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More on Cleaning Babies
Sidi Hamza Karamali
: Is touching the baby's private parts with a diaper wipe like touching it with your fingers, or does the cloth act as a barrier between your hands and the baby's body?
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Post-Ghusl Exiting of Ejaculate (maniyy)
Sidi Hamza Karamali
: After having sexual intercourse, an individual (male or female) performs the obligatory bath (ghusl) to lift the state of major ritual impurity (janaba).
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Removing Baby Filth
Sidi Mostafa Azzam
: How is one to remove baby vomit, urine, and stool from a hard surface, a mattress, carpet, or clothing? First of all, the rulings regarding filth and its removal are personally obligatory knowledge.
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Vaginal Gas
Sidi Mostafa Azzam
: While studying wudu we came across the section of the four causes of minor ritual impurity. One of the causes was - anything that exits the front and the rear - and in that section it mentioned it made no diffrence if …
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Wady
Sidi Hamza Karamali
: A male urinates and subsequently notices that some other fluid comes out after the urine. Does this necessitate another ghusl, or can one assume it is pre-ejaculate and treat it as such?
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Wudu after Breaking Wind
Sidi Hamza Karamali
: Is it okay when someone passes wind to just start wudu from the hands and not from the private parts? In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful and Compassionate One does not need to wash one's private parts after passing wi…
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The Fiqh of Menstruation
Sidi Hamza Karamali
The fiqh of menstruation In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful and Compassionate The Fiqh of Menstruation (Act According to what you See) It is Obligatory to Learn the Fiqh of Menstruation Many women are unfamiliar with th…
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Insufficient Purity between two Menstruations
Sidi Hamza Karamali
: I was taught that according to the Shafii school, there needs to be a 15 day period of purity between two menstruations. What if 10 days after a woman ends her menstruation, she sees blood again?
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Women Issues: A Little Gift: The Fiqh of Menstruation and Other Uterine Bleeding
Sidi Mostafa Azzam
A little gift: The Fiqh of Menstruation and other uterine bleeding A LITTLE GIFT The Fiqh of Menstruation and Other Uterine Bleeding Based on Sheikh al-Islam Zakariyya Ansari’s Tahrir Tanqih al-Lubab Mostafa Azzam In the…
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Zakat: Don't know if wealth is above or below nisab
Sidi Sulaiman Hart
: Whatare the ramifications of fullfillingthe obligations of zakatif one doesn't know if his/her wealth was above or below the nisab. This person would need to find out how much money he/she had (bank statements etc) for…
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Zakat and Debt
Sidi Hamza Karamali
: If one is $20,000 in debt yet they have with them $5000 (more than the nisab) to take care of their yearly expensesetcand they have this $5000 for over a year then does he have to pay zakatfor this money that one has b…
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Kissing Feet and Prostration
Shaykh Gibril Haddad
: I wish to inquire about a ruling regarding kissing the feet of elders [and] prostration out of respecting a human being (sujud al-ta`dhim)....
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Abortion of babies with genetic diseases
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari, UK
I have a Question regarding the permissibility of carrying out an abortion on babies with genetic diseases such as Cystic Fibrosis. Scientists can now actually determine at a stage (before 120 days) whether this child wi…
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Waiting period for a non-menstruating woman prior to menopause
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari, UK
: Can you explain to me what the judgment is for the woman whose husband has divorced her, but she has no menstrual period nor is she in menopause. I would like to know specifically the length of time of her ^iddah? Is i…
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Selling insurance policies to non-Muslims?
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari, UK
I work in a call center part of my job is to sell insurance policies to non-Muslims what would the shar'ee order for this be?
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Silver Jewelry
Shaykh Abu Usama, South Africa
: Can women wear silver or artificial jewelry? Can a man wear silver? Al-Salam `alaykum It is allowed for women to wear all types of jewelry, whether of gold, silver or any other metal or non-metal. Artificial jewelry is…
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Can Tahajjud be prayed after Fajr Time Enters? It is disliked to perform voluntary prayers after Fajr time enters. RE: Tahajjud: Night Vigil Prayer
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
I was wondering if u can pray the tahajjud prayer at the beginning of the time for fajr....when it is still dark? Walaikum assalam, 1. The time for performing the night vigil (tahajjud) prayer ends when Isha time ends an…
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The Verse of Light Explained: 'Allah is the Light of the Heavens and the Earth.'
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
:The Verse of Light explained: 'Allah is the Light of the Heavens and the Earth The Verse of Light Explained ‘Allah is the Light of the Heavens and the Earth.’
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RE: Parents Responsibility
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
: Is it allowed from Islam to send our children to "non-Muslim" schools?
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The Advice of Al-Habib 'Umar bin Hafiz
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
: The advice of Al-Habib 'Umar bin Hafiz [from a subscriber] This advice was recorded on videotape, in Tarim, by brother Hasan Sidky, during the month of August of the year 2000. This translation was prepared by: Br.
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A wife's Right to Housing Separate From Her In-Laws and Others
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Adam, Leicester (UK)
: I would like to know what obligation's the husband must have on providing his wife with shelter away from the in-laws. The husband is in full-time education and only agreed to the marriage, because his wife had agreed …
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Is it an innovation to pray on a carpet?
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
: Is it an innovation to pray on a carpet? Assalamu alaikum, It is normally superior to prayer on the ground itself, especially if it is clean.
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"The Believer is a Mirror for the Believer." Explained
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
: There is a hadith, "AlMu'min miraatul mu'min", paraphrased as "The believer is a mirror to the believer". I have heard different interpretations. Can you provide an explanation?
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Questionon bleeding
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
: can you have a wudu (i.e. can you make a fresh wudu) if you have a nose bleed or other such flow of blood which is not the result of menstruation or post-natal bleeding? Walaikum assalam, Blood flow breaks wudu, unless…
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Uncertain Motives and Intentions
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
: I am finding that my intention to do good deeds is not right. what I mean by this is that when I read quran I want to read it nicely and try my best.
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Innovation and Gathering to Recite Qur'an [RE: [Hanafi] Khatm-e-Qur'aan]
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
I showed the email you sent back to me to the brother who inquired about the khatm-Quran, and he emailed me back- and I don't know what to tell him, and now I am confused as well :(his email is below- ....
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Are the Prophets Alive in Their Graves?
Mufti Muhammad ibn Adam, UK
: What Aqeedah should we have for the people that are dead? Some people say the Prophets are alive in their graves, is this true? please give me evidence.
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RE: Fatawa from books
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
It has become the practice in the UK for Muslims to take Fatawa on matters of daily living (as opposed to Questions of aqidah and ibadah) from books, most of which are translations of books or individual rulings made by …
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Thinking well of others
Shaykh Abu Usama, South Africa
: What if someone passed away and from what one knew they were "So-So" Muslims but engaged in some haram stuff. Then upon giving condolences to the family to make them feel better one really embellished the truth about h…