Q&A/Fatwas

QUESTION: We all know in congregation first row is the best. And then you said exactly behind imam most reward, then rigtht and left. But somtimes some people try to move you and say behind imam only hafiz or sombody that can take over imam ? What should o do ? Stand my grund or move a bit to left or right.

Prayer

11 Jul

ANSWER: This depends on the situation If this was instructed by the Imam or the board of the masjid and the authority, you should avoid conflict and unneeded fights. But if it was said by random people, just smile to them and stay put and don’t argue or defend yourself or explain anything as this […]

QUESTION: I’m a revert and cannot read Arabic. I plan to do umrah. Are the dua’s during tawaf and in sa’i compulsory? Can I read them in English ?

Hajj and Umrah

11 Jul

ANSWER: If you don’t say the duaa at all, your Umrah is valid. However, you should learn them in Arabic as they are only few words and sentences to be said at specific places. The rest of tawaf and sa’ae, you can make your own duaa in your native language

QUESTION: Sheikh, my question is that during Jummuah the masjid gets full but there is a big garden beside the masjid and many people pray jummuah there. So if we listen the khutbah there and pray , will our names still be recorded for attending jummuah by the angels?

Prayer

11 Jul

ANSWER: If you enter the masjid or sit in the garden before the Imam enters the masjid, you will get the reward.

QUESTION: If i choose to pray salah according to the hanafi mathhab doing sujood as sahw as they do would my prayers be valid is the differnce of mathhabs in regard to salah valid iktilaf

Prayer, Schools of Thought

10 Jul

ANSWER: If you are an ignorant layman who knows nothing else, your prayer is valid. But if you know the right way and the way of the prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam and still decide to go against it, this usually can only happen to full fledged hypocrites!!

QUESTION: I was replacing my missed fast and same day i didn’t pray isha due to laziness. Should i replace that fast again?

Fasting, Fasting and Ramadan, Prayer

09 Jul

ANSWER: No need. The fast is valid however, you have committed a major sin by abandoning prayer and are in great danger of being a hypocrite.

QUESTION: My gold doesn’t exceed the threshold amount of zakat. If I mix them with cash then the amount exceeds the zakat threshold of silver. Can I give zakat based on this calculation? or should I calculate based on only cash?

Zakat

09 Jul

ANSWER: If you have cash that would mount to the thresh hold of gold when added to the gold you have, you should give zakat. But if it doesn’t reach the threshold of gold but the cash is above the threshold of silver, you must give zakat only on the cash and not the gold.

QUESTION: I used 2 slaughter goat, only the throat part, in my uncle’s shop. But @ times, wt he does is he takes the goat’s balls and puts it 2 a female goat so tht people wil think it’s male and wil buy it. Or he takes the tail of a goat and attches it 2 a lamb, making it look like a goat so it gets bought. So my QST is am I sinful if I wrk there just 2 cut throat

Halal/Haram Matters, Jobs, Slaughtering

08 Jul

ANSWER: No, you’re not sinful if you don’t help him in such frauds and cheating. You must make it clear to him that what he is doing makes his income haram and he is not from the prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam

QUESTION: I joined a new company and asked whether I can to masjid for prayer and if not possible then arrange a room for me to pray. They said that they will arrange a room for me. Masjid is 9mins walk(time in Google maps). Is it wajib for me to go to masjid? I can go to masjid without them knowing.

Jobs, Prayer

03 Jul

ANSWER: If you can go then it’s best but if they don’t allow then it’s permissible to pray in your office especially if you are in a kafir country

QUESTION: Sheikh there were a few instances when I did regular ghusl without being in state of major impurity and prayed my fard salahs. I did not know that doing such regular ghusl does not substitute for wudu. I don’t even remember which prayers these were as it was years ago, how can I rectify ?

Ablution (Wudhu), Prayer, Purity

03 Jul

ANSWER: Those prayers are gone. You must be more careful now that you know the ruling

QUESTION: If someone missed their prayer while sleeping, then can he pray sunnah muakahdah also or just fardh ?

Prayer

01 Jul

ANSWER: Yes, they can make up the sunnah as well

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