QUESTION: Sheikh, there’s a hadith which is as follows:”When authority is given to those who do not deserve it, then wait for the Hour.”(bukhari 6496 for full hadith) what does ‘wait’ for the hour mean?

Belief in the Last Day and the Signs of the Hour
26 Jun

ANSWER: It means that the day of judgment is near.

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QUESTION: Sheikh, I know the Prophet alaihis salatu wassalam used to start eating on the day of eid ul adha with cooked liver of the slaughtered animal. If I want to follow this sunnah, then I’ll have to wait till 3pm based on my situation. If I only drink water or have tea/coffee till that time, will it be permissible? Please advise.

Slaughtering
26 Jun

ANSWER: No problem in eating normally if it is going to be that late. 

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QUESTION: Is saying good luck, fingers crossed shirk? Please clarify as some say that luck was something connected with Roman GOD. We say in the context that “I wish you well” and for fingers crossed -> “I hope nothing bad happens”

Halal/Haram Matters
25 Jun

ANSWER: It is not permissible to say finger crossed! 

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QUESTION: Regarding adoption of a child i want to ask , if someone is willing to give there child to his brother/sister. What’s the ruling on this?? If this happened already what the other one should do now ? Should they give there adopted child back or keep it ??

Adoption
25 Jun

ANSWER: This is permissible and an act of kindness providing that the child keeps his father’s name and abides by the laws of sharia when it comes to issues of mahram and inheritance etc. 

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QUESTION: My brother is currently working in a 35-40 hour per week job but the duration of this job is 3 months. He earns 550 USD weekly. He started this job sometime in May. So, Shiekh is Qurbani valid on him this year?

Slaughtering
25 Jun

ANSWER: If he has savings that suffice buying an animal after his expenditure then yes, otherwise no.  

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QUESTION: Sheikh, I am from Pakistan and here we have a custom in marriages that on barat when groom Comes to sit with his wife, bride’s sisters blocks his way and demand for money and he sit after paying, is it permissible to do so?

Halal/Haram Matters, Sports, Entertainment and Music
25 Jun

ANSWER: Of course not! This is totally prohibited as it comes under free mixing. 

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QUESTION: Is there any dua for completing or finishing the whole Quran ? In your one Utube video you said there isn’t any but another video of yours tell this dua “SubhanakAllah huma wabihamdika, Ashadu al llaillaha illa anta, Astaghfirullaha wa atubu illaik”.

Reading/Reciting the Quran
24 Jun

ANSWER: This later duaa is said when you finish reciting the Quran and close the book. This is not related to finishing the whole Quran! 

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QUESTION: If a person prays behind an Imam who claims that our Prophet knows the unseen and makes dua to him. So will the prayer of that person be accepted and most importantly will he become a kafir by praying behind such Imam?

Prayer, Shirk and its different forms
24 Jun

ANSWER: It’s not permissible to pray behind such a person and the prayer is invalid. 

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QUESTION: If there r 7 people in the family. No the main head who is the father is sacrificing 7 goats of each of them. Than is it necessary for other members of the family not to cut hair and nails. Or is it only 4 the person who is paying 4 the sacrifice? whether he is doing it for all of his family members. And his family members also recite takbeer on their sacrifice.. while sacrifice is done by butcher

Slaughtering
24 Jun

ANSWER: One ram is sufficient for all those living under his roof. If they did not authorize him, they are not obliged to refrain from their hair and nails.

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QUESTION: Me and my family were recently at the Prophet’s Mosque, and I noticed that almost all of the people who pray there, pray 2 rakats sunnah after adhan of every prayer (they already performed tahiyyatul masjid as I’ve seen), is this permissible? This is the same case here in Masjid Al haram in Makkah.

Prayer
24 Jun

ANSWER: This is from the sunnah to perform 2 rakah prayer between adhan and iqamah except for fajr.

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