QUESTION: Some say microlocs/siterlocs (small dreadlocks) are haram simply because they take far too long to be loosened upon death. Is this logic correct?

Purity
14 Jul

ANSWER: No! Ghusl is valid (while alive or dead) even with braids or dreadlocks, as long as water reaches the entire scalp and from roots to tips.

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QUESTION: Is it permissible for me as a student to give a gift to my teacher at school?

Halal/Haram Matters
14 Jul

ANSWER: This is not permissible as it would be considered as bribing. You can gift them when you leave school.

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QUESTION: If I pray with the imam from the beginning but in the 3 rakah I recite fatiha too slow. So while he rises from bowing I still didn’t finish. I finish fatiha, bow, rise up and follow him for the rest. Is my prayer valid or must I repeat it.

Prayer
13 Jul

ANSWER: If you are the one who is too slow and miss the imam then you must repeat the prayer & must be careful from next time.

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QUESTION: Am i correct to take the qudsi hadeeth of( O son of Adam, I fell ill and you visited Me not. He will say: O Lord, and how should I visit You when You are the Lord of the worlds?) as compelitly metaphorical as allah is self sufficent and this was only to emphasise the importance of visiting and caring for the ill?

Character and Morals, Commentary on Hadeeth
13 Jul

ANSWER: Correct

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QUESTION: Sheikh, Activision (publisher of games) once faced backslash for portraying a Hadith in the bathroom above the toilet in a game and once putting a page of the Quran on the floor.They did apologize in both cases,removed both things very quickly after the storm and “promised internal action to prevent future occurrences” Would due to both incidents any game by them be haram to play?

Sports, Entertainment and Music
13 Jul

ANSWER: Of course! Someone slanders your mother twice and you still talk to them and visit them?? What kind of a person does this??

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QUESTION: Is delaying isha Sunnah? what if one dies during the time of Ishaa and he dies before praying it due to delaying it?

Prayer
12 Jul

ANSWER: Isha prayer has a beginning and it has an end. Whoever dies in between is not sinful or accountable as this time was given to him by Allah! Otherwise, everyone even in masjid must pray the moment the athan is given without delaying it one second!

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QUESTION: Sheikh, which one is better to say between sajood, rabigfirli rabigfirli or rabigfirli warhamni wahdini wajaburi wa aafini warazukni warfaeni.

Prayer, Supplications
12 Jul

ANSWER: Both are from the sunnah.

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QUESTION: Is it better for women to talk to men in group chat since there are many people in it rather than texting private

Halal/Haram Matters
12 Jul

ANSWER: It is not permissible to text a non mahram in private or in a group chat!  Two wrongs don’t make a right!

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QUESTION: Sheikh can u explain this hadith.”No journey should be undertaken to visit any mosque but three: this mosque of mine,al-Masjid al-Haraam and Masjid al-Aqsa.” Does it mean its haram to visit other mosques? For example if i go to visit madinah and want to go and see mosques there like masjid quba and others. Im finding it hard understanding this hadith.

Commentary on Hadeeth, Halal/Haram Matters
11 Jul

ANSWER: Its not permissible to travel specifically to visit masjids other than the 3 mentioned in the hadith.  If you are already in that city then no problem in visiting other masjids of that city as you did not travel to that city to visit that masjid.

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QUESTION: Is praying tahajjud sometimes when faced with difficulties or hardships, or when we desperately want something from Allah, does Allah dislike it when someone praying tahajjud sometimes rather like it when someone pray tahajjud regularly?

Supplications
11 Jul

ANSWER: Allah likes it when His servant is consistent in an act of worship, even if its very little, however no problem in praying tahajjud in order to make dua for something as Allah loves it when His servant shows his need and poverty to Him.

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