QUESTION: Let’s say if I pray all my 5 daily prayers in a masjid where the imam doesn’t give enough time to make dua neither in sujood nor after tashahud , as you have said that making dua after Salah is biddah , So When should I make dua

Prayer, Supplications
02 Apr

ANSWER: Make dua during voluntary prayers.

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QUESTION: Giving zakal ul fitr in the name of our deceased father/mother/Grandparents for them to get the blessings and reward out of it, is it permissible or is it an innovation?

Fasting and Ramadan, Innovations, Zakat
29 Mar

ANSWER: It’s not permissible to give zakat ul fitr on behalf of deceased people & it’s an innovation.

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QUESTION: If a person has upcoming remaining 50% payment of his car, which is a big amount, can he deduct that amount from the calculation of his Zakat money?

Zakat
29 Mar

ANSWER: This is not permissible and he must give zakat on what he has in hand.

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QUESTION: The qunoot being recited by Imam is too long to a point where I can feel the stress on my hands and I’m just hoping he finishes. I have no problem with long qunoot if my hands were on my chest. Is it less rewarding though to keep hands on the chest while qunoot is being recited by Imam?

Fasting and Ramadan, Prayer, Taraweeh, Tahajjud and Qiyam-ul-Layl
29 Mar

ANSWER: No problem in putting it on your chest as it is not mandatory and the length of the duaa they are making it is not from the sunnah either !

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QUESTION: Hounarable sheikh,if I lead the prayer here,they will stipulate that I have to make dua. In this case can I just do as a bare minimum that I rasie my hands and recite the adhkar of prayer laillaha illahu wahdahu…. loudly or make a dua or two if I am forced to?

Innovations, Prayer, Schools of Thought
28 Mar

ANSWER: It is not permissible to participate with them in such an innovation  Either they accept you as you are by following the sunnah or you don’t lead them in prayer.

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QUESTION: Is it true that we should not give zakat if he/she has gold though they are very poor. Kindly explain this.

Zakat
28 Mar

ANSWER: If they are poor and the amount of gold is minimum which women usually need to adorn themselves with, we don’t need to expect them to sell their gold or their clothes before giving them zakat! 

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QUESTION: My local mosque does not accept zakat ul fitr in the form of food, is it permissible for me to give my mosque money?

Fasting and Ramadan, Zakat
27 Mar

ANSWER: If the masjid buys and gives food items to poor Muslims with that money then no problem. But if they only hand them cash, this is not valid.

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QUESTION: In my family we have lots of debt. But the jewellery we have at home is above nisab, but we are middle class. What we earn in a month spent in the same month, is zakah fard to us?if yes then what we do? But we don’t want to sell the jewelleries

Zakat
27 Mar

ANSWER: If the jewelry reaches the nisab (threshold) or exceeds it, you must give zakat on it every year, whether by using your cash or by selling parts of it if you don’t have cash.  Failing to do so would admit you to hellfire where the same jewelry you are refusing to sell would be […]

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QUESTION: My brother is an independent/financially independent adult but does not fast or pray. Is it acceptable for my mother to pay zakat al fitr on his behalf without him knowing?

Fasting and Ramadan, Zakat
26 Mar

ANSWER: No problem in this! However, if he doesn’t fast nor pray, this wouldn’t benefit him as he might be a disbeliever for not praying at all! She should be more worried about that than worrying for zakatul fitr

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QUESTION: Last year I gave on the zakat deadline my zakat to my mother and aunt to distribute around in my hometown to the poor. They did this but they distribute partly every few months. Is this allowed or do I need to give my zakat to charities to do this?

Zakat
25 Mar

ANSWER: Zakat must be given on its due date and must not be delayed for this long. You can take a couple of days extra but not months like this.

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