Q&A/Fatwas

QUESTION: Alhamdulillah we performed Umrah in 2024 and couldn’t afford going to Hajj in 2026. Can we again go for Umrah before performing Hajj. Is it permissible?

Hajj and Umrah

13 Jul

ANSWER: It would be wiser to save for your hajj as this might be viewed as not wanting to go for hajj by squandering your wealth on Umrah every time you save a bit! You have already performed one Umrah and that is sufficient.

QUESTION: If I join salah during rukuh behind imam should I say Allahu Akbar raising my hands?? and go directly to rukuh or join my hands on my belly “read sana” and then go for ruku or sajdah or whatever the imam is doing except standing….

Prayer

12 Jul

ANSWER: Raise your hands standing straight saying Allahu Akbar and go to ruku directly

QUESTION: In subcontinent there are two things that people say about the sacrificed animal on eid, 1 the animal will carry the person on whose name it is sacrificed on back and leads him to jannah. 2 the sacrificed animal will go to jannah after sacrifice.

Slaughtering

12 Jul

ANSWER: All of this is totally baseless and fabricated!

QUESTION: My friend told that both raising the hands during prayer (Raf‘ul-Yadayn) and not raising them are from the Sunnah, and that a person will be rewarded for doing either. Is this true according to Sunnah?

Prayer, Schools of Thought

11 Jul

ANSWER: This is not true!

QUESTION: We all know in congregation first row is the best. And then you said exactly behind imam most reward, then rigtht and left. But somtimes some people try to move you and say behind imam only hafiz or sombody that can take over imam ? What should o do ? Stand my grund or move a bit to left or right.

Prayer

11 Jul

ANSWER: This depends on the situation If this was instructed by the Imam or the board of the masjid and the authority, you should avoid conflict and unneeded fights. But if it was said by random people, just smile to them and stay put and don’t argue or defend yourself or explain anything as this […]

QUESTION: I’m a revert and cannot read Arabic. I plan to do umrah. Are the dua’s during tawaf and in sa’i compulsory? Can I read them in English ?

Hajj and Umrah

11 Jul

ANSWER: If you don’t say the duaa at all, your Umrah is valid. However, you should learn them in Arabic as they are only few words and sentences to be said at specific places. The rest of tawaf and sa’ae, you can make your own duaa in your native language

QUESTION: Sheikh, my question is that during Jummuah the masjid gets full but there is a big garden beside the masjid and many people pray jummuah there. So if we listen the khutbah there and pray , will our names still be recorded for attending jummuah by the angels?

Prayer

11 Jul

ANSWER: If you enter the masjid or sit in the garden before the Imam enters the masjid, you will get the reward.

QUESTION: If i choose to pray salah according to the hanafi mathhab doing sujood as sahw as they do would my prayers be valid is the differnce of mathhabs in regard to salah valid iktilaf

Prayer, Schools of Thought

10 Jul

ANSWER: If you are an ignorant layman who knows nothing else, your prayer is valid. But if you know the right way and the way of the prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam and still decide to go against it, this usually can only happen to full fledged hypocrites!!

QUESTION: I was replacing my missed fast and same day i didn’t pray isha due to laziness. Should i replace that fast again?

Fasting, Fasting and Ramadan, Prayer

09 Jul

ANSWER: No need. The fast is valid however, you have committed a major sin by abandoning prayer and are in great danger of being a hypocrite.

QUESTION: My gold doesn’t exceed the threshold amount of zakat. If I mix them with cash then the amount exceeds the zakat threshold of silver. Can I give zakat based on this calculation? or should I calculate based on only cash?

Zakat

09 Jul

ANSWER: If you have cash that would mount to the thresh hold of gold when added to the gold you have, you should give zakat. But if it doesn’t reach the threshold of gold but the cash is above the threshold of silver, you must give zakat only on the cash and not the gold.

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