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QUESTION: Sheikh I saw in a video that before dying a person will know that he is going to die before 40 days.Also If someone see in their dream that they are praying while lying,a deceased relatives of them come to take them in dream,and they’re family sending them to another country in dream then they are going to die.Is there anything like these in Islam Sheikh?

Superstitions

08 Jan

ANSWER: This is totally baseless in Islam.

QUESTION: Is it Halal to get membership in shopping store (like Costco) where they sell bulk items at discounted prices. One has have to pay $60 per year to get the regular membership. For $120 exclusive membership you get 2% cash back annually. Without Membership you cannot shop there. Is this cash back riba? If it is riba, then is regular membership without cash back halal?

Halal/Haram Matters, Riba

08 Jan

ANSWER: The cash back is riba as you are getting it in exchange of a subscription. The 60$ you are paying is also ambiguous as you may pay it and not get any discounts because you didn’t buy anything and you may get much more than what you had initially paid them. Therefore, this is […]

QUESTION: “Our goal is to achieve the contentment of Allah and his Prophet”, is this statement right or is there any shirk in it?

Belief in Allaah

07 Jan

ANSWER: The contentment of the messenger is part of Allah’s contentment and it is required in his life time and when he sees our deeds. Now after his death, we can’t seek that.

QUESTION: Since I make lots of dua before salam, I keep repeating some duas thinking I might not have recited them and thus taking way too longer than an average Muslim would take. Will it be a problem?

Prayer

07 Jan

ANSWER: No problem as long as you are praying individually, on your own.

QUESTION: Shaikh I hear from someone that if either the husband or wife dies, the Nikah is broken, so the remaining partner will not be allowed to see the face of another, and if the wife dies, the husband will not be allowed to go to the grave to bury her. is this authentic?

Fiqh of Marriage, Funerals

07 Jan

ANSWER: This is absolutely baseless and fabricated!

QUESTION: I know shaving the beard is a sin. But I read on a site which said that shaving the beard is a major sin and the person who does it is considered to be an immoral person. Is this true?

Halal/Haram Matters, Men Clothing

07 Jan

ANSWER: It’s totally prohibited to shave the beard as it is imitating disbelievers and also women who are by nature beardless.

QUESTION: My qn is, it is known that Animals can hear the screams of the dead. I have seen cats/dogs lying on the tombstones. If they are the graves of non-muslims and the animals do not react differently, what can I understand from it?

Funerals

07 Jan

ANSWER: That the animals hear the screams the dead make when they are initially hit by the two angels after questioning. This doesn’t continue and the animals don’t hear what they are shouting other than that.