Q&A/Fatwas

QUESTION: If someone is going to perform umrah, they have to arrange for food to the local people, imam will be reciting Fatiha and make congregational dua. People will make musafah with those who is gonna perform umrah. After fajr on the day of travel, Imam will visit the house, recite Fatiha and write some dua on the entrance wall of the house. Are these practices necessary?

Hajj and Umrah

18 Oct

ANSWER: All of this is not part of Islam hence not permissible and an innovation!

QUESTION: I have prayed multiple days with trace of blood coming from back private part after answering call of nature (I am a man), not knowing if this blood was from inside or outside the body. It remained small little traces of blood after washing that I ignored to avoid irritating the area. are those prayers valid ? Can I keep on doing this ?

Prayer, Purity

15 Oct

ANSWER: If the blood is from inside your anus, this is najis and you must wash it off before praying but if it’s from outside, it’s pure and does not have any impact on your prayer

QUESTION: Sheikh, when I make wudu at home and then put on long socks, I later wipe over them for ease when I renew my wudu. But when I’m outside, I always see people washing their feet instead of wiping over their socks. Is there more reward for washing the feet when it’s easy to do so, or is wiping over the socks equally rewarding?

Ablution (Wudhu), Prayer

14 Oct

ANSWER: No problem in wiping it for convenience & the reward is not lesser due to this

QUESTION: In India, people say that if a person performs one Umrah, then it becomes fard on them to perform Hajj. So if I perform two Umrahs, it becomes fard on me to perform two Hajjs

Hajj and Umrah

14 Oct

ANSWER: This is totally baseless!

QUESTION: Is it true that it’s obligatory to recite extra after surah fatiha in the first two raka’as?

Prayer

13 Oct

ANSWER: It is not obligatory, rather it is a highly recommended sunnah.

QUESTION: If I walk into the mosque while the imam is giving the khutbah, do I sit down and listen or should I still first pray two rakah then sit down?

Prayer

10 Oct

ANSWER: You must not sit till you offer the 2 rakah

QUESTION: If in salah, a person starts crying then they sallow the tears like some of it enters the mouth, would that make salah invalid?

Prayer

08 Oct

ANSWER: If done intentionally, it invalidates the prayer.

QUESTION: What is the ruling on someone who goes to perform umrah and then made intention to be in the state of ihram and to perform umrah but he wasn’t wearing the ihram while making the intention and then change his mind and decided to not perform umrah and return to his country (can he cancel his intention?)

Hajj and Umrah

05 Oct

ANSWER: It seems that you don’t know what it means to be in the state of Ihram. The intention to make an Umrah is different from intending to assume the state of Ihram. To assume the state of Ihram, one must put on the ihram towels, firmly intend after this point not to do any […]

QUESTION: I went to the masjid just to pray alone as a muslimah. i sat down to put my things down, then i remembered i shouldn’t sit without praying tahiyyatul masjid. so i made wudu, prayed the 2 rakaat, then prayed my fard. is this correct, and am i sinful for sitting down at the beginning since i forgot?

Prayer, Rulings on mosques

02 Oct

ANSWER: If you prayed fard, without sitting down, that would suffice for tahiyatul masjid as well.

QUESTION: Can we recite aloud during salat which are normally offered as a quiet prayer?

Prayer

30 Sep

ANSWER: This is not from the sunnah but the prayer is valid.

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