QUESTION: Can we eat and drink in utensils shaped like animals? My mother loves cats and I want to gift her Coffee mug that has a cat on it with the handle shaped like a cat’s tail. Is it permissible?

Halal/Haram Matters
26 Sep

ANSWER: This is not permissible as such things are statues. 

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QUESTION: Will Allah test his slaves in the form of sins (minor or major)?

Sins
26 Sep

ANSWER: This is a possibility 

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QUESTION: If someone broke contact with a girl because it was haram and now he wants to ask her hand. What is he supposed to say when his parents or the wali of the girl asks him from where he knows this girl? Because it is haram to share old sins and says that he talked to her and that he knows her.

Character and Morals, Fiqh of Marriage, Sins
25 Sep

ANSWER: He must not expose his sins and can be diplomatic by saying something like he knows of her from someone who doesn’t want to be disclosed 

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QUESTION: Is a female sinful for holding the hands of a male nurse as the person was so much in pain and didnt think so ?

Halal/Haram Matters
25 Sep

ANSWER: If it happened without realising what she was doing due to such pain then she’s not sinful. 

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QUESTION: Sheikh, I am currently engaged in dropshipping under the principles of Bai al-Salam. I understand that according to the rules of Bai al-Salam, the customer is required to make full payment in advance. Could you kindly clarify whether it is permissible to offer Cash on Delivery (COD) as a payment option within this framework?

Halal/Haram Matters
25 Sep

ANSWER: This is not permissible as it breaches one of the 3 conditions of this transaction to be halal.

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QUESTION: I got a gift from an app. They will give extra reward if I withdraw to a specific bank due to bank and app collaboration. Is this extra reward halal?

Halal/Haram Matters
24 Sep

ANSWER: Withdraw from where? If you have your account in a specific bank and this app is a 3rd party and has nothing to do with your bank and also they don’t charge you a fee to subscribe with them, this seems permissible.

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QUESTION: If In front of my mum I am counting my work like I baked chapatis I made tea and many more things in a siblings fight is it Riya(show off)?or normally sometime I count my work to my mum so that she will ask someone else for household chores is it Riya too?

Character and Morals, Etiquette, Morals and Heart-Softeners
24 Sep

ANSWER: This is not riya but it is a major sin to remind others of what you had done for them and boast about it!

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QUESTION: What can a wife demand from husband while he is divorcing her. Girl doesn’t want to divorce him. Reason for divorce is he and his family doesn’t find the girl mature enough in just 4 months of marriage. Wedding costed much money on girls side in india. Can we take money for the the stuff with which we furnished the apartment.

Divorce
24 Sep

ANSWER: She has no rights to demand of him except what was given to her as a gift from either family. So, if they gave her furniture, she can take that with her as it is hers. 

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QUESTION: I mistakenly crossed someone who was praying in the masjid. I crossed between the space of him standing and his prostration which i know is prohibited. But it was an unintentional mistake as I didnot realize he was praying. Is there a sin for me for that?

Prayer, Sins
23 Sep

ANSWER: Allah does not hold anyone accountable for things they do out of ignorance or forgetfulness.

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QUESTION: Is it ok to recite durood (sending salutations upon prophet ﷺ) with adhkar after fard salah Or any other adhkar like before sleeping etc

Supplications
23 Sep

ANSWER: You can send salutations on our Prophet ﷺ anytime of the day or night but specifying it on the times you mentioned is not permissible as this is not a prescribed dhikr during those times. 

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