Q&A/Fatwas

I have money and my wife has gold.money exceed jakat nisab,but total gold does not,Does i need to give jakat on money +gold,or only money? I only gave zakat on money not the gold,because gold quantity does not exceed nisab.do i need to sum them all and give jakat on it.

Zakat

27 May

ANSWER: The zakat is only on the cash for you. Your wife’s gold is her property and if it does not reach the nisab, there’s no zakat on it for her.

I have missed many prayers when i was young (reached puberty) as my parents never told me that i was sinful. Now i pray all my prayers Alhamdulillah. What can i do now about the missed prayers?

Prayer

27 May

ANSWER: There’s nothing you can do about that except repent sincerely to Allah while showing deep remorse and pray a lot of voluntary prayers, especially night prayers in order to try and compensate. Do other voluntary good deeds besides never missing the obligatory acts of worship.

Like wearing skull cap only for salah or reading quran considered a bidah . then what about wearing kurta pyjama or thobe only for friday prayer after prayer removing and wearing pant shirt. Is this an innovation

Innovations, Men Clothing, Prayer

26 May

ANSWER: If its done as a cultural thing and not associate it with Friday prayer then no problem.

Sheikh when we spray perfume the alcohol evaporates into the air, what if we accidentally breath it in while spraying? Will that make my prayers not accepted for 40 days? Breathing in a lot of alcohol can make u drunk ppl do that with alcohol vapour. Can u explain pls

Beautification & Cosmetic Suregry, Prayer

24 May

ANSWER: If you become drunk because of that, this would make your prayers of 40 days unaccepted!

I dont read namaz regularly. pray for me for hidayah. My wife threatens me that if i dont read namaz she will leave me. Can a wife threaten husband for divorce? isnt she disrespecting me? It is my emaan and my relation with allah why does she have to interfere by constantly asking me to pray al the time. we always fight bcoz of this reason and i cant take her anymore.

Fiqh of Marriage, Invalid Marriages, Prayer

24 May

ANSWER: If you are disrespecting Allah, how do you blame people disrespecting you? She has all the right to threaten you as it is prohibited for her to be married to a Kafir who doesn’t pray. If you are not willing to submit your will to Allah and comply with His commands, it is best […]

Is it permissible to offer salah in saree , as they dont wear pants under saree, the legs touch each other.

Prayer, Women clothing

23 May

ANSWER: Wearing the underwear is not mandatory for praying. What is mandatory for women is to cover from head to toe with a very loose, thick and long garment that conceals the bone structure and curves.

Can one use the mobile phone/device to pray salah behind an imam? For example, ever since the Covid pandemic began, i have not been able to visit a masjid for prayer so i use the mobile phone to pray at home.i put on a recording of the prayer and pray with the immam leading prayer. Most usually the Taraweeh in ramzan. Is it permissible to pray any salah with device?

Prayer

23 May

ANSWER: This is totally prohibited and the prayer is invalid! You must be physically present there to be part of the congregation.

Please kindly explain what is the right way to pray witr. In a masjid I went to, it was two units first, a tasleem and then we got up for the one unit. In another masjid, the imam just prayed the three continuously without Tashahud In between. Which is the correct way of praying it

Prayer

18 May

ANSWER: Both are correct. What is not permissible is to pray witr like maghrib by sitting in the tashahhud after two rakahs and to get up and pray a third rakah like Maghrib.