QUESTION: What did the Prophet ﷺ use to recite before making dua? I heard tht one shuld begin wth sana,then send salutations upon Prophet ﷺ, & then present his/her own supplications. I would like to know what th Prophet ﷺ himself used to say as sana before starting his dua.

Prayer and Duaa, Supplications
14 May

ANSWER: Yes, he used to offer salutation upon himself as well. 

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QUESTION: Shaykh, this is the follow up regarding the inheritance of my grandfather. Both of his wifes (at different timelines) died before my grandfather. So, my question being: what will happen to the grandmothers’ 1/8?

Inheritance
14 May

ANSWER: If they died before your grandfather, they have no share in his wealth. It is distributed between his offspring. 

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QUESTION: If a game has kufr or shirk for example worshipping kafir’s idol is this imitating kafir if i did it in the game and is it kufr or shirk if i play it for fun without believing in it and without imitating their believe?

Sports, Entertainment and Music
14 May

ANSWER: No real Muslim would ever do such a thing!  Who is he trying to fool? If there is a game where people rape his mother, would he be fine playing it if he doesn’t believe in it?

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QUESTION: My mother’s friend claims she can tell future and see unseen with cards and candles. She’s a lier right?

Jinn, Witchcraft, Black Magic and the Evil Eye, Shirk and its different forms
14 May

ANSWER: She’s a soothsayer and you must not go to her. Listening to her for fun renders your prayer invalid for 40 days. Believing anything she says takes you out of the fold of Islam

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QUESTION: I had story books containing pictures of living beings.Was in my mind to ask if it’s halal to sell it?My grandmother told me that she wants to sell it but I told wait,will sell later(Note:The books are mine).But she sold it to scrap dealer.So is the money halal for me?

Halal/Haram Matters, Images and image-making
13 May

ANSWER: No, this is not halal to sell 

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QUESTION: Used to make fun of my mates who got bald after umrah had some thought it may be mockery but didn’t know it was kufr layer when I had the knowledge I laughed at a fat bald kid who made umrah and when someone made fun of him like fatty fell (I think he said that cuz of his hair) I also laughed are these kufr

Apostasy
13 May

ANSWER: If you laughed and made fun of the concept of shaving the head after umrah, this is kufr.

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QUESTION: I live in H**d* anti islam family and my family don’t know I am Muslim, Sometimes I sin and deliberately don’t pray and then repent. Will all of my past good deeds go away? Will all of my deeds invalidated?

Prayer
13 May

ANSWER: It is not permissible for a Muslim to skip a prayer intentionally as this is one of the major sins in Islam.  If one persists on skipping prayers, this might take him out of the fold of Islam.  However, if a person repents and commits to his prayers on time and avoids sins to […]

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QUESTION: Does paint underneath the nails affect wudhu or ghusl?

Ablution (Wudhu), Purity
13 May

ANSWER: No, it doesn’t affect it. 

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QUESTION: There are few stray cats around my hostel, can we feed them cat food using bank interest money?

Character and Morals, Riba
12 May

ANSWER: No! Give it to poor and needy Muslims, they are more in need!

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QUESTION: Sheikh does Kissing the black stone break your state of ihram because it has oud?

Hajj and Umrah
12 May

ANSWER: No, it does not, unless you are doing this intentionally to get perfume on you.

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