Purification
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The wife's knowledge of divorce
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
You had said in a previous answer, "the condition for a divorce to occur is that the husband pronounce one of the pronouncements of divorce that explicitly denote divorce, or something that implicitly indicates it accomp…
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Praying sitting or standing
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
If one is ill and has pain in his legs such that he is able to stand while praying, but he is not able to stand back up from prostration unless he deviates from the direction of the prayer, should he pray like that?
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Midmorning prayer at home or in the mosque?
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
Is it better to pray the midmorning prayer at the masjid or in the home?
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Praying on a boat
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
Is it permissible for someone who works on a boat to shorten his prayers and to omit the Friday prayer, even if it is not difficult for him to perform them on the boat? And is it permissible for him to leave the Friday p…
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Fighting the Ego (Jihad an-Nafs)
Imam Abu Zakariyya Yahya Ibn Sharaf al-Nawawi
Fighting the ego (Jihad an-nafs) Answer In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful Fighting the Ego (Jihad an-Nafs) By Imam Nawawi (may Allah be pleased with him) Image from the original page (not
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Hugging after the Friday prayer
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
Is it permissible for people to hug each other after performing the Friday prayer?
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Wudu, fasting and discharge
Ustadha Shazia Ahmad
I read on your site about how a woman can try to keep her wudu intact for a long time by inserting something insider of her to block discharge from exiting. But what to do when she is fasting? Can that be done while fast…
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Fiqh of Ahl-Allah: On Reflection (Imam al-Haddad)
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Fiqh of Ahl-Allah: On Reflection (Imam al-Haddad) Answer In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful On Reflection (FIKR) Chapter 9 from Risaalatu'l Mu'awanah (The Book of Assistance)Of: Imam 'Abdallah Ibn 'Alawi …
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Fiqh of the Inward: The Fruits of Seeking Forgiveness
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, SunniPath Academy Teacher
Fiqh of the Inward: The Fruits of Seeking Forgiveness Answer In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful Someone sent this: From your friend...
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Fiqh of Islamic Months: The Month of Muharram
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Fiqh of Islamic Months: The Month of Muharram Answer In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful Fiqh of the Islamic Months The Month of Muharram The First Month of the Islamic Calendar Extracted from Lata’if al-M…
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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
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Gatherings of Dhikr
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Gatherings of dhikr Answer In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful Gatherings of Dhikr Contents Dhikr is the Greatest Obligation and a Perpetual Divine Loudness in Dhikr Gatherings of Collective, Loud Dhikr Th…
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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?
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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 In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful The Garden of the Gnostics(Bustan al-'Arifin) an-Nawawi Chapter One Sincerity (ikhlas) and having a conscious intention in…
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Impressibility of the Salaf
Shaykh Gibril F Haddad
Impressibility of the early Muslims Answer In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful Impressibility of the Early Muslims "I would come to Ibn Hurmuz, whereupon he would order the servant to close the door and le…
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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?
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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?
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Jihad in the Way of Allah
Habib Ali Jifri
Jihad in the Way of Allah Answer In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful 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:…
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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.
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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?
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My husband is obsessed with something I find sick and unreasonable
Ustadha Shazia Ahmad
My problem is that my husband finds me immensely attractive physically and he is obsessive about making love to me. This is fine, but he is also obsessed with licking my anus (I say with embarrassment) for long periods o…
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Preparation for Returning to Allah
Imam Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani
Preparation for Returning to Allah Answer In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful Preparation for Returning to AllahThe Chapter of Tens by Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani Translated by Shaykh Zaid Shakir Ibn Abbas, may …
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My mother hates my husband, though I think he's fine....
Ustadha Shireen Ahmed
I have a problem. My mother gets upset at my husband a lot, for the smallest and strangest of things, and doesn't seem to understand the stress it causes him.
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Making up supererogatory prayers after having made up all obligatory prayers
Shaykh Hamza Karamali, SunniPath Academy Teacher
Reliance of the Traveller mentions that one can make up supererogatory prayers that have a specified time (such as the rawatib, witr, and duha prayers) any time after they are missed (f10.7).
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Expiation for missed fasts due to nursing
Shaykh Abdul-Karim Yahya, SunniPath Academy Teacher
I found in al-fiqh al-manhaji that a breastfeeding mother should pay an expiation (fidya) for every day and should also fast every day of the Ramadan she lost. What should my wife do now?
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Repentance, Talking About Past Sin, and Avoiding That Which Does Not Concern One
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, SunniPath Academy Teacher
If one commits some sin, lets say he/she killed someone or committed zina. The person is truly sorry and makes sincere istighfaar and never does this again. Is it true that if asked sometime in the future if has ever pre…
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Sidi Gibril on: The Permissibility of Loud Dhikr
Shaykh Gibril F Haddad
The Permissibility of Loud Group Dhikr Answer In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful Salam `alaykum: Sunan Abu Dawud: Book 25, Number 3659: Narrated Anas ibn Malik: The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: That …