QUESTION: When my mother sends sadaqah, she spins the money over my head then gently taps my head with the money before going to send it, is this bidah?

Innovations
28 Jun

ANSWER: Yes, this is an innovation!

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QUESTION: Is it an innovation to send peace and blessings upon the prophet muhammad when you are trying to remember something you forgot and believe in this way you will remember the thing?

Innovations
27 Jun

ANSWER: Yes, this is an innovation

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QUESTION: There is a custom in my house that on Eid, whenever our elders gift us Eid money, they ask us to say اَلسَلامُ عَلَيْكُم to them. Is this an innovation?

Innovations, Other
24 Jun

ANSWER: Yes, this is an innovation 

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QUESTION: Sometimes, when someone dies, the family brings food to the mosque for people to eat, usually after prayer and after that, they make du‘a, or they don’t ask for du‘a but expect us to make du‘a for the deceased. Is this permissible ? And can i eat from it ?

Innovations
18 Jun

ANSWER: It’s not permissible to be part of such a gathering as what they are doing is an innovation.

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QUESTION: Is it true that one can’t make wudu in the water in which one’s finger or nail was dipped as it makes the water impure?

Ablution (Wudhu), Innovations
14 Jun

ANSWER: This is not true nor authentic 

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QUESTION: After each salah in these 4 days, after the fard salah immediately, imam starts doing group takbeer of dhul hija, my question is do we have to do it individually or in congregation or both are fine.

Innovations, Slaughtering, Supplications
09 Jun

ANSWER: This is not permissible as its an innovation.  Everyone should do it individually

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QUESTION: For takbeer muqayyad usually the imam: 1. Starts the takbeer reciting with melody and naturally the jamaa follows in unison. 2. They all repeat the takbeer set 3 times. I lead prayers and want to avoid any bidah! How shall I proceed?

Innovations, Slaughtering, Supplications
06 Jun

ANSWER: You must not be part of such innovation as doing it in unison is not permissible.

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QUESTION: Do i have to offer kafaarah if we didn’t know that we have to give it if we break swear or promise I made same promise to Allah about praying all night on shab e mehraj and barat every time they came so on barat I keep making promise about trying to be perfect Muslim so how many kafaarah should I offer.

Innovations, Oaths
18 May

ANSWER: You must not fulfill this vow because what you had vowed for is an innovation  Expiate the vow

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QUESTION: My wife’s family practices non-Sunnah rituals like Khatam on the 3rd, 7th, 40th day and yearly for the deceased, and seek help from Hazrats against evil. I avoid these as they aren’t from Quran or Sunnah. They call me Wahabi or extreme. I stay respectful, attend normal visits, and my wife supports me. Am I wrong for avoid their invitations?

Dealings and Attitudes with In-Laws, Innovations, Sects, Shirk and its different forms
18 May

ANSWER: No, you’re not wrong! In fact, what you’re doing is what needs to be done. Your wife shouldn’t also go to such gatherings. Calling the dead for protection is shirk.

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QUESTION: Right after finishing the tasleem in salah, I’ve seen so many worshippers in Malaysia using their right hand to rub from the right side of their face to the their face (the motion may differ from one person to another it seems). Is this kind of practice part of the Sunnah?

Innovations, Prayer
08 May

ANSWER: No, this is an innovation.

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