QUESTION: In free time, if I watch celebrity podcasts 4 entertainment only (not idolising them etc alhamdulillah) where the interviewer is male and guest is female, wearing revealing clothes (sleeveless, cleavage etc),talk about their lives &celebrity lifestyle. Being a girl, watching these type of entertaining podcasts is sinful due to looking at exposed awrah and opposite genders interaction happening?

Character and Morals
31 May

ANSWER: Of course this is sinful ! It is not permissible to look at the awrah of other females or watch things that include free mixing as this would harden your heart and make you want to be like them and with them on the day of judgement

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QUESTION: During ablution, is it mandatory to let water enter the eyes during washing the face or can we close them if we have applied kohl or just don’t water to enter them?

Ablution (Wudhu)
31 May

ANSWER: All normal people wash their face by closing the eyes! Washing inside the eyes is not part of the wudu nor the sunnah

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QUESTION: Guests and cousins will come on Eid so should I wear abaya or can I wear long loose kurta below knees and loose salwar at home with hijab which is long

Mahram, Sports, Entertainment and Music, Women clothing
30 May

ANSWER: You must wear the full hijab (abaya & niqab if you wear the niqab outside) in front of them. You must not free mix, nor chitchat or socualize with your male cousins or any other non mahram men! The gathering should be segregated.

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QUESTION: If I make a goal to complete 1 Juz of the Qur’an every day, can I recite that daily portion during Tahajjud prayer? For example, can I divide that 1 Juz into half pages and recite it in my Tahajjud prayer and the other half in mosque or my home.

Quran, Reading/Reciting the Quran
30 May

ANSWER: No problem

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QUESTION: Can my husbands sister in law(brothers wife) who doesnt cover herself talk with him about the problems she has with her husband and needs solution.where they dont prefer me to be present.She believes that nobody could solve it except my husband

Dealings and Attitudes with In-Laws
29 May

ANSWER: This is absolutely prohibited as this is seclusion and it is haram

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QUESTION: Sheikh, you say a man should be the provider, but in today’s economy how can a man fully provide alone when living costs are so high?

Fiqh of Marriage
29 May

ANSWER: By working hard and spending according to what he earns.

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QUESTION: Camel(5yrs), Cattle(2yrs), Goat(2yrs). Are these minimum age limit only for Ulhiyya? Is there any minimum age for slaughtering animal for selling? Some shops slaughter and sell the 1yrs old cattle/cow. Is it Haram to sell or consume?

Slaughtering
29 May

ANSWER: No problem for slaughtering livestock to be in any age.  The specific ages are for sacrifice whether aqeeqah, Udhiyah, Hadi’e or fidiyah

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QUESTION: “Sheikh, if the name ‘Muhammad’ appears or is written on a goat meant for qurbani, does that make the animal special or sacred? Should the qurbani still be done normally?”

Slaughtering, Superstitions
26 May

ANSWER: This means nothing & there’s no problem whatsoever in slaughtering it.

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QUESTION: Is it rewardable and prescribed for people who are not performing Hajj to say the dhikr of Arafah, ‘La ilaha illa Allah waḥdahu la sharīka lah…’ on the Day of Arafah ?

Hajj and Umrah
26 May

ANSWER: Yes, this is highly recommended

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QUESTION: ‎Last year, I got to know that Fitrana shouldn’t be given as money. My family gives it on my behalf every year as money. However, it is such a small amount that I can surely give it out of my pocket money or the eid money I get as advance. This year, it was the same. Should I make it up for every year since becoming an adult or only the last year and this one?

Zakat
25 May

ANSWER: No need to give for the past years.  From next year you should give zakat ul fitr yourself if they insist on paying the money.

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