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Is it permitted to build on graves? How do we understand the hadiths interdicting this?
Shaykh Muhammad Qaylish
Is it permitted to build on graves? How do we understand the hadiths interdicting this? Answer In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful and Compassionate.
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Funeral Prayer in Absentia
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
Is it permissible to offer the funeral pray for a deceased in absentia (i.e. while his or her body is not physically present at the place of the funeral prayer)?
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40 Prayers at the Prophet’s Mosque: Is there any virtue in it?
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
40 Prayers at the Prophet’s Mosque: Is there any virtue in it? Answer In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful and Compassionate.
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I like a Girl, What Should I Do?
SunniPath Answer Service Team
I really like a girl. At first I thought that it would go away. However, it has been a few months and I feel the same way about her. I have no relations whatsoever with her. What should I do?
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Praying When Pregnant: Obligatory?
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, SunniPath Academy Teacher
Is it fard upon a woman in her 9 month pregnancy to pray, as she finds it very difficult?
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Spouses: Sharing Troublesome Issues
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
I know that if someone has faults, it is best to hide them from everyone but Allah. But what about after marriage? Can a spouse share what is troubling them about themselves with their spouse?
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Sisters Seeing Male Doctors
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
If necessity dictates that a Muslimah be examined by a male physician should or can her husband be present in the examining room?
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Unpaid mahr after divorce
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari
There is a couple that has divorced Islamically. He has not paid mahr to her as of yet as they agreed to have it delayed. Now they are divorced and seeking the civil divorce at this time, he is preparing to pay mahr.
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Death Benefit Schemes
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari
Please can you tell me if death benefit schemes are permissible in Shariah? These are typically schemes where you pay an annual amount, say £25 to an association, and if someone dies in the family, they then pay for all …
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Observing hijab in front of one’s father's illegitimate children
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari
My father has four wives. However, he has ceased to have any conjugal relationship with his wives for many years now and has not divorced them. However, he now has new "wives" that he has not made their marriage public. …
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Fiqh of conditional divorce
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari
Let's say, I picture my wife feeling attracted towards another man I know, and I get so mad I say "divorce", is this a conditional divorce, on the condition that my wife was attracted to that other man, because it was th…
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Getting someone to wax one's private parts if one's spouse demands, requests, or prefers it a
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, SunniPath Academy Teacher
Getting someone to wax one's private parts if one's spouse demands, requests, or prefers it and you can’t do it yourself Answer Walaikum assalam wa rahmatullah, The Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and give him peace)…
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Six fingers on hand due to sex on Eid al-Adha?
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
I would like to know what does that mean if anyone who having six fingers in their hands. As I knew, who having six fingers in their hands showing that their parents had sex on night of Eidul Adha. But someone argue with…
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Does the husband have to buy medicine for his wife, if she needs it?
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
Does the husband have to buy medicine for his wife, if she needs it? Answer In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful and Compassionate.
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Does the husband have to buy makeup for his wife?
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
Does the husband have to buy makeup for his wife? Answer In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful and Compassionate Walaikum assalam wa rahmatullah, It is not obligatory for the husband to buy makeup for his wife.
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Questions related to purity of body & clothing
Shaykh Ilyas Patel
1. If something is najis like clothes that have urine on it, and you put that clothing somewhere and the pant is wet does the thing that you put it on become najis, do you have to clean that too? Answer In the Name of Al…
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Backbiting: Friends talk behind my back & it hurts…
Shaykh Ilyas Patel
I have a huge problem concerning brotherhood in Islam. I started practicing in my teen years and day by day Mash’Allah my deen goes up.
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Prohibited days of fasting
Shaykh Ilyas Patel
Which are the six days of the year, when fasting it prohibited? Mufti Taqi Usmani mentions it in the article on rajabhttp://www.albalagh.net/general/rajab.shtml Please suggest.
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Religion or Superstition?
Shaykh Ilyas Patel
I have a question in regards to certain traditions in my culture, which are commonly looked upon as coming from Islam I wanted to verify these things. Answer In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful and Compassionate 1 & 2. B…
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I am unable to guard my tongue from backbiting. What shall I do?
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
I am unable to guard my tongue from backbiting. What shall I do?
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How to apply Hadith or Ayaat in everyday life
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
What does a person need to know to understand or apply a hadith or ayat out of quran to their everyday life without misunderstanding it?
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When does it become obligatory for a girl to wear the hijab and when does it become obligatory
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
When does it become obligatory for a girl to wear the hijab and when does it become obligatory for a boy to cover his nakedness ('awrah)?
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Why is Riba, such as bank interest, forbidden? Are there alternatives in Britain?
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari
Why is Riba, such as bank interest, forbidden? Are there alternatives in Britain? Answer In the name of Allah, Most Compassionate, Most Merciful, Riba (usury) has been clearly and explicitly prohibited in the Qur’an and …
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Born Muslim of non-practicing parents: Does one have to renew one's declaration of faith?
Shaykh Abdurrahman ibn Yusuf Mangera
A young girl whose father is a non-practicing Tunisian Muslim has asked me to help her learn the deen and begin to pray, alhamdulillah. I have several questions: Answer Assalamu alaykum In the name of Allah, the inspirer…
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Is waiting period (`iddah) obligatory in an invalid marriage, such as, mut’a?
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari
A woman entered into a temporary marriage contract (mut’a) when she was shi’a thinking it’s allowed. Soon after the marriage ended she became sunni. Does she have to observe iddah now that she is a sunni?
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Expiatory payment for missed fasts and prayers
Shaykh Sohail Hanif
I have asked my lawyer to draft a will for me, and asked him to include a clause for the expiatory payment.
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Praying a voluntary prayer for someone else
SunniPath Fiqh Q&A Support Team
I was wondering if it is possible to read nafl salaah for someone else? i.e. you read the salaah but you as well as someone else receives reward (sawaab) for it?
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Does one’s marriage need to be written down?
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, SunniPath Academy Teacher
Does one’s marriage need to be written down? Answer Walaikum assalam wa rahmatullah, It is not in itself legally necessary for the marriage contract (nikah) to be written down.