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My parents are involved in making special dishes on special days of Muharram(fatiha, niyaz). I told them it’s biddah but they are like “it’s our tradition,our ancestors did these, you shut up”. Now what should I do?

Innovations

28 Aug

ANSWER: As long as you gave them advice and they didn’t accept it, you had done your duty.

Here when someone dies it’s announced with masjid’s speakers and the announcer states when janaza will happen and who it was, is this Sunnah or permissible?

Funerals

27 Aug

ANSWER: This is prohibited.

Is it true that Muhammad p.b.u.h said that don’t fast for only 10th of muharram because cristians fast on this day … Fast for 10th of muharram with a pair of 9th or 11th muharram …? Kindly elaborate

Fasting

26 Aug

ANSWER: The Jews of Madinah used to fast on the 10th of Muharram because Allah saved Moosa alayhissalam from the Pharoah and his people on this day. Prophet salla Allahu Alaihi wa Sallam said we have more right on Moosa therefore he started fasting this day and said if he were to be alive the […]

1. Sir what is the reward of keeping fast on 9th and 10th muharram? 2. Will my fast get accepted if I intend to fast on 9-10th Muharram with intention to cover my previous missed fardh fast? Will this suffice the covering of missed fardh fast as well fasting on 9-10th Muharram?

Fasting

26 Aug

ANSWER: 1. Fasting the day of Ashoora expiates the sins of the previous year. 2. This is permissible.

In India some people they do not stand during nawafil prayer they say we pray nawafil salah sitting is this correct? What about fard prayers?

Prayer

26 Aug

ANSWER: No problem in praying voluntary prayers sitting. This is permissible, though this would be half in reward of the person standing up if done without a valid reason. Standing up is a pillar in a fard prayer. Praying obligatory prayer while sitting with no legitimate reason is not permissible and the prayer is void.

Sheikh you mentioned in one of the video that one have to make the niyyah when the sacrifice is getting slaughtered right? But when I take these service I will not know when it is getting slaughtered , would it still be ok?

Slaughtering

26 Aug

ANSWER: If you mean that you had authorized an organization to slaughter for you, this is sufficient as the niyyah was there and the one doing the slaughtering is also having the niyyah for you.

Alhumdulillah I recently became a Muslim. I started asking about the major sins. I am aware that drinking, unlawful intercourse and shirk are some of the major sins. In regards to unlawful intercourse I learnt that 4 witnesses are required. What if 4 witnesses are available can the man accused confess ? Please pray that my past as non-muslim are forgiven.

Religions, Sins

26 Aug

ANSWER: Your past as a non muslim is totally erased the moment you had embraced Islam. Your record books are all wiped out because of your Islam. As for the sin of Fornication, there has to be 4 male witnesses to testify against a person so that the prescribed punishment is implemented or the person […]

If the time of congregation has passed can i pray salah at home? And if i have somewhere to go or i am busy knowing that i won’t be able to pray at the time of salah so can i pray before the time? At home?

Prayer

26 Aug

ANSWER: 1. You should go to the masjid and pray there in second congregation or if there is no congregation going on, you should start praying and some other late comers would join you to make Jamah. 2. It is absolutely prohibited to pray even a second before the time for salah enters.

So my grandpa has step kids now and they are also now my dads step brothers so would I have to wear hijab in front of them ?

Mahram

26 Aug

ANSWER: Yes, because they are not your father’s real brothers and they don’t share any of his own parents with him, hence they are not your mahrams.

In one of your videos you said that some scholars have said that if a person describes his bad dream to anyone, it will come true. My question is, if Mr A dreams a bad dream about Mr B, such as bad things are happening to Mr B and describes the bad dream to Mr C, will this bad dream affect Mr B? But here Mr B doesn’t do anything wrong.

Dreams

25 Aug

ANSWER: Bad dreams are from satan and they are not glad tidings that can come true. However, if a person tells it to someone and this person interprets it and it coincides with Allah’s decree, it will happen as interpreted.

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