QUESTION: In my place when people pray in the masjid during Jumu’ah and taraweeh, they block a 80-100 meters long busy road and pray outside the masjid, which usually lasts for 45 minutes in Jumu’ah and 1 hours 45 minutes in taraweeh. Is this permissible?

Prayer, Taraweeh, Tahajjud and Qiyam-ul-Layl
31 Mar

ANSWER: If they are hindering people’s affairs by that and causing hardship to others, this is not permissible.

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QUESTION: Can zakat be given as goods/ ration kits instead of cash? I heard from my friend that it is not permissible for us to make decisions on behalf of poor and needy on zakat cash and it should be given in cash form only. Is it true, Please advise.

Zakat
30 Mar

ANSWER: What your friend has said is true.

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QUESTION: What is the ruling if i fall accidently when praying what should i do?

Prayer
28 Mar

ANSWER: Get up!

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QUESTION: You said (in prayer) the followers should offer salam after the imam finishes it completely (to the right and to the left). But what if the followers turn right after the imam turns right and turn left after the imam turns left (like people do in the subcontinent). Is it permissible or do it invalidates the prayer?

Prayer
27 Mar

ANSWER: This doesn’t invalidate the prayer but it is a makrooh act. 

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QUESTION: I hope you are doing well, I ive in a non-muslim contry and I found a muslim named organisation that spends for kaffarah as I saw on their Web…but when I said “kafarah to be shared with 10 grown muslims” they replied that they don’t discriminate between race, religion or gender. Is my zakat and kafarah valid, cuz I already paid it.

Oaths, Zakat
26 Mar

ANSWER: No, it’s not valid. It must be only given to Muslims. You must pay again to poor and needy Muslims.

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QUESTION: There is a women I know, who, due to a medical condition, has a constantly leaking bladder. She is under the impression that due to this she cannot pray as she cannot be in wudhu and has not been praying. Is she correct in thinking this or how can we advise her ?

Ablution (Wudhu), Prayer
26 Mar

ANSWER: Nobody is exempted from praying, not even the dying person on his death bed!! She must pray on time at all times regardless of her circumstances! 

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QUESTION: My doubt is can we pray at home while the imam is reciting in congregation. Like can we follow the imam while we are at home as the masjid is nearby and sound is very much audible for fard prayers or qiyam ul layl ?

Prayer, Taraweeh, Tahajjud and Qiyam-ul-Layl
26 Mar

ANSWER: No, this is not permissible. 

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QUESTION: Can you please help me with a question about Zakat? I have 300gm of gold, which is above the nisab, and I can’t pay Zakat at the moment. Can I gift this gold to my children aged 5, 11, and 17? I saw on a website that it’s possible if they have full control over it. Can you explain what “full control” means? Also, do I need to physically give the gold to them, or can I keep it in my locker?

Zakat
26 Mar

ANSWER: If you had the 300gms with you for a full lunar year, it is obligatory that you pay zakah on it by selling some of it. You can gift it to your children anytime, and they have full possession over it, which means that they are free to use it or sell it as […]

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QUESTION: There’s a calendar during Ramadan that specifies what to recite and how many rakaa’a to perform after Taraweeh and before you go to sleep but it is not mandatory. It goes from the first night to the last night. For example it will say “first night perform 6 rakaa in each you recite one fatiha, one surah al Qadr and four surah Al Qafirun”.. is this an innovation or is it permissible to perform?

Fasting and Ramadan, Innovations, Prayer
24 Mar

ANSWER: This is an innovation.

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QUESTION: Why it is allowed to read Quran without headcover and in the prayer even when one hair is visible the prayer is invalid…i couldn’t understand the reason beyond this..

Prayer, Reading/Reciting the Quran
20 Mar

ANSWER: It is not your job to understand! You simply do what you are told! Satan did not understand why he was ordered to prostrate to Adam! We all know what happened to him because of that! Many women object to covering their heads when going outside while men are not ordered to do so […]

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