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QUESTION: I converted 4 years ago, and prior to that i had hurt alot of people and insulted people. When i converted, I completely left my old life behind, and am nit in touch with anyone from my past life. Am i held accountable for my actions prior? It is difficult to seek amends with alot of these people from my past as the majority of them are non muslims and male.

Religions, Sins

05 May

ANSWER: No, whatever sins you had committed before accepting Islam are all forgiven the minute you accepted Islam. https://islamqa.info/en/answers/46505/islam-erases-the-sins-that-came-before-it

QUESTION: Do i have to make up for fasts that i made on my menses in the past? (i didn’t know then that it wasn’t allowed to fact during menses)

Fasting and Ramadan, Menstruation and post-natal bleeding

05 May

ANSWER: Yes, you must make up those fasts.

QUESTION: Who is my guardian for marriage my father passed away when I was 6. My father has 2 brothers. One is in jail and he’s not very practicing and the other has a learning disability and he is unable to make such decisions properly. I have a step dad. I also have a grandad who is ill. Does this have to be in order? Who is my guardian now or can it be any of my mahrams?

Fiqh of Marriage, Marriage Contract

05 May

ANSWER: Your wali is your paternal grandfather if he is sane. If not, then it is your paternal uncle who is in jail. If he is not worthy or not fit, then look for your paternal cousins as one of them can be your wali

QUESTION: Sheikh. My family members before praying recite “I have turned my face in complete devotion to the One Who created the heavens and the earth, and I am not one of the polytheists” and they do this before the starting of first salah they are offering at a particular time. Eg:- Before 2 rakahs of fajr sunnah, before 2 rakahs of zuhr sunnah

Innovations, Prayer

04 May

ANSWER: This is an innovation if done before takbeer.

QUESTION: Sheikh my father is now elderly and just recently retired. He has money saved in Pakistan and has money saved here. I pray that Allah swt gives my father a long life, but I have asked him several times over the last couple of years to distribute his money between us brothers and sisters so that there are no arguments after his passing, but he completely ignores me. what can i d

Inheritance

04 May

ANSWER: You have no right NONE WHATSOEVER to ask him to distribute his own hard earned money amongst you all. All his wealth belongs to him alone and it can only be distributed among all his heirs when he dies.

QUESTION: If we want to pray Tahajjud longer can we repeat surah… like can we recite surah ikhlas 21time or more times? or any other surah can we repeat ?

Prayer, Taraweeh, Tahajjud and Qiyam-ul-Layl

03 May

ANSWER: You can hold the Quran or phone and read longer surahs from it.

QUESTION: If the Imam pulls us forward to replace him during the salah, are we supposed to continue from where he left off? What if we don’t know the surah?

Prayer

03 May

ANSWER: You simply recite another surah or go to ruku if you don’t know the surah.

QUESTION: There’s the stuff called mercury it comes in white and red color. So there’s this group of people that came asking that they want to trade it with the Jinn kind (not the shayateen), that in exchange they will be given money as much as they want from the Jinn when they offer this mercury of a thing to them. So there question is that is this permissible

Jinn, Witchcraft, Black Magic and the Evil Eye

03 May

ANSWER: This is absolutely prohibited and dealing with jinn is shirk and takes a person out of the fold of Islam!

QUESTION: My relatives have chosen a woman for my nikah. After hearing good things about her, I have proposed. (I have yet to see her face). In sha Allah, After Ramadan, I with my family will go to meet my supposed spouse for the interview. My question is that can I talk to her in private with the permission of her Wali?

Fiqh of Marriage

03 May

ANSWER: No, this is not permissible! It is not permissible also for your father and brothers to look at her in such an interview! They are non mahram to her.

QUESTION: Can we apply nail paint during menstruation?

Beautification & Cosmetic Suregry, Women clothing

03 May

ANSWER: No problem, as long as you conceal it while going out and in front of non mahram men cuz it’s part of adornment.

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