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Is sunnah to eat with 3 fingers?

Biography of the Prophet salla Allahu alahi wa sallam, Etiquette, Morals and Heart-Softeners

24 Jul

ANSWER: Prophet salla Allahu Alaihi wa sallam used to eat with 3 fingers. However, scholars say that this is not a sunnah of worship but rather a sunnah of culture.

Does Islam differentiate between paternal and maternal relatives (except for guardianship and inheritance)? Like are paternal relatives more deserving of respect and kinship?

Dealings and Attitudes with Relatives

24 Jul

ANSWER: They have more rights and duties but both sides deserve same respect. The paternal relatives have an edge when it comes to inheritance and guardianship in marriages etc.

Shekh, I love to a girl we both loved together than we did iijab e qubool 3 times and kept witness to allah and angels of allah and we decided the mahr and keeping witness to allah I had given mahr. Is my nikah is completed or not ? Muhammad ﷺ said 3 things are real if we do it by fun one of them of its 3 thing is nikah. Some scholars says that nikah is done but we have to do ni

Fiqh of Marriage, Invalid Marriages, Marriage Contract

24 Jul

ANSWER: This is totally prohibited and this is not a valid nikah at all but its mocking of Allah’s rules! And if you live together or have intimacy, this is zina and both are bound to hell fire for such a major sin and for mocking Allah’s religion like this.

I know it’s haram to cook food for 3 days in a home if a member has passed away.My mom’s sibling passed away.He lived along with my granny & my other uncle.So,is it haram for me to eat food cooked in my home although I live in a seperate home & not with my granny for 3 days?And can I go to my granny’s place & eat the food that is sent there by the relatives?

Funerals

24 Jul

ANSWER: We are allowed to mourn for up to 3 days but there is no prohibition on cooking. Sending them food so that they don’t cook in these 3 days is from the sunnah.

I’ve read that in islam there is no restriction of age for intercourse,puberty is enough, but where i live there’s this idea of people over 18 shouldn’t be with those under 18,and i’ve grown up with this,so now i’m struggling,for example if i see a female under 18 i may feel bad(because of people around)and stop looking at her even though she’s lawful to marry, is this Kufr?

Character and Morals, Etiquette, Morals and Heart-Softeners, Halal/Haram Matters

23 Jul

ANSWER: This is not kufr! It’s sinful to look at non mahram women like this whether below or above 18 years of age as Allah has ordered you to lower your gaze!

Sheikh when i do wudu and rub my fingers through the beard, non muslims around me stare at me and i get uncomfortable because of that. So if i do it in a way that they don’t stare at me, is it shirk?

Character and Morals, Etiquette, Morals and Heart-Softeners, Psychological and Social Problems

23 Jul

ANSWER: This is not shirk however, it may be a weakness of Islam. Be proud of your Islam and make wudu normally! Who cares who is watching or what they say? When they walk nude, do they care of what you think of them?

I am from turkey and here, they don’t wait for people at all after they give the adhan of maghrib, and if I am sitting in my home and I hear the adhan and go to the masjid, I will most likely catch one rakah only if I go fast or I will miss the whole prayer, so what should I do when I hear the maghrib adhan in my house? Should I go or make a jamah in my house?

Prayer

23 Jul

ANSWER: Leave earlier before the athan is called. This is what you usually do when you have a flight! You don’t wait until the gates are closed but rather go early.

A friend of mine is currently in his friend circle where his friends are mostly involved in backbiting and using abusive language. He has thought of giving up on them, but as a Muslim and a friend, He has tried to change them, but they have responded negatively and have called him out for his own sins He wants to know whether he should leave the group or not?

Character and Morals, Other

23 Jul

ANSWER: Yes, he should. If you put a good apple in a rotten box of apples, that rotten apple will not succeed in fixing the rotten apples. It will become rotten itself quickly like the rest.