How to we keep the intention for salah ? By thinking ‘ I’m praying ———— salah for the sake of allah when we are saying Allahu akbar ? ( between a and r ) and for wudhu we should think I’m doing the fardhs of while starting to wash our faces ? Which is the correct way ? (With evidence pls )

Prayer
21 Feb

ANSWER: This is an innovation. The intention for the salah lies in the heart, it is not to be said verbally. 

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Can a woman have a layred haircut?

Beautification & Cosmetic Suregry
21 Feb

ANSWER: No problem in this as long as it’s not too short to resemble a men’s haircut and if it’s not done exclusively by kafir women.

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How to do Ruqya on others? – Sheikh Assim Al Hakeem

Articles
20 Feb

Need One to One live Counseling with Sheikh Assim?: https://www.assimalhakeem.net/announcement/ Do you have a question: …

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My question is that I have seen my father in law and mother in law sleeping in two separate rooms since I got married.. I got married in …. I never saw them sleeping together.. people say their marriage is not valid now? They can’t stay in same place??? Is that true??? Please guide

Fiqh of Marriage
20 Feb

ANSWER: What you have heard is totally wrong. They’re still a married couple even if they don’t have intimacy for 50 years. 

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I wanted to know if the dua for entering the marketplace can also be used for entering workplaces like offices etc or a simple shop near the house.

Supplications
20 Feb

ANSWER: It is limited for souqs and places where bargaining takes place.  (You will find all these adhkar and Duas in a booklet called ‘Hisnul Muslim’, in English it’s called ‘Fortress of the Muslim’)

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Sheikh, I’ve seen many female scholar s come on YouTube & tv on islamic channels also on Facebook Is it permissible to come on these platforms?

Knowledge & Propagation
20 Feb

ANSWER: No, it is not permissible for them to come on videos and in public to preach as it defies the very purpose of hijab. They can give dawah only amongst women.

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The Prophet (s) said, “For him who holds fast to my sunnah at the time of corruption of my ummah, is the reward of a hundred martyrs”

Commentary on Hadeeth
20 Feb

ANSWER: This is not authentic. 

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I want a know about itikaaf. that i don’t have a big house all of my siblings and me are living in one room so last time during itikaaf i used to had arguments with them sometimes due to noise and etc so is it possible that if the place is getting crowded and noisy so during that time other than arguing with anyone i simply go to the other room and keep reciting the and offering nawafl.

E'itikaaf
20 Feb

ANSWER: Eitekaf is not permissible to be done in the house. It is only done in the masjid, even for women. 

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Sheikh, does the effect of the words of a Scholar depend on how much emaan the Scholar has? So for example, if a scholar is sinful, his words don’t have any effect? Like I read in a hadith of Ibn Umar (RA) where he said that the effect of words of a sinful scholar is like rain falling on a rock.

Knowledge & Propagation
20 Feb

ANSWER: The fatwa of a scholar is not dependent on his righteousness and avoiding sin. It depends on the knowledge he has.

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This is in regards to salah being acceptable when prayed after eating onion n garlic? I have heard a hadith (interpretation of d meaning):Muhammad pbuh said whoever eats onion and garlic,should not even pass by our masjids. Is this hadith referring to ea raw onions and garlic ? Normally , onions and garlic is garnished in all the kinds of meals prepared for example in lentil soup, Meat curry etc.

Prayer
20 Feb

ANSWER: The prohibition is in eating raw onions and garlic and going to the Masjid. It has no impact on the prayer of an individual. 

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