Is it permissible to look at the sky while making a dua?

Prayer, Supplications
31 Jan

ANSWER: No problem. This prohibition is only during salah.

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Is there a reason why the city of madinah was changed from the name yathrib to madinah?

Biography of the Prophet salla Allahu alahi wa sallam, Other
31 Jan

ANSWER: The name yathrib was used by the idol worshipers.

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Sheikh, usually I walk to and from the masjid in order to gain the reward for doing so, but sometimes I get offered a ride. Will I get the reward based off my intentions?

Prayer, Rulings on mosques
31 Jan

ANSWER: No. The specific reward is only when you walk to the masjid.

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I know there are set times to make Du‘a in order for the Du‘a to be accepted. But what is the best time of all of them? What do you think? What is your opinion? Is it during Tahajjud?

Supplications
31 Jan

ANSWER: In the sujood of your prayers, in the last tashahhud before making salam and in the last third of the night.

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A 12 y/o girl reached puberty but was ignorant about Hijab. She studied in a coaching centre to get admitted into an unislamic institute. She did good on the test & the centre asked for her pic to add on their prospectus. She gave it. Now every yr the centre publishes & distributes the prospectus which contains the pic of her & many other students. She repented. Will she be held accountable for the photo?

Halal/Haram Matters
30 Jan

Yes! She must contact them immediately and demand them to take it off!

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Is it permissible to read quran loudly when someone next to you is sleeping and feeling disturbed. Because it is the only time she rest and refresh her for activities from busy scheduled life.If sleep is disturbed she remain lethargic for the next time.What is the rulling on it?

Character and Morals, Etiquette, Morals and Heart-Softeners, Reading/Reciting the Quran
30 Jan

ANSWER: It’s not permissible to disturb others like this at all!

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Is shellac haram to eat. I notice they put confectionery shellac on a lot of chocolates. I have heard mixed opinions.

Halal/Haram Matters
30 Jan

ANSWER: Such droppings of insects are pure as they are negligible. However, it seems that it also undergoes a rigorous process that would change the characteristics of it.  https://islamqa.info/en/answers/162658/ruling-on-eating-sweets-that-contain-gelatin-and-carmine

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What to do my height is so short is there anything or any dua to get taller!

Supplications
29 Jan

There’s no specific dua for this.

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If wet impurity like urine touches other clothes but there is no traces of it on other clothes do we still need to wash it. Does it make other clothes impure?

Ablution (Wudhu), Purity
29 Jan

If you are certain that urine touched that, you must wash it off.

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Im sick and drowsy and doctor put something on my wrist and say not to pour water over it. So for maghrib I did not do wudu I did tayammum and lied down and prayed because I was too drowsy. Is the prayer valid?

Ablution (Wudhu)
29 Jan

You should have done tayammum only for the affected area and for the remaining you should have done wudu.

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