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Sheikh I got some pimples on my chin few months back . Still I have it . So I consulted a doc . She gave me an ointment. That ointment has alcohol in it . And after applying I have a sour taste in ma throat . Is dat ok ? Can I use it?

Medicine and medical treatments

14 Jul

No problem as it is being used externally.

I need some advice. I want to travel to study Islam in Madinah, but I have a mother here and siblings. I have an older brother but he is not very stable and not very practicing. Knowing that it might upset my mother being away for so long. Should I stay or travel ??

Knowledge & Propagation

14 Jul

Travel but be diplomatic and respectful to her.

Some people put their phones and wallets in front of them when praying and is directly under their stomach when doing sujood. Is it permissible to keep items in front of you like this?

Prayer

14 Jul

No problem.

Is it permissable to take out fully comp car insurance if its the cheapest? By law we have to have car insurance in the uk

Insurance

14 Jul

Yes, you must take the cheapest acceptable by law.

When I travel from London to Paris by air, I usually pray qasr and join my salaah. What I want to know, when I reach my hotel, do I continue joining and praying qasr or do I pray the full salaah? I usually stay for about 7 days.

Prayer

14 Jul

As long as you’re still called a traveler, you combine and join.

My tenant has left without paying rental amount of 5months. He is also poor and burdened with debts. Can I write off this from my zakat. If ok is it necessary to inform him about this? Waiting for ur kind advise

Zakat

14 Jul

This is not permissible because you would be benefiting from this and receiving money that would almost be lost for ever.

Is it permissible to re-join a Investment banking job, after we had left it, with the intention of shifting to IT field after doing a professional testing course?

Jobs

14 Jul

If it is a conventional RIBA based, this is prohibited.

Is the hair under the lip part of the beard ? Can be trimmed or shaved if it bores me because it’s quite long?

Men Clothing

12 Jul

This can be trimmed.

My father has passed away.I am afraid he did’t give zakat as it has to be.He worked very hard until his last day of his life to bring us up.He bought two flats for my brothers to help them marry although they have jobs and salaries but they didn’t have enough money to bear all the expenses of marriage.My question is: Is what my father has done for my brothers considered zakat?

Zakat

12 Jul

No

Shaykh! If someone says “you look like an old man with the beard” & laughs, is this considered as mocking an aspect of the religion or mocking the Sunnah? If this is dependant on the speaker’s intention, what should the listener do; leave to be on safe side or inquire about the speaker’s intention?

Other

12 Jul

Most people make fun of how a person looks and not on the sunnah.

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