QUESTION: My mother is forcing me to dance at my cousin’s wedding with a non mahram..I told my mom I won’t dance because it is haram…now she is angry with me and is abusing me and not talking to me since yesterday…what should I do now?

Fiqh of the family, Sports, Entertainment and Music
25 Jan

ANSWER: Remain to be dutiful and respectful despite her behavior but hold your ground and never obey her in something that angers Allah. 

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QUESTION: Is hashish haram? My brother is addicted to this when fathers scolds him he misbehaves and says it is just a herb.

Halal/Haram Matters, Prayer
25 Jan

ANSWER: Yes, it’s haram and a major sin and his prayers of 40 days won’t be accepted everytime he consumes it. 

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QUESTION: If my family usually free mixes but my sister manages to segregate between men and women at her house. But knowing there is still a chance that people won’t comply and freely mix, what is the ruling ong that?

Halal/Haram Matters, Mahram
24 Jan

ANSWER: One should avoid going in such gathering or arrange it! There is zero tolerance in this. Either they comply or not go. 

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QUESTION: How can I calculate my zakat if one day it’s price is $775 while the other day it is $800 per (12 grams of gold)

Zakat
24 Jan

ANSWER: You must fix a day and every hijri year must see what the selling price of gold is on that particular day and give 2.5%

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QUESTION: For almost all the reels posted on P*lestine, there is background music. I’ve been liking these reels for them to move forward. Am I sinning? Also what do I do now if it is a sin. I don’t know how many I’ve liked.

Social Media
24 Jan

ANSWER: You are sinful for liking them. Stop doing that from now on 

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QUESTION: Does revealing hairs of a woman to a non-meheram invalidate her wudu ?

Ablution (Wudhu), Women clothing
24 Jan

ANSWER: This has no impact on her wudhu though she is sinful for that.

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QUESTION: I live in small town and there is a beef factory. I have seen that the animal is shot and they don’t slaughter the animal from the jugular vein but from the throat down. I know there an ayah that forbids us from eating dead animal and in a hadith in Sahih al-Bukhari 2236, the prophet (peace and blessing be upon him) forbade us to trade from dead meat. My question sheikh, I want you to help

Halal/Haram Matters
23 Jan

ANSWER: If the source of meat in your town is coming only from such a factory and you know for certain that the animal is cold dead before being slaughtered, then this is dead meat and you can’t eat from it.

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QUESTION: We know that you can make dua in sujood and before tasleem in salah in your own language if yoyu do not know how to say it in Arabic. If you do know how to say it Arabic, but choose English, does this invalidate the salah?

Prayer
23 Jan

ANSWER: Yes.

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QUESTION: Is it permissible to say things to my kid like “if you dont eat food, the crow will take it away” or “if you do that, then the police will come and take you”

Pedagogy education and upbringing
23 Jan

ANSWER: This is totally prohibited as it is lying.

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QUESTION: I’m living abroad with my wife and son. My parents wants to visit us for 10 days, but my wife doesn’t like them coming as last time they came before 2 years and stayed for 3 months, there was misunderstanding between my wife and mother. As my mom keeps on nagging my wife even for small things. I’m stuck in between and don’t know what to do. Please advise

Dealings and Attitudes with In-Laws, Fiqh of Marriage
23 Jan

ANSWER: Your wife should understand that these are your parents and that you love them and they can come and stay for a few days. It’s not as if she has to live with them forever! You have a right to host them for 10 days without her complaining and she can stay out of […]

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