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If engagement party should not be attended due to the concept of mixed gathering, then what about going to market places, shopping malls and other public places like hospitals, schools,etc… Infact all places which has mixed gatherings of both genders. Please answer as I am finding it hard to answer my relatives.

Other

21 May

When you are going to mixed party where you listen to music and wear perfume, makeup and nice dresses it is a major sin and there is a great fitnah as non mahram men are looking to you. Going to shopping and other places is different as you cover yourself properly and you are not […]

It is our belief that when we seek refuge in Allah from shaytaan,Allah grants us refuge for that particular thought but right after that another thought can come. Is that thought another distraction from shaytaan? Because we sought refuge right before, can we say that this next thought isn’t from shaytaan rather help from Allah?

Other

20 May

All distractions are from Satan.

What would your advise be to the young muslimahs in Afghanistan be who are being deprived of education and their families grow up poor and improvised?

Other

11 May

They should strive to learn about Islam by themselves and be good practising Muslims.

What is the difference between haram and makruh tahrimi?

Other

11 May

They are the same. Both are prohibited.

Can we download videos such as talks etc from youtube? (if the video isn’t “copyrighted”)

Other, Sports, Entertainment and Music

16 Apr

No problem

I have heard that we are not supposed to built toilet and bathroom or wudhu place in one room. As we cannot do dhikr in toilets and without bismillah we cannot do wudu or even ghusl. So I was planning to have attached toilet and bathroom to the bedrooms with only one entrance. Can I do it or do I have to have a separate doors for both toilet and bathroom. Or can we have a small section in bathroom for toilet separated with half wall but without door

Other, Purity

14 Apr

You can have a bathroom and toilet altogether and when you’re doing wudhu, or ghusl, you just don’t move your lips when you say “bismillah”; you just think it in your mind.

Is it a must a child with kuffar parents who wants to accept Islam to bath janaba and then say kalima shahada? Are they all required? And among the ghusl for janaba and shahada which is important for the child to perform to be a muslim?

Other

21 Mar

After he has declared shahada, he is a muslim. After that he should have ghusl and also be circumcised if he is a male.

My mother and I are thinking about going to Pakistan because my Grandfather is very ill. My mother wears the niqaab and I wear the hijab. My father will be dropping us off at one airport from which we will depart and my uncle will be picking us up in another when we arrive at our destination, in shaa Allah. Is this permissible to do so?

Other

21 Mar

This is not permissible.

You said sisi should be obeyed in your tweet but, despite all what they are doing and the country is still not stable how can he be obeyed ?

Other

19 Mar

Two choices: not obeying him and causing more bloodshed and chaos in the country which will end up like Yemen, Libya and Syria. Or: obey him and tolerate the injustice but let people continue to live and worship Allah in peace. Normal people now are cursing Islam because they feel it caused these hardships in […]

Is it haram to purchase pork gelatine for the purpose of making scented gel candles?

Other

14 Mar

If it is made of pork, it is not permissible to use unless its physical and chemical characteristics are totally transformed to another material that is no longer related to pork. I would advise avoiding it as this is not a necessity to use or to make such candles.

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