QUESTION: If someone does a thing in salah which doesn’t need to perform sajdah al sahw but the person does sajdah al sahw for that thing is the prayer valid?

Prayer
07 Jun

ANSWER: No, its not valid because you added something that was not part of salah

Read more

QUESTION: Someone has dry lips. So if he peels the cracked residue from the lips, is it considered skin that is prohibited to remove for the person offering udhiyah?

Slaughtering
06 Jun

ANSWER: Yes

Read more

QUESTION: While moving within a country like from Riyadh to Dammam, when we qasar namaz, can we combine the earlier prayers with the following like can we pray zuhr with Asar and maghrib with Isha or do we have to combine only in this order like combine Asar after we are finished with zuhr?

Prayer
06 Jun

ANSWER: No problem in choosing either way as both are permissible

Read more

QUESTION: Is it sinful if me and my brother or uncle pray at the same level when we are not praying in congregation and are at home? If I am praying and he starts praying right next to me, should I move back slightly? Note that there is some distance between us where someone could stand. ‎

Prayer
05 Jun

ANSWER: No problem in this if you are all praying individually

Read more

QUESTION: During Fajr i decided to pray sunna b4 fard knowing that time was less after completing my prayer i saw that sun had already risen. It has happened many time not in this way but like while i pray Fajr i look out and sun had risen are all these salah valid

Prayer
04 Jun

ANSWER: What you have done is wrong! If there’s such less time for fajr to end, you must immediately pray fard and pray the first rakah quickly so that you would have prayed in the allocated time. Pray the sunnah after praying fard

Read more

QUESTION: Is it a must the udhiyyah and aqeeqah remains and bones be buried?

Slaughtering
02 Jun

ANSWER: This is baseless, there’s no such ruling in Islam

Read more

QUESTION: Camel(5yrs), Cattle(2yrs), Goat(2yrs). Are these minimum age limit only for Ulhiyya? Is there any minimum age for slaughtering animal for selling? Some shops slaughter and sell the 1yrs old cattle/cow. Is it Haram to sell or consume?

Slaughtering
29 May

ANSWER: No problem for slaughtering livestock to be in any age.  The specific ages are for sacrifice whether aqeeqah, Udhiyah, Hadi’e or fidiyah

Read more

QUESTION: “Sheikh, if the name ‘Muhammad’ appears or is written on a goat meant for qurbani, does that make the animal special or sacred? Should the qurbani still be done normally?”

Slaughtering, Superstitions
26 May

ANSWER: This means nothing & there’s no problem whatsoever in slaughtering it.

Read more

QUESTION: Is it rewardable and prescribed for people who are not performing Hajj to say the dhikr of Arafah, ‘La ilaha illa Allah waḥdahu la sharīka lah…’ on the Day of Arafah ?

Hajj and Umrah
26 May

ANSWER: Yes, this is highly recommended

Read more

QUESTION: ‎Last year, I got to know that Fitrana shouldn’t be given as money. My family gives it on my behalf every year as money. However, it is such a small amount that I can surely give it out of my pocket money or the eid money I get as advance. This year, it was the same. Should I make it up for every year since becoming an adult or only the last year and this one?

Zakat
25 May

ANSWER: No need to give for the past years.  From next year you should give zakat ul fitr yourself if they insist on paying the money.

Read more