Dear Sheikh, I’ve heard that listening to Surah Rehman will cure any type of disease. Is there any hadees regarding this?

Reading/Reciting the Quran
14 Jul

This is baseless.

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Can we pay zakat money for water related issues. Like putting a pipeline in the house etc

Zakat
14 Jul

No you cannot. Give it directly to the poor and needy in cash.

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Crossing in front of someone who is in a congregation. Is that allowed? I get it from somebody that when the imam is involved, it is not a sin. Is this true?

Prayer
14 Jul

It is permissible in this case as the imam’s sutra is sutra for all behind him.

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My question is regarding reading darood.when shud it b recited fard sunnah or nafl prayer and is it in all 5daily prayers.

Prayer
14 Jul

It is read in all the prayers.

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Does complaining about someone fall into backbiting? Or does it have limits? Sometimes ppl come to my mom to complain abt someone.. Usually they do it to let out their feelings. People also narrate things that has happened in their homes.. Arguments etc. The Intention is not for fun or to laugh at someone. But usually we end up learning about someone’s bad qualities

Backbiting
13 Jul

Venting is not permissible and it is backbiting.

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I have heard during my 3 months to wait after divorce i can not even talk with another man on marriage until the period of 3 months waiting has ended?

Divorce, Waiting Period of widow or divorcee
13 Jul

The waiting period is three monthly cycles and you can’t entertain any proposals as you are still married to him until the Iddah is over.

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My daughter is 9yrs old she practices hijab were ever she goes out n at present we stay in a rented house alone but soon after we will shift to r in laws house where my husbands brothers n sisters children who r adults will also be there. Is she liable to wear hijab in front of them at this age or when she hits puberty.

Women clothing
13 Jul

She should continue to wear it and you must tell your husband not to shift there as such mixing is not permissible and it is unhealthy as well.

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Can the teachings of habib umar from Yemen be followed?

Sects
13 Jul

I don’t know him! From his name, it seems like he is a super Sufi like Alhabeeb Ali Al Jifri who is one  of the deviant haters of sunnah and of authentic Aqeedah.

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I am student of Quran so can I touch furing menstruation with a clean cloth

Reading/Reciting the Quran
13 Jul

Yes you may touch with the help of a barrier that is gloves or a cloth for learning purpose. It is best to read it from an electronic device such as a phone or a computer.

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I have question regarding enjoining good and forbidding evil with adab. Whenever I say anything to do with islam even things where there is ijma like “music is haram” my elders say “your not knowledgeable and qualified enough to say that” even though what I said was not a fatwa it was simply stating something obvious in the deen. What should one do in this scenario?

Knowledge & Propagation
13 Jul

In this scenario one should try to talk with respect with elders also with reference if possible and show them that he was speaking with knowledge. If they still refuse to listen, he shouldn’t waste his time sitting with them or talking over such issues as they are arrogant, ignorant and stubborn. You can’t do […]

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