Sheikh can i recite kalima laa ilaha illallah… Whenever i get hiccups while eating food? Bcuz here in india someone said me that if i get hiccups i should recite kalima due to which the hiccups stops and it can also help in reciting kalima when a person is on deathbed as hiccups happens when a person is about to die..

Innovations, Superstitions
07 Jul

ANSWER: What they say is totally baseless and fabricated. This is an innovation.

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If the day of Arafah is on Saturday in my country then do I have to fast both Friday and Saturday or I can fast on Saturday only?

Fasting
07 Jul

ANSWER: This is not mandatory. You can only fast on Saturday alone for arafah.

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Shiekh, since the day of Arafat this year is falling on Friday, can we fast just the Friday, or do we have to keep a fast before or after Friday as it not recommended to fast on Fridays alone? Please clarify.

Fasting
07 Jul

ANSWER: No problem in fasting Friday alone for arafat or ashura. It’s not permissible to fast a day after arafat because its the eid day and its prohibited to fast on eid days and the days of tashreeq (11, 12, 13 of dhul-hajja)

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We know that eating pork or drinking wine means our good deeds won’t be accepted for 40 days. Does that mean we don’t have to pray for these 40 days even if we do they won’t be accepted. Please clarify.

Halal/Haram Matters, Prayer, Sins
07 Jul

ANSWER: If one abandons praying then it takes a person out of the fold of Islam! This ruling is only for drinking alcohol or intoxicants, like drugs and not for eating pork.

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What can i do if i missed salahs knowingly after the age of puberty and now feel sorry for doing such and want to make this up. Should I calculate the amount of prayers i missed and make them up?

Innovations, Prayer
07 Jul

ANSWER: This is not permissible. Do a lot of good deeds and voluntary worship besides fulfilling all the obligatory ones. It’s best to maintain all the 12 sunnah rawatib and night prayers. 

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Can boys and girls be friends ? When they both don’t have any feelings for each other ? Aren’t they non mehrams ? What are the boundaries that islam sets and how should one interact with opposite gender in schools and colleges in todays world ?

Halal/Haram Matters, Mahram
07 Jul

ANSWER: This is totally prohibited as islam promotes and mandates segregation between non mahrams.

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If the day of Arafah is on Saturday in my country then do I have to fast both Friday and Saturday or I can fast on Saturday only?

Fasting
06 Jul

ANSWER: This is not mandatory. You can only fast on Saturday alone for arafah.

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For even those who’re not going to hajj, is: “la ilaaha lillalaah wahdahu la shareeka lahu, lahul mulk wa lahul hamd…..” the best dua for Arafat day?

Supplications
06 Jul

ANSWER: Yes.

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Upon travelling on the plane to hometown it was zuhr time but due to hardship in standing & pray & facing the qiblah,I delayed zuhr till asr as I knew I would reach home when there will still be time for asr.I combined zuhr and asr prayer.Praying zuhr as two rakah and praying 4 rakahs for asr as I reached home.Did I do wrong delaying the zuhr & praying 2 rakah for zuhr instead of 4 with asr prayer

Prayer
06 Jul

ANSWER: What you did was wrong. You should have offered 4 rakah thuhur and 4 rakah asr as you had reached your hometown and can’t shorten your prayers anymore. Repeat your thuhur now. 

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Sheikh if i miss the sunnah prayer before fajr prayer what is the best time to pray it or I should leave it and would I get the same reward as someone who prayed it before fajr prayer

Prayer
06 Jul

ANSWER: No problem in praying it after fard if he had missed praying it before fard. It won’t be the same reward as praying it on time.

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