QUESTION: If a woman has her second name as her middle name, as is customary in some non Muslim countries, but her fathers name as her last name, is this okay??

Halal/Haram Matters, Pedagogy education and upbringing
06 Oct

ANSWER:I f you mean as a person she has two names like Fatima Amira and that is followed by her father’s name, this is fine. 

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QUESTION: If we were to make charity to an online islamic fundraiser, and later found out the fundraiser was a scam / corrupted, will we still gain the rewards?

Charity
05 Oct

ANSWER: You will be rewarded for your intention

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QUESTION: What is the ruling on someone who goes to perform umrah and then made intention to be in the state of ihram and to perform umrah but he wasn’t wearing the ihram while making the intention and then change his mind and decided to not perform umrah and return to his country (can he cancel his intention?)

Hajj and Umrah
05 Oct

ANSWER: It seems that you don’t know what it means to be in the state of Ihram. The intention to make an Umrah is different from intending to assume the state of Ihram. To assume the state of Ihram, one must put on the ihram towels, firmly intend after this point not to do any […]

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QUESTION: When my wife was born Her parents gave her (fatima) as a last name just cuz it sounded good instead of father name I know women arent allowed to change their name after marriage but given that her name already doesn’t have her father’s name as her last name, should I add mine now after marriage?

Fiqh of Marriage, Halal/Haram Matters
05 Oct

ANSWER: Of course not! This is totally prohibited and a major sin!

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QUESTION: Dad gives me money for allowance and tells me to spend it on food, not to spend it on charity. I spent it on charity, so am I sinful?

Character and Morals, Fiqh of the family
03 Oct

ANSWER: If he specified what it is to be spent on, then you are obliged to obey him and give him whatever remains of it.

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QUESTION: What is the ruling on buying baby or kids’ bedsheets that have faces on them, or baby pajamas with faces on them?

Images and image-making, Pedagogy education and upbringing
03 Oct

ANSWER: This is not permissible It is permissible to give children toys that have the shape of humans or animals. It is not permissible to have these drawings on the clothes of children.

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QUESTION: I went to the masjid just to pray alone as a muslimah. i sat down to put my things down, then i remembered i shouldn’t sit without praying tahiyyatul masjid. so i made wudu, prayed the 2 rakaat, then prayed my fard. is this correct, and am i sinful for sitting down at the beginning since i forgot?

Prayer, Rulings on mosques
02 Oct

ANSWER: If you prayed fard, without sitting down, that would suffice for tahiyatul masjid as well.

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QUESTION: People go on winter arc, the purpose is to work hard in the last three months of the year to start off the next year with a good momentum. i was wondering if this is kufr to do

Other
02 Oct

ANSWER: This is not kufr

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QUESTION: There is an area in the Girls Common Room in our university which is reserved for prayers. It is an area slightly raised above the ground and is bounded by wooden rails. Is it permissible for girls on their periods/without wudu to sit and study there?

Menstruation and post-natal bleeding, Rulings on mosques
01 Oct

ANSWER: No problem in this as this is not a masjid 

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QUESTION: At the time of death, if urine is released, does itmean that the person was bad and saw a frightening angel?

Belief in the Angels, Funerals
01 Oct

ANSWER: No, this is baseless and has nothing to do with being good or bad.

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