Q&A/Fatwas

QUESTION: We are two brothers and want to offer a sacrifice on Eid-ul-adha for our mother who lives with us. Can we share the expense between both of us to offer this sacrifice for her, or any one of us must pay the full amount?

Slaughtering

29 May

ANSWER: No problem in sharing it as it is a gift for your mother.

QUESTION: It happens I pray 3times in different mosques. How many times do I pray tahiyat masjid?

Prayer

29 May

ANSWER: Everytime you enter the masjid, you must pray before sitting down, it can be any prayer, whether 2 specific rakahs of tahiyatul masjid, sunnah before the obligatory prayer or fard prayer itself. If you don’t sit down and immediately join the congregation, you don’t need to offer it.

QUESTION: Is it obligatory to recite fathiha thashahhud and obligatory adhkaar of salah with a sound such that it must be heard by ourselves.Or simple lip moment with no sound enough.

Prayer

28 May

ANSWER: Lip and tongue movement, without sound is sufficient

QUESTION: Is there any hadith saying to not do rafa ul yadain

Prayer, Schools of Thought

25 May

ANSWER: No! This is an authentic sunnah and only people of ignorance oppose it!

QUESTION: Me and my friend prayed in congregation together as two people total. I prayed to the left of him and slightly behind and he is to the right of me, he is the Imam. Is this position correct when praying together as two people. Is my prayer valid? Do I need to repeat my prayer?

Prayer

24 May

ANSWER: What you had done was wrong! You both must stand exactly beside each other in the same row and you must stand to the right side of the imam.

QUESTION: After the jummah khutbah is over, the khateeb takes a while to get down from the mimbar, should we wait for him to get down then stand up and arrange our rows? A sheik told me if i get up before he gets down completely my reward is decreased.

Prayer

24 May

ANSWER: What he said is baseless. You can stand up and fix your rows.

QUESTION: Best way to perform salah behind a hanafi imam?

Prayer, Schools of Thought

21 May

ANSWER: Follow the sunnah to the best of your ability, disregarding what the imam skips from it.

QUESTION: Is the Salaah valid if it is prayed inside a bedroom that contains an ensuite? An ensuite is a toilet inside the actual bedroom but it is separated from the rest of the bedroom by walls and a door (basically a room inside another room). Does the door need to be closed during the Salaah?

Prayer

20 May

ANSWER: No problem in praying in such a room even if the toilet door is not closed.

QUESTION: I am 24 y/o girl, single, an only child. Mother is alive and father passed away. I earn well Alhamdulillah. In that case, is it obligatory for me to do Qurbani (sacrifice) this coming Eid as I can afford it?

Slaughtering

20 May

ANSWER: Yes. However, if your brother or mother is doing it and you live in the same house and eat from the same kitchen then that udhiyah is sufficient for the entire family.

QUESTION: I have estimated the zakat of my gold for whole year, i am a salaried person, i cannot pay whole amount yearly, instead i pay it on monthly basis as divided the whole amount over 12 months from my salary, Is it okay?

Zakat

19 May

ANSWER: It’s not permissible to delay zakat like this at all! You can give next year’s zakat in advance on monthly basis if you want.

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