Q&A/Fatwas

QUESTION: If a person is unable to do job or business or can’t invest money in business because of widespread fraudulence and non-justice because of living in a country where sharia law is not enforced, does he have to pay zakat if he has nisab amount of money for over a year? Because in that case in future he may have to beg to pe

Zakat

29 Nov

ANSWER: Yes, he must pay the zakat if it reaches or is more than the nisab. He must get his back up from the couch and work in halal, even if it’s a janitor’s job and earn instead of putting such mental blocks and hurdles in his life!

QUESTION: Is there any importance of gifting a prayer mat to someone as in if they pray on it we will be rewarded, also if we donate prayer mats to masjid will it be considered in sadqa jariyah?

Prayer

28 Nov

ANSWER: The concept of gifting a prayer mat is not an Islamic concept as Allah has made the earth a place for prayer wherever we are. Thinking that we need a prayer mat to pray is an innovation. One can use it only when the ground is impure or dirty.

QUESTION: Do we get more reward if we leave the masjid after praying the fard of Zuhr, Maghrib and Isha and praying the remaining 2 rakat sunnahs and witr at home, since non Fard prayers are best if done at home or do we get more reward if we pray them in the masjid since angels supplicate for us

Prayer

20 Nov

ANSWER: Yes, the reward for praying the sunnah at home is more.

QUESTION: My menses are irregular so the purity can come on any day. If i have midterm exams or tests in college during the days my period may end what shall i do? Miss the tests? If the period ends during the exams and i reach home with not enough time to do ghusl and pray ?

Prayer

20 Nov

ANSWER: If the prayers are the type of prayer that can be delayed and combined to the following prayer, then you should do that and make ghusul when you reach your home. If not, you can make tayammum and pray on time.

QUESTION: Is adhan required if i live in a kafir country? The mosque is in my city but i can’t hear the adhan when i am at work or school because it is called inside of the masjid without using speakers.

Prayer

17 Nov

ANSWER: If the athan has been called anywhere in your city, you don’t need to give it before praying even if you could not hear it.

QUESTION: Can we say more than one opening supplication at the start of the prayer?

Prayer

16 Nov

ANSWER: You should only say one.

QUESTION: There was an online delivery from Amazon that was cash on delivery during the jumuah time is this transaction haram? It was my mother’s parcel and i I didn’t know the ruling for this specific issue so I obeyed my mother.

Prayer

15 Nov

ANSWER: Why weren’t you in the masjid? If the transaction took place while the imam was delivering the khutba, yes you are sinful and the transaction is void.

QUESTION: Sheikh does not praying sunnah salah sinful?

Prayer

14 Nov

ANSWER: This is not sinful but reducing your reward.

QUESTION: If I start the opening du’a or seeking refuge and the imam starts Al fatihah and I continue to finish it intentionally is my salah valid?

Prayer

14 Nov

ANSWER: You must stop immediately and listen to the imam’s recitation.

QUESTION: Can i pray on a prayer mat which has my name on it?

Prayer

10 Nov

ANSWER: No problem.

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