Answers
Questions readers sent to SunniPath and Qibla, answered by their teachers: Hanafi and Shafi'i fiqh, belief, family life and spiritual counsel.
5,385 pages
- Answers
Getting a mortgage for my father to lesser the interest....
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Asalamu alykom. May Allah swt bless you for you service and efforts. My question is, my father has a mortgage with a bank.
- Answers
Can I make forgetfulness prostrations in every prayer until I know that I'm praying right?
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Assalaamu 'alaykum warahamtullah wabarakaatuh.
- Answers
My Husband's Beard
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
My husband says that he follows the hanafi school of thought but he doesn't keep a long beard… . I try to urge and persuade him to keep a proper beard and say "the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) had a long …
- Answers
What is the appropriate way for proposing to a Christian girl?
Ustadha Zaynab Ansari, SunniPath Academy Teacher
Assalamu Alaikum! I am in need of your help with regard to a problem I am currently facing. There is a girl who used to work in the same workplace where I used to, she is basically christian and she has shown her liking …
- Answers
Halal soaps, toothpastes, shampoo
Shaykh Ilyas Patel
I wanted to know if it is ok to use shampoos, soaps, toothpastes, anti-perspirants that contain non-zabiha beef fat?
- Answers
Is an ''administration fee'' payable to settle a loan considered Riba?
SunniPath Answer Service Team
Assalmu alaykum Warahmatulahe Wabarakatu, My brother has bought a PC from Dell today. He chose the option to 'Buy now and pay later' to finance his purchase. What this transaction entails is that you sign-up for a loan a…
- Answers
Discussing dreams with others
Shaykh Suhaib Webb
is it permitted to discuss dreams at night. i was told not to. also, should i follow islamic books on interpretations of dreams? Answer Indeed, discussing dreams is from the Sunna of the Prophet (Peace and blessing of Al…
- Answers
Kosher, Gelatin, Mono-diglycerides, Soaps, Lotions...
Shaykh Ilyas Patel
1. Is it permissible to eat foods with ingredients that come from animals that are not butchered in a halal manner (i.e. Kosher gelatin, mono and diglycerides, whey, etc.)? 2.
- Answers
Better to combine prayers or make them up?
Sidi Sohail Hanif
Assalam alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatu. I have classes sometimes that cause me to miss Asr and Maghrib.
- Answers
Is keeping a pet sunnah?
Shaykh Abdurrahman ibn Yusuf Mangera
I was recently told that it is a sunnah to keep a pet (any acceptable animal) in the home. Also, that keeping a pet more easily drives away the 'evil eye' from reaching anyone in the home? Is this a confirmed sunnah?
- Answers
Problematic Phrase in Imam Jazuli's Dala''il al-Khayrat
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Dala'il al-Khayrat of Imam Jazuli mentions sending blessings upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), 'until nothing of Mercy remains.'
- Answers
Can a wife be pleasured by her husband during her menses?
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
mensAslam-o-alaikum and thank you for taking my question. I know that actual vaginal intercourse is forbidden during a wife''s menses, however, a husband is allowed to take sexual pleasure from his wife through other (la…
- Answers
What are all the obligations incumbent on every Muslim?
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Assalaamu a''laykum Please could you list all the personal oligations that are incumbent on every Muslim.
- Answers
Is it permitted to learn from a scholar who holds that Muawiyah (ra) was a transgressor?
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, SunniPath Academy Teacher
Is it recommended to learn from a scholar shaykh who holds the view that Muawiyah (ra) was a transgressor? Can we learn Islamic sciences from him? Should we sit in his company when he talks or gives speeches?
- Answers
Is Smoking Allowed? Or, is it Haram?
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, SunniPath Academy Teacher
Is Smoking Allowed? Or, is it Haram? Answer Walaikum assalaam, Smoking is differed upon among scholars.
- Answers
Is Smoking Permitted? Is it a Munkar?
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
In the Reliance, Sh. Nuh translated a fatwa stating that smoking cigarettes is haram because it is like committing suicide on oneself due to the fact that doctors have come out and said that smoking does kill.
- Answers
If I don't trim my armpits beyond 14 days, are my prayers invalid?
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
I prayed all my prayers on the 14th day of not shaving my private parts and underarms. On the 15th day, I remembered after Fajr that I had forgotten to do this. I then shaved my stuff and made up my fajr salat.
- Answers
Keeping a Dog: Impermissibility Explained
Shaykh Ilyas Patel
May I know if it's allowed to own a dog in Islam? I've heard that it's forbidding is not such clear-cut as some may argue. Some argue that it is permitted, if certain safeguards are respected.
- Answers
Prostration of forgetfulness behind a Hanafi imam
Shaykh Abdul-Karim Yahya, SunniPath Academy Teacher
Could you please tell me how one is supposed to make the prostration of forgetfulness behind a Hanafi Imam according to the Shafi'i school?.
- Answers
Killing Mice and Pests & The Impermissibility of Harming Animals or Making Them Suffer
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
What is the best way to get rid of something like a mouse caught in the house? Should one just kill it or throw it outside (where it would be killed by some other animal anyways)? Secondly, are traps that kill or disable…
- Answers
Local Versus Global Sighting
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
What is the position of the Hanafi madhab regarding the local versus international moon sighting?
- Answers
How old does a son have to be to be a mehram
Sidi Suheil Laher
I want to now how old does my son have to be before i can travel with him as my mehram. e.g for hajj? Answer wa`alaykum as-salam wa-rahmatullah All praise is to Allah. Blessings and peace be upon the Messengerof Allah.
- Answers
The Majallah
Shaykh Abu Usamah
Can you please give me the website for the English text of the Majalla (Ottomon commercial code) please? Answer Al-Salam alaykum The link to the English Al-Majallah is as follows.
- Answers
I've had sexual desires since I was very young...
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
I'm a young female Muslim (18). I've had sexual desires since I was very young. When I think of my very first memories, they are all sexually tinted. I remember myself at the of 4 approximately, laying down on my (male) …
- Answers
Confusion about marriage
Ustadha Shazia Ahmad
I am quite young but have decided that I would like to marry at an early age in order to avoid fitnah. I have been talking to a brother for the past few weeks in the intention of marrying him, but have doubts at the same…
- Answers
Masjid Water for Personal Use
Mufti E. Salejee
In our town the masjid has a borehole and hence a continuous water supply. This borehole was dug with the funds of the masjid. Sometimes the municipality shuts down the water due to repairs etc. In such a case can we use…
- Answers
Praying at work as a nurse
Shaykh Abdul-Karim Yahya, SunniPath Academy Teacher
I am a new Muslimah and am training as a pediatric nurse in the UK, I am aware that it may at times be difficult for me to leave the ward to do my prayers, but am planning to leave my Zuhr prayer until the end time and t…
- Answers
My mother died, can I do anything for her?
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
My mother died. I don't think I was good like I should've been to her. Can I do anything for her to benefit?
- Answers
Music
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, SunniPath Academy Teacher
1. Is it permissible to listen to a nasheed that use more musical instruments than just the duff? 2. Is it permissible to listen to instrumental music (no words)? Answer Al-Salam alaykum 1 & 2. It is not permissible.
- Answers
Numeral 786 as Basmala
Shaykh Gibril F Haddad
Is it not a reprehensible innovation to use ‘786’ instead of the full Basmala [=‘In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful and Compassionate’]? Some say that it also spells out Hare Krishna… Answer As-Salamu `alaykum: To write…