Shaikh when choosing to marry someone who a had bad past means was a very bad person but in present means since 2-3 years is a very good person connected to deen not missing any salah, so what should we do in such situation?

Fiqh of Marriage
25 Jan

ANSWER: If he’s actually become practicing and committed to the deen with correct aqeedah then no problem in getting married to him. 

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We were at a masjid one day and had just finished eating before we came and so we drank water to rinse our mouths and were told that it’s not sufficient unless we rinse the mouth 3 times, making sure to spit each one out. What is the correct opinion about rinsing the mouth after eating to maintain wudhu

Prayer
25 Jan

ANSWER: You are not obliged to rinse your mouth but it is recommended. 

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I have an whatsapp group where we weekly come together to do khatam dua. Everyone needs to have read 5 hizb by the next week. My question is, does it count as everyone having read 60 hizb? (Individually)

Innovations, Reading/Reciting the Quran
25 Jan

ANSWER: No, this doesn’t work like this and it is an innovation.

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I work in London as a self employed, if I avoid paying taxes because the government spend on army and other things. I know lie and cheating is not permissible in Islam, I just want to know if my earning is halal if I avoid paying taxes to the government.

Halal/Haram Matters
24 Jan

ANSWER: It is prohibited to lie or cheat! If you don’t want to support the government, leave the country and go somewhere else. 

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Pls is it permissible for the muazzin to raise his voice after imam??

Prayer
24 Jan

ANSWER: This is permissible only when the area is big and people on the 3rd or 4th row may not hear the Imam. However, now with the mics and loudspeakers, this is not permissible. 

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Is Cannabidiol oil halal? It comes from the cannabis plant, it does not make you high but has health benefits.

Halal/Haram Matters, Medicine and medical treatments
24 Jan

ANSWER: If this is applied externally and it is medically safe, this is permissible. But if it is consumed and it is intoxicating if taken in large quantities, this is prohibited. 

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Shaikh in subcontinent mostly all people follow the Madhab of Imam Abu Hanifa(May Allah have mercy on his soul),but they stick to it and not look QURAN and sunnah,even it goes against it,and people hardly find any person that follow Quran and sunnah,what should a layman do here,he go with what his laocal aalim tell him or if he find something opposite,is layman allow to contradict?

Schools of Thought, Sects
23 Jan

ANSWER: One must not stick to a particular madhab when there is an established sunnah for it.  Follow the Sunnah. 

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Sheikh, can one read English translation of Quran on phone or book during menstruation?

Menstruation and post-natal bleeding, Reading/Reciting the Quran
23 Jan

ANSWER: No problem in reciting the Arabic Qur’an as well.

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If a woman is pregnant, has her baby and breastfeeds her baby for up to a year and misses two years of Ramadan fasts, does she need to keep them once she no longer breastfeeds or can she fast whilst nursing her baby?

Fasting
23 Jan

ANSWER: If it’s easy for her to fast while breastfeeding and it won’t effect her health or her milk then there’s no problem in fasting.

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I lost my mother when I was very young and my father got married again does my step mother have the same rights as my birth mother and all the other rights my birth mother is entitled to

Step Relations and Related Matters
23 Jan

ANSWER: The step mother has no right on the step children nor the step children have any duties towards the step parent.  However, you should respect her as an elder and in order to please your father.

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