can a Muslim work in Indian Army or Navy by not compromizing on deen with respect to fard and sunnah.?

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07 Dec

This is not permissible as such forces are kafir forces and they are invading Muslims in Kashmir and elsewhere and killing them.

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Is it permissible if someone enters the mosque and the person in the mosque greets him by standing up.

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01 Dec

This is permissible but not recommended. Standing up to people is a cultural thing.

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Do I need to say “a’oodhu billaahi min al-shaytaan ir-rajeem” whenever I hear dog barking at night or should I just say it once.

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01 Dec

You seek refuge in Allah whenever you hear it. This is recommended but not mandatory.

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I learnt from an online QA (Islamqa) site that clapping for e.g. a Halal performance, is Haram and they presented verse 35 of Sura Anfal as related reference. I wanted to know that, since this may be a worldly affair and not ibadat, is this Haram? Or Makruh? Please advise.

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25 Nov

There is no valid or authentic evidence to prohibit clapping! It is makrooh for men

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Is the sun (shams) a star (najm, kawakib, buruj, masabiha)?

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25 Nov

It  is a star.

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My question is, recently i have seen that a 30-episode-serial is available in YouTube, named “Umar Bin Khattab”. I saw all the episodes and absolutely loved it. I felt that it increased my iman, Alhamdulillah. But one thing bothered me all along: ‘is it ok to watch it as different actors were portraying sahabas like Umar (r.a),Abu Bakr(r.a)and many others?

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25 Nov

Praise be to Allah. Firstly: The contemporary scholars are unanimously agreed that it is haraam to depict the Prophets (peace be upon them) in general and our Prophet Muhammad (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) in particular. Fatwas stating that this is haraam have been issued by the Standing Committee for Issuing Fatwas […]

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Sheikh I want to study Financial engineering. My friends tell me there is alot of money in it. My question is, is it halal or haram? I don’t know much about Finance but do know that if one gets to be a financial engineer one gets to work with exchanges, hedge funds, trading algorithms, stock options and risk management. I don’t want to spend time studying this subject only to find out that 99 percent jobs in this field are haram.

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24 Nov

This is not permissible.

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Can we take a teddy bear and sleep with it, it may have only button eyes..

Other
24 Nov

If you are an adult it is not permissible.

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Some people write an abbreviated version of the salaams, which is similar to “seen-raa’-baa'” in ‘Arabic. They write “ws wr wb” in English. What is the ruling on this?

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23 Nov

This is not permissible.

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what is the ruling if a woman wants to adopt children but her husband disagree? I would like to adopt orphans from syria but unfortunatly I find that a lot of muslim men never want to adopt because they want to have their own children, isn’t this selfish?

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21 Nov

Adoption is prohibited in Islam! You can support and sponsor an orphan but not adopt one. It is the husband’s house and it is his decision. If you don’t want him to be selfish, instruct him to get a second and third wife as there are many unmarried women who are looking for husbands!

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