Purification
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Hitting Children: When is it allowed? What are the limits?
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
Is it permissible for anyone to hit a child other than the parents? Generally, when is hitting allowed? And what are its limits?
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Reciting the Fatihah Behind the Imam
Sidi Mostafa Azzam
I have read the position of the shafii school (refering to the Reliance) that the follower must recite Al-Fatiha when following the imam and can lag up to 3 integrals, can you explain this in more detail inshallah?
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Al-Fatiha Behind a Hanafi Imam
Sidi Moustafa Elqabbany
I am praying behind a Hanafi Imam who doesn't give time to Fatiha, when should I try to read my fatiha? Is it while he is reciting his own fatiha or when he is reciting the surah? What if this is extremely confusing for …
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Concerning the question: "Is it permissible to use a vibrator during intercourse?"
Miscellaneous
Concerning the question: "Is it permissible to use a vibrator during intercourse?" Answer Assalam Alaikum, … Could you please add the following.
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Are children’s toys statues? Are they allowed for boys as well as girls?
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
What is the ruling of children’s toys that are personified, are they considered statues? And does the dispensation apply to males as well, or only females?
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Reciting the Fatihah If the Imam Does Not Pause
Sidi Mostafa Azzam
The Imam in our masjid does not give a pause after reciting the fatiha aloud, so I don't have enough time to recite my fatiha, what should I do? Should I try to recite with him simultaneously?
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Praying Behind an Imam That Does Not Fulfill a Valid Shafi`i Prayer
Sidi Mostafa Azzam
Would it invalidate the prayer of a Shafi`i to pray behind a Maliki imam that omits the basmalah in his Fatihah if we were to follow the transmitted position in the Reliance (F12:29).
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Is it permissible to perform salat al-haja (Prayer of Need) after the Asr prayer?
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
Is it permissible to perform salat al-haja (Prayer of Need) after the Asr prayer?
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Can I pray on the grass in my town, given that it is irrigated with sewage water?
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
I live in a city that has numerous plots of grass. The local municipality irrigates the grass using sewer water, which is filthy (najis). A slight odor is perceptible after the irrigation. Is it permissible to pray on th…
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Distance between the feet while praying
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
What is the recommended distance that there should be between the feet of a person praying alone?
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Position of feet in Congregational prayer
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
Is it sunna for the person praying to touch the foot of his neighbour [s. with his foot] when he is praying in a group?
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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? Answer In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful Al-Salam `alaykum The hair within the pubic area and armpits should be removed.
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Etiquettes of touching and carrying the Qur’an
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
Is it permissible for a muhdith (one who is not on wudu) to touch a mushaf (copy of the Quran) or to carry it when it is in its own case made of carton?
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Shortening the Prayer if You Will Complete Your Trip Before the End of the Time
Sidi Mostafa Azzam
I was on a lawful journey with a group of Muslims. They stopped to pray maghrib and isha during the beginning of isha's time. The imam shortened his isha to two rakas.
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Is it forbidden to pay large amounts of money to the bride’s father, & how to deal with thi
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. I think that this is forbidden, but what should I do if they don…
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When is it obligatory upon the parents to get their young daughter to wear hijab?
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
When is it obligatory upon the parents to get their young daughter to wear hijab?
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Praying with a pig-leather wallet… do I have to make up such prayers?
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
I had a wallet for several years. Only recently did I realize that it was from pig skin. I know for sure that I prayed with it on me. But I don’t know how much, though I think it is around 15% of the time… what do I do?
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The integrals and sunnas of Friday Khutbah
Shaykh Hamza Karamali, SunniPath Academy Teacher
In a Jumma arrangement at work, for the last 3 years we have been praying with a khutba in English in two parts with a little Arabic quran or dua mixed inside it. A group of five of us rotate to do the khutba. Recently, …
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Congregation: Standing alone in the back when joining late, is it permissible?
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
If a latecomer fears that he will miss the group prayer if he walks to an upper row to fill a gap, then is it permissible for him to quickly stand in the back of the jama`ah alone [s. starting a new row]?
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Man leading non-mahram women in prayer and barrier issues
Shaykh Hamza Karamali, SunniPath Academy Teacher
Is it permissible for men and women to pray in a room without a barrier between them if they are not mahram of each other if the space is relatively small or is this more an issue of gender adab and scrupulousness?
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What is the ruling of the Shaf` prayer (2-rakats prayed before witr)?
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
What is the ruling of the Shaf` prayer (2-rakats prayed before witr)? Answer In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful and Compassionate.
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Is Friday prayer invalid in the West?
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
I heard that according to our madhab the Friday prayer is not valid in our time in the west, and that it is obligatory for those who pray the Friday prayer to repeat it as the noon prayer. Is this correct?
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Dressing with synthetic ethanol: Is one’s prayer valid? Is it permissible to follow another mad
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
An ill man needs to apply a dressing to his skin. The dressing is impregnated with a medicinal substance that is dissolved in synthetic ethanol [ethyl alcohol]. It is not possible to remove the dressing for every prayer …
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Is it permissible to pray the Friday prayer behind a Hanbali imam who prays before the time of
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
Is it permissible to pray the Friday prayer behind a Hanbali imam who prays before the time of the noon prayer enters?
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Female discharge, urine leakage, doubts & misgivings and wiping over the socks
SunniPath Fiqh Q&A Support Team
I am a 24 year old woman. I find yellow liquids (occasionally white) on my underwear frequently. Sometimes I know it is thick (and thus from my vagina) and sometimes it is not thick, and sometimes I don’t know because it…
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Regarding the organ transplant answer
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, SunniPath Academy Teacher
Walaikum assalam wa rahmatullah, The position mentioned by Shaykh Amjad is still held by a respectable (yet small) minority of informed scholars.
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Friday Prayer in the West
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
Is it true that the Friday Prayer isn't valid in the West in our Shafi'i school?
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If one is Shafii can one be Hanafi in trade and transacting? If one is Hanafi, can one do Shafi
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, SunniPath Academy Teacher
If one is Shafii can one be Hanafi in trade and transacting? If one is Hanafi, can one do Shafii marriage?
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Clarification on making up prayers
Shaykh Hamza Karamali, SunniPath Academy Teacher
I read in one of your posts that one is not allowed to pray sunnah prayers if he has many prayers to make up. Does this mean that praying sunnah prayers are haram according to the Shafi school if one has many prayers to …