Q&A/Fatwas

In our mosque people don’t want to pray filling the gaps between them…..in each row 20 people can stand but instead 12 people stand….if I want to fill the gap the one beside my right and my left stop me….none wants to come from the row behind to fill the gap….so should I stretch my legs and increase the distance between the two legs in order to fill the gap

Prayer

03 May

ANSWER: You must stand normally without stretching your feet apart! Simply move towards the person next to you to the direction of the Imam as the sin lies on the other person who refuses to come closer to you.

There is an organization in Pakistan that is working with an organization in Turkey to deliver Food Packages and Kitchen sets to the Syrian refugees. Each box cost Rs. 1750 (either for food package or kitchen set). Can we use a portion of our Zakat to fund those food packages?

Zakat

03 May

ANSWER: If it is a reliable charitable organization and you trust that they would give it to the poor and needy Muslims, this seems permissible.

Is eating raw onion or garlic Haram or makrooh if I brush my teeth afterwards?

Halal/Haram Matters, Prayer

02 May

ANSWER: It is permissible to eat, however you must not go to the masjid right after eating these as the Angels are repelled by its smell.

What authentic dhikar we should do acc to sunnah after durood ibrahimi in salah?

Prayer

30 Apr

ANSWER: “Allaahumma inni a’oodhu bika min ‘adhaab Jahannam wa min ‘adhaab al-qabri wa min fitnat il-mahyaa wa’l-mamaat, wa min sharri fitnat il-maseeh al-dajjaal (O Allaah, I seek refuge with You from the torment of Hell, from the torment of the grave, from the trials of life and death and from the evil of the tribulation of […]

I was married few months ego.all my gold was given by my father n mother in law.but my husband didnt give me anything.now he is not in a condition to give zakat.so is it must for us to give zakat? I dont want to get burn in jahannam.how should we do?

Zakat

30 Apr

ANSWER: If the gold is in your possession then you are obliged to give zakat by selling some of it.

Even after I have become a practising Muslim, I have missed a great deal of fard Salah, especially Fajr. I have repented sincerely that I’ll never miss it anymore, and yet, I find myself falling back to it again. I’m aware that this is a major sin. Will fasting Ramadan properly expiate this particular sin completely?

Prayer

29 Apr

ANSWER: Missing obligatory prayers is a major sin that may mount to kufr, and fasting ramadan is not a kaffara for missing these prayers, but one must repent sincerely, not to miss prayers in the future and to do lot of good deeds.

Sheikh, Is it allowed to enter into the toilet when Azaan is being called?

Prayer

26 Apr

ANSWER: No problem.

When praying in congregation and the imam gives the Salam to his right side should we follow him when he’s doing it or should we wait for him to say it on both sides then say it or other?

Prayer

25 Apr

ANSWER: You wait for him to make tasleem to his left then you follow. You must not say it with him.

Will i be held accountable, if i wake up for fajr, but do not bother to wake up another person sleeping beside me to pray?

Prayer

25 Apr

ANSWER: Yes. If you did your best to wake that person but he/she didn’t wake up, you have done your job and are not accountable.

If during a solat prayer my phone start to ring aloud what is expected for me to do at the moment not to distract others attention

Etiquette, Morals and Heart-Softeners, Prayer

24 Apr

ANSWER: Switch it off! One must take this precaution of putting the phone on silent before entering the masjid itself.

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