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Wudu/Ghusl after touching dead body?
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, SunniPath Academy Teacher
Assalamu Alaykum, In medical school, we dissect cadavers. If one touches any part of the cadaver (i.e. contacts my skin, not just latex glove), are there any implications as far as wudu or ghusl?
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Times to avoid intercourse?
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari
I am soon to get married, inshaAllah, with a Turkish girl (I'm Lebanese) and we have found a page (in Turkish) about sayings that the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) is to have said to hazrati Ali (radi allahu anhu…
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What is the simplest path for faith to enter the heart?
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Asslamalakum, Please can you help, I read the verse below and it seems to include me in this. Can you please explain logically the simplest path for faith to enter the hearts and to feel the result of this Imam in pure b…
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Do any scholars state that smoking is only disliked?
SunniPath Fiqh Q&A Support Team
i wanted to know if smoking is permitted. In Reliance of a Traveller, Shaykh Nuh Keller says it is haram...
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Turning Sex into Sadaqa
Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood
Turning Sex into Sadaqa Answer Turning Sex Into Sadaqa An excerpt from 'The Muslim Marriage Guide', By Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood (Amana Publications), reprinted in Beliefnet.com http://www.themodernreligion.com/misc/sex/sa…
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Marriage: Valid after Islam?
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, SunniPath Academy Teacher
An American Jewish man converted to Christianity, and then married a Christian woman who believes in Christianity but is not really a committed Christian person. The man recently became Muslim. Is his married valid? Or w…
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Problem with masturbation
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
is it permissible to masturbate to prevent yourself commiting other greater sins.
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Husband and pornography
Wajihah Gregor
I fear that my husband may have a porno problem. While I was searching for lost files on the computer, I found some disturbing pornographic pictures in the recent documents. I talked to him about it and he got very embar…
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Fiqh al-Sunna
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Elsewhere in this site, there is a posting entitled "Prayer: Followers Do Not Recite Behind The Imam, in any prayer".
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Wanna marry, Parents say no...
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
What should a brother from a wealthy family do if he really needs to get married but is still in university , and his parents say no? Should be keep nagging on his parents and try to convince them, or should he get marri…
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Wife Beating
Shaykh Gibril F Haddad
1. Does the Arabic word 'daraba' necessarily mean "violent or intense or repeated striking?" Answer No. Jurists routinely use the expression "daraba al-ma' `ala wajhihi" - lit.
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Remaining married to someone one previously fornicated with
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Can a women stay married to the man she fornicated with? Or is this marriage never blessed. She has repented sincerely for this sin. Answer Walaikum assalam wa rahmatullah, Sincere repentance lifts sin.
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Continuous bleeding
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
1)if somebody starts bleeding before he has prayed asr and the bleeding does not stop, at what point does he just pray? does he delay right till before maghrib or just before the sun changes colour?
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Wife - Legal Rights (Hamza Yusuf and Taqi Usmani quotes)
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, SunniPath Academy Teacher
A brother emailed, arguing that I was all wrong about saying that it is obligatory for a wife to obey her husband, to perform housework and cook…
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Cheating on Exams
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Assalam Alaykym wa Rahmatallahi wa Barakatahu, Someone cheated on exams in high school during some of the 10th grade and in much of the 11th grade. When he reached the 12th grade he quit cheating and as much as he knows …
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Wife gave money to husband...he wants to spend it
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, SunniPath Academy Teacher
I am from a rich family, and had a lot of money in the bank in my name. My husband, whom I married because he is a righteous and loving man, is of moderate means only.
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Wives, or punching bags?
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, SunniPath Academy Teacher
also, re: the "Wife Beating" e-mail, I realize that you did not write that response. And I actually have no factual contention based on what other scholars have told me. What I think scholars need to keep in mind, howeve…
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Is it permissible to work for a tobacco company?
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, SunniPath Academy Teacher
Salamu Aleikum! 1) I'm a professional auditor and I receive very lucrative offers from the company's that are in volved in all kinds of businesses, including unlawful ones.
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When is one considered a scholar?
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
My question is when is one considered a scholar in Islam? In this day and age there are many people claiming to be scholars. If someone has not memorized the primary texts (i.e. Qur'an and Ahadith) can he be regarded as …
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Attending the Funeral of a Non-Muslim Parent
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Please could you tell me if it is permissible for a person to attend the funeral of a non Muslim parent?
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Sunni - Sufi
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Are sufis considered part of the sunni sect, eventhough they practice things outside of the Qur'an and sunnah?
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Beard Questions: Fistfuls, Malikis, and Others
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Someone said:" According to Abdullah ibn Masud - (one of the companions of the Prophet salallahu alayhi wassalum) - he said that the longer the man's beard - the shorter his intellect .
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Beard Growth: For the Looks?
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
I would like to know if it is permissible to grow the beard for the intention of bringing one's exterior look of piety to do good actions, meaning by looking more pious to help oneself to be pious if it helps one to do s…
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Literalism and the Attributes of Allah
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Salam alaykom I was recently looking for information on god attributes and literalism... Answer Walaikum assalam wa rahmatullah, If you search for "literalism" in the SunniPath QA (http://qa.sunnipath.com), you'll find a…
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On Beard Length In the Hanafi School
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Do you know of the varying views expressed by the Hanafi scholars on the length of the beard? In particular, what is considered sunnah or mustahab etc?
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Dealing with a disturbing and harsh Muslim brother
Ustadha Zaynab Ansari, SunniPath Academy Teacher
My family and I just underwent a most distressing one-on-one one "da'wa session" by a person who is close to us (a distant relative). This was not the first as we have been through many such experiences with the same per…
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Beard Sizes and Definitions in the Hanafi School
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
In Shaykh Nuh Keller's letter regarding the beard (available at Masud's websites), he mentions that his teacher said there were two positions regarding the length of the beard in Hanafi fiqh. Shaykh Nuh stated this his t…
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If angels are protected from sin, then how could Harut and Marut engage in magic?
Sidi Shariq Khan
If angels are protected from sin, then how could Harut and Marut engage in magic?
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Seeing Allah in dreams, waking, and the afterlife
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari
What is the position of Islamic scholarship on seeing Allah in dreams, waking, and the afterlife Answer Answer: In the name of Allah, Most Compassionate, Most Merciful, The position of the mainstream Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-…
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Beards: Ibn Abidin says...
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, SunniPath Academy Teacher
The Beard. What exactly is the Wajib - to actually keep a beard, or to keep it at the length of one fist ? One brother I know ....