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QUESTION: Is it permissible to recite poem such as naat or qasida burda in the masjid?

Halal/Haram Matters, Shirk and its different forms

13 Sep

ANSWER: Qaseedah al Burdah is filled with shirk and not permissible. https://islamqa.info/en/answers/115502/qaseedat-al-burdah-by-al-busayri-and-an-explanation-of-what-it-contains-of-kufr-and-heresy

QUESTION: Hypocrites will walk over the sirat, but they aren’t Muslims, they are kafir, so I don’t understand. Aren’t kafir supposed to go to hell straight?

Belief in the Last Day and the Signs of the Hour, Punishments

12 Sep

ANSWER: Those who walk over the sirat (the straight path) are all those who claimed to be Muslims whether truly or falsely. The hypocrite will fall into hell and won’t be able to cross it.

QUESTION: Sheikh, if I draw a star but then I add eyes, nose, lips on it, as illustrators do, is that haram? And if I share (not make) a drawing of a human statue or painting, is that haram?

Images and image-making

12 Sep

ANSWER: This is not permissible.

QUESTION: When I go out I wear loose clothes and a hijab from my head till above my stomach. My hijab is only till above my stomach. Am I sinful for wearing such a short hijab? Will my hijab be considered as an outer clothing?

Women clothing

11 Sep

ANSWER: If you are not wearing an abayah or an outer garment that covers the rest of your body properly, yes, you are sinful.

QUESTION: I have missed lot of prayers from last couple of days and still counting due to accident which completely broke my leg and hand. I still haven’t recovered fully and currently I am not able to pray salah. Now please tell me how should I pray the missed salahs after I will recover from this accident.

Prayer

11 Sep

ANSWER: There is no excuse for not praying, a person on his deathbed is also obliged to pray!

QUESTION: Is Genetic Modified food halal or is changing the basic structure of a good given by Allah SWT considered to be Shaytan changing the creation of Allah?

Halal/Haram Matters

11 Sep

ANSWER: No problem in this as long as the ingredients used are halal and it is medically safe to consume.

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.

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.

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 […]

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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