Reading/Reciting the Quran

QUESTION: Can I give money to my family friend who is going for Umrah to give to charity on our behalf? Like we ask him to buy a Quran with our money and donate it to Masjid al-Haram

Charity, Quran, Reading/Reciting the Quran

05 Sep

ANSWER: You should not keep the Qur’an there as the authorities would dispose them off because it doesn’t have their official stamp. Give charity where ever you are and don’t send it all the way to Makkah.

QUESTION: Is it sunnah to pronounce isti’aza before reading the translation of the meanings of the Quran?

Reading/Reciting the Quran

25 Aug

ANSWER: No. There’s no problem if you do though.

QUESTION: Is it sinful to use HELL images from google for an islamic video like for the ayah – What landed you in hell? We were the ones who didn’t pray It goes like this (this is not accurate)

Images and image-making, Paradise and Hell, Reading/Reciting the Quran

10 Aug

ANSWER: This is not permissible at all.

QUESTION: Sheikh can we turn our back to Quran while its open and we are reading and when we are not reading it?

Quran, Reading/Reciting the Quran

07 Aug

ANSWER: No problem in this whatsoever!

QUESTION: How to articulate letters like ayn and haa when reciting silently. It takes a lot pressure from me to articulate them like i am out of my breath

Prayer, Reading/Reciting the Quran

21 Jul

ANSWER: These are all whispers from satan! You don’t need tajweed when you are reciting silently nor to make sure that you made the correct pronunciation as this is from satan.

QUESTION: May I know how many words are there in Qur’an? Sources are differing. So I thought of asking you.

Quran, Reading/Reciting the Quran

06 Jul

ANSWER: I didn’t count it and its not something important that would make you get closer to Allah nor is it something Allah will ask you about on the day of judgement!

QUESTION: Is there any dua for completing or finishing the whole Quran ? In your one Utube video you said there isn’t any but another video of yours tell this dua “SubhanakAllah huma wabihamdika, Ashadu al llaillaha illa anta, Astaghfirullaha wa atubu illaik”.

Reading/Reciting the Quran

24 Jun

ANSWER: This later duaa is said when you finish reciting the Quran and close the book. This is not related to finishing the whole Quran!

QUESTION: Sheikh, this Hadīth: عن ابن مسعود قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِئْسَ مَا لأَحَدِهِمْ أَنْ يَقُولَ نَسِيتُ آيَةَ كَيْتَ وَكَيْتَ بَلْ نُسِّيَ وَاسْتَذْكِرُوا الْقُرْآنَ فَإِنَّهُ أَشَدُّ تَفَصِّيًا مِنْ صُدُورِ الرِّجَالِ مِنَ النَّعَمِ | does this mean i cant say i forgot a verse or surah and i shld say it ws mde to forget?

Reading/Reciting the Quran

17 Jun

ANSWER: Yes.

QUESTION: An oldman can’t read so I make him memorise Qur’an by letting him repeat after me. He can’t pronounce the letters properly at all. Should I make him memorise Qur’an or not and am I sinful for him not able to pronounce words properly???

Reading/Reciting the Quran

05 Jun

ANSWER: Of course you should continue to teach him, even if he struggles to pronounce correctly! You will be immensely rewarded for this.

QUESTION: When I’m offering Salah and the surah I recite after surah fateha has a sajdah in it (e.g. surah Alaq), do I perform sajdah right away and then get back up and go for the rukuh or do I offer prayer like I always do and after saying assalamualaikum wa rehmatullah (complete in the Salah), I stand up and do sajdah separately? Please guide.

Prayer, Reading/Reciting the Quran

25 May

ANSWER: You do it immediately (if you wish, since doing it is not mandatory) and then go to ruku and continue the prayer. You must not do it after the prayer is over as the time has passed for it.

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