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QUESTION: I have the habit of fasting the white days (13,14,15) every month. When I fast them on Shaban and ppl ask me if i have fasted today, I say yes so ppl assume I have fasted for Shab e Barat. So, Should I drop fasting white days this month or not? ( i fast Mondays and Thursdays anyways)

Fasting, Innovations

14 Feb

ANSWER: No, you should not drop fasting the white days this month When people ask you, you can explain to them that the sunnah is to fast the white days and not to single the 15th only!

QUESTION: This ayah,” we created everything in pairs” can this ayah describe for husband and wife? And can we use this ayah on wedding cards?

Halal/Haram Matters

13 Feb

ANSWER: It’s not permissible to use it on wedding cards as this is disrespectful

QUESTION: Can i give the interest money to poor non-muslims in order to cleanse my wealth?

Charity, Riba

13 Feb

ANSWER: No problem However, our poor Muslim brothers & sisters have rights upon us to take care of them first.

QUESTION: You said we can touch quran during menses wearing gloves. but can we touch quran wearing hand socks made of clothes?

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

13 Feb

ANSWER: No problem Any barrier would do

QUESTION: I pray witr prayer in isha everyday because sometimes I can’t wake up for tahajjud… And if I offer tahajjud will I have to pray witr again after tahajjud prayer?

Prayer, Taraweeh, Tahajjud and Qiyam-ul-Layl

13 Feb

ANSWER: No, you must not repeat witr as witr is prayed only once per night

QUESTION: In gatherings in Indonesia, we mostly pass the drink along until it reaches the end on the right or left. As a result, the person sitting immediately to our right is the last to receive the drink. What is the ruling on this?

Etiquette, Morals and Heart-Softeners

12 Feb

ANSWER: This is wrong as it is the sunnah to offer it to the elderly or to the one on the right first

QUESTION: I’ve been told by someone that few ayats of the Quran are very intense and must not be recited repeatedly a lot (like ayat e karima) and there is a Muwakkil (some being like the Jinn) placed on every word of the Quran. Sheikh please guide how correct are these claims

Innovations

12 Feb

ANSWER: This is absolutely baseless and fabricated!

QUESTION: I am giving Zakat to a Charitable Trust (run by Muslims) who is collecting Zakat & giving it as an Educational scholarship only to the verified poor or needy muslim students studying in school or college throughout the country. Is my Zakat accepted?

Zakat

12 Feb

ANSWER: This is not permissible You should give zakat in cash to poor and needy Muslims in their hands for them to do whatever they want to do with it.

QUESTION: Sheikh I know that you are supposed to follow the imam in salat but in my masjid in subcontinent the imam changes the position then says the moving takbir and everyone follows him and I sometimes get confused and bend my knees a little then wait am I sinful

Prayer

12 Feb

ANSWER: If you can see him, move as soon as he reaches the position he is moving to whether he says the takbeer or not. But if you can’t see him, You should follow him after he finishes the takbeer.

QUESTION: The Hadith whoever wake-up in the night and recite la ilaha illallhu wahdahu…… his dua will be answered means which times exactly? Is it in the middle of the night or the last 3rd of night?

Supplications

11 Feb

ANSWER: Any part of the night providing one slept and woke up to say it.

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