Sheikh, I see some practicing muslims sliding through other muslims to get to the 1st row of the congregation. As if they are in a race and just want to overtake at any cost to reap the reward of standing in the first row. I cannot do that. I stand where I find a place. What is the ruling in this regard. Please advise.

Prayer
11 Sep

ANSWER: No problem in reaching out for gaps in the front rows without harming people.

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QUESTION: When I read quran and say something in between, like bismillah for drinking a bit of water or giving the Salam, do i have to say audhubillahi min ash shaytaninrajeem again?

Reading/Reciting the Quran
10 Sep

ANSWER: No need as the interruption was negligible.

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QUESTION: My husband doesn’t do any job and want me to work outside and do household chores and doesn’t even want kid because of the responsibility of it …meanwhile he is loving towards me but put responsibility of his mother on me also.. should I keep patience and continue my marriage and pray from Allah for better days or leave him right now as this is effecting me mentally all the time?

Fiqh of Marriage, Kind Treatment of Spouses
10 Sep

ANSWER: You are not obliged to work outside the house or even take care of his mother. Providing for the house is the man’s responsibility, not the other way around. Be firm and adamant about staying at home and make him man up. You must weigh the pros and cons of leaving him wisely and […]

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QUESTION: My parents are going to umrah In Sha Allah.My father wants to take their funeral cloth to Saudi and wash them with jamjam water as it is a sacred water and bring it back in our country.Wil it be an innovation?

Funerals, Hajj and Umrah, Innovations
10 Sep

ANSWER: Yes. This is an innovation.

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QUESTION: If I make a dua for protection to Allah, but I don’t necessarily believe that Allah is going to protect me, rather I believe that after making this dua I can be harmed or protected but it is gonna be for my benefit, is this a proper mindset?

Belief in Allaah, Supplications
10 Sep

ANSWER: No. Once you make dua for protection, you believe firmly that Allah will protect you.

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QUESTION: Sheikh, in 2013-14 i saw a girl from behind when she was crossing the road. And i was in autorickshaw. I didn’t see her face, but still when I saw her my heart started beating fast and I lost my conscious. Since then, I’m waiting and searching for her. Sheikh it is possible that Allah has chosen her as my wife?

Character and Morals
09 Sep

ANSWER: This is satan who chose her for you as a nightmare so that you would waste your time and energy over a myth!  Man up and move one with your life. If you were to see her face, you would have died by a heart attack on the spot due to her ugliness!

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QUESTION: If I fall sleep while making bed time adhkar and can’t finish it , can I make the rest of it up in the morning ?

Supplications
09 Sep

ANSWER: No, the time for that is gone. 

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QUESTION: Sheikh I have ADHD and it is very hard for me to focus when I pray. Will Allah still accept my prayers?

Etiquette, Morals and Heart-Softeners, Prayer, Psychological Problems
08 Sep

ANSWER: Yes, in sha Allah. As long as you do your best, Allah is the most Merciful and doesn’t burden a soul beyond what it can bear.

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QUESTION: In sub-continent mostly people say that the husband is a virtual god in urdu (مجازی خدا) is it right to say this.

Innovations, Kind Treatment of Spouses
08 Sep

ANSWER: This is totally prohibited!

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QUESTION: Is it permissible to have a clock that is in the shape of a butterfly in the room, it has no facial features, no eyes etc?

Halal/Haram Matters, Images and image-making
08 Sep

ANSWER: If it is like a statue and in 3D, this is prohibited.

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