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QUESTION: Sheikh. I have cash that is Alhamdulillah above the Nisab. I also have 25 grams of gold (which is below the Nisab). Must I combine the dollar value of both and pay Zakat for everything or only pay Zakat on the cash I have? Basically, do we pay Zakat on the total value of all our Zakatable assets or do we pay Zakat on only assets above the Nisab?

Zakat

16 Dec

ANSWER: You must add the gold to the cash and give zakat on both.

QUESTION: A bro was saying, “In Islam, women are not obliged to serve her father-in-law. With the same token, father-in-law can take rent of the house from his own daughter-in-law if she lives in his house”. Is this correct sheikh?

Dealings and Attitudes with In-Laws

15 Dec

ANSWER: If she doesn’t have a husband, this is true and he can ask her for rent or she must go and live somewhere else. But if she is living with her husband, he has no business talking to her and he can ask his own son for rent as this is his obligation and […]

QUESTION: Sheikh, should we only recite the iqama’ (alone) before fard prayers or for the Sunnah’s too .

Prayer

15 Dec

ANSWER: Iqamah is only done for fard prayers.

QUESTION: My father is a gynecologist in the UK and treats non-married couples for IVF etc, is this permissible in islam?

Medicine and medical treatments

15 Dec

ANSWER: This is not permissible. It’s only permissible if it’s done on a married couple where the semen is of the husband and eggs are of his wife and inserted in her uterus only.

QUESTION: What should an imam do after finishing the congregation for fard salat when praying in a congregation of 2 (imam+follower) and a congregation of more than 2?

Prayer

15 Dec

ANSWER: Face the follower(s) and recite the dhikr after prayer (individually)

QUESTION: I’m a student of Bachelors in Islamic Studies and about 4 days ago my teacher said during lecture that those who will abstain from music, Allah and our prophet ﷺ and other prophets would recite Quran for them and later searched and sent her a link from islamqa.info but she didn’t replied and today in class she said we can say this because we have to call them to right path.

Halal/Haram Matters

15 Dec

ANSWER: This is absolutely baseless and fabricated!! Lying upon Allah and His messenger is a major sin and a reason to book one’s seat in hellfire.

QUESTION: While I recite a Surah (after Al-Fatiha) sometimes (in silent rakah) what happened is that the Imam finished his recitation and went for the Ruku but I’m just in the middle of my Surah. And other times I finished my Surah way before the Imam. So until the Imam says takbeer I remain silent. What to do in both of these cases?

Prayer

14 Dec

ANSWER: 1. You follow the imam in ruku immediately even if you only finished half of the surah. 2. Instead of standing idle, recite another short surah.