QUESTION: When we buy second hand cooking pan from non muslim, we have to wash it. But even after washing several times with soap stains remain. In non stick pans these stains are from oil, fat or food cooked previously, right? So what is the ruling after washing so many times? Is the pan pure or impure? Can it be used for cooking?

Halal/Haram Matters, Religions
20 Mar

ANSWER: If their is no mass of such oily substances that can be removed and only stains remain, this is permissible to use.

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QUESTION: If women go out of home they hv to wear abaya nd hide whole body. But what if someone comes to her house? Like husband’s friend, son’s friend, workers, landlord (for checking the house), etc. Do she have to wear complete abaya and hide her whole body in her house?

Halal/Haram Matters, Women clothing
20 Mar

ANSWER: Of course.  First of all she must not come in front of non mahram men nor socialise with them.

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QUESTION: Does it matter if you wash a limb bottom to top in wudu? i usually wash my face starting at my chin. does this invalidate wudu?

Ablution (Wudhu)
20 Mar

ANSWER: No problem in this. 

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QUESTION: I’m revert and got married to Muslim guy with his parents and wali but concealed it from my parents as there was danger of suicide of parents and health as I’m the only child.Now things have become better and I want to get married to my husband infront of parents but not tell them about previous marriage as it might cause severe health issues for them and them cutting ties with me.can we redo nikah

Fiqh of Marriage, Fiqh of the family
19 Mar

ANSWER: If your father is a kafir and you have no Muslim guardian, the Muslim judge or the authorized imam of the Islamic center becomes your guardian. If the Muslim judge is the one who married you to your Muslim husband, this is valid and the marriage is correct. You must not renew the marriage […]

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QUESTION: If I am making a building in my land which will have 18 flats In Sha Allah with the intention of selling them do I have to pay zakat?if yes then what is the procedure?

Zakat
19 Mar

ANSWER: Such property is an investment and must be evaluated every year as it is and zakat is given on such an estimate until it is sold. 

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QUESTION: Can husbands compliment other womens beauty whilst describing them, I.e when explaining a story about a women that he saw, or knows someone that is not his mahram, he says she is a beautiful women, or she was beautiful, or saying have you seen her recently she looks much prettier now etc

Halal/Haram Matters
19 Mar

ANSWER: Of course not!! Allah has ordered him to lower his gaze and not wander it around like this, let alone compliment non mahrams!

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QUESTION: In the congregation if I stand alone in the very last row, is my prayer valid?

Prayer
19 Mar

ANSWER: If you prayed alone in this row while there was space in the row in front of you, you must pray it again as your prayer is invalid. 

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QUESTION: I Love A guy And Even He loves me We want to get married His parents even came to my home for marriage but my parent’s rejected this proposal just cos he’s of same height as mine and is dark in color (don’t think so this is a valid reason) and getting me forcefully married to someone else As they want a handsome Son in law ! I can’t be a good wife to someone here what should I do?

Fiqh of the family, Invalid Marriages
19 Mar

ANSWER: It’s totally prohibited to be in a premarital relationship and you must immediately block him from everywhere. If your father is not giving his consent, its not permissible to marry him and on the same note its not permissible for anyone to force you into marrying someone you don’t want. 

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QUESTION: Should we say salaam when we pass a graveyard?

Funerals
18 Mar

ANSWER: No. You only say the salam and the dua when you are in the graveyard and not outside of it.

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QUESTION: Is it a sin if a woman leaves the husband’s house with his son and cutoffs communication without the husband having no idea of her where about. The reason being the case the husband did not speak well to her and not calling her family.

Fiqh of Marriage
18 Mar

ANSWER: She is sinful and the angels curse her every night till the break of dawn and her prayers won’t be accepted until she goes back. 

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