QUESTION: I have an interview next month. My in-laws say that I should not wear an abaya to the interview because they think this country is racist. However, I am not comfortable without wearing an abaya, but they keep insisting. What should I do?

Dealings and Attitudes with In-Laws, Halal/Haram Matters
21 Jan

ANSWER: They have no right in dictating things to you, especially when its going against Islamic rulings! Do not obey them!

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QUESTION: Can I contact my crush after months and tell him I am studying so help me

Halal/Haram Matters, Pre-Marital Relations
20 Jan

ANSWER: Its totally prohibited to have contact with non mahrams like this!

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QUESTION: Can I workout to build muscle just bcause I like to stay healthy and fit or its imitating men?

Halal/Haram Matters, Sports, Entertainment and Music
20 Jan

ANSWER: No problem in building muscle as long as you don’t end up looking like men! 

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QUESTION: If I’m buying a flat through instalments and the seller charges rent based on the unpaid percentage — for example, if I’ve paid 70% of the price, I pay rent only on the remaining 30% — then is that rent considered a form of interest?

Halal/Haram Matters
19 Jan

ANSWER: This is not permissible as you cannot have two deals in one transaction. If you had bought it, you should only pay the remaining 30% and not a rent!

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QUESTION: I ordered some food at a shop. By the time it was prepared the Jummah adhan was called. I paid him during the adhan. Is that wrong?

Halal/Haram Matters, Prayer
17 Jan

ANSWER: If this was the first athan, there is no problem in that.  But if this was the second athan which directly proceeds the Sermon, this is sinful and the transaction is void.

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QUESTION: Shaykh, sometimes in my school or tuitions there are parents-teachers meetings. I am a boy and the mothers of my classmates sometimes ask me questions regarding their children’s behaviour and educational matters? Can I talk to them in such cases? What should I do?

Character and Morals, Halal/Haram Matters
17 Jan

ANSWER: You must avoid free mixing as they are non-mahram to you. Simply stand away from them. If you are asked, you can answer while lowering your gaze and limiting the conversation to the best of your ability.

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QUESTION: If smoking leads to disease which causes death, will the person be put in hellfire for that?

Halal/Haram Matters, Rewards & Punishments
17 Jan

ANSWER: He will be held accountable for smoking but he did not smoke to commit suicide or to kill himself.

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QUESTION: I have a wall hanging steel plate that has the name of Allah on the top and the name of the prophet peace and blessings of Allah be upon him on the bottom. Is this permissible?

Halal/Haram Matters
16 Jan

ANSWER: No.

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QUESTION: When we go to other cities we stay in hotels… We use the soaps, shampoos, teabags, tissues etc. that are available in the rooms of hotels. We use half of them and we carry the remaining little items with us when we leave the hotel.. Is it permissible to carry the remaining half items? because we pay a lot of rent there in the hotel.

Halal/Haram Matters
16 Jan

ANSWER: No problem in this.

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QUESTION: Heard if an onlooker is watching & hearing, khalwa will be negated so will I avoid taxi seclusion by video calling a mahram who’ll monitor us until non mahram is dropped to destination?

Halal/Haram Matters, Mahram
13 Jan

ANSWER: Yes, in sha Allah 

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