Q&A/Fatwas

ANSWER: If there is an impurity on your body or clothes, you must wash this off or change your clothes. Wearing clean clothes on top of that impurity doesn’t change your status as being impure.

In one masjid the stairs of the mimbar are in between the first three or four rows in a small to medium size masjid should I not pray in these rows and tell the imam about this

Prayer

14 Jul

ANSWER: No problem in praying there due to necessity and the size of the masjid.

I pray on the side and slightly behind my brothers as there is not much space and we pray individually. Not completely behind them a little like 1/3rd below them. If I go all the way back it gets really hot as there is no fan at the back and it gets difficult for me to concentrate in Salah. Is this permissable?

Prayer

13 Jul

ANSWER: No problem even if you stand right next to them or even in front of them and pray as long as you are praying individually and not in congregation with them.

Sheikh, we know 7 families can sacrifice 1 cow. Now, if one of the families provided money earned from haram sources will the udhiya be invalid for all other families as well?

Slaughtering

13 Jul

ANSWER: No, this has no impact on other’s udhiya.

Sheikh in the place where I live, the government has banned beef and slaughter of cattle for any cause. But some people do it secretly. Is doing this permissible? Will my qurbaani be accepted if I have to go against the law and of my land do it?

Slaughtering

12 Jul

ANSWER: This is not permissible. It’s not permissible to get in trouble with the law like this and make things even more difficult for the whole muslim community because of such irresponsible actions! One can slaughter a ram, a goat or a camel without any problem.

If one gets thoughts in his prayer that are taking his mind away from the actually prayer’s parts like tasbeeh and the surahs one reads, but such thoughts are about Islam like the Seerah or the story of the companions, is it disrespectful to Islam or kufr if he seeks refuge in Allah from Satan and spits 3 times to his left as he would normally do with distractive thoughts?

Prayer

08 Jul

ANSWER: No problem. It should be done for any kind of distractions.

We know that eating pork or drinking wine means our good deeds won’t be accepted for 40 days. Does that mean we don’t have to pray for these 40 days even if we do they won’t be accepted. Please clarify.

Halal/Haram Matters, Prayer, Sins

07 Jul

ANSWER: If one abandons praying then it takes a person out of the fold of Islam! This ruling is only for drinking alcohol or intoxicants, like drugs and not for eating pork.

What can i do if i missed salahs knowingly after the age of puberty and now feel sorry for doing such and want to make this up. Should I calculate the amount of prayers i missed and make them up?

Innovations, Prayer

07 Jul

ANSWER: This is not permissible. Do a lot of good deeds and voluntary worship besides fulfilling all the obligatory ones. It’s best to maintain all the 12 sunnah rawatib and night prayers.

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