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Skin Disease & Washing Feet
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
: I've some skin desease on the upper part of my both feet. I put medication on them twice daily. Muslim doctors have asked me not to wet my feet since this will not help in the healing process. They have asked me not to…
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Sleeping in Prostration: Breaks Wudu For Women, Not Men, Why?
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
: My Questionis from taleemul haq.... It says: "If males fall asleep in the position of sajdah, but do not topple over, wudhu is not broken. However, if FEMALES fall asleep in the position of sajdah, wudhu WILL break" he…
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Slippers in the Washroom
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
: What is the Hanafi opinion/ruling on the common practice of wearing slippers in the bathroom? What is the reasoning for it? Bathroom rugs do not suffice? I assume it because of the idea that there is filth on the floor…
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Splashes from puddles
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
: I have a Q. regarding the drops of water that go on the clothes after one has stepped on a puddle? I give dawa to a brother and he always says his clothes r na-paak due to these drops. Walaikum assalam, 1.
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Sticking fingers into one's nose in wudu?
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
: If one inserts fingers into ones nose in the state of wudu, does the wudu become makruh? Walaikum assalam, No. It is, in fact, recommended to do so while washing out the nose, when reasonably possible.
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Superfluous Hair: Removing Rear Hair?
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
I have a question regarding the superfluous hair (pubic hair). Is it required that we shave the hair between the buttocks? Isn't that pubic hair? Walaikum assalam, By pubic hair that one is expected to remove, they mean …
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Time of Khilal of the Toes
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
: Should khilal of the toes be made after having washed both the feet or after each one?
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Toilet Lessons
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
: I was of the understanding that if the fecal matter were to leave the orafic (a dihram or more, something like that) then wiping alone isn't enough?
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Toilet Worries: Urine Drops
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
Up to what extent must I go to make sure urine does not come out after urinating? because I take very long and I make sure even the tiniest bit of urine is not there, even if I cant see it, I presume its there.
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The urine of babies & their vomit
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
: I had heard that the urine of babies who are exclusivly breast fed is considered tahir. is this accurate? No. In the Hanafi school, all urine is filthy (najis), even that of babies.
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Do I Have to Wash Inside My Eyes?
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
: I came across a mas'ala in taleemul haq which mentions that the inside of the eyes MUST be washed as well at the time of wudhu....what's up with that? if a person is wearing contact lenses, does the person have to remo…
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Washing The Nose in Ghusl: An Easy, Upright Religion
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
: I was told that I had to sniff in water into my nostrils, until it "stings." I've been doing that for a couple of months now, and ghusl becomes very difficult. It hurts me a lot to sniff water, and I start choking a gr…
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Water Questions
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
: How much mustamal water must be mixed with pure, purifying water in order to nullify the purifying status of the pure water? Walaikumassalam, If the used water is more in quantity than the purifying water, then the who…
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Wearing socks under khuffs & wiping on boots
Shaykh Ilyas Patel
: Is it permissible to wear an under layer (i.e. regular socks) under one's leather socks (khufayn) ?
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What is the ruling of wiping the neck in wudu?
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
: What is the ruling of wiping the neck in wudu? Walaikumassalam, 1. Wiping the nape ['the back part of the neck' - Webster's] is recommended. [Nur al-Idah, Durral-Mukhtar, Hadiyyaal-Ala'iyya] 2. Wiping the front of the …
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Why is it not good to speak during wudu?
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
: Sidi, I've been taught that while making wudhu, one should remain silent and not talk and conversate. What is the hadith behind this? Or is this some form of tradition?
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Wiping Khuffs
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
: Regarding mash, can the leather socks be put on ANYTIME after the wuduin order for subsequent mash over them to be valid? (eg. I make wudu' at 1pm yet do not put on the khuffayntill 3pm . At 3:30pm I break my initial w…
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Wiping Over Hijab or Turban
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
: Wiping over normal socks, turbans and hijabs is permitted ny the Hanbali school. I know the socks issue is out of the Questionin Shafii and [Hanafi] schools, but what about turban or hijab?
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Wiping Over Shoes
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Could you explain to us how the distinction is made between leather socks (khuffs) and shoes (especially ankle covering leather boots) which fulfill all the conditions of khuffs, but wiping is impermissible.
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Wiping With the Same Water?
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
: I have not been taking fresh water to wipe my head. I was told by a Hanifi Shaykh [named...] that this inshaAllah should be ok.
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Wiping Shiny Things
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
: We can clean shiny things simply by wiping with a clean cloth, but how do we define something being shiny? Shaykh Nuh mentioned that we can wipe a toilet seat clean, but a toilet seat isn't as shiny as, say a mirror is…
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Women's Discharge & Wudu
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
: I wanted to know what the ruling was for women who have discharge...does it nullify their wudu?..
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Worship with Tooth Fillings
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
: Is it true that someone has to follow another madhab if someone has a filling-->with regards to salat, wudu and ghusl?
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Wudu: Bleeding Gums
Sidi Faraz Rabbani & Sohail Hanif
: Brushing one's teeth often causes small amounts of bleeding from the gums. Would this invalidate one's wudu? Should we assume there's some bleeding even if we don’t see it?
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Wudu Breaking Through Desire?
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
: Does feeling a strong feeling which may or may not be pleasure) on the male private organ break wudu, or . This is in regard to clothes or undergarments touching the private organ while walking or other movement.
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Wudu: Contact Lenses
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
: Is it allowed to keep contact lenses in whilst performing Wudhu ? Walaikumassalam, Contact lenses are worn inside the eye. It is neither obligatory nor recommended to wash inside the eyes in wudu or even in ghusl.
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Wudu or Ghusl: Drops of Thick, Cloudy Stuff, & Dealing With Misgivings (Waswasa)
Sidi Faraz Rabbani & Shaykh Ilyas Patel
Every time I pass stool "may be" or "may be not" a single drop of cloudy color oozes out before urine, I used to have doubt so I started checking, so whenever I check sometimes I find, sometimes there is only urine, now,…
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Wudu: How is it invalidated?
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
: I just wanted to ask what the status of ones wudu would be after, say bleeding, and discharge of other fluids such as pus from a spot. i ve heard that with regards to bleeding, it depends on the amount bled?
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Wudu: Is sprinkling enough?
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
: A close relative is unwell and on medication for their illness . When it comes to for wudu they find it difficult to keep performing wudu ... I have tried to help her on several occassions but I am not always at home a…
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Wudu Lost By Lying Down? No...
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
: Someone seems to claim that in the hanafimaddhab, wudhuis invalidated by simply lying down. Is this true? Wuduis broken if one sleeps with one's rear not firmly on the ground.