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QUESTION: I grew up getting humbler as life didnt turn out how i expected. i love simplicity having least needed. I don’t want/like dad’s property as it has cmplxity. I wished for a Islamic family with a girl i loved but it didn’t came true. Donno if i should keep asking since allah is merciful. Is it sin to wish for solitarity life so that i have nothing much or none to loose since hard times are coming?

Other

28 Jul

ANSWER: The prophet salla allahu alaihi wa sallam had told us that the wolf attacks the stray sheep which wonders away from the flock. Satan does the same with us! Likewise, Satan attacks a Muslim when he is alone and has not companions. You must surround yourself 24/7 with righteous practicing friends.

QUESTION: Here in my native place, kerala, while praying janazah , here they end tasleem to both sides. Should i stop after 1st tasleem with imam or should i do as what imam does?

Funerals, Prayer

28 Jul

ANSWER: The sunnah is to offer only one tasleem to the right. However, if you followed the imam and gave two, this is permissible and if you only offered one, this is also permissible.

QUESTION: Shalawat Karimil aba iwal ummahat, Tafrijiyah,Nuril Mubin etc. I understand some Holy person claimed Nabi SAW came into their dreams & taught them.Doing these shalawat as dzikir, helps in terms of reqzi.Such shalawat have been passed down as ijazah to those who learn from these Holy person.Can we follow such teaching & do this as our dzikirullah? Are these Shalawat authentic? Pls guide

Innovations

28 Jul

ANSWER: This is totally prohibited and one must not follow it as its an innovation and sinful.

QUESTION: If I remain seated, will the angels ask for my forgiveness after an obligatory prayer in congregation at the Masjid even if someone says as-salamu alaykum to me and I return the salam?

Prayer, Supplications

27 Jul

ANSWER: Yes, in sha Allah.

QUESTION: Sheikh not praying Isha or/and Fajr forever or sometimes is chracteristic of hypocrite. Meaning a person who prays other prayers but doesn’t prays this prayers ever or sometime has the person done major hypocrisy meaning he is kaafir or still Muslim with minor hypocrisy or something else?

Prayer

27 Jul

ANSWER: Leaving one single prayer out of the 5 daily prayers is an act of apostasy to many scholars of Islam. Such a person is in danger of not being in the fold of Islam anymore.

QUESTION: Sheikh if muslims are in hardship and calamities, they ask allah for help and keep patience and allah helps them. But how do non muslims get out of hardships and calamities? They do not ask allah for help.

Belief in Allaah, Religions

27 Jul

ANSWER: Allah caters for all living beings regardless of their religion and whether they ask Him or not.

QUESTION: Is investing in gold ETF is halal?

Halal/Haram Matters

27 Jul

ANSWER: This is totally prohibited.

QUESTION: Is it mandatory to fast 9th and 10th of the muharram ? Or i can only fast on the 10th of muharram

Fasting

27 Jul

ANSWER: This is not mandatory but highly recommended. You can fast only 10th as well.

QUESTION: Sheikh, I pray to Allah for a husband who has the correct Aqeedah, is pious, has a good heart, prays and fasts but I most of the time pray that he should be good looking because I really really want my husband to be good looking, am I wrong if I pray this most of the time?

Fiqh of Marriage, Other

26 Jul

ANSWER: No problem. However, most likely he would also be asking Allah for the same!

QUESTION: As some scientists claim climate change is due to human behaviour while others deny this claim saying we shouldn’t mind C02, what should be the stance of muslim regarding climate change ? (For example, should we reduce car use to reduce CO2 or not? )

Other

26 Jul

ANSWER: This is a scientific issue and as long as science supports it and nothing in Islam opposes it, we should believe it.

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