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Can I pray on the grass in my town, given that it is irrigated with sewage water?
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
I live in a city that has numerous plots of grass. The local municipality irrigates the grass using sewer water, which is filthy (najis). A slight odor is perceptible after the irrigation. Is it permissible to pray on th…
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Who is more appropriate for treatment of Muslim women living in the West: an non-Muslim woman o
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
Who is more appropriate for treatment of Muslim women living in the West: an non-Muslim woman or a Muslim man?
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Interacting with my brother's daughters born out of wedlock, is it permissible?
Mufti Yusuf Mullan
My brother has 3 children. He had 2 of his children, from two different girls, before he got married. Is it permissible for me to interact with all 3 of his children, or just the one that he had when he was married?
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Hajj on parent's money which may involve interest
Mufti Yusuf Mullan
I want to perform hajj next year insha’Allah and my parents have agreed to finance the trip. Unfortunately, some of my parent's wealth involves fixed deposits which earn interest and they also have a mortgage.
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When did the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) become a prophet?
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
I am asking about some evidence in regrads to the Prophets Life (saw). Allot of the ullema state that the Prophet was born prophet which i accept. Others will reject and state the prophet became prophet after the age of …
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The Fiqh of borrowing: Paying back debts
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari
Can you please give some information regarding the fiqh of lending/borrowing money? What are the obligations of a person who owes money to others? Can he, for example, go to hajj / umrah / Islamic schooling, instead of u…
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Prostrating to the parents, scholars, graves...
SunniPath Fiqh Q&A Support Team
Within a certain community there is a practice, which involves the son prostrating to the parents on the day of a wedding and other occasions, what evidence can be provided from the Quran and Sunnah that this is an act o…
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One will be resurrected with the one they love
Shaykh Gibril F Haddad
I once heard someone say that if you really love someone and that person really loves you, but both people had to marry someone else in this world, that these two will be able to be with one another in the Hereafter (thi…
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RE: I'tikaf: Spiritual Retreat for Women at Home?
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
In relation to the below - I am hearing from some brothers that women cannot even go into the kitchen (?!) but must solely remain in that specific room until the period of 'itikaf is over.
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What distance does a person have to travel for him to become a Traveller?
Shaykh Abu Usamah
What distance does a person have to travel for him to become a Musaafir, is it 77km or 88km? Please give a detailed answer. Answer Al-Salam `alaykum There is a difference of opinion amongst contemporary scholars regardin…
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Mother in law: Demanding & interfering… she wants to know all the intimate detail
Shaykh Nazim Mangera
I have been married for 8 months. My mother in law asked my husband on the 1st week of our marriage about our sex life, about what contraception we use - explaining each type of contraception, she speaks to him about per…
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Starting the Friday khutba if the time has not entered
Shaykh Hamza Karamali, SunniPath Academy Teacher
I am an employee at a local masjid that conducts a single salat-ul-Jumu'a at the same time all year round. During the summer months, this causes the khutba to begin before zawwal, while the salah takes place after.
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Distance between the feet while praying
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
What is the recommended distance that there should be between the feet of a person praying alone? Answer It is sunna that the feet be apart as much as a handspan during the standing position and the prostration, as our i…
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Position of feet in Congregational prayer
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
Is it sunna for the person praying to touch the foot of his neighbour [s. with his foot] when he is praying in a group?
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Are the Eid Takbirs an Innovation?
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
Some people claim that the saying “Allahu Akbaru kabiran, wa al-hamdu liLlahi kathiran, wa Subhana Allahi bukratan wa asilan…..etc” in the takbirs of Eid is a bid`ah. Is this true? Has this come to us from the Messenger,…
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Misgivings: the fiqh of doing one’s best…
Shaykh Sohail Hanif, SunniPath Academy Teacher
I asked before but I’m starting to have this problem again. My ghusl takes very long. I want to do it in 5 minutes but I cant, it takes about 30-40 minutes. Everywhere I wash I go into detail.
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Strengthening of faith: when slipping into spiritual sickness…
Shaykh Nazim Mangera
I used to read namaz and wear the jilbab, but one day I just woke and everything changed its like something was not right I was missing apart of myself.
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MQ - I have been losing motivation, finding hardness of heart, and weakness of resolve…
Shaykh Muhammad Qaylish
When I began practicing, I used to find strong motivation to perform good deeds, voluntary worship, and a lot of dhikr of Allah. I used to find softness of heart. Now, however, I don’t have that motivation, and feel a ha…
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Ethics of disagreement: difference of opinion on the method of women’s prayer
Shaykh Nazim Mangera
We (sisters) all had a little talk about how to pray (actions) in Islam. One of the sisters (sister X) said that in Islam we should pray like a man i.e. the exact way that the Beloved Prophet (SAW) prayed. We however dis…
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Commanding the right and forbidding the wrong
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, SunniPath Academy Teacher
Commanding the right and forbidding the wrong Answer From Riyad al-Salihin of Imam al-Nawawi (tr. Ustadha Ayesha Bewley) 23.
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Is Marijuana Haram?
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari
When I was young I was told that alcohol was haram, the reason being that it intoxicates a person. Making him unaware of the external world, making him loose control of himself and impairing his judgement etc. I have fri…
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Is using alcohol in any form haram?
SunniPath Fiqh Q&A Support Team
When you have time please give me your view on the use of alcohol by Muslims.
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References for method of performing salah in Hanafi madhab
Shaykh Abdurrahman ibn Yusuf Mangera
Performing salah: I have come across hadiths (referenced by other madhabs) and even started to pray with such mannerism but was advised that it is improper to pick and choose from across different schools of thought to s…
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Was Rumi an orthodox Muslim or a universal mystic beyond the rigid confines of orthodoxy?
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Was Rumi an orthodox Muslim or a universal mystic beyond the rigid confines of orthodoxy?
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Are women allowed to wear trousers, provided they are loose and the shirt is long?
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, SunniPath Academy Teacher
Are women allowed to wear trousers, provided they are loose and the shirt is long? Answer Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah, The short answer: Yes, it would be permitted if they are loose, and one’s mid-area is modestly co…
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What is the ruling of children's toys that are personified, are they considered statues? And d
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
What is the ruling of children's toys that are personified, are they considered statues? And does the dispensation apply to males as well, or only females? Answer In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful and Compassionate.
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Why do we have to cut our pubic hair and armpit hair? Do we have to keep doing it?
Shaykh Abu Usamah
Why do we have to cut our pubic hair and armpit hair? Do we have to keep doing it? Answer Al-Salam `alaykum The hair within the pubic area and armpits should be removed. It is disliked to leave this till the hair becomes…
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Pregnancy, child birth, and upbringing of children
SunniPath Answer Service Team
Prophetic advice during pregnancy: an individual wants advice on Hadiths, Sunnah's, and cultural recommendations concerning pregnancy, child birth, and upbringing of children.
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Dry Ablution (Tayammum): Description of tayammum and its conditions
Sidi Sohail Hanif
I would be grateful if you could clarify the method for performing tayammum.
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Gender interaction and the workings of Shaytan…
Shaykh Nazim Mangera
About 10 years ago (at age of 14) I had a very strong relationship with a non-Muslim girl which lasted about 5 years.