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Eating non-zabiha meat for a college student with limited options

Sidi Suheil Laher

I have a quick question, I am currently a college student, and I live in an apartment. Cooking for me is difficult because I don't have much time to cook because its a large inconvenience with my class schedules, and the…

Fiqh of the Inward: The Fruits of Seeking Forgiveness

Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, SunniPath Academy Teacher

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Fiqh of Islamic Months: The Month of Muharram

Shaykh Faraz Rabbani

Fiqh of Islamic Months: The Month of Muharram Answer Fiqh of the Islamic Months The Month of Muharram The First Month of the Islamic Calendar Extracted from Lata’if al-Ma`arif of Imam Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali (Allah have mer…

zakat on jewellery

Sidi Suheil Laher

I wanted to ask you a question with regards to Zakat as I have been getting mixed views on this. May Allah reward you for responding to my query. Basically I want to know if Zakat is payable on women's jewellery that is …

Fiqh of The Next Life

Imam Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani

Fiqh of the next life: The Chapter on Dhikr Answer Fiqh of The Next Life The Chapter on Dhikr from [the abridgement of Imam al-Munawi's] at-Targhib wa at-Tarhib by [Imam al-Hafidh] Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani

Trade Union Subscriptions

Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, SunniPath Academy Teacher

I would like to know what is the ruling regarding Trade Unions where you pay a regular fee for the Trade Unions' support and backing in work related issues? Is it permissible?

Eid salah behind someone who gives more takbirs

Shaykh Faraz Rabbani

how is eid salah prayed behind an imam who does not perform six takbirat al-zawaid in the eid salah. or local imam i performs 12 takbirat...i think its a similar case in the haramayn. what about behind imams of the four …

Supplication between Qur'anic recitation in prayer

Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, SunniPath Academy Teacher

salam alaikum, what must one do in a fard/nafl prayer when he is reciting a surah after the fatiha and he accidently mixes a few lines of a dua (in arabic) with the recitation. must he perform sajda sahw?

Friday: Reciting Surat al-Kahf, Virtues of Friday, & Proper Manners Relating to the Day

Shaykh Faraz Rabbani

I wanted to know if one can read surah al-kahf anytime during Friday or does one have to finish reading it before the juma'a prayer?

Can one take the Muwatta of Imam Muhammad ibn al-Hasan as a definitive manual for our everyday fiqh?

Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, SunniPath Academy Teacher

salam alaikum, as you are aware that Imam Muhammad's riwaya of the Muwatta of Malik (Radiya Allahu anhuma) has now been translated into english. As a Hanafi I sometimes need a fiqhi opinion in matters.

Gatherings of Dhikr

Shaykh Faraz Rabbani

Gatherings of dhikr Answer Gatherings of Dhikr Contents Dhikr is the Greatest Obligation and a Perpetual Divine Loudness in Dhikr Gatherings of Collective, Loud Dhikr The importance of silent Dhikr Infinite glory and tha…

Attending mixed racial marriages and marriage of those who convert for marriage

Ustadha Zaynab Ansari

We live in the US, and are first and second generation Muslims here. In our community there is an increasing number of mixed weddings taking place. These are Muslim girls marrying Christian boys who are taking the Shahad…

I just want to die, because I've committed a very serious sin

Ustadha Zaynab Ansari

I just want to die, because I've committed a very serious sin, even though I'm married. I'd slipped in my religious practice, and things were bad between my husband and I... and things happened (outside marriage), and I …

How does reciting the Holy Quran help one? What benefit does it bring one?

Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, SunniPath Academy Teacher

How does reciting the Holy Quran help one? What benefit does it bring one? Answer Assalamu alaikum, Allah explains this in the Qur’an: “This is the Book in which there is no doubt, a guidance unto those who are god-feari…

When is the night of Jumuah, thursday or friday night?

Shaykh Faraz Rabbani

I read that you should read surah Dhukaan on the night of Jumuah, does this mean on thursday or friday night? Jazakallah Answer Walaikum assalam wa rahmatullah, I pray that this finds you well, and in the best of health …

Touching hair of a marriageable woman

Ustadha Shazia Ahmad

Does voluntarily or involuntarily touching a marriageable woman's hair invalidate wudu? Answer No, it does not. One's ablution is only invalidated by skin-to-skin contact with the opposite sex. So touching teeth, hair or…

Muslim Youth experiencing identity crisis

Ustadha Zaynab Ansari, SunniPath Academy Teacher

I feel that pakistani & indian muslim youth in USA are experiencing some sort of an identity crisis. They identify themselves similar to the Hispanic &/or Black gangsters, & then as Muslims. The language they speak is un…

Custody and rearing of illegitimate children

Shaykh Faraz Rabbani

A Muslim man has an illegitimate daughter from a prior relationship with a non Muslim woman. He is now married and his wife is aware of his past and the child. She is willing to rear the child as her own.

Clothes from Pig Skin

Is it legal to wear clothing which is partly made of the skin of pig? In this case it is a jacket, only the external part of the jacket is made of this skin.

Imam Nawawi: The Garden of Gnostics: Sincerity (Ikhlas) and Having a Conscious Intention in all

Imam Abu Zakariyya Yahya Ibn Sharaf al-Nawawi

Imam Nawawi: The Garden of the Gnostics Answer The Garden of the Gnostics(Bustan al-'Arifin) an-Nawawi Chapter One Sincerity (ikhlas) and having a conscious intention in all actions http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepag…

Position of feet during prostration

Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, SunniPath Academy Teacher

Could you please tell me how the feet should be positioned when in sajdah? Answer Walaikum assalam wa rahmatullah, I pray that this finds you well, and in the best of health and spirits. May Allah grant you all good and …

A recent convert getting very confused and overcome by misgivings and doubts about wudu

Naielah Ackbarali

I'm a recent convert to Islam. I've been learning about this beautiful religion, but am getting very confused and overcome by misgivings and doubts about wudu.

Impressibility of the Salaf

Shaykh Gibril F Haddad

Impressibility of the early Muslims Answer Impressibility of the Early Muslims "I would come to Ibn Hurmuz, whereupon he would order the servant to close the door and let down the curtain, then he would start speaking of…

Intention, Validity & Sincerity: Important Points

Shaykh Faraz Rabbani

I always get messed up about how to intend, and what to intend, and then get doubts and problems about if I intended right or if I did really make a right intention. I want to please Allah, but how?

Confirming whether my investment is, in fact, halal

SunniPath Answer Service Team

I have invested a sum of money and would like be careful to be sure that the investment is halal. The other party (whom I've invested with) summarizes their investment policies as being to: 1.

Instant messaging with the opposite sex

Ustadha Shazia Ahmad

I’m in high school and I am trying my best to avoid temptations of this western world. Like many high schoolers, I too go on msn and my question was that are we allowed to talk to the opposite sex through msn?

Is it haram to speak in other than Arabic?

Ustadha Shazia Ahmad

I heard that in the Shafii madhab it is haram for Muslims who know Arabic to speak in any language other than Arabic when they are amongst each other. Is this correct?

Jihad in the Way of Allah

Habib Ali Jifri

Jihad in the Way of Allah Answer Jihad in the Way of Allah As-Sayyid Al-Habib ‘Ali Al-Jifry An Address on the 20th of Ramadan 1422 Tarim, Yemen Translated and Edited by: Hasan Sidky and Khalil Abu Asmaa All praise belong…

What is your advice about meetup and other social websites

Ustadha Zaynab Ansari, SunniPath Academy Teacher

There is a rise in popularity of "meet-up" websites where you can put your picture up, information about yourself, and add friends. They are not dating or match making websites.

No Clergy or Hierarchy in Islam?

Shaykh Gibril F Haddad

How would you respond to those modern day writers who say there is no clergy or hierarchy in Islam? How would you differentiate between the hierarchy in Islam with that in Catholicism?