Q&A/Fatwas

Please can u pray Fajr whiles u are junub(on conditions like, it’s too cold to bath, scarcity of water, or Fajr is ready to commence i.e u woke up late)

Prayer, Purity

05 Apr

ANSWER: This is not permissible except if you are unable to use water. Only then you can perform tayammum.

I live in the dorm.my roommate is hindu and she keeps an idol on her side of the room.are my prayers valid in the same room?

Prayer

05 Apr

ANSWER: Yes, they are valid provided you do not face anything as such while in prayers. Try to cover it when praying and surely you must try and change your room and roommate if possible.

What should one do when sitting in the masjid and hears the athan. is saying “La illaha illa Allah” with congregation (in the end of athan) from the sunnah?

Prayer

03 Apr

ANSWER: No. You repeat the athan individually after the Muazzin and then recite the prescribed dua after athan to be eligible for Prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam’s intercession on the day of judgment.

I have cash that has reached nisaab level and zakaat will soon be due on it. In addition to this, my wife has gold jewellery. Should the monetary amount of this jewellery be added to the cash I have before I calculate the total zakaat due?

Zakat

02 Apr

ANSWER: Your wife’s gold belongs to her. She is obliged to pay it once her zakat is due providing it reaches the nisab. If you want to unite both zakat date and pay one earlier than the other, this is permissible but you need your wife’s prior authorization to you for that.

Can we delay our prayers if our mother ask us to do some work?

Prayer

01 Apr

ANSWER: You must not delay them beyond their appointed time.

Sheikh the nisab amount for silver is equivalent to £239. If a child has £600 in savings since 2013, and then in 2015 they reach the age of puberty, is the zakat due to paid straight away as the possessed the savings for years, or do they wait one year then pay the zakat?

Zakat

01 Apr

ANSWER: Zakat is due on the savings regardless whether the owner is a child or has reached the age of puberty.

What if the imam of the masjid comes late to prayer or he is still making wudoo’ in masjid or he is on his way from his home and the time for iqaamah has came.should we wait for the imam or start the prayer by making any of the followers to lead it.because I’ve heard that the followers should seek the permission from the imam,if they have to lead congregation.

Prayer

01 Apr

ANSWER: If it’s not very late then they must wait for the Imam. Usually, there is an agreement between the imam and his congregation represented by the Mo’athin when to give Iqamah if he is late.