In our local masjid, they pray qiyaam ul layl in dark, i mean they off the lights in the masjid. so is it allowed to do so? is it makruh to pray in dark?

Innovations
30 Jun

This is an innovation and not permissible unless there is a legitimate reason for that.

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Can a woman fasts just the 6 nafil days in Shawwal with the intention of both Sunnah and missed fast due to menses. Or should the woman fast them separately. Please advise.

Fasting
30 Jun

This is not possible.   Make up your Fard fast then fast the 6 days of shawwal

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Can a woman sit ittikaf at home?

E'itikaaf
30 Jun

No, as it can only be done in the masjid

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I have firm belief that disobedience to parents leads to hell. I called u live asking abt going to eid fiest which is not segregated. My mom was telling me to go gradual with hijab. My parents didn’t call grandpa and when I asked mother to wear full length gown till the feet, my mother argued and had a big fight. What to do now?

Fiqh of the family
30 Jun

You did your duty by advising them. Now, you take care of your own affairs and don’t join them.

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I wantd To ask abt paying zakat this Ramadan. Say I have Rs 1lac in my account for less than a year.. Do I have to pay zakat for it? And if I already had Rs 1lac in my account last year for which I already paid zakat in the month of Ramadan last year. Now this year one more lac got added to it but this lac was with me for less than a yr. do I have to pay zakat for 2lacs

Zakat
30 Jun

Zakat is due on any savings that finishes one year in your possession. It is best to designate a specific date every Hijra year and in that day, calculate whatever savings you have and give zakat on it regardless when it came into your possession.

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Can I and my wife go for Hajj / Umra by leaving our four year old son back at home, with our Parents to take care of him ?

Hajj and Umrah
30 Jun

No problem if they are able to take care of him.

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If saliva comes out on the lips and then swallowed, will it break the fast?

Fasting
30 Jun

If it is within your r mouth, it doesn’t

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sheikh I neither speak nor understand arabic. I wanted to know if its permissible to read the translation of quran in taraweh prayers I.e from Arabic to English.

Taraweeh, Tahajjud and Qiyam-ul-Layl
30 Jun

This is not permissible as this would void your prayers.

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Can we recite Quran during major impurity using mobile or PC?

Reading/Reciting the Quran
30 Jun

A woman in her menses can read the Quran from an app.

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I heard that, if anyone recites sura ikhlas 3 times, then it is considered that he reads the whole Quraan. Is it true?

Uncategorized
30 Jun

Praise be to Allaah.  Firstly: there follow some of the ahaadeeth narrated from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) which state that Soorat al-Ikhlaas (Qul Huwa Allaahu Ahad) is equivalent to one-third of the Qur’aan. Al-Bukhaari (6643) narrated from Abu Sa’eed that a man heard another man reciting Qul Huwa Allaahu […]

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