It is said that we should not do sajdah after asr prayer. If we recite Qur’an after asr prayer and we come across sajdah ayath, what should we do. Can we do the sajdah tilawat later.

Innovations
07 Mar

ANSWER: There’s no problem in doing sajda tilawah in the forbidden times. The forbidden times are only for not praying any voluntary prayers. 

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Is 🧹 sweeping 🧹 at night forbidden in Islam?

Innovations
01 Mar

ANSWER: No, it is not forbidden. You can sweep anytime of the day or night. 

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There will be twice the azan and the imam will read dua twice during his khutbah on Friday prayer in Malaysia. Do the makmum follow the imam to raised hands? Because I’ve read a hadith about a sahabah who condemned another for raising his hands. Thank you.

Innovations, Prayer
27 Feb

ANSWER: One must not raise his hands during the dua of Friday khutbah, they should just say Aameen silently. 

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Sheikh mostly in india Pakistan we heard that when someone is eating we should not greet salam if someone greet we should not give answers of salam while eating so as when azan is calling on that time also we should not greet salam not to answer also. Is it true or not?

Innovations
25 Feb

ANSWER: Both of these are absolutely baseless.  It’s fard on a person to reply back to a salam unless he’s in the toilet. 

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Is it permissible to read Quran and blow over water or other food stuff and eat it for Barakah, protection,etc? This is being followed amongst muslims here.

Innovations
23 Feb

ANSWER: This is an innovation. Observe your morning and evening athkaar for protection.

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Sheikh someone told me to recite Surah – Waqiyah every day after Maghrib Salah to get a job. Sheikh, I want to how authentic is this and can I recite?

Innovations, Jobs
15 Feb

ANSWER: This is not authentic.   Make dua during times of acceptance, such as in salah in your sujood, in the last tashahud, before making salam, between Azaan and iqama, during the last third of the night, begging Allah until He opens the door and answers your dua. 

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I have to cook special dishes on 12 rabi ul awwal shab e meraj and on such other events knowing that my father in law will recite fatiha and quls on the food. Will i be sinful for cooking the food.

Halal/Haram Matters, Innovations
12 Feb

ANSWER: It is not permissible to participate in such events by preparing special food as this is part of celebrating it. 

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There is a custom in some places when bride groom enter in marriage hall together they play Quran, verses of Quran in background or Asmaul Husna. Is this permissible?

Fiqh of Marriage, Innovations
04 Feb

ANSWER: This is innovation and disrespecting the Quran. 

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Can we ask duas while or after reciting quran?

Innovations, Reading/Reciting the Quran
01 Feb

ANSWER: This is not from the Sunnah. 

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Is there any Hadith which states that the repentance of a person who commits shirk and bid’ah will not be accepted?

Innovations, Shirk and its different forms
30 Jan

ANSWER: I don’t know of such a hadeeth. If an innovator or a mushirk repented before dying, Allah will forgive them.  There is a hadeeth where the Prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa Sallam had said: Allah had blocked repentance from every innovator.  This doesn’t mean that Allah doesn’t accept his repentance. It means that because […]

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