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Sheikh, can I prayer my two rak’at sunnah of fajr home before going to the masjid?

Prayer

17 Nov

ANSWER: This is the sunnah way of doing it.

Sheikh, I distribute my interest money to the poor.I keep them separately. I want to give some interest money to a poor person who lives in a different city. Now can I transfer a certain amount of my halal money to that person from my bank account with an intention to give him from the interest money and take the same amount of interest money which I kept at home for personal use?

Riba

17 Nov

ANSWER: No problem in this as long as you give away the exact amount or more.

After a person finishes his Salah, and when he reaches home, he gives salam to family. Similarly when a woman finishes her salah, she gives salam to family. Is it from Sunnah?

Innovations, Prayer

16 Nov

ANSWER: No, this is an innovation.

I read a Hadith that whoever prays an additional 2 raka after the regular 4,4,2 of thuhur is promised jannah, is this authentic?

Prayer

16 Nov

ANSWER: Al-Nasaa’i (1817) and al-Tirmidhi (428) narrated from Umm Habeebah (may Allaah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Whoever prays four (rak’ahs) before Zuhr and four after it, the Fire will not touch him.” The version narrated by al-Tirmidhi says: “Whoever regularly performs four rak’ahs […]

How must one who wants to start wearing niqab deal with the non mahrams in her family who don’t view it as obligatory? Also if she wears niqab can she go chat with them but wearing niqab, not alone in the room together. Is it impermissible to chat regularly with non mahram family members?

Dealings and Attitudes with In-Laws, Halal/Haram Matters

15 Nov

ANSWER: She must wear the niqab in front of non mahram family members as well. It’s not permissible for her to chit-chat, hang around or socialise woth them at all. Therefore, she simply ignores them and not reply to them if they insist on mixing with her and socializing.

Is saying Khuda hafiz permissible?

Halal/Haram Matters

15 Nov

ANSWER: Khuda hafiz is not permissible as khuda is not a name of Allah.

Can a person pray tahajjud on Thursday night (Friday) alone and not during the entire week?

Innovations, Prayer, Taraweeh, Tahajjud and Qiyam-ul-Layl

15 Nov

ANSWER: No problem if that’s the only night he gets time due to it being the weekend etc. But if he is doing it because it is a blessed night, this is prohibited.

My frd’s got serious headache recently. Her mom & frnd forcedly took her to an old man called “baba” seems pious muslim, then after reading st he said she had evil eyes on her, then he read st and blew on her. He said lemons r sadqa or 1 goat but she cn’t afford goat so bring lemon next day, also she’s to squeeze lemon daily in bath water for 5 days. I feel this is like shirk. What should she do?

Shirk and its different forms

15 Nov

ANSWER: She must sincerely repent to Allah for going there in the first place and not do anything he said. Such people are professional liars and they make millions out of people. Believing them takes a person out of the fold of Islam. Listening to them without believing them makes the prayers of 40 days […]

I saw a Hadith of Sahih Bukhari with the narration of Aisha RA where Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam used to offer 2 rakah Sunnah prayer after the Asr prayer, and he never used to miss it. Now he didn’t publicize it because he wanted to keep it easy for the believers. My question is, can we offer these 2 rakah after the Asr prayer???

Prayer

14 Nov

ANSWER: Scholars say that the 2 rakahs after asr are something specific only for the Prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa Sallam and not for anyone to regularly pray it except him.

If a person makes intention at night to make up his missed fard fast, can he change his intention at sehri time?

Fasting

14 Nov

ANSWER: This is permissible as long as you change the intention before Fajr time enters.

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