QUESTION: My inhaler is powder. Is it allowed to take in the day while fasting.

Fasting, Fasting and Ramadan
10 Apr

ANSWER: This is permissible. Make sure you rinse your mouth if there is some powder left in your mouth.

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QUESTION: During the month of Ramadan, I regained my state of purity before Fajr, I put the intention of fast, but I did not have time to do ghusl before Fajr, I did them after, is my fast valid?

Fasting, Fasting and Ramadan, Menstruation and post-natal bleeding
10 Apr

ANSWER: Yes, its valid

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QUESTION: Prophet Alaihissalam has cursed people who wear clothes imitating opposite gender. I as a girl have bought & I wear men’s white short sleeved undershirts that are not unisex & I wear them under the outer tops which are bit transparent due to the light color of outer tops. Can I wear them since I’m wearing them under my actual clothes or should I not wear them since they are still men’s clothes?

Halal/Haram Matters, Men Clothing, Women clothing
10 Apr

ANSWER: This is not permissible.

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QUESTION: Regarding visiting my grandparents aunts or uncles if I know non Mahram female cousins and aunts will be present and uncovered. My family is loose in faith and does not observe Hijab. I fear that if I stop visiting to avoid seeing them they will label me an extremist and cause serious problems. What’s the best thing I could do?

Dealings and Attitudes with Relatives, Mahram
10 Apr

ANSWER: Try to visit at a time when your female relatives (non mahram) would not be around. Keep the visit short and sweet and if they enter the room, lower your gaze, make an excuse and leave. Call them often to check up on them

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QUESTION: I wore chemical henna which causes a barrier during my menses and when I became pure I tried but couldn’t remove all of the barrier. So I performed ghusl and prayed as it was late already.

Ablution (Wudhu), Beautification & Cosmetic Suregry
10 Apr

ANSWER: If it is making a layer and a barrier over the skin that prevents water from reaching, you must remove it. If it can’t be removed, you must, after making wudhu or ghusl, perform tayammum for the areas missed.

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QUESTION: I received a meat box from a local butcher containing pork and non-zabiha beef. I did not request these items. Is it permissible for me to return them to the butcher, or should I dispose of them or give them away to non-Muslims?

Halal/Haram Matters
09 Apr

ANSWER: Throw them in the dustbin

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QUESTION: If we want to fast the 6 days of shawwal we have to complete the missed fasts of Ramadan so my question is my 3 fasts were missed due to periods but I got my periods 3-4 minutes before iftar so do I have to count that fast also and complete 6 fast shawwal + 4 fast of missed fast Or I have to keep 3 fasts that were missed with 6 fasts of shawwal

Fasting, Fasting and Ramadan, Menstruation and post-natal bleeding
08 Apr

ANSWER: If the period comes even a few seconds before Maghrib, your fast of that day is not valid and you must make it up 

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QUESTION: Before marriage my in laws and husband agreed for my job and studies as a physiotherapist now my MIL influence my husband to wait and my husband asked me to wait for few months and he wants me to join where he will be working after he understands that environment as he is also physio ,he says I have to listen to him as he is my husband is it rational do I have to listen to him

Fiqh of Marriage, Kind Treatment of Spouses, Marriage Contract
08 Apr

ANSWER: If he had agreed to you studying and doing a halal job after marriage and this was stipulated in the marriage contract, he cannot go back on his word! If he does, you have the option to ask for divorce

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QUESTION: Using right hand to hold ur private parts when using bathroom or when cleaning after using it,its not allowed as per hadith of the prophet ﷺ ,but is touching it at other times allowed with right hand? For example when doing ghusl or while intercourse?

Purity
08 Apr

ANSWER: No problem

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QUESTION: Since I traveled to a country that started and ended Ramadan later than my departure country, I would have fasted 31 days if I didn’t exceed suhoor time by mistake on 2 days. I only made up one day and fasted 6 days of shawal. Did I have to make up 2 days to fast a total of 31 days or 1 day to have a total of 30 days?

Fasting, Fasting and Ramadan
07 Apr

ANSWER: It doesn’t matter! If you skipped or broke the fast of one or more days in ramadan, you must make that up.

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