QUESTION: Someone has dry lips. So if he peels the cracked residue from the lips, is it considered skin that is prohibited to remove for the person offering udhiyah?

Slaughtering
06 Jun

ANSWER: Yes

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QUESTION: While moving within a country like from Riyadh to Dammam, when we qasar namaz, can we combine the earlier prayers with the following like can we pray zuhr with Asar and maghrib with Isha or do we have to combine only in this order like combine Asar after we are finished with zuhr?

Prayer
06 Jun

ANSWER: No problem in choosing either way as both are permissible

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QUESTION: Is it permissible for a woman to please her husband by wearing the hijab and cover her beauty as this is what he wants from her?

Kind Treatment of Spouses, Women clothing
06 Jun

ANSWER: She must wear the hijab and cover her beauty in front of non mahrams as this is what Allah has ordered her to do! She would be pleasing Allah and pleasing her husband as well. 

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QUESTION: Sheikh, there is a horror game about surviving in a haunted hotel with monsters that try to kill you. The problem is that it contains a cross that can be used to make those monsters disappear. Is it okay if I completely avoid using that cross? Also, whenever it is used, a moon-and-star symbol appears. I’m not sure whether they intended it to represent Islam.

Sports, Entertainment and Music
06 Jun

ANSWER: You must not play such a game that is filled with such symbols of kufr

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QUESTION: Is it sinful if me and my brother or uncle pray at the same level when we are not praying in congregation and are at home? If I am praying and he starts praying right next to me, should I move back slightly? Note that there is some distance between us where someone could stand. ‎

Prayer
05 Jun

ANSWER: No problem in this if you are all praying individually

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QUESTION: Sheikh, sometimes we are doing adhkar and someone/Imam takes the name of Prophet, peace be upon him, what to do in that case? send salawat or continue adhkar and then send salawat?

Supplications
05 Jun

ANSWER: Send salawat, then continue athkaar.

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QUESTION: I topped my college, but because I was out of network, the college printed my ID photo (without niqab) on a public banner without my permission. It will stay up for a year and might be used for market ads. I wanted to give them a niqab photo. Am I sinful for this, and is it gunaah-e-jaariya?

Sins, Women clothing
05 Jun

ANSWER: Yes, you are sinful if you don’t ask them to remove it immediately and yes its an ongoing sin (until men can see it)

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QUESTION: If I passes wind immediately after solah, can I proceed to do the “after prayer” supplication or must I perform ablution before the “after solah” supplications?

Ablution (Wudhu), Supplications
05 Jun

ANSWER: No problem as you are not required to be in Wudu for thikr

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QUESTION: My aunt’s son says he is an atheist and rejects Islam, though he sometimes prays and fasts around family. I have advised him for years and tried my best, but he remains adamant in his disbelief. He is also dating a non-Muslim woman and plans to marry her. Must I cut ties with him, or maintain family relations without approving his beliefs and actions? What is my duty?

Apostasy
04 Jun

ANSWER: If he openly says he is an atheist, you must boycott him as he is bad news!

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QUESTION: My father is the youngest of 12 brothers. For 25 years, he has been denied his rightful share of the family property, while the others have benefited from it. We have tried many times to resolve the matter peacefully. What does Islam advise in such a situation, and what is the ruling on those who withhold someone’s haq for decades?

Inheritance
04 Jun

ANSWER: He should go to court and get his rights! What they have done is totally prohibited and one of the major sins in Islam!

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