QUESTION: I’m pregnant.People here and my family also say that pregnant women should get in to the home from the evening twilight time and shouldn’t go out after that. Is this islamicaly right?

Innovations, Superstitions
18 Apr

ANSWER: No, this is baseless and has nothing to do with Islam.

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QUESTION: In my culture, the people on Eid day greet each other with a hug three times and they do not really do this outside of Eid day (occasionally they may). Someone told me that because the people single out Eid day to do this hug, it becomes a bid’ah (innovation) and we should not do it. I want to know if this is bid’ah and whether or not I should stop people from giving me this triple hug on Eid.

Innovations, Sports, Entertainment and Music
18 Apr

ANSWER: No problem in this (between same gender and mehrams) as its a cultural thing and people do not do it as an act of worship.

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QUESTION: Can i follow aadhans from mosque who rejects sahih hadiths or mosque which does shirk. I am in a locality where i have two mosque near me both the mosque either does shirk or rejects sahih hadiths (eg: Rejecting hadith and believing a spell does not casted upon mohammad s.w.t). or should i follow the salafi mosque (far from my home but has a app that sync aadhan time)

Innovations, Prayer, Sects, Shirk and its different forms
17 Apr

ANSWER: No problem in replying to the adhan but you must not pray behind such people and you must attend the congregation in the salafi masjid.

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QUESTION: My husband does not know to recite quran in Arabic so can i recite a full quran on his behalf? Wil he get that reward?

Innovations, Kind Treatment of Spouses, Reading/Reciting the Quran
08 Apr

ANSWER: No, this is not permissible and he won’t get the reward. You can recite it while he is listening to it and both of you will be rewarded for that.

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QUESTION: Is it necessary for a woman to wear a scarf on her head during Azaan? Will it be a sin if we don’t take it?

Innovations, Women clothing
10 Mar

ANSWER: This is an innovation. 

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QUESTION: Having an intention to fast for a certain thing to happen,is it valid? This is not from the sunnah This was the question I asked and I got this reply My question is since it is not from sunnah, we should keep it or not?

Hajj and Umrah, Innovations
21 Feb

ANSWER: This is not permissible as its an innovation.

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QUESTION: Is praying with a prayer mat an innovation?

Innovations, Prayer
15 Feb

ANSWER: On the contrary, Insisting on not praying except on a prayer mat is an innovation.

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QUESTION: During Rajab 27 I know its a bidah my parents observe this , so they will not make any food during the day , i always thinks to take fast in other days like normal sunnah , Bcz of lazy i couldn’t but there will be no food on rajab 27 so I observe the fast with the intention of normal sunnah is this permissible

Fasting, Innovations
06 Feb

ANSWER: No, this is not permissible because it is imitating them in their innovation unless it was a Monday or Thursday

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QUESTION: Sheikh is the book al jawshan al kabir authentic, they claim it contains names of Allah azzawajal and dua that the prophet swalallahu alayhi wasalam was taught to by jibril alayhi Salam.

Innovations
02 Feb

ANSWER: This is not authentic and hence its an innovation.  https://islamqa.info/en/answers/105378/hirz-al-jawshan

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QUESTION: There is an ijtema going on in Bangladesh. Some people believe it that the reward of going to the ijtema is equivalent reward of going to hajj. Is this believe kufr?

Innovations, Sects
02 Feb

ANSWER: This is not kufr but a deviant, sinful belief and an innovation

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