QUESTION: Let’s say if I pray all my 5 daily prayers in a masjid where the imam doesn’t give enough time to make dua neither in sujood nor after tashahud , as you have said that making dua after Salah is biddah , So When should I make dua

Prayer, Supplications
02 Apr

ANSWER: Make dua during voluntary prayers.

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QUESTION: Is it a sin to lie to my elders (father, grandfather) that i am fasting or that i have prayed, even though i am on my period. my mother and aunt have told me that my father and grandfather shouldn’t know that i am on my period, and told me to lie about it.

Fiqh of the family, Menstruation and post-natal bleeding
02 Apr

ANSWER: It is not permissible to lie in Islam  Simply tell them you are not allowed to pray or fast

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QUESTION: I am 47 years old. I always have intention to keep my missed fast later on, but I keep forgetting and next Ramadan comes. How do I replaced my fast all the previous year and now it’s getting harder to replace!

Fasting, Fasting and Ramadan
01 Apr

ANSWER: You are sinful for delaying to make them up and must make them up now when obstacles do not exist. You can combine them to Sunnah fasts for double the reward by fasting every Monday and Thursday

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QUESTION: Giving zakal ul fitr in the name of our deceased father/mother/Grandparents for them to get the blessings and reward out of it, is it permissible or is it an innovation?

Fasting and Ramadan, Innovations, Zakat
29 Mar

ANSWER: It’s not permissible to give zakat ul fitr on behalf of deceased people & it’s an innovation.

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QUESTION: I will perform umroh after Ramadhan inshaAllah,and I’m at juz 29 of the Al-Quran Is it better to khatam in Ramadhan or in Mecca?

Fasting and Ramadan, Quran, Reading/Reciting the Quran
29 Mar

ANSWER: Finish it in Ramadan and you can again start reciting in Makkah as the sunnah is to complete reciting the whole Quran every month!

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QUESTION: How should muslims living in non muslim countries determine their Eid? There’s no Islamic centers or ulama or anyone who is responsible for Muslims here. Should they look at the moon or follow Saudi Arabia, or closest Muslim country?

Fasting and Ramadan
29 Mar

ANSWER: If there is no Muslim authority in their country, they should follow the closest country to them that has a Muslim authority

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QUESTION: If a person has upcoming remaining 50% payment of his car, which is a big amount, can he deduct that amount from the calculation of his Zakat money?

Zakat
29 Mar

ANSWER: This is not permissible and he must give zakat on what he has in hand.

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QUESTION: The qunoot being recited by Imam is too long to a point where I can feel the stress on my hands and I’m just hoping he finishes. I have no problem with long qunoot if my hands were on my chest. Is it less rewarding though to keep hands on the chest while qunoot is being recited by Imam?

Fasting and Ramadan, Prayer, Taraweeh, Tahajjud and Qiyam-ul-Layl
29 Mar

ANSWER: No problem in putting it on your chest as it is not mandatory and the length of the duaa they are making it is not from the sunnah either !

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QUESTION: It was time to break fast and I was preparing my water and without thinking started drinking before making my intention to break my fast. I swallowed once before realizing and spit out the remaining water. I verbalized my intention and drank water. Is my fasting from the day still valid?

Fasting, Fasting and Ramadan, Innovations
28 Mar

ANSWER: There’s no Verbal intention before breaking the fast as this is an innovation  Once the sun sets and the athan is called, you simply break the fast by saying bismillah

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QUESTION: A person lives in non Muslim country and no Muslim authority, and rely on apps for timing. They used Turkish calculation but changed to UmmAlQura few weeks ago. Today they woke up very thirsty 1 min after Fajr entered, so they changed calculation to Turkish and it showed that it’s 2 min until Farj so they drank water. Are they playing with religion?

Fasting, Fasting and Ramadan
28 Mar

ANSWER: Yes, they are playing with the religion! 

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