ANSWER: You must not entertain such personal questions. Dodge their questions diplomatically, just change the topic, or just tell them you are not comfortable with this type of question.

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ANSWER: It is mandatory for the followers praying behind an Imam to recite the fateha in the silent rakahs and silent prayers, without which your prayer is invalid. It is not mandatory to recite another surah after fateha but you would lose the reward if you didn’t recite it. What is mandatory is to recite […]

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ANSWER: Allah created you and gave you a choice! You can go to the highest building in town and throw yourself hoping to land on your feet. Allah can make you land on your feet!  Will you give it a try? Of course not because it is your choice not to. Likewise with Islam. You […]

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ANSWER: People are either optimistic or pessimistic! Instead of being happy and striving to do as many good deeds as you can because this erases your bad deeds, you decided to despair from Allah’s mercy and sit back and wait for going to hell. It is your choice at the end of the day and […]

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