Q&A/Fatwas

Other than sheep or goat is it ok to slaughter cow for the aqiqa of a new born baby? In that case should it also be 2 cow for a baby boy and 1 cow for baby girl?

Slaughtering

12 May

Praise be to Allah Slaughtering a cow with the intention of some of it being for the ‘aqeeqah and some for the udhiyah is a matter concerning which the scholars differed. The Hanafis and Shaafa‘is regard it as permissible. Ibn ‘Aabideen al-Hanafi said, concerning the permissibility of making a joint intention in such cases: It […]

O Sheikh ! Someone said its not allowed for us to search a masjid, wherein you like the reciter , the way he recites.Rather you should go to your local masjid , otherwise it shows disrespect to the local masjid

Prayer

12 May

This is baseless.

I don’t live (and have never permanently settled) at my grandparent’s place which is legally my hometown and domicile district. Should I pray Qasar or full prayer there? And what about my maternal grandparent’s place? Both the places are more than 100 miles from where I live.

Prayer

11 May

If this is your hometown which you will eventually go back to to live even after years from now, you must complete your prayers. But if you have migrated from it and would never go back to live in it at all, you may shorten the prayers providing the distance is a traveling distance and […]

If I have no place to pray but outside and it’s such an awkward area where my parked car can’t really hide me, do I pray with my niqab on? Is it impermissible to pray inside a car while sitting in rare circumstances?

Prayer

10 May

No, you can’t pray in your car.

I made my fajir Salah late when I checked it was forbidden time so I don’t know my Salah was correct or not i would like to know what to do iam nervous kindly help me

Prayer

10 May

If you forgot or overslept, you must pray immediately, no matter what time.

Sheikh, If I was to neglect/ignore on removing the hair that are compulsory for me to remove on my body, would that affect the validity on my salaah and as well as with other acts of worship?

Prayer

08 May

This has no effect on the validity of the prayer but it should not be left without shaving for more than 40 days or less if it is a lot! Kindly refer to the following link(s): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyStuVZrNmM https://islamqa.info/en/1177

if i dont get to pray while i am travelling due to the change of place and other reasons but when i return home and immediatly i read my missed prayers would my prayer b accepted?

Prayer

08 May

You must pray on time whether on the plane or elsewhere. If one skips prayer until the time is over, he can’t make it up and he is sinful.

my question is when we r travelling we pray two rakas of fard except maghrib. but when we return home and pray our missed salah should we pray two rakas of the missed prayers or full four rakas?

Prayer

08 May

You must pray the full prayer, providing you skipped it for an Islamic legitimate reason.

Do the animal one has to offer for the haqiqah of the new should be of the same quality (age, teeth, horns etc.) as that of the animal for the Qirbani? Or a younger animal could be offered for haqiqah?

Slaughtering

07 May

It must be at least 6 months old sheep or 1 year old goat.

I’ve noticed a brother when in his second rak’ah, just before he gets up to continue reading his 3rd rak’ah, he raises his hands the same way as we would with takbirat al-ihram, going into rukooh, and after saying “sami’ Allah liman hamidah”. Is this permissible? I’ve never seen anyone raise their hands at this position.

Prayer

07 May

This is the sunnah. When you stand up from the first tashahud to the third Rakah, you raise your hands for takbeer.

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