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Having Doubts About Allah

Mufti Muhammad ibn Adam, Darul Iftaa (Leicester, UK)

Please advise me: I am having big doubts in Allah Ta'ala. I weep and make du'a for them to go away, but they don't. It is ruining my life, I feel like I am so far from the Deen now.

Fasting in extreme latitudes

Mufti Muhammad ibn Adam, Darul Iftaa (Leicester, UK)

How would these times be used for fasting in Ramadan? It seems that any of the methodologies enumerated could result in 20+ hour fasts, which does not seem reasonable for an entire month of fasting.

How A Muslim Should Deal With Stress and Anxiety: 25 Ways to Deal with Stress and Anxiety

Abdul Malik Mujahid

How A Muslim Should Deal With Stress and Anxiety Stress is life. Stress is anything that causes mental, physical, or spiritual tension. There is no running away from it. All that matters is how you deal with it.

Islamic Manners: The Proper Manners of Eating

Shaykh Abd al-Fattah Abu Ghudda (Allah have mercy on him)

Islamic Manners: The Proper Manners of Eating 6.1 THE IMPORTANCE OF EATING MANNERS Eating manners are very important since it is repeated many times every day. It must be done properly whether eating alone, with family, …

How about lost and found items? RE: Buying Cars at Autions

Mufti Muhammad ibn Adam, Darul Iftaa (Leicester, UK)

If the item is known to have been a lost and found item (e.g.

When praying alone, can I just 'think' of the Fatiha?

Sidi Faraz Rabbani

When I pray alone (I am a woman), do I have to pronounce the fatiha and the following sura or should I read them in my mind only? Walaikum assalam wa rahmatullah, 1.

RE: Crying at night... A believer between fear, love, longing, and hope

Sidi Faraz Rabbani

The issue is that I cry a lot in the evening, especially lying in my bed and at Isha time, when I think about my sins and about my grave and my reckoning with Allah. I get very depressed and feel that the only place for …

Unmarried girl... henna... gloves?

Henna & Jewelry in Public Answered by Shaykh Abdur-Rahman ibn Yusuf I'm not sure how to reconcile the rulings on nail polish and henna.

Eating out given chance of haram...

Mufti Yusuf Mullan, Toronto Shariah Program

I was wondering if it is allowed for us to eat Pizza, since many if not all of the stores that serve Pizza have a pizza slicer, that they use to cut pie's that may have pepperoni on it. Does that make the Pizza dirty?

Pendant with Qur'an for a menstruating woman...

Mufti Yusuf Mullan, Toronto

Is it permissible for a woman to wear a pendant with the Ayat-ul-Kursi: 1) during menstruation? 2) entering the toilet/bathroom? In the name of Allah, ar-Rahman, ar-Raheem and may his abundant blessings be showered on hi…

The right way of getting out of a mortgage...

Mufti Yusuf Mullan, Toronto

I bought a house some time ago for 100 thousand pounds using a mortgage. I am determined to extricate myself from this situation because of the prohibitions against riba and am now going to sell the house.

Makeup Prayers: Performing Sunna Prayers When One Has Makeup Prayers

Sidi Faraz Rabbani

Can one pray salat at-tawbah, salat al-istikhara, salat al-hajah and other specific nafl prayers if one has qadas? If not, can one intend to pray the nafl prayer along with a qada prayer?

RE: Intercultural Muslim marriage and dowry

Sidi Faraz Rabbani

I have a question regarding a Malaysian family friend who's been through many trials. His second child now is pursuing her education at a local college and received a proposal from her lecturer from Bangladesh (Muslim).

RE: I used to steal, even from orphans

Shaykh Faraz Rabbani

I have question about stuff I did when I was a teenager. btw the age of 10 and 14 I shoplifted alot and would steal money from people's purses. I must have been sick or something. I did not smoke or drink or take drugs.

How to point in Tashahhud

Shaykh Abu Usamah, South Africa

What is the ruling of the use of the index finger while making tashahud during prayer. Some books I have read say that we should move the finger up and down, although I've always been taught to raise it once.

The Fiqh of Washing Machines: Can I make my filthy (najis) clothes clean in a washing machine?

Sidi Faraz Rabbani

The Fiqh of Washing Machines: Can I make my filthy (najis) clothes clean in a washing machine? In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful and Compassionate.

Reading things while in prayer

Shaykh Abu Usamah, South Africa

Does checking the time on a clock while one is praying invalidate one's prayer? What sorts of "learning", if any invalidates the prayer? Al-Salam `alaykum Checking the time on the clock whilst inprayer does not invalidat…

Various Zakat Questions

Shaykh Abu Usamah, South Africa

1. Should a husband and wife's zakat be computed separately or should it be lumped together? Al-Salam `alaykum 1. The husband and wife should each compute their Zakah individually. 2. How do you pay zakat on stock whose …

My friend acts as a middleman for interest-based home-financing. He doesn't follow a madhhab, and sees nothing wrong with it

Sidi Faraz Rabbani

I have a friend who is an upright Muslim. He does not follow a madhab, and often uses his own reasoning to come up with his own opinion on something. Recently, he started a business in which he acts as a middleman for pe…

My mother wants to kill an in-law by magic...

Sidi Faraz Rabbani

Because of some seemingly insignificant differences about the amount of jewelry to be given, my mother has threatened to get someone (whom we know to be very dangerous in such things) to do black magic on one of my in-la…

Paying Zakat to One's Wife

Sidi Faraz Rabbani

My wife is presently taking a student loan to attend university. After she finishes, she will have no means of paying off her loans. If I pay them for her, would that be considered zakat, or am I responsible for paying t…

RUMI: Your deeds alone are faithful

Sidi Faraz Rabbani

RUMI: Your deeds alone are faithful Mawlana Jalal al-Din al-Rumi, a Hanafi faqih and Sufi, not a new-age hippy and spiritual surfer that some falsely portray him to be, said: In this world you have three companions: one …

Abdal-Hakim Murad: On Top of Europe: Walking the Alps

Abdal-Hakim Murad

On top of Europe: Walking the Alps On Top of Europe: Walking the Alps Getting away from the rat-race and enjoying the natural beauties of Europe seems to get harder by the minute.

The Shafii Fiqh List: About Shaykh Amjad Rasheed

www.groups.yahoo.com/group/shafii Assalamu alaikum, As part of the building blocks for Sunni Path’s services (www.sunnipath.com), Shaykh Amjad Rasheed is the in-house Shafii scholar for Sunni Path’s Q&A Service and Onlin…

Victim of ribawi mortgage: Keeping our duty...

Sidi Faraz Rabbani

It is difficult to avoid standard (riba-based) bank mortgages. Can’t the one getting into them be considered a ‘victim’ of the system, rather than a sinner? Don’t the warnings relate primarily to those charge others inte…

Headed to the wrong path... Establishing Prayer

Mufti Muhammad ibn Adam, Darul Iftaa (Leicester, UK)

I have a 9 month old daughter who tires me, I am out of the house for 12hrs (6am - 6pm), I have chores to do when I come home, my husband is out of town for several months, my mother - who lives with me- is a big help bu…

Follow up question on custody

Mufti Abdurrahman ibn Yusuf, California

I was reading the hanafi forum correspondence of the custody of children. I’m a little confused on an answer that you gave. Listed is what you wrote: “3. If the mother marries a person who is not a mahram [marriageable k…

Doesn't the woman need her guardian's approval to marry?

Mufti Muhammad ibn Adam & Sidi Faraz Rabbani

Doesn't the woman need her guardian's approval to marry? In the name of Allah, Most Compassionate, Most Merciful, It is certainly the sunna and proper way to get one’s guardian’s permission.

The Fiqh of Sports and Games

Shaykh Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari

Is the playing of sports such as Rugby League or American football permissible in Islam? In the name of Allah, Most Compassionate, Most Merciful, Islam is a very moderate religion that is free from any type of extremism …

Thinking of Other Women in a Sexual Way... Turning to Allah, Repentance, Seeking Sufficiency in the Halal, and Thanking Allah for His Blessings

Sidi Faraz Rabbani

Please advice what one can do if they think of other women in a sexual way when they are in the presence of their wife. Any dua, ayats, surah, zikrs... Walaikum assalam wa rahmatullah, 1.