QUESTION: Sheikh I wanted to know if cursing someone is a major sin because I saw that imam ad dhahabi put in he’s list of the major sins where he lists 70 major sins that he put in the list cursing and if not in which situation is this a major sin?

Halal/Haram Matters
08 Mar

ANSWER: This is a major sin as the prophet salla Allahu alaiku wa sallam made it similar to killing him. 

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QUESTION: How should a person who was unconscious pray after he has woken up

Prayer
08 Mar

ANSWER: If he was unconscious for less than 3 days, he must make them up. 

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QUESTION: I heard from your videos that a person who prays in shoes should look at the sole of their shoes before praying to check if there is some impurity on it. My question now is if the person intentionally does not look at their shoes and prays like that, would their prayer be valid?

Prayer
08 Mar

ANSWER: If he knows the ruling and discovers afterwards that there is a najasah, his prayer is invalid.

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QUESTION: I live alone in university accomodation in London and I get really frightening and I do adkhar in fajr and magrib and I pray 5 times a day but I keep getting frightened and specially in nights. Does that mean if I do akdhar I will be safe from everything evil? evil people, evil eye, bad situations or bad event?

Supplications
08 Mar

ANSWER: Yes, in sha Allah. However, the athkar are not enough by themselves as you need to have full trust, reliance and dependence on Allah to protect you as nothing can haram you when you trust Him like this. 

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QUESTION: While visiting porn sites a friend of mine came to watch some videos that he later realised were leaked sextape uploaded without consent of the woman. He also realised that many of the porn and nude images that he has been looking at for years may have been uploaded without the woman’s consent. Has he violated huqooq al ibaad. How to expiate and repent? What if some of those women were muslim?

Masturbation
08 Mar

ANSWER: Are you serious? Watching such filth all of these years and then claiming to be afraid of huqooq al Ibad is ridiculous! He doesn’t fear Allah and doesn’t care that Allah is watching him watch such filth! What does he care whether these prostitutes are Muslims or not? He should get a life before […]

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QUESTION: Sheikh is it necessary to complete the sentence of a surah when leading a fard prayer?

Prayer
07 Mar

ANSWER: If you mean to complete a certain verse then this is a must, but if you mean to complete the whole Surah then this is not a must.

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QUESTION: Can I listen to quran on my headphones while I am training in the gym? someone once said that it is not permissible because you are sweating etc and you maybe unclean. is this true?

Reading/Reciting the Quran
07 Mar

ANSWER: No problem in this whatsoever. What they said is bogus. 

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QUESTION: Sheik, I have a colleague in office and I had developed some feelings for her. Alhamdulilah I have managed to cut off all the interactions with her but I’m unable to forget her. I think about her all day and not able to focus on other stuff and prayers too. Please advice.

Pre-Marital Relations
07 Mar

ANSWER: This is what happens when you don’t obey Allah’s commands to lower your gaze and not to intermingle with non mahrams! Get married if you can, otherwise fast every alternate day and always lower your gaze. Cut all means that lead to such a sin, like cutting off the internet from all devices, stop […]

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QUESTION: There is A Caste here that Believes That Mehdi A.S have come Nd Gone Many Years Back And they believe That Mehdi A.S said if uh Cannot Do Hajj (financially not stable) You shud Do 7 rounds of A Grave There are Many Things Like this Pleasee answer this. You answering this Would Save Our Imaan.

Sects, Shirk and its different forms
07 Mar

ANSWER: What they believe and do is totally prohibited and they are deviated and not part of Islam due to such corrupt beliefs. Making tawaf round a grave would take them out of the fold of Islam and they would be committing shirk. 

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QUESTION: I made long dua in the 2nd sujood of the first rakah of Isha and joined the imam while he is halfway through fatiha in the 2nd rakah, is there anything wrong?

Prayer
07 Mar

ANSWER: Yes, you are wrong in not following the imam and going against the prophet’s instructions to immediately follow the imam and not delay.

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