QUESTION: Is it permissible to send Salam and Durood to deceased individuals without visiting their graves? If so, could you please explain the proper way to do this?

Funerals
20 Nov

ANSWER: You make duaa for deceased individuals but you don’t send them salam unless you visit their graves.

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QUESTION: Sheikh, I asked you about people keeping their belongings like watch, wallet, etc. in their front and you said no problem. I get it. But is it mandatory to empty your pockets and hands of such things while praying?

Prayer
20 Nov

ANSWER: No.

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QUESTION: Can I wear only a Jilbab (two pieces) for praying or do I have also to wear an extra cloth to cover my breast area?

Women clothing
20 Nov

ANSWER: You must wear a khimar over it or a wide and large scarf to cover your entire shoulders and chest area.

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QUESTION: Should one offer to lead salah when in public

Prayer
20 Nov

ANSWER: One should not step forward unless he believes that he is the best among the others in recitation.

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QUESTION: Is fast valid if we mostly think it is maghrib then we were about to eat then suddenly we had a doubt if it is really maghrib (no adhan) bcz we forgot to check timetable but we eventually eat because we mostly think it is maghrib.

Fasting, Fasting and Ramadan
19 Nov

ANSWER: If you ate without being certain it is maghreb, this fast is invalid 

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QUESTION: There is a hadith where the prophet (pbuh) says that what your heritege is does not matter, all of you came from adam and adam came from dust. i understand the meaning of the hadith until the prophet (pbuh) said “and adam is from dust” does that mean that there is no difference between the creation of allah whether it’s a human, or dust, or a piece of wood in rank except in piety?

Other
19 Nov

ANSWER: It means don’t claim superiority over other humans by lineage; you’re all from Adam, and Adam from dust. Superiority among humans is only by taqwa, while different creations still have different ranks by Allah’s decree.

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QUESTION: I have seen your video on proper way of marriage. Is the nikah valid if ijab is given by groom and qubool is done by wali. And also is this order(from video) mandatory. I have seen a marriage where the imam asked all the parents and then groom and bride if they accept this marriage. Is there marriage valid?

Fiqh of Marriage, Marriage Contract
19 Nov

ANSWER: If the groom gave the proposal, this is not permissible and the marriage is not valid.

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QUESTION: When we visit the blessed grave of the Prophet ﷺ and speak to him, is he able to hear us? What have the majority of the Sahabah, the four Imams, Ahl al-Sunnah scholars, and renowned scholars such as Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen and Shaykh Ibn Baz stated regarding this issue?

Innovations, Supplications
19 Nov

ANSWER: Allah has appointed an angel who would rely your salam and the salams of all Muslims worldwide to the prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam. You don’t need or be next to the grave to give him salam

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QUESTION: Sheikh Is saying Bismillah before making the adhan or iqaamah (in this case for the muadhin) prescribed?

Innovations, Prayer
19 Nov

ANSWER: This is an innovation

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QUESTION: There is a Barelvi masjid near my home where, on every 11th of the month, they use loudspeakers to recite words that seem like shirk. The imam also recites these words with them, they deny believing in them. These recitations are from their well-known book Awrad-e-Fatah. Another masjid is about 2 km away, so I go there but not regularly, and sometimes I pray at home. What should I do

Prayer, Rulings on mosques, Shirk and its different forms
18 Nov

ANSWER: You must not pray in a Barelvi masjid. Find a masjid that follows the Quran and Sunnah. If there is no masjid in your vicinity, pray home.

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