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If someone dies saving someone else's life, Muslim or non-Muslim, what is his reward?
Shaykh Gibril F Haddad
If someone dies saving someone else's life, Muslim or non-Muslim, what is his reward?
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If I get married, I know I cannot fulfill my spouse’s rights. How do I convince my parents?
Ustadha Zaynab Ansari, SunniPath Academy Teacher
If I get married, I know I cannot fulfill my spouse’s rights. How do I convince my parents? Answer In the name of Allah, Most Compassionate, Most Merciful, Praise be to Allah, and may His blessings and peace shower upon …
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I would like to take a vitamin supplement which has been derived from sheep wool. Would this be
Shaykh Sikander Hashmi
I would like to take a vitamin supplement which has been derived from sheep wool. Would this be permissible, even if the wool is from sheep that have been slaughtered in an un-Islamic manner?
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I want to marry someone, but my family insists that I marry someone in the family. What do I do
Ustadha Shireen Ahmed
I want to marry someone, but my family insists that I marry someone in the family. What do I do?
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Abuse Is Not Tolerated In Islam
Ustadha Zaynab Ansari, SunniPath Academy Teacher
My husband and I have been married for one year now and not a month has gone by without him getting extremely angry at me.
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My wife won’t get up to pray Fajr and gets angry if I wake her. What should I do?
Ustadha Zaynab Ansari, SunniPath Academy Teacher
My wife won’t get up to pray Fajr and gets angry if I wake her. What should I do? Answer In the name of Allah, Most Compassionate, Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, and may His blessings and peace shower upon our Belove…
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Omission of sura and prostration of forgetfulness
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
Many students of knowledge have asked whether omitting a sura after the fatiha in the prayer necessitates a prostration of forgetfulness.
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Coming late to the tarawih prayer
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
If one comes late to the tarawih prayer, what should he do? Should he pray the obligatory `isha prayer with them, completing two rak`ahs after having prayed two with them?
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Abuse Is Not Tolerated In Islam
Ustadha Zaynab Ansari, SunniPath Academy Teacher
My husband and I have been married for one year now and not a month has gone by without him getting extremely angry at me.
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The Meaning of 'God', and Spiritual Realization
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
The Meaning of 'God', and Spiritual Realization Answer In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful and Compassionate God: the one in no need of anyone else, whom all else are in absolute need of.
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Can I marry: I suffer from schizophrenia and am impotent
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, SunniPath Academy Teacher
I am suffering from schizophrenia and I would like to marry someone I love so that I can share my life with this person as I feel very lonely and rejected. I want someone to take care of me. However I am also impotent.
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While praying I sometimes suffer from doubt…
Shaykh Sohail Hanif, SunniPath Academy Teacher
While praying I sometimes suffer from doubt regarding passing of gas. I hear a sound, yet I feel ABSOLUTELY NOTHING coming out, or I feel something coming out but hear nothing at all. Is this sufficient enough to conclud…
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Walking in Front of Someone in Prayer
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
If someone walks in front of while you are praying does that make your salah invalid? Will I need to repeat my salah?
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Purchasing stolen Items
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, SunniPath Academy Teacher
Is it permissible to purchase an item that I suspect may be stolen goods, though not 100% certain? And does it matter what percent of certainty I have about the goods being stolen. i.e. A person selling a $300 electronic…
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Sending blessings on the Prophet between rak`ahs of tarawih
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
Is it a reprehensible innovation to send blessings on the Messenger between the rak`ahs of tarawih?
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Is it permissible to pet dogs?
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
Is it permissible to pet dogs? Answer Dogs are filth, according to our school and according to the majority of scholars [f: because of the explicit hadiths from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that establis…
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Is it permissible for a woman to make i`tikaf in the masjid?
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
Is it permissible for a woman to make i`tikaf in the masjid?
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Different Types of Discharges
Shaykh Abdurrahman ibn Yusuf Mangera
Different types of discharges Answer Assalamu alaykum In the name of Allah, the Inspirer of truth. There is a difference of opinion among the scholars concerning cervical mucus or vaginal discharge.
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I signed a paper which said: "I divorce you, I divorce you, I divorce you"
Shaykh Abdurrahman ibn Yusuf Mangera
I signed a paper which said: "I divorce you, I divorce you, I divorce you" in front of two witnesses. My wife never received the paper. Was the divorce effected? Answer Assalamu alaykum In the name of Allah the Inspirer …
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Embalming And Moving A Body After Death
Shaykh Abdurrahman ibn Yusuf Mangera
My grandmother is very ill and we're considering options for her burial. She wants to be buried in New York (her plot is there), but she's currently in another state that's far away from there.
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What is the permissibility of getting one's teeth cut (by a dentist) purely for the sake of be
Shaykh Abdurrahman ibn Yusuf Mangera
What is the permissibility of getting one's teeth cut (by a dentist) purely for the sake of beautification?
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Raising hands between prostrations
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
Is it sunna to raise one’s hands between the two prostrations? Answer It is not sunna to raise one’s hands between the two prostrations.
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Mistake in surah fatiha
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
If one is reciting the fatiha and says “ihdeena” adding a “ya” [s. for elongation], does this invalidate his prayer?
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The follower carrying a mushaf
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
Is it permissible for one praying behind an imam to look in the mushaf (copy of the Koran) while his imam is reciting?
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Can a Muslim Convert Inherit From Her Non-Muslim Parents When They Die?
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Sidi, I am a convert, Alhamdulillah. If my father dies, do I inherit from him? Answer Assalamu alaikum, The four schools of sunni Islam are agreed that a Muslim does not inherit from a non-Muslim.
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Was Sufism in Disarray until Ghazali Came �
Shaykh Nuh Ha Mim Keller, SunniPath Academy Teacher
Was Sufism in Disarray until Ghazali Came Answer In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful and Compassionate Wassalam Shaykh Nuh Keller
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Denying Wife Conjugal Rights
SunniPath Answer Service Team
I have been married for eight months. My husband is a practicing Muslim and has decided that in order to better his relationship with Allah, he needs to stay away from me at night.
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More On Husband Bathing His Wife After Her Death
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari
Is it not true that Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) bathed Sayyida Fatima (may Allah be pleased with her) after she passed away?
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How Are The Prophets Protected From Error And Sin?
Shaykh Gibril F Haddad
I come from a Christian background and so I was raised to think of the prophets (except for Jesus) as capable of sin. And I actually don't think that it would be so terrible if occasionally some of the prophets said "Do …