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QUESTION: Can an imam hold and recite from the Qur’an while leading prayer?

Prayer, Taraweeh, Tahajjud and Qiyam-ul-Layl

20 Apr

ANSWER: This is permissible in voluntary prayers only such as taraweeh.

QUESTION: Is it permissible to allow my mother’s boyfriend to pay for my college fees, i told them i would be okay if they didnt, but they insist its okay and want to pay for my education

Other

20 Apr

ANSWER: This whole scenario is a big mess!! What kind of a man are you that is not only ok with your mom having an affair and asking about him paying your fees?!

QUESTION: As we know we can shave the middle part of eyebrow above nose. How can we determine till where we can shave. Is it okay if i make a line from farest point of my eyelids till my eyebrows above and shave what’s in between?

Beautification & Cosmetic Suregry, Halal/Haram Matters

20 Apr

ANSWER: You can only remove the unibrow which is the hair on the area on top of the nose which is not part of the eyebrows and nothing else.

QUESTION: Since I live in a hanafi country and asr timing here is wrong, I follow um ul qura for asr. Can I follow um ul qura for the rest of the prayers too? It would make me break my fast a little earlier than others. Is this okay?

Prayer

19 Apr

ANSWER: Yes, you must follow Umm al qura for all prayers except Isha as Umm al qura is wrong in its calculation for Isha. Follow University of Islamic Sciences, Karachi for Isha timings.

QUESTION: Can we combine istiqara salah with duha prayer? Can we recite that istiqara Dua at the end of thashahud in duha salah?

Prayer

18 Apr

ANSWER: Yes to both your questions

QUESTION: Last year I performed Kurban through an organization. Later I learned that they slaughter each sheep before all the others. Does this mean I can no longer perform Kurban with them?

Slaughtering

18 Apr

ANSWER: What they had done is wrong and against the sunnah, however your udhiya (qurbani) is valid

QUESTION: Apologies for reasking question due to my poor wording. My friend insulted Allah and mocks Islam, you told me he commited kufr which I am aware of. I hate what he said and when he mocks Islam I try to get out of the situation. We sit next to eachother in school and my question is if hanging out with him during the break or in class is kufr on my side.

Apostasy

18 Apr

ANSWER: It is not kufr but it is not permissible to hangout with a disbeliever that makes fun or Allah or mocks the religion! If he were to call your mother a prostitute, would you still hang out with him?

QUESTION: If I need to perform ghusl after intimacy with my husband, is it acceptable to tie my hair in a braid before bathing and then pour three handfuls of water over my head, even if my entire scalp and hair do not become fully wet, and then tie my hair into a bun and than wash the rest of the body?

Purity

18 Apr

ANSWER: No, this is not permissible and the ghusl is invalid! The water must touch your entire scalp and from head to the tips of ALL YOUR HAIR (Completely drenched)

QUESTION: If I started fasting a day for shawwal then half way through the day I realised I have one day to make up from Ramadan, was it permissible to change my intention during the fast to the intention of making up the fast instead of shawwal?

Fasting, Fasting and Ramadan

18 Apr

ANSWER: No, this is not permissible and that day is counted as voluntary fasting

QUESTION: Is it halal to know and believe what is the gender of the baby, how many babies are there and how is the baby’s health in the womb or when the mother would probably give birth through ultrasound

Halal/Haram Matters, Medicine and medical treatments

17 Apr

ANSWER: No problem in this if it’s legal in your country

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