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Women Wearing Rings From Metals Other Than Gold or Silver
Shaykh Ilyas Patel
I've read somewhere that it is not permissible for women to wear rings made from metals other than real gold and silver. But then somewhere else I read that it is permissible for a woman to wear rings made from any type …
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Taking back charity money
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
I gave someone money so that he could give it to someone needy on my behalf, but then later on, I needed that money. Is it permissible for me to ask for it back if he has not given it to the needy person yet?
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Paying zakat from a non-Muslim's bequest
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
Is it permissible for a person to give zakat from money that he obtained from the bequest of a non-Muslim?
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The Fiqh of Friday Prayer
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, SunniPath Academy Teacher
The Fiqh of Friday Prayer Answer Edited from: Heavenly Ornaments, by Imam Ashraf Ali al-Tahanawi Allah Most High does not like anything more than prayer.
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Fiqh of Placing a Barrier (sutra) In Front of One's Prayer Place
Shaykh Ilyas Patel
I wanted to know if one is praying in the mosque, then does he need something in front of him to stop someone breaking the prayer (I think this is called sutra??) Could you tell me the ruling for breaking someone's praye…
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The Fiqh of Travel
Shaykh Abu Usamah
The Fiqh of Travel Answer In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful ANISUL MUSAFIR [By Mawlana Abu Usama: Fahim Husain] For the full work: http://www.direct.za.org/Fiqh/Anisul_Musafir/Anis_-_Musafir_Rules/body_a…
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RE: Following another madhab when one's madhab is difficult to follow?
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Scenario: Employers send one to a intense training program which is to run for three days (excluding the day one arrives and leaves), the training centre is beyond 50 miles.
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Women Showing their Feet
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
I am confused on the rulings on whether we Muslim sisters can show our feet. I have heard a hadith stating that our Prophet (saw) said "that women can only show two things, and he pointed at his hands and his face."
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Follow Up on Women At the Mosque
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Concerning the answers to whether women should attend the masjid for congregational prayers or not: If the female is not married, then is it alright for her to attend the congregational prayers such as Jumu'ah, tarawee, …
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Obedience to one's mother or husband?
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
If a mother asks her daughter to do something that the daughter's husband disagrees with, does the daughter obey her mother or her husband?
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Speaking of the useless and immoral
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed Translated by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad
What is the meaning of "conversing about what is useless or immoral" [khawd fi al batil]?
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The reality of manhood
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
What is the reality of muru'ah (lit. manhood)? Is it considered to be a quality applicable to men only?
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Lottery funding for Islamic projects?
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari
I have recently started employment as a manager at a voluntary organisaton which is reliant upon funding to sustain and develop the local community in which we are based.
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The Forgetfulness Prostration
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, SunniPath Academy Teacher
What is the procedure for reciting a verse of sajda in prayer? If it is not okay, is it fine to read up until that verse and then to go to ruku'. Is there a difference for mandatory prayers and supererogatory ones?
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Pre-paid legal services
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari
Is buying or selling pre-paid legal service permissible and has it been researched according to Shari'ah?
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Marriage over the phone
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari
How is a marriage contract performed over the telephone and what are the absolute minimum requirements for a marriage contract to be valid?
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Forgetting in the Prayer: A Detailed Explanation
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
I have a question relating to forgetting the number of rakaat's in a prayer… Answer In the name of Allah, the inspirer of truth.
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Women Wearing Henna
Shaykh Ilyas Patel
Can a woman wear henna? Will her wudu over it be valid? Answer Yes, a woman can wear hennah, and her wudu will be valid.
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Stock market investment
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari
I have read quite a bit about purchasing and trading shares and stocks as investments or for "day trading" and I understand that many scholars consider it acceptable under certain conditions, and that others consider it …
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Partnership and taking out an interest based loan
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari
A friend of mine does real-estate business with conventional mortgage. Recently he has found a great opportunity and I want to be a part of it, too. However the Islamic institutions are unable to provide us with a sharia…
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Signing divorce certificate without intention to divorce
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari
I have an urgent question. My brother became involved with another woman and wanted to marry her. This other woman placed a condition that he must divorce his first wife in order to marry her.
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Wahdat al-Wujud - The Oneness of Being?
Sidi Hamza Karamali
Are you and I part of Allah's actions? Are Allah's actions "created events in time and space" Is the only real existence Allah's and everything else is just wahm?
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Greeting the Mosque During Disliked Times
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
I understand that it is disliked to do salat between Asr and Magrib time. Does that apply to Tahayattul Masjid (2 rakat masjid prayer before sitting down) upon entering the masajid?
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Guidance about the Guidance Prayer (Istikhara)
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, SunniPath Academy Teacher
1) If someone is overwhelmed with an idea and have made decision before doing istikhara, will there be any chance that istikhara will change the previous decision?
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The Hanafi Time for the Asr Prayer
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
I want to know what is the ruling for time of asr prayer in hanafi madhab and is it permissible to pray asr prayer at time of shafi madhhab as is customarily done in western countries where there is no exclusively hanafi…
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mahram and non mahram
Ustadha Shazia Ahmad
I wanted to know if my (maternal or paternal) uncle's wife is mahram (unmarriageable close relative) or non mahram to me?Can she hug me or not? And what about my grandmother's/grandfather's sisters?
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A Hanafi Woman Pray in a Women's only Congregation?
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Occasionally when I am at my campus musalla, a couple of sisters will want to pray jama3a prayer for dhuhr or asr when there are no brothers around to lead the prayer, and I don't know what to do because I've been told b…
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The 77 Branches of Faith
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, SunniPath Academy Teacher
The 77 Branches of Faith Answer The 77 Branches of Faith by Imam Ashraf Ali al-Tahanawi [submitted by a subscriber] The Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and give
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How Hanafi men hold their hands in prayers: why?
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Where the proof for the way Hanafis hold their hands in prayer by forming a circle with the little finger and thumb of the right hand around the left wrist while letting the other three fingers go straight?
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Is the Prophetic family Divinely protected from sin?
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
I would like some clarification as to whether mainstream Sunni Muslims believe that the Prophet's family (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) is divinely protected from sin?