QUESTION: After we have prayed 20 rakah taraweeh, the imam makes congregational dua before praying Witr. Is this congregational dua that we do everyday a sunnah or a bidah?

Taraweeh, Tahajjud and Qiyam-ul-Layl
29 Mar

ANSWER: This is not permissible as its an innovation. 

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QUESTION: What is the ruling if i fall accidently when praying what should i do?

Prayer
28 Mar

ANSWER: Get up!

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QUESTION: Barelvi man, goes to dargahs, follow peer & considers he connects with them directly, r his teachers yet they are Not Alive. Tells wife his peer said to do,say this & that. His work is aided decided by them. Wife doesn’t follow these & wasn’t told before. Has serious anger issues. Says he commits no shirk. Follows Noor, Prophet(SAW) comes to us. Can one stay married? Isn’t it shirk?

Invalid Marriages, Sects
28 Mar

ANSWER: She must separate from him immediately and file for divorce.

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QUESTION: There is a hadith where it is mentioned that Allah(swt) smiles at 3 persons and one of them is a man who leaves his beautiful spouse and a comfortable bedding in the middle of the night to worship Allah(swt). is this Hadith talking only abt men? if so what can a women do to make Allah(swt) smile at her?

Taraweeh, Tahajjud and Qiyam-ul-Layl
28 Mar

ANSWER: This is for both.

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QUESTION: Sheikh i recently moved to US not long ago so during this Ramadan during taraweeh Salah my uncle leads us during Salah but his prayer is very very fast and I can’t keep up with it but I don’t know what to do should I pray my Salah on my own or should I still pray with him as we all pray together I don’t know escuses to give for me not to pray with him

Taraweeh, Tahajjud and Qiyam-ul-Layl
27 Mar

ANSWER: If his prayer is too fast to the extent that you are unable to catch up in pillars, you must not pray behind him. You can advise him diplomatically one to one and not in front of others. 

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QUESTION: You said (in prayer) the followers should offer salam after the imam finishes it completely (to the right and to the left). But what if the followers turn right after the imam turns right and turn left after the imam turns left (like people do in the subcontinent). Is it permissible or do it invalidates the prayer?

Prayer
27 Mar

ANSWER: This doesn’t invalidate the prayer but it is a makrooh act. 

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QUESTION: My question is that is it allowed to go to the masjid when a woman has her monthly period? not to pray because it is not allowed,but to just sit down and do adhkar

Menstruation and post-natal bleeding, Rulings on mosques
27 Mar

ANSWER: No, this is not permissible. 

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QUESTION: Are women allowed to read quran on their periods in ramadan?

Menstruation and post-natal bleeding, Reading/Reciting the Quran
27 Mar

ANSWER: Yes. They are allowed to recite Quran even outside of Ramadan but not touch the Quran  directly. 

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QUESTION: I hope you are doing well, I ive in a non-muslim contry and I found a muslim named organisation that spends for kaffarah as I saw on their Web…but when I said “kafarah to be shared with 10 grown muslims” they replied that they don’t discriminate between race, religion or gender. Is my zakat and kafarah valid, cuz I already paid it.

Oaths, Zakat
26 Mar

ANSWER: No, it’s not valid. It must be only given to Muslims. You must pay again to poor and needy Muslims.

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QUESTION: There is a women I know, who, due to a medical condition, has a constantly leaking bladder. She is under the impression that due to this she cannot pray as she cannot be in wudhu and has not been praying. Is she correct in thinking this or how can we advise her ?

Ablution (Wudhu), Prayer
26 Mar

ANSWER: Nobody is exempted from praying, not even the dying person on his death bed!! She must pray on time at all times regardless of her circumstances! 

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