QUESTION: Is it okay to say shahada before sleeping, of course after reciting sleep dua or is it something that was not practiced by the prophet s.a.w hense should not be done by us?

Innovations, Supplications
03 May

ANSWER: You should not do this as it’s an innovation.  You can randomly say it once in a while and also during the whole day but not specifically before sleeping. 

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QUESTION: Sheikh, is it permissible to Raise hands and make Duaa straight after Tahiyyatul Masjid/Sunnah Prayers every time. This is to make Duaa for in between Athan and Iqamah.

Prayer, Supplications
02 May

ANSWER: No problem at all in making dua by raising hands in between Athan & Iqamah, in fact it’s a highly recommended thing to do, it’s one of the prescribed times the dua is most likely to be answered

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QUESTION: Should we say Bismillah before starting a new dhikr. For e.g: if I am doing 2 separate dhikr do I have to recite Bismillah before starting each of them?

Supplications
23 Apr

ANSWER: No, unless you are reciting a surah as part of the dhikr.

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QUESTION: I usually prefer to make du‘a and istighfar while lying in bed before sleeping, as I find it more comfortable and free from distractions. I do this solely to seek closeness to Allah and not with the intention of introducing any bid‘ah, as I understand this is neither a sunnah nor a mandatory act. Is it permissible for me to continue this practice with this intention?

Supplications
17 Apr

ANSWER: No problem in this whatsoever

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QUESTION: Let’s say if I pray all my 5 daily prayers in a masjid where the imam doesn’t give enough time to make dua neither in sujood nor after tashahud , as you have said that making dua after Salah is biddah , So When should I make dua

Prayer, Supplications
02 Apr

ANSWER: Make dua during voluntary prayers.

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QUESTION: Sheikh if I do zikr in my mind and heart with no moving of lips is that zikr valid I mean will I get the reward?

Prayer and Duaa, Quran, Reading/Reciting the Quran, Supplications
23 Feb

ANSWER: It’s mandatory to move the lips & tongue when you recite while praying, making dua, dhikr, while reciting Quran etc

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QUESTION: Whoever who makes perfect wudu and then says the dua will go to Jannah, is it sufficient if I wash everything once or do I have to wash everything in wudu 3 times?

Ablution (Wudhu), Paradise and Hell, Supplications
15 Feb

ANSWER: Perfect wudhu means that you have to wash it 3 times.

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QUESTION: The Hadith whoever wake-up in the night and recite la ilaha illallhu wahdahu…… his dua will be answered means which times exactly? Is it in the middle of the night or the last 3rd of night?

Supplications
11 Feb

ANSWER: Any part of the night providing one slept and woke up to say it. 

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QUESTION: Can we say Bismillah before changing clothes so that jinnat don’t see us or is this considered innovation??

Other, Supplications
11 Feb

ANSWER: Yes, this is from the sunnah.

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QUESTION: Sheikh is the Dua of 40 people accepted? I have seen many people requesting people to make Dua for them and claiming that the Dua of 40 people will be accepted. Is this true Sheikh?

Funerals, Prayer and Duaa, Supplications
07 Feb

ANSWER: This is not true! However, the intercession on 40 people when praying the funeral prayer is accepted as per the hadeeth reported in Muslim. 

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