QUESTION: Sheikh if calculate the zakat on my gold on say Nov 1st but I don’t have the money to pay off all my zakat all at once and I would need to pay it off in installments, do I hold to that one calculation from Nov 1st until I pay it all off or do I recalculate with the gold price for Dec 1st when I’m paying off the next installment?

Zakat
15 Nov

ANSWER: Its not permissible to pay the zakat on instalments! You must pay it on the due date (hijri Islamic calendar), can take a couple of days extra but CANNOT delay it much further! Sell some of your gold to pay the zakat on time if you don’t have the cash

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QUESTION: Sheik I meant to ask if when making sujood of forgetfulness, as there are two prostrations, do we also say rabbighfirli when sitting between?

Prayer
12 Nov

ANSWER: Yes

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QUESTION: When I’m praying sunnah prayer and the prophets name is mentioned, should i send salutation upon him or continue with my prayer? does fard prayer also apply?

Prayer
11 Nov

ANSWER: No, you should not (in all prayers)

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QUESTION: You mentioned that it is not permissible to be extravagant when building masjids. I wanted to ask: does this ruling also apply to building a prayer room within one’s home?

Prayer, Rulings on mosques
11 Nov

ANSWER: One must not build such prayer rooms in homes as this is not from Islam. 

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QUESTION: Imam in my masjid, when he goes in sujood he does not bend his toes, and sometimes his feet arent even touching the ground, can i pray behind him?

Prayer
10 Nov

ANSWER: Concentrate on your own prayers instead of observing other people’s prayers.

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QUESTION: I live in kafir country & my father in law owns a textile shop where almost all staff are kafir. During Jumma Prayer time, Muslim staff go for prayer while non-muslim staffs runs the shop whereas in Saudi & other countries close shop at Jumma Prayer & also it’s mentioned in Quran (62:9) to leave off trade. So is it sinful to keep running business during Jumma Prayer time through non muslim staff?

Halal/Haram Matters, Jobs, Prayer
06 Nov

ANSWER: Yes, it is sinful to sell after the athan of Friday and the transactions are prohibited and the money is haram

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QUESTION: There are 35 prayers in a week. So if someone only prays 8 times in a week; praying on and off. Is he still regarded as a muslim?

Prayer
04 Nov

ANSWER: He is treated as Muslim in this life and his affair is with Allah on the day of judgment if Allah would classify him as a kafir or not.

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QUESTION: When I pray, I wear a loose dress and wide pants with long socks. My skin is not visible, but if someone were very low or very far behind me, he might possibly sees my calf through the opening of the pants. Does this count as exposing the ʿawrah?

Prayer, Women clothing
02 Nov

ANSWER: Yes! Wear a very loose abaya over these clothes while praying.

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QUESTION: Last year my parents went for Umrah. My mother told me that while doing her 4th tawaf, she passed Maqam Ibrahim, then the adhan was called, so she went to pray. My question is, when she returns, should she start the 4th tawaf again from Hajar al-Aswad or continue from where she left off? And does the gap affect the tawaf?

Hajj and Umrah
31 Oct

ANSWER: 1. She can start from where she left  2. No

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QUESTION: Is this form authentique for tashahud: At-taḥiyyātu lillāh, az-zakiyyātu lillāh, aṭ-ṭayyibātuṣ-ṣalawātu lillāh, as-salāmu ʿalayka ayyuhan-nabiyyu wa raḥmatullāhi wa barakātuh, as-salāmu ʿalaynā wa ʿalā ʿibādillāhiṣ-ṣāliḥīn, ash-hadu an lā ilāha illā Allāh, Wahdaho lā sharika lah wa ash-hadu anna Muḥammadan rasūlullāh.

Prayer
30 Oct

ANSWER: This is authentic as it was what Omer May Allah be pleased with him taught the people on the pulpit to say.

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