Wazifa is a repetition of sacred words and phrases like Quranic verses and words of Allah or Zikr of Allah (Ya Latifu, Ya Shifaau) for some spiritual help or various personal needs or worldly problems. For example, wazifa for marriage,

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27 Feb

This is an innovation and it is not permissible. One should only do things that the Prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam has instructed.

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A person told me a saying of the prophet (salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam) that he said when you see a sheikh eating maize in the street then do not pray salah behind him i.e its invalid. Is the saying authentic?

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27 Feb

No, it is not.

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Some say that whenever we say the shahada, it is compulsory to raise the index finger, and also they say that when a non Muslim wants to embrace Islam, they must also raise the index finger while saying the shahada, is this true?

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27 Feb

Whoever says such a thing must bring the evidence to back what he has said.

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In Friday prayer, after fatiha, the imam said we will do a khatm for the deceased. I know khatm is Bidah but after friday prayer till asr the imam went on reciting surah from quran after every surah he made a dua. Is this bidah?

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27 Feb

Reciting the Fatiha and these surah and making Du’ah is an innovation.

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A while ago I used to have a journal where I would write my thoughts and feelings to Allah. I stopped because I didn’t know if this would be a permissible form of Ibaadah….

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27 Feb

…I did not abandon raising my hands in Dua at all during this course of time. I found a benefit and a peace in my heart to also communicate to Allah this was as sometimes I have to stop and think about what I am trying to say and how to say it. When raising […]

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WHAT IS THE GENESIS/RELEVANCE OF 3,7,40 DAYS AND SUBSEQUENTLY ANNUAL DU’A SAID FOR THE DECEASED MUSLIM.

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27 Feb

There isn’t anything in Islam related to this. This is an innovation.

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Is surah yaseen the heart of the quran?

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27 Feb

This is not authentic

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My question has to do with praying to allah for a need. I know it is called satatul hajah. How many times does a person have to pray it and when should it be prayed. Is it right to pray it at the times when duaas are most likely to be answered

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27 Feb

Praise be to Allaah. It is prescribed for the Muslim to worship Allaah in the ways that He has prescribed in His Book, and in the ways that have been proven from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him). The principle concerning matters of worship is tawqeef [i.e., following what is in […]

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A relative of mine has started reading some books and after he started, he started to tell me to do dhikr which are bid’ah for example, repeating ‘Yaa Rahman’ 66 times after salah to improve memory. I think he reads it from these books.I am not 100% sure

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27 Feb

Yes, this is an innovation.

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In our muslim majority country we have our own solar calendar and this new year at the month of April is celebrated nationwide. Would it be permissible to wish each other on our new year?

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27 Feb

No, it is not.

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