QUESTION: I have neighbors with children who aren’t doing well financially. They have an apartment and money for food, but the one salary barely covers her expenses. Sometimes they can cover everything, and sometimes they have to go into the red (e.g. little food). Can I give them Zakat al Fitr, or does it have to be given to someone who is much worse off?

Fasting and Ramadan, Zakat
23 Mar

ANSWER: As long as the salary doesn’t cover the whole month, it is permissible to give them zakatul fitr

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QUESTION: I missed teraweh and I was installing operating system on my laptop so i prayed after i finished it. Is this work or some else hobby or money earned halal due to which we missed prayer in masjid and delayed salah and should I repeat process I did during that time?

Prayer, Taraweeh, Tahajjud and Qiyam-ul-Layl
20 Mar

ANSWER: Taraweeh is not mandatory so you’re not sinful for missing it in the masjid, however you have LOST a great deal of reward.

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QUESTION: I have gone to many shops to sell gold however they gave me less than 50% of the value of the gold price unfortunately.Now when giving the zakat in cash should I go for the ongoing market price of the gold or the price which I got by selling the gold?

Zakat
19 Mar

ANSWER: You give zakat according to the price you would get today if you were to sell it. 

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QUESTION: Is the salat ibrahimiya mandatory in nafila/any other voluntary prayer ?

Prayer
16 Mar

ANSWER: Yes.

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QUESTION: There is a room where my father prays and there is another room in the front in the direction of qibla. As a women, is it permissible for me to pray in a room in front of him?

Prayer
13 Mar

ANSWER: No problem in this at all! You can even pray in front of him in the same room as long as you are praying individually and not in congregation with him.

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QUESTION: Cheikh, after praying Isha, the imam don’t let the time to pray the 2 nafila of Isha. So I prayed it after the complete tarawih when I go home. Is that correct ?

Prayer, Taraweeh, Tahajjud and Qiyam-ul-Layl
11 Mar

ANSWER: If he doesn’t leave time to perform your isha sunnah, this is fine to do it after witr in sha Allah

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QUESTION: There is a hadith about praying 40 days in congregation does it mean from the starting takbir or if we catch at any point

Prayer
11 Mar

ANSWER: From the starting takbeer

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QUESTION: If we are completing our missed rakahs of the Fard prayer and there some other people beside us, who are completing theirs too. Do we require to join our feet with people beside even if the no. of missed rakahs of ours and theirs is different?

Prayer
10 Mar

ANSWER: As the congregation was over by the salam of the Imam, you are not required to join the feet any longer. 

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QUESTION: Can I give all my zakkat money to a single person or is it recommended to divide the money among lot of people in who are in need ?

Zakat
08 Mar

ANSWER: No problem in giving it to a single poor or needy Muslim if this would relieve him from his needs. 

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QUESTION: After iftar i had to spot during magrib bc dates was in mount but i spitted infront of me, is my salah valid, bc it is prohibited.

Prayer
07 Mar

ANSWER: You are sinful for spitting in front of you while praying as this is disrespectful to Allah; however, the prayer itself is valid

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