QUESTION: What should I do with clothes that I no longer wear but that do not properly cover the awrah, if I can’t find a sister to give them to because I’m afraid she might wear them outside? Is it permissible for me to throw them away?

Halal/Haram Matters, Women clothing
30 Jun

ANSWER: You can use them as rags to clean things with or just throw them away.

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QUESTION: If i have a fan directly in front me when i pray my salah and it blows dust into my mouth will this invalidate it?

Prayer
30 Jun

ANSWER: No! But it will suffocate you. 

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QUESTION: I work in a private company. Usually there is no leave for dhuhar parayer. I try extending my lunch hour to almost end of dhuhar to go to mosque and pray dhuhar and stay till the start of Asr to pray asr and return in an hour. Is it sinful or permissible?

Jobs, Prayer
30 Jun

ANSWER: As long as you don’t take any of their time, this is fine but you can pray thuhur on time in the office and if your lunch break coincides with Asr, you can go to the masjid

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QUESTION: Is it allowed to use musallah with our name printed

Halal/Haram Matters, Prayer
29 Jun

ANSWER: No problem

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QUESTION: I Know That Making Dua To Death Person Is Shirk But If A Person Say That Ya Hussein If This Happens I Will Do This Here It’s Called Mannat Which Is What People Do So If I Tell Someone It’s Wrong And They Believe Me Will They Have To Do That Mannat Or Give Kaffarah For It if they make waseela to a dead person to pray to Allah

Shirk and its different forms
29 Jun

ANSWER: If they made the vow by taking Alhusain’s name then its shirk and its not a valid vow, hence there’s no expiation. They must sincerely repent to Allah while showing deep remorse for this shirk and renew their shahadah

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QUESTION: Is it permissible for a newborn baby boy to wear a silver bracelet that was given as a gift by his grandparents?

Halal/Haram Matters, Men Clothing
29 Jun

ANSWER: This is not permissible even for babies.

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QUESTION: Sheikh a few days ago i asked a question about making dua after every fard prayer being biddah or not and you asked me to quote the hadiths, so the duas are: اللهُمَّ أَعِنِّي عَلَى ذِكْرِكَ وَشُكُرِكَ وَحُسْنِ عِبَادَتِكَ and أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللهَ (3) اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ السَّلَامُ وَمِنْكَ السَّلَامُ تَبَارَكْتَ يَا ذَا الْجَلَالِ وَالْإِكْرَامِ

Prayer, Supplications
29 Jun

ANSWER: The first is a duaa to be said before salam during the prayer itself.  The second one is thikr and not duaa

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QUESTION: The fasting of day of ashura erases sins of previous year is their any other virtue like should we increase in making dua like in arafah fast or it’s same as we make dua before breaking our fast

Fasting
28 Jun

ANSWER: Its the same, nothing specific mentioned to do

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QUESTION: Those people who commit their sins openly will they have a harder reckoning then those who hide them or these people will be thrown into hellfire without forgiveness or mercy according to the hadith

Character and Morals, Sins
28 Jun

ANSWER: This is in Allah’s hands.  Those who conceal their sins are more likely to be forgiven than those who do them openly

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QUESTION: You said in one of your videos that it’s not appropriate to talk to Allah like you talk to your friend. So is it not ok to to talk to Allah informally (but with respect) to share with Him our worries, sorrows, happiness or tensions?

Supplications
28 Jun

ANSWER: No, it is not.  He azza wa jal already knows your worries, sorrows, happiness and intentions.  You must invoke him with humility, showing your poverty, knocking on the door and make Duaa begging Him to solve your problems and not to vent to Him like that. 

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