Innovations

QUESTION: Hounarable sheikh,if I lead the prayer here,they will stipulate that I have to make dua. In this case can I just do as a bare minimum that I rasie my hands and recite the adhkar of prayer laillaha illahu wahdahu…. loudly or make a dua or two if I am forced to?

Innovations, Prayer, Schools of Thought

28 Mar

ANSWER: It is not permissible to participate with them in such an innovation Either they accept you as you are by following the sunnah or you don’t lead them in prayer.

QUESTION: Whenever I read Darood Ibraahimiya before doing anything, everything works out perfectly for me, so that’s why whenever I am scared or having doubts before doing a work/activity e.g cooking, I recite it and it makes my work perfect. Does it count as bidah?

Innovations

19 Mar

ANSWER: Yes

QUESTION: Is there any specific dua/dhikr to recite after completing Taraweeh? Because usually, after concluding the Taraweeh and Witr, the Imam Reads some dhikr and the followers repeat it!

Innovations, Taraweeh, Tahajjud and Qiyam-ul-Layl

14 Mar

ANSWER: No, this is an innovation and you must not partake in such congregational duaa.

QUESTION: I want to know what to recite after the completion of the Quran, however most of the people claim that we should recite the dua that is given at the last page of quran and after that surah fatiha, 4 quls and 2 ruku of surah al baqarah and than dedicate it to our ancestors please tell us what should we actually recite after completing the quran

Innovations, Quran, Reading/Reciting the Quran

09 Mar

ANSWER: What people say is baseless and it is an innovation and baseless It is sunnah to recite: Subhanaka Allahumma wa bi hamdika, ashhadu an la ilaha illa anta, astaghfiruka wa atubu ilayk (Glory and praise be to You, O Allah, I bear witness that there is no god but You, I seek Your forgiveness […]

QUESTION: In the local areas of Srilanka, during Ramadan specially in the last 10 nights we pray 6 or 8 rakats called Qiyam al layl in congregation, in which imam will recite very long surahs after fatiha, like Surat ar rahman, 1/3 of surat bakara… We also pray Taraweeh and witr extra. Also they turn-off the lights in the masjidh while praying qiyam al layl.

Innovations, Taraweeh, Tahajjud and Qiyam-ul-Layl

08 Mar

ANSWER: Turning off the light is an innovation and an indication that they are not following the sunnah in their practices. Try to find another masjid to pray in.

QUESTION: What is rule for dispossing fallen hair of men and women

Innovations

26 Feb

ANSWER: Throw them in the dustbin!

QUESTION: Is it bidah to make independent sujood after every obligatory and voluntary prayer?

Innovations, Prayer

25 Feb

ANSWER: Yes, this is an innovation.

QUESTION: Is there any Sunnah that’s to be followed in death anniversary of someone? (Because there’s always some kind of ritual is being followed on death anniversary where I live).

Funerals, Innovations

25 Feb

ANSWER: It’s not permissible to celebrate death anniversaries as it’s an innovation and imitating the disbelievers.

QUESTION: Should we say Assalamualaikum to our family members if we wear new clothes? My uncles says to do it

Innovations

17 Feb

ANSWER: This is an innovation

QUESTION: I have the habit of fasting the white days (13,14,15) every month. When I fast them on Shaban and ppl ask me if i have fasted today, I say yes so ppl assume I have fasted for Shab e Barat. So, Should I drop fasting white days this month or not? ( i fast Mondays and Thursdays anyways)

Fasting, Innovations

14 Feb

ANSWER: No, you should not drop fasting the white days this month When people ask you, you can explain to them that the sunnah is to fast the white days and not to single the 15th only!

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