QUESTION: If a person’s parents give their zakah to an organization they fully trust where the organization’s founder is known to be Deobandi that, is it alright for this person to give them his zakah or must he look elsewhere, where he wants to know if his parents’ trust towards this organization is a justification for him to give his zakah to that organization.

Innovations, Zakat
09 Aug

ANSWER: He must give it to someone trustworthy and not to people of innovation

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QUESTION: Did the some of these sahaba, when traveling in constant fear of enemy, prayed in whichever direction despite it not being the qibla? Is that true? Is it permissible today?

Prayer
08 Aug

ANSWER: This is not true!  Only in war or fear of death can one pray to other than the direction of qibla if needed as per the prayer of fear.

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QUESTION: Is there’s any difference between 4 unit of Sunnah prayer & 4 unit of farz prayer?

Prayer
07 Aug

ANSWER: There is a difference of opinion among scholars.  Some say that it is to be prayed like fard prayers. Others say that it should be prayed separately 2×2 and this is the most authetnic opinion

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QUESTION: Is my prayer valid if my pants are below ankles

Men Clothing, Prayer
07 Aug

ANSWER: The prayer is valid but you’re sinful for doing that!

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QUESTION: The Prophet SAWS said in a hadith in Sunan ibn Majah that whoever can afford it but does not offer udhiyah should not come near the place of prayer. if I did not offer sacrifice should i wait for next eid to offer before i can go to the mosque? Also can I offer zakat to make up for it?

Slaughtering
06 Aug

ANSWER: 1. This is not authentic as it is the saying of abu hurairah and not a hadeeth

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QUESTION: Sheikh, if I’m reciting my adhkar after the fard salah and suddenly feel the need to use the bathroom before finishing, can I go relieve myself and then continue the adhkar afterward? Or would the time for post salah adhkar be over by then?

Prayer, Supplications
06 Aug

ANSWER: No problem 

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QUESTION: I wanted to ask when the dajjal arrives the only 2 safe places are Makkah and Madinah. What if a female is on her periods at the time and she isn’t allowed to enter the mosque . What can she do in such a situation?

Belief in the Last Day and the Signs of the Hour, Hajj and Umrah
05 Aug

ANSWER: Who said anything about the masjid? The hadith refers to the 2 cities and not haramain masjids

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QUESTION: Is it authentic to tell allahumma inni ala dhikrika wa shukrika wa husni ibadika after every salah

Prayer
05 Aug

ANSWER: The sunnah is to say it before making salam of every prayer & not after it.

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QUESTION: Sheikh, I know you are supposed to keep your knees and legs straight in ruku. But do I have to straighten them to the point where it hurts? Or can I straighten them to what I feel comfortable with?

Prayer
03 Aug

ANSWER: Straighten them to the best of your ability 

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QUESTION: I know men shouldn’t work during Jummah time, but does this apply to women too? My mother is a tailor and works during Jummah. She’s our only support since my father isn’t with us. She stitches and has one person working under her. Is it wrong for her to work at that time?

Prayer
30 Jul

ANSWER: No problem in this at all as Friday prayer is not obligatory upon women

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