Is all sea food permissible? If not, then how can we know which is halal? I read somewhere, sea creatures that don’t have scales on them are Haram. Is it true? Does that mean one can not eat crab or lobster or prawn?

Halal/Haram Matters
16 Apr

ANSWER: Yes, you can eat that as all seafood is halal.   

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If a Muslim go to a restaurant or shop there celebrate Non Muslim Festival Discount Offer and food items is also based on their culture. Can a Muslim eat those restaurant or buy a product from that shop which is related to Non Muslim Festival offer.

Halal/Haram Matters
11 Apr

ANSWER: No problem in availing these discounts as long as you’re not celebrating their falsified festivals. 

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My cousin brother is getting married next month In Sha Allah. They have separate arrangements for men and women. But sometimes men do enter women’s section to serve the food and stuff. Sheikh I dont want to remove my abhaya and niqab but my mother wants me to wear a long colourful dress with hijab but not niqab. Can i disobey her in this matter and wear niqab?

Halal/Haram Matters, Women clothing
10 Apr

ANSWER: Yes, you must disobey her in this or not attend in the first place. 

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Is having a permanent tattoo haram? Moreove i have heard that if someone dies while having a tattoo on body, his/her janaza is not considered jaiz (illegitimate)?

Halal/Haram Matters
09 Apr

ANSWER: What you heard is baseless. To have a tattoo is a major sin and a cause for Allah’s curse upon those who do it. Kindly refer to the following link(s): https://www.assimalhakeem.net/are-tattoos-permissible/

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Sheikh whenever I tell my relatives or friends that cigarette is haraam because it causes cancer and Allah prohibits things which harm us they reply that even sugar causes diabetes so that would also be prohibited according to this logic, please tell me how to reply them?

Halal/Haram Matters
09 Apr

ANSWER: No one in his sound mind would compare something halal such as sugar to something that is detested by the vast majority of normal people! All humans when they first smoke, they vomit, cough and feel dizzy! They all have a bad feeling for few days until their system is adjusted to this pollution […]

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Shaikh,are the Cinema Halls opened by Sauoodi government legitimate in Shariah now. Please guide people so that they could chose their choice whether to go or not to watch movies.

Halal/Haram Matters, Sins
08 Apr

ANSWER: Watching haram movies is haram whether it is in Makkah or elsewhere! The religion of Allah is one and can’t be changed by any one’s whims and desires! 

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If Islam is a religion of justice why does it allow a man to marry upto 4 wives? You might give me all those common reasons which are very popular among scholars. I say that there could be numerous reasons like population of women etc, but the fact remains that it hurts a woman, it degrades her honor that she has to share her husband. In one Hadiths Prophet Muhammad saw prohibited Ali to practice

Fiqh of Marriage, Halal/Haram Matters
07 Apr

ANSWER: When people give in to Satan’s  whispers and doubts, they become one of his soldiers. They start to reject principles of Islam one by one and this is how they become full fledged hypocrites with Islamic names! They first reject Jihad then accuse Islam of slavery then cast doubt over pre-destiny, and after that, […]

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A sister wants to know if becoming a Vegetarian is halal. She doesnt want to reject the blessing from Allah of eating meat at the same time.

Halal/Haram Matters
07 Apr

ANSWER: You must not make haram on yourself what Allah has made halal for you. Believing that killing animals is cruel to feed upon is  disbelief as Allah is the one who allowed us to slaughter such animals and eat them.  If this is a personal choice that has nothing associated with corrupt beliefs as such, […]

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When raising both your hands and making a Dua to Allah, after you have made your Dua should you wipe over the face? If not then what to do?

Halal/Haram Matters, Innovations
05 Apr

ANSWER: This is an innovation. Simply put them down. 

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Is calling someone alhaja/alhaji an innovation, they do it a lot in Nigerian culture? This is the definition 1. (in West Africa) a Muslim who has been to Mecca as a pilgrim (often used as a title)

Halal/Haram Matters
04 Apr

ANSWER: This is not appropriate as it will bring riya in that person’s heart. Why not call them worshippers or fasters of Ramadan as well?

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