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Is it sunna for women to pray in a women only congregation?
Shaykh Ali Hani
Is it sunna for women to pray in a women only congregation? Answer It is permitted for women to pray in congregation. It is in fact generally better for them to pray at home in congregation than at the mosque. And Allah …
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Homeschooling: our parents want us to stay in public school
Ustadha Zaynab Ansari, SunniPath Academy Teacher
My sister and I are high school students and we’re planning to stop going to public school so we can go to home school. I’m taking care of money for the home school but my parents want us to stay in the public school.
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Does licking the lips more than once invalidate the fast?
Ustadha Shazia Ahmad
Does licking the lips more than once invalidate the fast? Answer If one licks the lips once, and then immediately licks them again, this does invalidate one’s fast.
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Shaking hands with someone of the opposite sex - Part I: The Fiqh
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
Shaking hands with someone of the opposite sex - Part I: The Fiqh Answer In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful & Compassionate Audio translation by Faraz Rabbani السؤال : لقد فتوى للشيخ [....
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Should I Give Salams to Sinful Muslims at Work?
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Where I work many of the people I say salaam to either never say wa `alaikum assalaam or just say hi in response or sometimes just smile back. Some do one thing at one time and one thing at another time (e.g.
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Shaking hands with someone of the opposite sex - Part II: Textual proofs supporting the prohibi
Shaykh Salah Abu'l Haaj
Shaking hands with someone of the opposite sex - Part II: Textual proofs supporting the prohibition Answer In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful & Compassionate Audio translation by Faraz Rabbani
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I have just lost my fiancé. We had intention to marry, but death came between us. The Qur'an s
Shaykh Gibril F Haddad
I have just lost my fiancé. We had intention to marry, but death came between us. The Qur'an states that only married couples meet in heaven. Does that mean I will never be with my fiancé? Where is the justice in this?
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Can One Discuss Dreams Related To A Bad Experience In The Past?
Shaykh Gibril F Haddad
I was attacked some time ago and suffered some permanent injuries. Since then, sometimes when I sleep I have nightmares. Is there something I can do about them?
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How Does One Make Tawassul Through The Prophet?
Shaykh Gibril F Haddad
How does one make tawassul through the Prophet?
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I Am Being Menaced By A Jinn, What Do I Do?
Shaykh Gibril F Haddad
Sometimes I tend to wake up in the middle of the night and as I open my eyes, I see the figure of a human standing beside my bed (and sometimes just walking around my room or up and down our landing). I don't see a face …
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Are People Who Are Killed In A Masjid Considered Martyrs?
Shaykh Gibril F Haddad
Are people killed while performing prayers (in jama'at, or Salatul Jumu'ah, or alone in their own home) considered martyrs? Are people killed in the masjid, who are not praying at that particular moment, considered marty…
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Zakat On Stocks And Shares
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari
I have a zakat question on stocks and shares. There are two type of Shares, listed which vary daily with market forces and non-listed which have fixed price, is zakat payable on the total value of each or is the non-list…
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When Has Menstruation Ended?
Sidi Sohail Hanif
How should we check to see whether hayd (menstruation) has terminated? I use cotton and I scrub it lightly against the vagina. Sometimes I see one or two tiny specks of pink on it. So is this slight discoloration still c…
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Online Sales
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari
I’m thinking of starting an online PC shop. Consumers would see PC’s on my website and if they buy any, they pay for it straight away. However I would only buy the relevant parts after I have received payment from the co…
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Sexual therapy and medicine before marriage
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Is it appropriate for a male to consult psychologist/sex therapist before marriage to get sex education & information? can a male take medicine to increase sex power/desire before marriage?
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Is Allah 'with' us? Why don't we 'feel' it?
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, SunniPath Academy Teacher
Is Allah 'with' us? Why don't we 'feel' it? Answer Assalamu alaikum, Allah Most High tells us in the Qur'an, "And He is with you, wherever you are." So Allah is with us. The question is: are we conscious of it, or not?
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Is there anything wrong in putting flowers in a mosque?
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Is there anything wrong in putting flowers in a mosque? Answer Walaikum assalam, No, there is nothing wrong with this, if done sensibly such that it is not an annoyance or harm. Faraz Rabbani.
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Taking bribes and accepting marital harm
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, SunniPath Academy Teacher
One Muslim sister is working in a office where it is very easily possible to take bribe but masha'Allah she has a good characteristics and she don't take the money. Her husband also works in another office. He some times…
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Friday prayer and dhuhr
Ustadha Shazia Ahmad
Does one have to pray his/her Dhuhr prayers after one prays Salat al-Jummah at the masjid? Answer One who has prayed the Friday prayer is not obliged to pray the dhuhr prayer.
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Using Gelatine in Medicine
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
I have a medical condition for which I have been given medication by my consultant. The medication contains gelatin and is not available in any other form. There is nothing I can take as a substitute for this medication …
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Reward of fasting six days in Shawwal
Ustadha Shazia Ahmad
Fasting six days of Shawwal is like fasting one year. But does that mean that fasting 3 days of Shawwal is like fasting half the year? What if one fasts less than 6 days of Shawwal?
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Woman’s feet during the prayer
Ustadha Shazia Ahmad
A woman has to cover her feet during prayer. So would she have to wear socks in order for her feet to be covered? And does that mean that she would have to wash her feet every time she makes wudu, and then put socks on f…
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When one performs sunna fast, is it permissible to attend a wedding?
Ustadha Shazia Ahmad
When one performs sunna fast, is it permissible to attend a wedding? Answer The validity of a sunna fast does not depend on one’s whereabouts during the fast.
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Combining make-up fasts with the sunna fasts of Shawwal
Shaykh Hamza Karamali, SunniPath Academy Teacher
If someone has a fast of Ramadan to makeup, can he make it up on six days of shawwal with two intentions; to get the reward of fasting six days of Shawwal and making up his missed fasts of Ramadan?
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Improprieties and virginity
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, SunniPath Academy Teacher
Is an unmarried man who gets oral sex from his girlfriend is still considered a virgin? Answer Walaikum assalam, Yes, he would still be considered a virgin. However, sincere repentance is needed from this past sin.
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Is it permissible to buy stolen goods?
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, SunniPath Academy Teacher
Is it permissible to buy stolen goods? Answer In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful and Compassionate Walaikum assalam, 1.
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Is there a particular prayer a Muslim should recite before having intercourse?
Shaykh Abdurrahman ibn Yusuf Mangera
Is there a particular prayer a Muslim should recite before having intercourse?
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As a teenager, am I committing a grave sin by dating?
Ustadha Zaynab Ansari, SunniPath Academy Teacher
As a teenager, am I committing a grave sin by dating? Answer In the name of Allah, Most Compassionate, Most Merciful, Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds.
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Can I Perform Umrah While Still in Debt?
Shaykh Abdurrahman ibn Yusuf Mangera
I am a student who unfortunately has a lot of school loans. My question is, can I go to Umrah using this money? Answer Assalamu alaykum In the name of Allah, Most Gracious Most Merciful. It would be permissible for one t…
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Temporary marriage
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
What is our response to the person who argues for the permissibility of temporary marriage on the basis that some eminent Companions allowed it?