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Does committing adultery invalidate one's marriage?
Shaykh Yusuf Mullan
Does committing adultery invalidate one's marriage? (The Prophet (PBUH) said to the nearest meaning, that ones faith leaves one while one steals or commits adultery.
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Is playing card games permissible provided there is no gambling involved?
Shaykh Yusuf Mullan
Is playing card games permissible provided there is no gambling involved? Wa alaikum salaam, No.
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Why is bank interest haram?
the Hanafi Fiqh Staff
Could you please tell me why paying and receiving interest is haram? Also, if interest is haram, isn't profit also haram? What are the rules regarding interest if someone is in desperate need of money?
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Importance of keeping good company… friend leading to alcohol and then fornication
Mufti Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari
I am a lad of 30 years living in Middle East. I pray 5 times a day and a regular reader of Quran Majid. I am a very strong believer in Allah mainly because HE has helped me through impossible situations.
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RE: Hadith shareef about travelling alone
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
What is the ruling on travelling alone or in twos when there is no other people to fill the position of the third person? (i.e.
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Loving other believers, in general, and especially the righteous
From Imam Nawawi’s Riyad al-Salihin (‘Garden’s of the Righteous’) [tr. Ustadha Ayesha Bewley]
Loving other believers, in general, and especially the righteous 47.
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The Fiqh of Intention – in prayer and elsewhere
Hanafi Fiqh Staff
What is the niyah that is said before salah? Is the niyah different for Sunna, Wajib, Fardh and Naffil prayers, please can you state what the differences are?
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Informing husband of fatigue and knowing he will understand, would the angels still curse the wife or no?
Shaykh Yusuf Mullan, Toronto
If a woman is tired at night, yet her husband has the intentions of having intercourse, is it okay for the woman to say that she is tired?
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The Fiqh of borrowing: Paying back debts
Mufti Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari
Can you please give some information regarding the fiqh of lending/borrowing money? What are the obligations of a person who owes money to others?
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Should a Muslim honor wish of cremation of a non-Muslim relative? No!
Shaykh Gibril Haddad
My grandmother is not Muslim. She wants to be cremated when she dies. Should I honor her wishes? No.
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How do I refuse an invitation from a Muslim brother?
Sidi Hamza Karamali
I understand that it is bad adab to refuse an invitation to a Muslim brother's house.
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Supplication for having children
Mufti Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari
A family member has been trying for a child for many years. Medical tests haven’t come up for any reason why the couple has been unsuccessful. Are there any wird / dua's you can advise for the couple?
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Can unused tuition be used for zakat, by leaving with the institution?
Shaykh Abu Usamah
I recently registered for an Islamic course, but was unable to go. Instead of asking for a refund can I let them have the cost with the intention of zakah? Also how much exactly is a ''zakatable amount''?
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Are the Eid Takbirs an Innovation?
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
Some people claim that the saying “Allahu Akbaru kabiran, wa al-hamdu liLlahi kathiran, wa Subhana Allahi bukratan wa asilan…..etc” in the takbirs of Eid is a bid`ah. Is this true?
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Strengthening of faith: when slipping into spiritual sickness…
Shaykh Nazim Mangera
I used to read namaz and wear the jilbab, but one day I just woke and everything changed its like something was not right I was missing apart of myself.
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MQ - I have been losing motivation, finding hardness of heart, and weakness of resolve…
Shaykh Muhammad Qaylish, Aleppo (Syria)
When I began practicing, I used to find strong motivation to perform good deeds, voluntary worship, and a lot of dhikr of Allah. I used to find softness of heart.
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Sunna Prayer should not be unduly missed during the journey
Shaykh Abu Usamah
I am correct in saying that in the qasr salah I would pray just the two fard and not the two sunnah and for the magrib salah I would just prayer three fard and not the two sunnah and two nawafil?
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Be close, but transact as strangers
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Be close, but transact as strangers Allah Most High says in the Qur'an "And obey Allah and His messenger, and dispute not one
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Was Rumi an orthodox Muslim or a universal mystic beyond the rigid confines of orthodoxy?
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
Was Rumi an orthodox Muslim or a universal mystic beyond the rigid confines of orthodoxy?
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Are women allowed to wear trousers, provided they are loose and the shirt is long?
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Are women allowed to wear trousers, provided they are loose and the shirt is long?
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Why do we have to cut our pubic hair and armpit hair? Do we have to keep doing it?
Shaykh Abu Usamah
Why do we have to cut our pubic hair and armpit hair? Do we have to keep doing it?
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Should we open a madrasa, if so many are saying that the Mahdi is coming?
Shaykh Gibril Haddad
Few brothers are thinking of opening a madrasa up like the bury madrasa. But are in 2 minds because of coming of Imam Mehdi. Many scholars have mentioned his coming …. We are confused what do you advise us?
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Imam Ghazali on Following the Way of the Beloved Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Imam Ghazali on Following the Way of the Beloved Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) Imam Ghazali states in
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What to do with those who keep moving their fingers in tashahhud
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
Sometimes you see people, at the time that seems to be after the recitation of the Tashahud, lifting up all their fingers up then putting them down. Is there evidence for this practice?
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Is black magic permitted to prevent one’s husband from adultery?
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
If a man commits adultery and the wife does black magic so that he doesn't commit adultery is it allowed or not? The wife has dealt with it for many years and even said to her husbands marry her or leave me but he doesn'…
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Attending a Non-Muslim’s Funeral
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
Someone at the office where I'm working died. She was a good human with a good heart and nice to everybody. But when she died they have send me a funeral card for invitation and to go to the church and to the cemetery.
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Prohibited times for Prayers: What about the prostration of recital & makeup prayers in these times?
Sidi Sohail Hanif
Please excuse me for my ignorance but I was under the impression that sajda is only forbidden at sunrise, sunset and zawwal. You wrote to me that sajda is impermissible after asr...
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Is it permissible for an old woman not to wear a head-covering (khimar) or a loose outer garment (jilbab)?
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
Allah Most High says, "As for women past child-bearing, who have no hope of marriage, it is no sin for them if they discard their garments without displaying adornment. But to refrain is better for them.
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Is it forbidden to pay large amounts of money to the bride’s father, & how to deal with this custom
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
I am from Yemen and it is the custom of my people to pay exorbitant amounts of money to the father of the bride in order to make him agree to the marriage.
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Is talking after 'isha disliked or forbidden?
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
Is talking after 'isha disliked or forbidden? Is it permissible for someone to talk with his wife? Is there a special ruling for places at extremely northern latitudes where the time for isha enters extremely early (e.g.