Q&A/Fatwas

ANSWER: The lender must pay the zakat over his money which he had willingly given to someone else. The borrower must also pay zakat if the money is in his possession and a whole year passed on it.

QUESTION: I pray 4 rakah of doha prayer only but i was thinking to pray more but sitting. Iam healthy ALHAMDULILLAH but want to pray more nawafil sitting so can i pray doha nawafil while sitting on chair or sitting on foor ?

Prayer

14 Feb

ANSWER: You can pray the voluntary prayers while sitting but you will lose half the reward if you didn’t have a genuine reason for doing so.

QUESTION: I experience spotting before my periods. For example, At Maghrib time I had discharge so I wash and change my pad, take wudu and pray. At Isha time there was no discharge so I proceed to pray. Then while praying I feel discharge. I cannot be certain of what it is untill I look. What is the correct procedure for this regarding my salah?

Menstruation and post-natal bleeding, Prayer, Purity

14 Feb

ANSWER: If you check immediately after prayers and see spotting, you need to clean yourself, renew your wudhu and repeat that prayer.

QUESTION: I am aware that Jews are permitted to pray in our mosques. If there are no mosques nearby, are Muslims allowed to pray in a synagogue?

Prayer, Rulings on mosques

10 Feb

ANSWER: Yes, we can pray anywhere on earth as long as the place is physically pure and there are no statues in it.

QUESTION: before the battle of camel Ayesha went to do the hajj i dont know the name of the mahram that went with her and what do u have to say abt ayesha returning after the battle if that was the case if u say that women are obliged to travel with a mahram

Hajj and Umrah

09 Feb

ANSWER: I did not say that women need a mahram to travel with! This was the prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam who said this. Now, I don’t know who you want to follow; the prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam or anyone else! I, as a Muslim, I only follow the teachings of the […]

QUESTION: While praying 2 rakah of sunnah prayer, By unconsciously I stood up directly for 3rd rakah n recited surah fatiha then while standing i remembered my mistake of praying extra so immediately i seated down to tashahud n then did sujood as sahw before salaam. So what I did is correct or do I need to finish that 3rd rakah properly even though i remembered?

Prayer

09 Feb

ANSWER: What you did by sitting immediately as soon as you realised was the right thing to do, however you should have done sujood as sahu after salam and not before. Your prayer is valid though.

QUESTION: Before performing Sa’i in Umrah, do we recite the full Ayah 158 in Surah Baqarah or just the beginning part?

Hajj and Umrah

06 Feb

ANSWER: It is an issue of dispute. Either one is fine.

QUESTION: Sheikh my husband delays paying my zakah by a few months. What should I do Sheikh?

Zakat

06 Feb

ANSWER: You are obliged to pay it yourself on time and are sinful if it gets delayed.

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