QUESTION: Some say microlocs/siterlocs (small dreadlocks) are haram simply because they take far too long to be loosened upon death. Is this logic correct?

Purity
14 Jul

ANSWER: No! Ghusl is valid (while alive or dead) even with braids or dreadlocks, as long as water reaches the entire scalp and from roots to tips.

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QUESTION: I am very worried about one issue. I had to start working, and each month, on one of the days, the end of my hayd might occur while I am at work. There is no shower there, I cannot ask for time off, and even if I could, it is a very long way home, and the prayer times might pass. Can I perform tayammum at work and pray, and then perform ghusl when I get home?

Menstruation and post-natal bleeding, Purity
11 Jul

ANSWER: You must perform tayammum to uplift your major impurity and then make wudu before praying.

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QUESTION: Sheikh, what to do if I urinate/defecate/pass wind during ghusl (in order to uplift major ritual impurity. Should I continue, or start from the beginning again?

Purity
05 Jul

ANSWER: Urinating and passing wind have no impact on your ghusul and you can continue.

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QUESTION: Sheikh what to do if impurity gets on my ihram or anykind of stain for example from food or some type of dye or substance from a wet dream ?

Hajj and Umrah, Purity
30 Jun

ANSWER: Dye or food stain is not impure hence has no affect.  If there is impurity like mathi, urine etc then you must wash the affected areas or change the ihram and wear another ihram.

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QUESTION: Sheikh, i still have this confusion about ghusl like do we have to wash the insides of the buttocks or is it enough to stand under the shower and watch reaches it like do we have to specifically wash inside as part of the ghusl ?

Purity
08 Jun

ANSWER: Water must reach all parts of your body! How you do this, this is your problem

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QUESTION: While shaving my public hair down there, I start bleeding on the private part the external part, is it najis or is bleeding from the inside coming out of the private part only najis?

Purity
15 May

ANSWER: 1. This is not najis. Only what comes out from inside the private parts is najis

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QUESTION: Does paint underneath the nails affect wudhu or ghusl?

Ablution (Wudhu), Purity
13 May

ANSWER: No, it doesn’t affect it. 

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QUESTION: If I need to perform ghusl after intimacy with my husband, is it acceptable to tie my hair in a braid before bathing and then pour three handfuls of water over my head, even if my entire scalp and hair do not become fully wet, and then tie my hair into a bun and than wash the rest of the body?

Purity
18 Apr

ANSWER: No, this is not permissible and the ghusl is invalid! The water must touch your entire scalp and from head to the tips of ALL YOUR HAIR (Completely drenched)

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QUESTION: If a person remains in janābah for several days without performing ghusl, what is the ruling on their prayers during that time? Are all the prayers they performed invalid and must be repeated?

Prayer, Purity
16 Apr

ANSWER: Of course all the prayers are invalid and he has committed a major sin if he knew ghusl was mandatory but he chose not to make it! He cannot make up those prayers!

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QUESTION: I clipped my nails today, and they should not be left uncut for more than 40 days. Is the day I cut them considered day one, or does day one begin the next day?

Purity
13 Apr

ANSWER: You must not wait until 40 days, if they start growing within a week or so, you must clip them off!

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