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In our place,muslim families celebrate post delivery ghusl on 40th day. Members of the family brings gold etc for the baby… I am invited on a function like that.. As they are my close relatives,if I dont go,that will make problems in family… Is this ceremony halal,? What should I do?

16 Jan

ANSWER: Such a gathering is an innovation and you must not attend it.

Is it authentic that new clothes we wear on Fridays only, won’t get accounted for on qiyama?

15 Jan

ANSWER: This is baseless.

Is being in a monthly Quran katam group where everyone in the group is allocated to a juz, is it equivalent to reading the whole Quran? Could I get some insight if these groups are beneficial or correct.

Innovations, Reading/Reciting the Quran

13 Jan

ANSWER: This is an innovation and it is not permissible to be a part of such a group.

Sheikh in India elders tell der kids not to pluck flowers & go near tree and touch dem after maghrib especially pomegranate tree and sidr leaves as dey believe it has jinn on it if u sat under any tree you will probably get possessed.. How true is this shiekh?? And how can i guide them

13 Jan

ANSWER: This is not true and baseless. People who come up with such weird things are commanded to provide the evidence backing up their claim from the Quran and sunnah.

My family is celebrating my brother’s birthday at our home who just turned one. I won’t be a part of the celebrations and I have tried to stop my family from doing this too but they say that my arguments are baseless and I am being too extreme. Now, if the celebrations are happening at my home, how must I avoid them when I can’t go anywhere else? Also, if they offer me the food, should I eat it??

Halal/Haram Matters, Innovations

12 Jan

ANSWER: You can eat the halal food without participating in preparing the food or the event. Don’t come out of your room.

In our village, there is a custom among people before building a new house. Before the foundation of the house is built, four people will stand in four corners of the land where the house is supposed to be built and they will give adhan with the belief that it will provide protection to the people of the household. Is it according to the sunnah?

10 Jan

ANSWER: This is not permissible at all as it’s an innovation. There’s nothing to be done while building the house.

Rasullah SAW sunnah is to fast on Mondays because he was born on Monday. If I was born on Wed, and fast on Weds too, is that an innovation? Thank you.

04 Jan

ANSWER: This is not permissible as it’s an innovation. The Prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam also justified fasting on Monday because it was a day that he was revealed to in it. We can’t claim such a blessing.

When a child/baby sneezes, one who can’t speak yet , I’ve heard parents or others say alhamdulillah in their place. Maybe so that they learn early and inculcate the habit of saying it. But recently someone told me we should say yarhamukallah(may allah have mercy on you) and not alhamdulillah when they sneeze. Can you please advise

02 Jan

ANSWER: What you have heard is not correct. It is an innovation to say any of that on behalf of the child.

Are new years resolutions vows or oaths? can muslims do it?

Innovations, Religions

30 Dec

ANSWER: There is no such thing as new year resolutions in Islam. If you make an oath by taking Allah’s name then you must fulfill it.

Sheikh, as we know muslim ummah is suffering all around the world. Can we start a campaign of reading surah-fatah around the world at least one time in a day.

14 Dec

ANSWER: This is an innovation.