QUESTION: Sheikh there is soil in the vicinity of Pakistan border which is claimed to be sacred and a cure for skin diseases but grave worship is very common there. Can we bring that soil by ourselves with the intention that all the land belongs to Almighty Allah.

Innovations, Shirk and its different forms
04 Jan

ANSWER: This is totally prohibited as it is a form of shirk! There is no scientific proof to back such claims and hence, it is shirk.

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QUESTION: The MAJORITY of Indians have this superstition. Is it haraam or frowned upon to construct homes at T-junctions? (three roads that meet at one point of the plot or home) This is a hindu concept called veedhi shoola. My friends believe this spot acts as a prominent invitation to bad omens and afflictions from the parallel world. While I’m aware such belief can tantamount to

Shirk and its different forms
30 Dec

ANSWER: This is totally prohibited and a superstitious belief that has got nothing to do with islam and a form of shirk!

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QUESTION: Sheikh, if someone asked me to give money to him/ her so, that they can sacrifice a black goat for someone who has been affected by black magic. Should I?

Jinn, Witchcraft, Black Magic and the Evil Eye, Shirk and its different forms
11 Dec

ANSWER: No you must not. There’s no concept of sacrificing black animals like this as it’s a superstitious belief and can mount to shirk. Most likely such people are sacrificing for the jinn! 

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QUESTION: Does wearing black string on which surat ( dam ) is recited, to be protected from evil eyes or disease is haram?

Shirk and its different forms
19 Oct

ANSWER: Yes, it’s haram. 

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QUESTION: I’m a bit confused. We know shirk is the gravest sin in Islam, and makes it impossible to enter jannah if you die upon it. However I have a question whether this is the same for dying upon minor shirk. Does it also have the same consequence, and if so, why is there a distinction between major and minor shirk? 

Shirk and its different forms
13 Sep

ANSWER: Minor shirk is a major sin but it won’t place the person in hell for eternity like major shirk. https://islamqa.info/en/answers/34817/what-is-shirk-and-its-types

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Does any companion went to Prophet’s saw grave to ask for rainfall when there was a drought.Is this authentic hadees?

Commentary on Hadeeth, Funerals, Innovations, Shirk and its different forms
17 Aug

ANSWER: This is weak and not authentic and goes against all evidences from Quran and authentic Sunnah.

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Sheikh if someone asks a person what’s your star sign and he says “Leo” but doesn’t believe in it just answered because he was asked is it kufr or will his prayers not be accepted for forty days??

Halal/Haram Matters, Shirk and its different forms
14 Aug

ANSWER: It is not kufr as long as he doesn’t believe in it. However, he is sinful for telling him as there is no benefit from that except for those who believe in it. 

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Sheikh,some days ago a proposal came for marriage to me.groom’s mother recently said that, she told a pious man of their known Madrassah to do istikhara for them &then that pious man do istikhara & he saw if this marriage occurs groom’s father’s grave is getting broken..is that true authentic way of istikhara sheikh?

Prayer, Shirk and its different forms
03 Aug

ANSWER: Of course not! No one can do istikhara on behalf of others and as Muslims, we do not rely on dreams as such dreams are from satan to mess up with out lives. 

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I was watching a lie detector test and I watched the video and I believed the test tells the truth for a little bit but then I thought it may be against Islam so inside I started to convince myself that it doesn’t but my heart was still convinced that it does tell the truth. Is the shirk and will it affect my prayers for 40 days.

Shirk and its different forms
29 Jul

ANSWER: This is not shirk. The lie detector test is a scientific procedure where they determine if you are lying by the blood pressure, pulse rate etc and its not always accurate, hence its not shirk to believe in it or not.

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Sheikh does weather forecast falls under knowing the future and is it permissible to work in there

Jobs, Shirk and its different forms
27 Jul

ANSWER: No problem in working in a halal department there as this is not fortune telling. 

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