QUESTION: I would like to ask about the ruling on the prank known as “ding dong ditching,” where one rings a neighbor’s or stranger’s doorbell and runs away before they answer. Is this considered haram, or does it fall under the prohibition of disturbing or annoying others?

Halal/Haram Matters, Sports, Entertainment and Music
25 Jun

ANSWER: This is totally prohibited and annoying people!  Would you like someone to prank your parents or grandparents like this?

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QUESTION: I heard in your lecture that if a niqabi bride only appears before her mahrams after makeup, the makeup artist does not share any sin. But what if clients are non-Muslim, or Muslim brides who later uncover before non-mahram men at weddings? Would the makeup artist share the sin? In short, is this profession permissible, and under what conditions?

Beautification & Cosmetic Suregry, Halal/Haram Matters, Jobs
22 Jun

ANSWER: Yes, you would be sharing the sin.

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QUESTION: A couple had twins via gestational surrogacy. The embryo was created with the parents gametes and transferred to a surrogate because the mother’s uterus couldn’t support the pregnancy. my question – the baby which they have now is theirs according to Islam i know that in islam surrogacy is haram!

Fiqh of Marriage, Halal/Haram Matters, Pedagogy education and upbringing
17 Jun

ANSWER: The wife has nothing to do with the child as the mother of the child is the one who was pregnant with it and gave birth to it!  What they had done is a heinous crime and sin.

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QUESTION: I heard a Mufti saying that the father’s Haram income isn’t Halal for his adult (bhalig) son because he isn’t responsible for feeding his adult son .So if the adult son who is about 16-17 years old is currently studying,what should he do?

Fiqh of the family, Halal/Haram Matters, Riba
17 Jun

ANSWER: What this mufti has said is not true! Haram income is only haram for the person earning it & not for anyone else, unless if its stolen money.

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QUESTION: I am close to close to finishing higher education studies in the UK meaning I cam then go onto doing university. I know that student loans are haram due to riba. I want to fund my tuition by doing apprenticeships or do full-time jobs for 1 to 2 years. However, it is highly competitive to find apprenticeships or jobs and I feel like I may be tempted to take the loan. Any advice?

Halal/Haram Matters, Riba
14 Jun

ANSWER: This is up to you!  If you take an interest based loan, you are cursed by Allah and Allah will wage war against you.  If you have no problem in ending up in hell, be my guest!

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QUESTION: I am salaried paid fixed amount per year n contract is 7.5hours Is my income halal if I work 5 or 6 hours due to taking breaks or doing personal things outside my entitled break its impossible not 2 work the full time and if tasks ARE pending I do them the next day or week or if a deadline is there I do it in my outside work time as no one work the full shift.

Halal/Haram Matters, Jobs
09 Jun

ANSWER: This is not permissible even if no one does this! You are paid to work certain hours and you must work them as agreed. Normal breaks that people take is fine but you are not allowed to do personal things and get paid for that nor delay work. 

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QUESTION: When non mahram men and women fight or argue with each other in comments section, is this online free mixing?

Halal/Haram Matters, Social Media
04 Jun

ANSWER: Yes.

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QUESTION: On the road sometimes there is half shade and half sun and it will be very complicated to walk on full shade or full sunlight so can we walk normally in half of both?

Halal/Haram Matters
31 May

ANSWER: No problem. The prohibition is in sitting.

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QUESTION: If me and my friend travel for university on same flight same day same time and only one of our mahram is present like my father or her father is this allowed and the father will drop us in the hostel is this allowed

Halal/Haram Matters
25 May

ANSWER: No, this is not permissible as both of you must have your own male mahram accompanying you.

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QUESTION: For example if someome buys an amount of drinks for the whole month to drink but still buys other drinks during that month even though he still has the drinks he bought at the beginning of the month would he be sinful?

Halal/Haram Matters
21 May

ANSWER: No, as long as he’s not wasteful and will consume those drinks.

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