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Commanding the Good & Forbidding the Wrong
SunniPath Answer Service Team
What should a Muslim do who knows of another Muslim doing wrong even after being told to stop?
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Is it really a serious sin to masturbate or is it ok if one does it?
SunniPath Answer Service Team
I know a Muslim brother that is very frustrated, he can’t stop himself from masturbating. He stops for a while and does it again. He also knows that it is not right to do it. He has access to pornography via the internet…
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Touching and selling unlawful meat
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari
I just started working in a fast food restaurant where we serve haram as well as halal meat. I would like to know if it is a sin to touch pork and whether or not my pay is haram if I serve haram meat. Answer Wa alaykum a…
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Copyright Law is Binding: Answering the Argument The Copyright Is Haram Because It Contravenes Ownership Rights Owner At The Time
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Answering the Argument That Copyright Is Haram Because It Contravenes Ownership Rights owner at the time!
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Picture of children in a madrasa on SunniPath.com
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
I know that pictures of humans and animals are forbidden, and I have seen this stated in your question and answer section several times. I am therefore very puzzled to see a picture of children in a madrasa on the homepa…
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Playing chess or cards: what is the reasoning behind its impermissibility?
Mufti Yusuf Mullan
There have been some posts on this net concerning the impermissibility of playing chess or cards. I don’t have any problems with these rulings and have heard them before but the reasoning given kind of troubled me.
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Cosmetic Surgery: is it permissible?
Mufti Yusuf Mullan
My sister is having plastic surgery done on her nose. Her nose is wide and unattractive and she wants it to look better. Please tell me if this is allowed in Islam and in the Hanafi Madhab.
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Choosing a Spouse: Deen, any other criteria?
SunniPath Answer Service Team
Choosing a Spouse: Deen, any other criteria?
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The Fiqh of Paying Zakat: Can it be given to parents, a spouse, children, relatives… ?
SunniPath Answer Service Team
Can a Muslim pay their zakat to his/her own parents if they have no means of income and are living in a different house? Answer Wa‘alaykum Assalam wa Rahmatullah, The giver cannot materially benefit from giving their zak…
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Why do some Sunni Ulema – like the Deobandis – prohibit the Mawlid?
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari
Why do some Sunni Ulema – like the Deobandis – prohibit the Mawlid?
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Relying on Prayer Timetables
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
Is it permissible to practically rely on a prayer timetable or must one independently evaluate whether the time has entered? Answer Yes, it is permissible to rely upon a prayer timetable if it was produced by someone wel…
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Is a pharmacist assisting in sin by selling medicines with alcohol?
SunniPath Fiqh Q&A Support Team
To my understanding, if someone can not be directly attributed for the committing of a wrong action, then they will not receive sin, but I was wondering if someone such as a Pharmacist will be committing sin since he can…
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Blood transfusions and organ donation
SunniPath Fiqh Q&A Support Team
1) If a person has cancer and your blood matches with his and he is within the family, can a marrow transplant be performed?
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Domestic violence is detested in Islam
SunniPath Fiqh Q&A Support Team
Help!! I Addressed a College class on women in Islam. The instructor said that it was too bad there was no hadith to support my statement that domestic violence was detested. Please give me as many Hadith as possible to …
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Is it right to love someone before getting married or if you are uncertain you will marry him/h
SunniPath Answer Service Team
Is it right to love someone before getting married or if you are uncertain you will marry him/her? Answer Please see the following links: How could you love another before marriage? Questions on Pre-Marital Affection Is …
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Praying in a state of intoxication
Sidi Fadi Qutub Zada
If someone is intoxicated (with alcohol) can he pray? Or is it haram for him to pray in that state (just like the ruling of prohibition of prayer while in the state of major ritual impurity).
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Question on Essence and Attributes
Shaykh Gibril F Haddad
Question on Essence and Attributes Answer Wa `alayum as-Salam: The question is how "God's Attributes are neither identical with nor different from His Essence."
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Rules of tajweed: Different ways of reciting the verses of Surah Fatiha
Shaykh Hamza Karamali, SunniPath Academy Teacher
Is it correct to join the 5th and 6th ayat in the following manner: "iyya ka nasta'eenuhdi nasiraat" instead of "iyya ka nasta'een(u) ihdi nasiraat." (i.e. by joining the nun to the haa and missing the alif?)
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Pictures of animals on clothing: What is the ruling on wearing such clothes and praying in them
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
What is the ruling on wearing clothing that has pictures of animals? Is there a difference between the clothing of children and adults? What is the ruling on praying in such clothes?
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Does one have to re-take the Shahadah if one leaves the deen and then later returns to it?
Shaykh Abu Usamah
What is the ruling for a believer who leaves the Din out of confusion and misguidance and then returns to Islam and takes up the practice of the Din again? Does one have to re-take Shahadah with witnesses and then take g…
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The Birth of the Beloved of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) The need to love, venerate,
SunniPath Fiqh Q&A Support Team
The Birth of the Beloved of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) The need to love, venerate, and celebrate the Prophet Muhammad (Allah bless him and give him peace) Answer Love & Praise of the Messenger of Allah (Alla…
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Joining Prayers Due to Rain
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
What are the conditions for joining prayers due to rain? I heard that there's a position in the Shafi'i school that allows for joining if one expects it to rain in the given day. Is this true?
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Obedience to parents when they are being difficult…
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari
I was currently studying about the rights of parents and grandparents and recently my mother didn't let me go visit my grandmother and I hadn't seen her for 2 weeks. The reason being, she wanted me to stay home and clean…
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Is suicide permitted if one is about to be raped?
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari
When I was in highschool I remember hearing something about a woman being permitted to commit suicide when she is about to be raped. True?
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On the verge of renal failure: Is there any method of using black seed products for this specif
Shaykh Nazim Mangera
I ask today of a matter close to my heart as it involves the health of my mother. Her kidneys are failing - it is actually at 15%. She is 78 years old and the doctors said that a transplant is not an option.
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How does one deal with an invitation from someone whose income is not lawful & the ill-effe
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari
A member of my father's family, by marriage, works as an insurance broker. From my understanding, since most forms of insurance are considered by the majority of ulema to be haram, his income is haram.
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Is one’s sister-in-law mahram as long as one is married to her sister?
Shaykh Abu Usamah
I understand that I cannot marry my sister-in-law whilst I am married to her sister. So in effect do I become her mahram? And does that mean she can come to hajj with us? She is not married and would like to perform hajj…
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How to calculate zakat? Is it obligatory to distribute zakat to all eight categories of recipie
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
Is it obligatory for me to distribute my zakat to the all of the eight groups [s. of deserving recipients]? How do I calculate my zakat? I don’t see any easy way to calculate my zakat on my earnings over the year, it see…
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Are there specific recitations when fish are killed to make them halal or are they halal withou
Shaykh Sohail Hanif
For normal meat, we must recite Bismillahi Allahu Akbar before slaughter. In the UK, the fishermen are kuffar. Are there specific recitations when fish are killed to make them halal or are they halal without recitation?
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Should I Leave the Hanafi Madhhab: Sunnas, Beards, Trousers…
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, SunniPath Academy Teacher
I am extremely grateful to you for your answer. And I apologize for taking up your time in order to put my case before you in a way that will allow you to take a decision sooner on the matter.