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If a person unitentionally recite a surah after alfatiha in the 3rd or 4th rakah should one do sujda sahoo .

Prayer

24 Dec

ANSWER: No problem in reciting another surah after fateha in the 3rd and 4th rakah, even intentionally. There’s no sujood as sahu for this as it’s not a mistake.

Is it necessary to do ghusl everyday? Because washing the hair everyday may lead to hairfall.

Purity

24 Dec

ANSWER: If a person has major sexual impurity then ghusl is mandatory upon him or her, even if it’s everyday. If he fears hairfall, he can avoid shampooing and just pour water over the hair while doing ghusl.

I know it is permissible to keep owl at home. But do owl bring magic or jinns home? are owls used for magic and not good to keep at home?

Shirk and its different forms

24 Dec

ANSWER: This is baseless. It is not permissible to believe in omens as this is a form of shirk.

sheikh In kolkata(India) on entering evry masjid ppl wear the kufi for congreg. Salah & they take it off on leaving the masjid..one day I prayed without topi knowng that its bidah wht theyr doing..then i was the odd one out.Prophet(SAW) said dont stand out from a crowd..so i also started wearing.wht shud i do? Wear or not(then ill be only on praying bareheaded )&stand out frm rest

Innovations, Prayer

24 Dec

ANSWER: No problem in standing out in these situations as what they’re doing is an innovation by thinking that your prayer is invalid without covering the head.

Is the traveller encouraged to also pray the sunnah prayers if he goes to the mosque, or only the fard ones?

Prayer

23 Dec

ANSWER: A traveler is instructed not to pray the sunnah of thuhur, Maghreb and Isha. He can pray everything else as usual.

Can a man kiss his wife during umrah…give brief detail…..

Hajj and Umrah

23 Dec

ANSWER: This is prohibited while he is in the state of Ihram.

May I ask the ruling regarding the right of a step parent? Would I need to honour the wife of my biological father. I don’t feel comfortable with this notion as my biological mother is whom I love and I honour due to her being the mother who gave birth to me. When I mean honour I mean would I be responsible for caring for her or would be the responsibility of her husband?

Step Relations and Related Matters

23 Dec

ANSWER: You don’t have any duties towards your step mother nor you are obliged to listen to her. However, it’s best to respect her in order to please your father but she does not have any rights over the step children.

From past few years i’m facing that I get blessed with things bt at the last moment i lose them. Like my marriage got fixed n 10days ahead it was broken. I got in postdoc and later the position went on hold. I got a job and later i was informed somebody else was hired but not me. All these things are depressing me nw i feel i will lose everything I get at the last moment.Pls help

Etiquette, Morals and Heart-Softeners

23 Dec

ANSWER: This is life and we all face calamities. A believer is the one who is always content with Allah’s decree and says Alhamdulillah in ease and he’s patient when a calamity strikes. Allah has chosen what is best for you. Only He knows how things would be had the things you asked for happened!

Which Tafsir of Quran would you recommend for the laymen?

Reading/Reciting the Quran

23 Dec

ANSWER: In english you can refer to tafseer Ass’idi, and if not possible, then tafseer Ibn Katheer.

I have told my mum beforethat we should pray before midnight but she rejects it and gets angry. I wanted to tell her and my aunties that isha is 21:09 since they think it lasts till 12.00 am so I came into the living room and asked my mum if she prayed isha but I don’t know if they heard me as well.Also I told them to pray at 21:07. Am I sinful for telling them so late?

Knowledge & Propagation, Prayer

23 Dec

ANSWER: You should give dawah with wisdom and fair preaching. You must not order your elders or ask them like this. You should be diplomatic. Send her authentic videos or booklets about this topic instead of policing her.

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