styles are haram?

Beautification & Cosmetic Suregry, Women clothing
04 May

ANSWER: I don’t know as I don’t work in a beauty parlor and hence can’t tell what these names mean.

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QUESTION: If two gets married and suddenly one day the husband leaves the house and his wife without any explanation. For many years No one knows where he is, he’s missing. Can the woman (wife) get married again to someone else while the husband is gone? Not sure if he is dead or not.

Fiqh of Marriage, Inheritance
04 May

ANSWER: She cannot get remarried while her husband is still alive. She must approach the Islamic court and file for a missing person’s case and they would work with the authorities. If proven that he is missing, they would issue a document that he is dead and his inheritance would be distributed and she can […]

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