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Attending a Non-Muslim’s Funeral
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Someone at the office where I'm working died. She was a good human with a good heart and nice to everybody. But when she died they have send me a funeral card for invitation and to go to the church and to the cemetery.
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Bequeath: Are gifts to non-Muslim family members or a Muslim friend permissible?
Shaykh Sohail Hanif, SunniPath Academy Teacher
If one is a single parent with one child and heir who is a girl, and one's parents are non- Muslim, is the entire estate the right of the child alone? I am wondering if I can bequeath a gift to non-Muslim family, and/or …
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Does a non-verbal pronouncement of divorce count as a pronouncement of divorce?
Shaykh Sohail Hanif, SunniPath Academy Teacher
Does a non-verbal pronouncement of divorce count as a pronouncement of divorce? i.e. The man "says" it "aloud" in his mind (without moving lips, vocal cords, mouth)?
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Etiquettes of touching and carrying the Qur’an
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
Is it permissible for a muhdith (one who is not on wudu) to touch a mushaf (copy of the Quran) or to carry it when it is in its own case made of carton?
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Using Fragrance with alcohol: does it invalidate wudu and prayer?
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
If I use scent that has alcohol in it, does it nullify my wudu? Can I pray with this scent on my body? Answer Applying scent to the body does not nullify wudu, even if you know that there is filth (najasah) in it.
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Shortening the Prayer if You Will Complete Your Trip Before the End of the Time
Sidi Mostafa Azzam
I was on a lawful journey with a group of Muslims. They stopped to pray maghrib and isha during the beginning of isha's time. The imam shortened his isha to two rakas.
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Praying on Bird Droppings
Sidi Mostafa Azzam
I recently prayed at Masjid al-Haram and I noticed that there were bird droppings on the grounds of this blessed majid as it is open-air and birds fly all around. What is the ruling about praying in a place where bird dr…
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Curriculum & Texts for Shafi`i fiqh
Sidi Moustafa Elqabbany
I was wondering where I can get good translations of the Shafi'i fiqh works used in Tarim?
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Is it permissible for an old woman not to wear a head-covering (khimar) or a loose outer garmen
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
Allah Most High says, "As for women past child-bearing, who have no hope of marriage, it is no sin for them if they discard their garments without displaying adornment. But to refrain is better for them. Allah is All-Hea…
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Is it forbidden to pay large amounts of money to the bride’s father, & how to deal with thi
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
I am from Yemen and it is the custom of my people to pay exorbitant amounts of money to the father of the bride in order to make him agree to the marriage. I think that this is forbidden, but what should I do if they don…
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When is it obligatory upon the parents to get their young daughter to wear hijab?
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
When is it obligatory upon the parents to get their young daughter to wear hijab?
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Using Tooth Paste
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, SunniPath Academy Teacher
Just want to know the permissibility of using standard toothpaste whilst fasting, is it permissible? I have been told by our local Imam that this is permissible. Answer Walaikum assalam, In itself it is permissible to us…
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Praying with a pig-leather wallet… do I have to make up such prayers?
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
I had a wallet for several years. Only recently did I realize that it was from pig skin. I know for sure that I prayed with it on me. But I don’t know how much, though I think it is around 15% of the time… what do I do?
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The Pre-ejaculate fluid, madhy, calls for washing and ablution before praying
Shaykh Hamza Karamali, SunniPath Academy Teacher
The fluid that flows from a man - it is not urine and not semen, but flows with excitement, and I think the Arabic name is madhi - I have read Hadith of this that the Prophet (PBUH) said that if you find such fluid, you …
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Imam Ghazali on Following the Way of the Beloved Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upo
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, SunniPath Academy Teacher
Imam Ghazali on Following the Way of the Beloved Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) Answer Imam Ghazali states in Kitab al-Arba‘in, in the section on “The Principle of Following the Sunna”: “Know that t…
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What to believe about Shias?
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
What to believe about Shias? Answer Walaikum assalam wa rahmatullah, Shaykh Nuh Keller explained this during his recent set of lessons in Lahore last month. www.DeenPort.com hosts this answer.
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Death: the shore of safety where real life begins… dealing with loss of a parent
Shaykh Gibril F Haddad
I have a friend who is a girl I respect as a sister. Her father has recently past away and she is very confused on a lot of things to a certain extent she is questioning faith.
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Al-A`raf and "Purgatory"
Shaykh Gibril F Haddad
I was just reading parts of Ihya Ulum Id Din (The Book of Religious Learnings) by Imam Ghazzali and I came across this: Answer Wa `alaykum as-Salam: What you quoted is not Ihya Ulum al-Din nor Imam al-Ghazzali's words bu…
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Praying Witr when Making up Missed Prayers
Shaykh Hamza Karamali, SunniPath Academy Teacher
I am in the process of making up missed prayers and they are many in number. In order to speed things, I pray one rakat of witr after Isha. Is praying one rakat of witr acceptable in the Shafi'i madhab?
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The integrals and sunnas of Friday Khutbah
Shaykh Hamza Karamali, SunniPath Academy Teacher
In a Jumma arrangement at work, for the last 3 years we have been praying with a khutba in English in two parts with a little Arabic quran or dua mixed inside it. A group of five of us rotate to do the khutba. Recently, …
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Deferred payment: Difference between things purchased and money lent
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari
In one of your answers I had read that a seller can charge a larger amount for a deferred payment i.e. for example the buyer agrees to pay for the thing purchased after one year. You had answered that this is halal and d…
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Using Toothpaste in Ramadan
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
If any toothpaste or saliva changed by it gets swallowed one's fast is invalidated. It is best to avoid using toothpaste while fasting, unless one can do so without endangering one's fast. Using toothpaste is sinful, cor…
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Adopted nephew: Do I have to cover in front of him?
Shaykh Abu Usamah
My brother adopted his wife's son, who is now 16. Do I have to cover in front of him? Answer Al-Salam `Alaykum Adopted children remain the children of their true parents.
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Forced into going to Pakistan by parents: what should one do?
Shaykh Nazim Mangera
Forced into going to Pakistan by parents: what should one do? Answer Assalamu Alaikum, If you do not go with them to Pakistan, what are your alternatives? Who will you stay with?
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Foster brothers: Do I need to wear hijab in front of them?
Shaykh Abu Usamah
When I was few months old my mothers sister breastfed me once, I’m a female age 22 now. My question is my aunt has 4 sons and her youngest son is as same age as mine, is my nikkah permissible with any of those four sons?
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Muslim woman in love with a non-Muslim interested in converting
Shaykh Gibril F Haddad
I am a Muslim woman and have fallen in love with a non-Muslim man. I have opened his eyes to this great religion and he is learning and wants to convert.
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Is it considered bad adab to write notes (in pen/ pencil) in fiqh books/ Quran/ hadith books et
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Is it considered bad adab to write notes (in pen/ pencil) in fiqh books/ Quran/ hadith books etc? What about highlighting? Answer Walaikum assalam wa rahmatullah, In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful and Compassionate.
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Money raised for dawah purposes: is it permissible for the one who is doing dawah to use this m
Shaykh Abdurrahman ibn Yusuf Mangera
I’m thinking of going into Dawa fulltime. But I need money to support me as well so is it permissible to take money for personal needs from money raised for dawa purpose or should I have something else on side.
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Allah's Attributes "in us"
Shaykh Gibril F Haddad
Enlighten on Allah's attributes in us. How is Allah's Noor a part of us. Does that mean that HIS Allah's Love and Goodness is in us? Do we as human beings always reflect His Love and Goodness? Please give more light on t…