Q&A/Fatwas

Saying ayujubillah & Bismillah before starting salat : Is it permissible to recite أعوذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيم Before starting Salaah? Or is this an innovation?

Prayer

28 May

ANSWER: This is an innovation before prayers.

Should I pray all four ralah of sunnah at once (with one salam) or should I pray 2 by 2? If I do both, is it permissible?

Prayer

27 May

ANSWER: 2+2

Does only all the redness in the sky have to disappear for Isha time? In high latitude areas, looking outside the sky’s dark with stars visible but north of the sky isn’t (has lightness & appears light blue). Masjid has Isha time about 1 hour after Maghrib (earlier than Um al Qura) but sky appears as described & ISNA is later than UaQ & MWL is about 2 hours later – any advise on which to follow?

Prayer

27 May

ANSWER: You need to check with your scholars in your country. What I believe is that if there is redness towards the west, isha time begins when it disappears. But if there is no redness and it is only whiteness and brightness, one should refer to the nearest country that has redness and follows them […]

Is not praying Fajr hypocrisy of action?

Prayer

23 May

ANSWER: Yes.

I became pure from menses while time for maghrib was still there , but the time ended while taking ghusl , should i pray salah of magrib or not?

Menstruation and post-natal bleeding, Prayer

22 May

ANSWER: Of course you must pray it as you became pure and it became obligatory upon you.

I study in a non muslim university . I was alloted a room with a non-muslim , she keeps the pictures of her gods in the room , i know its not permitted to pray in a room with pictures . So i have made a small partition with a curtain on my side . But the curtain does’nt reach the ceiling ,its midway. Will my prayer be accepted ? Will angles of mercy enter such space ?

Prayer

22 May

ANSWER: It’s best you look for a Muslim roommate, not only due to this but also for your overall iman.

Sheikh if the imam give adhaan both before beginning the 1st khutbah and before beginning the 2nd khutbah in Arabic, would my jummah be invalid if I don’t listen to first khutbah?…

Prayer

20 May

ANSWER: The khutba that is part of the Friday prayers is the one that follows that Imam coming in, saying Assalamu alaikum …… and sitting down while the mo’athin is giving the athan after that. The khutba before that is just a reminder that is not part of Friday.

I have to pay my zakat al maal this week. I will give some of it to my uncle’s widow & kids who are poor and sick and live in the countryside in North Africa. However I don’t see them as I live in Europe…my mum is only going there in the summer. Can I give my mum the money now and she will give it to them in July or August?

Zakat

19 May

ANSWER: Delaying it this much is not permissible. Either give it to someone else who is poor or needy immediately or call them and tell them that you have this much amount as zakat for them and it is kept with your mother until she comes in few months time, whether they accept it or […]