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11 Dec

I work at an Islamic school in Malaysia. Children often lower their forehead onto my hand when greeting. The Sheikh in the school who told me that this is disliked Islamically, but that it shouldn’t be condemned because this is a custom and nothing shirk related is intended, and the ruling is a matter of ijtihad. Is this correct, or do I have a duty to stop them doing this?

Shirk and its different forms

07 Dec

Praise be to Allah It is not permissible to bow when meeting anyone, whether he is a scholar or otherwise. Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah said: With regard to bowing when greeting someone, it is not allowed, as it was narrated in at-Tirmidhi that they asked the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) […]

My main question sheikh if I owe someone money but cannot find them what do I do with the money? And if I genuinely forgot to pay off my debt to someone and die will I not be permitted into to Jannah?

Loans

07 Dec

1- Give it in charity but only after you tried all the possibilities to reach that person. 2- Allah will not hold you accountable if you forgot.

You said that I’m sinful if my mother sees that I’m annoyed by her rude and impolite behavior. How am I supposed to look happy and smile when she is being rude and impolite to me?

Dealings and Attitudes with Relatives

07 Dec

You have to pretend!

What is the duration of Maghrib prayer if azan is given at 6:00 pm?

Prayer

07 Dec

You can pray it until the redness in the twilight disappears as this is the time of Isha.

Can we recite 2 or 3 surah in a rakah? And if you’re reading the same surah multiple times, e.g. surah ikhlas 3 times should you say bismillah at the beginning of every time?

Prayer

07 Dec

Praise be to Allaah.There is nothing wrong with repeating the same soorah in Taraweeh prayer, or in any other prayer. A person may recite a soorah in the first rak’ah and repeat the same soorah in the second. The evidence for that is the general meaning of the verse in which Allaah says (interpretation of […]

Do Allah give his pious and mutaqi walis a vision about the future events/incidents? In this era also?

Shirk and its different forms

07 Dec

No

I started hazrat yunus AS dua for wealthy and loved marriage with my cousin . Is that perfect dua and power and accepted dua for that purpose. In particular per day I read 5000 times to complete 125000.

Innovations

01 Dec

This is bidah and you must not do this. Ask Allah for whatever you want and you may make Duaa of Prophet Yunus during that, but without limit it to a specific number.

I’m following the hanafi madhab at the moment is it possible if I change and follow the opinion of the salaf please clarify

Schools of Thought

01 Dec

You should follow the way of the salaf.

what’s the ruling on cooking a feast after the burial? Most African cultures have that traditional of slaughtering either a cow or a goat after the burial of a loved one.

Funerals

01 Dec

This is an innovation and a form of wailing that the Prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam forbade.

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