ANSWER: What you’re doing is correct. What they’re saying is wrong.
Read moreANSWER: You can go and before assuming Ihram from the meeqat, make a condition by saying that it if I were stopped from completing my umrah, I can take off my Ihram. Your menses can’t exceed 15 days.
Read moreANSWER: It is not permissible to do anything that resembles a human being with a head and body.
Read moreANSWER: There is no problem in asking them to keep it low profile as the Prophet salla allahu alaihi wa sallam has advised to be secretive so that we won’t get an evil eye.
Read moreANSWER: You must not listen to your parents in this regard as keeping a beard is not an option, rather it’s mandatory. However, you must be diplomatic, respectful and never raise a voice in front of them as this is a major sin. You must be firm in your approach though and not shave.
Read moreANSWER: No. You can only reply with: Wa’alaikum.
Read moreANSWER: If he is reciting it to the best of his ability and is only mispronouncing due to being a non-Arab, the prayer behind him is valid and it was wrong to repeat it.
Read moreANSWER: No.
Read moreANSWER: What she said is wrong and baseless. She can accept your gift the same way as she accepts it from her husband or son. There is no difference at all.
Read moreANSWER: You follow the Imam in exactly how he prays and you don’t sit in tashahud after YOUR 2nd rakah rather you sit with him after HIS 2nd rakha, HIS 4th rakah and you get up after he concluds his prayer and continue to pray and sit after your last rakah.
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