Q&A/Fatwas

There is a big difference of monetary value between the nisab amount of gold and nisab amount of silver in our country. So on which basis should we calculate the nisab?

Zakat

22 Oct

ANSWER: On Silver. The threshold (nisab) of money is the value of 595 grams of silver which is about 476$. You try and set a date and on that day, you calculate how much you have and give 2.5% in zakat. Every lunar year, you do this process on that date.

Inshallah i am going to umrah next week, for 12 days. Do i read qasar salah or do i read full salah with the jamaat. If I should read qasar salah, then how shall i read it?.

Hajj and Umrah, Prayer

22 Oct

ANSWER: If you’re praying behind the Imam in the Masjid, then you must follow him and pray full.

Sheikh, I’ve learnt from you that the best way to pray the 4 rak’ah Sunnah of Zuhr is 2+2. Is this only for Zuhr or does that apply to the 4 rak’ah Sunnah in Asr

Prayer

21 Oct

ANSWER: It is for all Sunnahs.

Can we pray in front of a MIRROR?

Prayer

21 Oct

ANSWER: This is permissible but not recommended.

The masjid near my place doesn’t always give azaan, I don’t know why. So I follow the time available on internet. What will be iqamah for me? Is it from that time till i offer my prayer at home? Or is it 2-5 minutes after that time like in a masjid?

Prayer

18 Oct

ANSWER: If the time was due according to Umm Al Qura timetable, you can pray even if the masjid didn’t give athan.

I know only a few short surah and, because of that, my salah is very short and I don’t get peace and calmness when praying. The salah is finish before I could focus. The longer I stay in salah, the more I benefit from it. For this reason, is it permissible to hold a book that has the arabic script of juz amma as well as the translitteration of the ayat during Salah in order to read longer suras?

Prayer

18 Oct

ANSWER: You must not do that in Fard prayer. In voluntary prayers, you can do that providing you only read the Arabic. Reading the translation would nullify your prayers.