Q&A/Fatwas

I want to know if I can pay zakat to my mother in law for her expenses, my husband does not have savings to take care of any major expense of his mother. Her elder son too cannot pay for her and I am not sure if he can afford or not. I work and can pay but can it be considered as zakat, she is my maternal aunt also. Please advise.

Zakat

25 Apr

ANSWER: No problem in giving your zakat to her if she’s classified as poor or needy but if she’s not poor or needy then this is not permissible.

In my building there is already a masjid which strictly follows Hanafi & all conventional rulings. We also offer prayer according to proper sunnah here in the same congregation. Now some of us (8/10) have decided to organize a different jama’h in the same building to pray in Awal waqt, follow proper sunnah etc But to me this is excessive. Please give an opinion. What should I do?

Prayer

25 Apr

ANSWER: Splitting the Muslims into two congregations just because if Asr prayer is not at all recommended. Muslims as a minority must unite and you should try to ask the imam to pray in the beginning of the time of Asr and if he refuses, continue to pray with him as long as everything else […]

Syeikh,many people refer khusyu with the story about sahabah who have arrow stuck and didn’t feel pain the arrow is removed when doing shalat, but I confused cause we all agree the most khushu person is the RASULULLAH, but he still hear children crying, remember zakat he forgot to share and taking care his child when shalat. So what is khusyu example?

Prayer

25 Apr

ANSWER: The companion felt the pain but bared it because he loved the surah he was reciting. There is no contradiction between both stories.

sheikh, my family go out to far places sometimes for the purpose of enjoyment and they are not practicing and careless about the salah and I fear that if I go with them I would miss my salah and would be difficult for me to pray and I have to disobey them in this regard, is it permissible for me to disobey or should I go?

Dealings and Attitudes with Relatives, Prayer

23 Apr

ANSWER: No problem in joining them and performing your prayers on time even if you have to disobey them in this regard. Your presence might be a deterrent for them from doing a lot of more sins and you might also be a reminder for them to pray on time. There’s no obedience to the created at […]

We pray salat ul tazbeeh every week,but one of my friend told me that praying salat ul tazbeeh is an old hadith it’s not valid now is this authentic

Innovations, Prayer

22 Apr

ANSWER: Yes, the hadith is not authentic, it’s weak. https://youtu.be/sO5gyDDT5fk

my husband is earning well and is looking after his family parents siblings wife But he is in debt. It will take much time for him to repay his debt and there are lots of expenses in upcoming days. I have gold and i have to pay its zakat. My question is can i sell my gold and give my husband zakat money to pay off his debt? Because that money will be solely used to repay loan

Zakat

22 Apr

ANSWER: Not every one with debt can receive zakat. If I buy a mansion and a fancy sports car in installments, I am not legible for zakat. If your husband is poor or needy, you can give him from your zakat money. Otherwise, this is not permissible.

A sister has taken a loan from the bank by keeping her gold jewelry as a mortgage. Does she has to pay zakah on this mortgaged gold?

Riba, Zakat

22 Apr

ANSWER: It is prohibited to take interest based loan from a bank. The gold and silver kept with the bank as mortgage is still zakatable.

Some money was being collected as Sadaqah for a brother. I committed to an amount to the one who was collecting, and he paid the amount to the brother (Money still with me).Later it was told to us that the brother is eligible for Zakah. Can I ‘change’ my intention to have this counted as Zakah from me, coz earlier I didn’t have this intention as we didn’t know.

Zakat

22 Apr

ANSWER: No this is not permissible. You cannot change the intention now, intention should have been prior to commitment.

Is it permissable to use zakath money to build a well to obtain water for a rural community as an ongoing charity.

Zakat

21 Apr

ANSWER: No, this is not permissible. Zakat must be given in cash to poor and needy Muslims and they will do whatever they want with it.

I’ve been working as a freelancer since 2011 neither I know to pay zakat on money nor I remember how much money I had by end of every past year but after 2017 I have money in bank by end of year and I decided in 2018 to pay zakat on my money in 2019 around august.so as far i do not remember the past years in which i dont remember my money what should I do for years before 2017.Im afraid now

Zakat

18 Apr

ANSWER: You must look at all the bank statements of these past years and must pay zakat for all these years if the savings reached or was above nisab and you must repent sincerely to Allah as zakat is one of the pillars of Islam and you cannot be so easy about not fulfilling this […]

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