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Soap, Lotions…
SunniPath Fiqh Q&A Support Team
I live in Canada and most of soaps, shampoos and Body creams and moisturizers contain glycerine. The source of this glycerine can be animals (which include pigs too) or plants, based on whatever was available at the time…
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Praying Behind Salafis and Shias - Shafii
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
Is it permissible for a Hanafi or Shafii to pray behind: A Salafi (Ghayr Muqallid) who is neither Ashari nor Maturidi in Aqaid? Ithna Ashari Shias?
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Is it permissible for me to accept wealth that was set aside for me by my non-Muslim father as
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
Is it permissible for me to accept wealth that was set aside for me by my non-Muslim father as a bequest?
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Praying Isha Early
Sidi Mostafa Azzam
Is it permissible in our school to pray Isha 50 minutes after maghrib? If so where does this ruling come from and are there any conditions? If it is not permissible, where might this misunderstanding have come from?
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How to Offer Make-Up Prayers
Sidi Moustafa Elqabbany
How exactly is one supposed to pray qaddah (missed prayer) prayer? Do I do it at the time that I am making up, i.e. fajr make-up at fajr time? Do I read the fatiha as well as another sura?
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Modern Birth Control
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
Is it permissible to use modern forms of birth control, and when is their use permissible? Is it permissible for one who has a lot of children and fears, for example, that one will not be able to properly care for them? …
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Father Won't Allow Marriage
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
What should a girl do if she fears falling into the forbidden but her father simply refuses to entertain any talk of her getting married? (She is 23 years old.)
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Is it sunna to shake hands with for both men and women?
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
Is it sunna to shake hands with for both men and women? Answer Yes, it is sunna mu’akkadah (confirmed sunna) to shake hands when men meet with men and women meet with women.
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The Sunna of Food & Drink- Shafii
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, SunniPath Academy Teacher
The Sunna of Food & Drink Answer The Sunna of Food & Drink: Living the Guidance of the Beloved Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and give him peace, and his family, companions, and followers) Selected Hadiths From Imam…
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How does one pray salat al-tawba (prayer of repentance) and salat al-awwabin (prayer of the oft
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
How does one pray salat al-tawba (prayer of repentance) and salat al-awwabin (prayer of the oft-returning to Allah)?
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What is the proof for a woman’s prayer being different from a man’s prayer? How do they differ?
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
What is the proof for a woman’s prayer being different from a man’s prayer? How do they differ? Answer A woman’s prayer does not differ from a man’s prayer in integrals or conditions except in the amount of `awrah (naked…
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Relations During Menstruation
SunniPath Answer Service Team
In Reliance of the Traveller, it states that during a woman’s menstrual period, it is unlawful for her to take sexual enjoyment from what is between her navel and knees. Does this mean she cannot have sexual pleasure dur…
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Working at a Convenience Store: Selling Pork & Lotteries
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
I work at a convenience store that sells many things including lottery and pork. Since I work behind the cash register, I have to sell the lottery tickets and ham sandwiches even though it hurts me to see some people was…
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Raising the Veils from the Fiqh of Sales
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, SunniPath Academy Teacher
Answer Based on al-Majalla and some of its commentaries. Definition of a Sale: exchange of something of value for something of value.
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Female Parties with Music & Dancing
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
What is ruling on going to graduation parties or birthday parties such as the ones only for women, but they have loud music and all night dancing?
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My Step-Father Likes Patting My Head
Sister Fatima Hasan
I live at home with my mother and her husband. he is my step dad. I observe hijaab in front of him.
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My fiancé broke off our engagement and now…
Sister Fatima Hasan
I recently broke off from my four year engagement due to the fact that my fiancé whilst with me got engaged to someone else. all the while not telling me about his intentions and decisions to no longer marry me.
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What is the ruling of rubbing one’s hand against a grave?
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
What is the ruling of rubbing one’s hand against a grave? Answer The later Shafi‘i scholars disagree about rubbing the graves and kissing them: According to Ibn Hajar in al-Tuhfa, the relied-upon position is that it is o…
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I lent an invaluable book to a friend and he lost it. Is he financially liable for it?
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
I lent an invaluable book to a friend and he lost it. Is he financially liable for it? Answer Yes, he is.
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How can you say that building on graves is permitted?
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
How can you say that building on graves is permitted? Answer Wa alaikum assalamu wa rahmatullah, The objection itself has been answered previously on www.sunnipath.com.
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Remaining steadfast in Prayer and strengthening of Iman
SunniPath Fiqh Q&A Support Team
Recently my Iman has become very weak, for example I don't pray as regularly as I used to, I don't read quran as much as I used to, the worst thing is I know that I don't do the above and that I must but yet I still don'…
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RE: Insurance Claims
Shaykh Abdurrahman ibn Yusuf Mangera
I have to pay a certain sum in insurance every year. I had to pay a bill recently for some work to the flat because of a leak. My mum contacted the insurance company and they sent a check for the amount.
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Can one marry with the intention of divorce after a certain amount of time passes?
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, SunniPath Academy Teacher
Is it valid for a man to marry a woman with the intention of divorcing her after a specific amount of time without stipulating it in the marriage contract?
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Fresh Wudu for Vaginal Discharge?
SunniPath Fiqh Q&A Support Team
I was told this by the alima in my town. She told me that only when a woman's vaginal discharge comes out onto the undergarments does it invalidate wudu.
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Marriage mess, and ‘shameful sexual contact’
Sister Fatima Hasan
I am a 24 year old married man. I have been married for two years. This marriage was arranged by my parents. At the time of my marriage I wanted to marry another girl who is Muslim but my parents refused on the ground th…
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Fantasizing about one’s wife
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, SunniPath Academy Teacher
My Mrs. has had to go abroad and has been there now for about 4 months, Although we miss each other tremendously and talk on the phone every day I often find myself imagining and fantasizing about my wife which leads me …
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RE: Loans, money and homes
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
If a person is systematically paying back an interest-bearing student loan on a monthly basis and then comes across a large sum of money (that would clear the loan), is the person obligated to pay back the loan in its en…
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Is it permissible to pay off interest on a loan with interest from a bank account?
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari
Is it permissible to pay off interest on a loan with interest from a bank account?
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Benefits, Mortgage…
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari
I have a female relative who is receiving benefits from the government. She has been informed that she can acquire an interest only mortgage where the interest will be paid by the government.