Q&A/Fatwas

Can i use my phone to read duas of qunoot if i lead prayer or i pray myself. Because i haven’t memorized them.

Prayer

30 May

ANSWER: No problem, however qunoot in witr is not obligatory and even if you skip this, your prayer is still valid.

Pls advise & Is it permissible to give zakaat to a person who does bidah like going to dargah.

Shirk and its different forms, Zakat

30 May

ANSWER: Giving it to someone who does shirk is not accepted.

In India and Pakistan people say reading surah Iqlas thrice gives u a reward of reading d whole of Quran…so dey suggest u read surah Iqlas thrice in every rakath of any 1 salah of d day to gain d reward of reading d whole of Quran in dat particular salah again and again…so is it authentic and rogjt to follow or is it an innovation…

Prayer, Reading/Reciting the Quran

29 May

ANSWER: The hadith is authentic and no problem in reciting this surah multiple times in the salah but doing this with such an intention is an innovation.

Sheikh,your answers for salah has helped me a lot. If I enter late in Masjid, and imam is in last tashahud, I join the imam in last tashahud, will reward of Jama ah(congregation) be given to me, I pray 4 after imam says salam.

Prayer

28 May

ANSWER: There are two types of rewards, one for praying with the imam and this is 27 times better than praying alone. The second type is praying with the congregation and this is greater in reward the bigger the congregation is. In your case, you won’t get the first reward unless being late was for […]

Is it permissible to pray congregational prayers alone, isolated in the back/corner of the Masjid, because you have the flu (sore throat, coughing, runny nose, fever, etc.) to avoid passing it on to others?

Prayer

27 May

ANSWER: No, this is not permissible and the prayer is invalid as it’s obligatory to join the rows in order to pray in congregation.

While we are praying if we hold the wind will it nullify the prayer?

Prayer

26 May

ANSWER: No.

I had invested 8000 dhs in a company that paid me profit for a year. For the past one year I havent received any returns and the company came out to be a ponzi company that operated on bitcoin and the owner is in police custody with no guarantee of any returns. They havent paid any of the investors. Do i have to calculate zakat on this 8000 dhs. Kindly reply.

Zakat

26 May

ANSWER: There is no zakat on it as it is lost, until you get it back.

When we pray at haram due to crowd we pray outside ..now a days due to ramadan and crowd its very far from the haram but we follow the imam of haram along with other fellow namaz doers…do we get the ajr of praying in the masjid al haram

Prayer

26 May

ANSWER: If you follow the rows of the congregational prayer then you will get the reward in sha Allah. But if you are praying in your room, this is invalid.

Some of women in our country wear maxi(long dress upto feet) .They ask me wheather their prayers will be valid if they don’t wear under garments,that is from below private parts uncovered.

Prayer, Women clothing

25 May

ANSWER: No problem. However, they must wear an outer garment over this dress while praying and cover their feet.

We live in america. A known organization collects zakatul fitr money online for food then to be given to those who need it. my question is it valid if I give the money online before the 27th, 28th of ramadan, or should the money itself used to buy the food be given online after the 27th, 28 of ramadan be valid?

Zakat

25 May

ANSWER: If you trust this organization that they would give staple food to the poor then no problem in giving it to them before 27th, but it must be instructed to them to give it after 27th and before your eid salah.

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