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Custom and Style RE: Do women have to undo their locks or braids for a valid ghusl?
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
Locks are not necessarily a distinctively non-Muslim style, however many of the hair styles that many Muslim women with straight hair use may as well have come from Europeans and at any rate if it is attractive to one's …
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Would it be permissible for a child to watch a cartoon about Habil and Qabil which was made by Muslims?
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
Would it be permissible for a child to watch a cartoon about Habil and Qabil which was made by Muslims? Walaikum assalam wa rahmatullah, According to the cautious majority opinion, it would be considered picture-making, …
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Delaying breaking a fast
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
If someone is keeping an optional fast then do they have to open it as soon as maghrib starts or can they delay it for as long as they like. and also what happens if you fell asleep after asr and woke up well after maghr…
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Can Salaries Counts as Zakat?
Mufti Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari (www.daruliftaa.org)
Regarding your point on 6, “Zakat cannot be given as wages or salary to any person whether he is a worthy recipient or not.” Is it not usually said that the zakat collectors can take his salary from zakat wealth?
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Rings on which finger?
Mufti Abdurrahman ibn Yusuf, www.whitethreadpress.com
Many people have been telling me that wearing rings on the index finger and the thumb is haraam (prohibited)...is this statement true? It is somewhat disliked for a man to wear a ring on the middle and index finger.
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Prophetic Guidance on Fasting: Chapters from Nawawi’s Guidance of the Righteous (Riyad al-Salihin)
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
Prophetic Guidance on Fasting: Chapters from Nawawi’s Guidance of the Righteous (Riyad al-Salihin) Prophetic Guidance on Fasting Chapters from Nawawi’s Guidance of the Righteous (Riyad al-Salihin) Ustadha Ayesha Bewley’s…
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A Dilemma on the Marriage Trail
Mufti Abdurrahman ibn Yusuf, www.whitethreadpress.com
I seem to be in a dilemma about marriage. A girl at work, who is a convert, and I want to marry each other. My parents are livid because she has a child from a past relationship, and because she is not ethnic Muslim like…
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Dreams and decisions about marriage
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
I had a dream about my wedding and in this dream, I saw the girl I was to marry. now in this dream, everything seemed to go well and everyone was really happy.
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Who should lead congregational prayer?
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
Who can lead congregational prayer? I know a Muslim brother who knows more suras of the Quran and ahadith than I do. I have been telling him to lead the prayer when the two of us pray together. Is it forbidden, or not re…
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The Wife Correcting a Lax Husband – the fiqh of commanding the good and being of good counsel (nasiha)
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
I want to know what is duty of a woman as a wife, if her husband is not religious enough. is it permissible for the wife to instruct her husband in the matters of faith?
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What actually is ''traditional'' Islam and what does it entail to be a ''traditional'' Muslim?
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
What actually is ''traditional'' Islam and what does it entail to be a ''traditional'' Muslim?
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Do leaders need to be learned?
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
I had a very interesting discussion the other day with a friend of mine who said that a Muslim leader does not have to be a learned scholar as long as he is a just and fair person. …
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Wudu: Bleeding Gums. The Fiqh of Bleeding in the Mouth
Sidi Sohail Hanif with Sidi Faraz Rabbani
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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What is the way of traditional learning?
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
What is the way of traditional learning?
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Hesitating about my intention
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
What if I lead a prayer and having started, I realise that perhaps my intention may have been deficient – e.g.
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Misgivings about intention in prayer
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
I have wasawis [misgivings] before I start a prayer, when I try to recollect which prayer exactly I am about to pray.
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When is the best time(s) to read the Qur’an each day?
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
When is the best time(s) to read the Qur’an each day? Walaikum assalam, Generally, it is best at night and early morning. Specifically, it is best at the time when: a) one can be consistent in reading it daily, and b) ha…
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Tawassul of `Umar through al-`Abbas (Allah be pleased with them)
Shaykh Gibril Haddad (db)
How do the contemporary Hanafi scholars explain the hadeeth recorded in Sahih Al-Bukhari according to which Khalifah Umar (Allah be pleased with him) asked Ibn Abbas (Allah be pleased with him) to ask Allah for rain on b…
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Making up fasts broken sinfully
Mufti Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari (db) of www.daruliftaa.org
Unfortunately, a number of years ago I was involved in a sin which I later found out also breaks a fast. I have no idea how many fasts were broken by this sin as I never use to commit the sin on a daily basis.
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Someone wronged me in a petty matter and I can’t get over it
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
What happens if you are the one that someone did wrong to, and you know about it but the person won't repay you? For example, someone stole something of mine and won't give it back.
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The Unlettered Prophet? How could he then understand the Qur’an?
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
Someone asked: what is the meaning of ummee? I answered, “The one who does not know how to read and write.”
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Supermarket Meat is Not Halal - A comprehensive fatwa on a very common and serious question.
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Adam, UK
I have come across Muslims who try and justify that we are permitted to eat the meat of the Jews/Christians, as is, e.g.
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Dealing With a Troublemaking Brother on Campus...
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
At our Islamic Society here, there is a brother who hangs around, but mainly to check out the sisters, it seems. He’ll come and pray once in a while, but he’s been seen with the Sikhs and Hindus and others at their dance…
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RE: Maintaining kinship bonds
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
Would phoning a relative or immediate member of one's own family be enough to satisfy ALLAH's command to maintain kinship bonds; in the case that some family members are only willing to talk about music, movies, dating, …
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Post-Toilet Cleaning: The Wet, Dry, and Combination Methods, and ridding oneself of remaining traces of urine properly without falling into misgivings
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
I understand that when you go to urinate, you can do a ‘dry’ method (using tissue) and you can also do a ‘wet’ method, and you can use both methods (most recommended?) But how do you do the wet method exactly?
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Wudu lost through sin? How is wudu broken? Would masturbation be allowed to avoid major sins?
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
I was asked this question "I know that wudu is broken when the air is passed or doing small sins etc but does it break when we see our self naked in mirror, or swearing by mistake, looking at a girl (I am sure this will …
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Hajj: Can an elderly lady perform Hajj alone?
Mufti Abdurrahman ibn Yusuf, www.whitethreadpress.com
I have an aunt who is in her 50's, she is a widow.
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What should one do if one passes wind while performing salat in congregation or alone?
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
What should one do if one passes wind while performing salat in congregation or alone? Walaikum assalam wa rahmatullah, One’s prayer is invalidated, so one must perform wudu again, and should then start over.
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Does Islam permit the treatment of depression with prescribed antidepressants plus psychotherapy (as well as dua, dhikr etc)?
Shaykh Gibril Haddad
Does Islam permit the treatment of depression with prescribed antidepressants plus psychotherapy (as well as dua, dhikr etc)?
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Studying Arabic in the Middle East the Current Political Climate
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
I am planning on going for Hajj in 2004. After Hajj, I am thinking of going to Syria to study Arabic. I wanted to ask if you think it would be okay, to travel to Syria, considering I am a Canadian Citizen with a US Green…