QUESTION: I believe that Sharia is the best form of legislation, but is it considered kufr (disbelief) to appreciate or benefit from democratic laws—such as receiving a tax refund or enjoying laws that provide more personal freedom? Would this take me out of Islam?

Other
06 Jul

ANSWER: Enjoying tax refund is not kufr nor sinful as it is getting back what is yours initially and was taken from you by force unjustly.

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QUESTION: Can you tell me when to say dua for wearing clothes before I put on cloth or after

Supplications
05 Jul

ANSWER: After you put it on

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QUESTION: If an elderly person use diapers because she/he can’t control urination, will he need to take shower/ generalized cleaning before prayers? & is he/she impure all the time because of using diaper?

Ablution (Wudhu), Purity
05 Jul

ANSWER: No, she doesn’t need to take a shower! Everytime the prayer is due, she needs to change her diaper, wash her private part and the affected area, wear a fresh diaper and do her wudhu and pray.

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QUESTION: My dear Sheikh, you are the only person I seek fatwas from for many years, ever since I began practicing Islam. What am I doing to do when you’re no longer here? Who do I ask? You are the only sheikh I trust.

Knowledge & Propagation
05 Jul

ANSWER: Allah will guide you to someone better than me in sha Allah.

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QUESTION: CAN I MAKE DUA TO BE A LEADER

Supplications
05 Jul

ANSWER: We make duaa all the time as per the ayah: 25:74 that Allah makes us Imams to the righteous  However, it is not at all recommended to ask Allah to make you a ruler or a leader as this has a huge accountability to it. 

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QUESTION: What’s the ruling on a women who was fasting Ashura’ with the intention of getting the sins of the previous year forgiven but then she got her menses less than two hours before the maghrib azan, will she be among the people who receive forgiveness for their sins of the previous year like in the hadith?

Fasting, Fasting and Ramadan
04 Jul

ANSWER: The reward is granted with the grace of Allah due to her intention.

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QUESTION: I joined a new company and asked whether I can to masjid for prayer and if not possible then arrange a room for me to pray. They said that they will arrange a room for me. Masjid is 9mins walk(time in Google maps). Is it wajib for me to go to masjid? I can go to masjid without them knowing.

Jobs, Prayer
03 Jul

ANSWER: If you can go then it’s best but if they don’t allow then it’s permissible to pray in your office especially if you are in a kafir country 

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QUESTION: Few years ago, I missed fasts due to illness and i didn’t know that i have to make them up later.Can you please guide me what should i do now?

Fasting, Fasting and Ramadan
03 Jul

ANSWER: You must make them up now as this a debt on you. There is no expiation needed. You can combine them to the Sunnah Fasts of Mondays and Thursdays for double the reward.

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QUESTION: Sheikh there were a few instances when I did regular ghusl without being in state of major impurity and prayed my fard salahs. I did not know that doing such regular ghusl does not substitute for wudu. I don’t even remember which prayers these were as it was years ago, how can I rectify ?

Ablution (Wudhu), Prayer, Purity
03 Jul

ANSWER: Those prayers are gone. You must be more careful now that you know the ruling 

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QUESTION: If I don’t say my mother to cover herself, not to talk with non-mahrams, etc., and I do nothing when she is openly dressed in front of other men, am I Dayooth? I the eldest son and I my father has passed away more than a decade ago.

Character and Morals, Fiqh of the family
03 Jul

ANSWER: Yes, you’re a dayyoth if you NEVER advised her, but if you did and she still continues, you’re not accountable for her sins as you had done your job

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