Purification
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What is the ruling of a prayer behind a person who reads from a mushaf (copy of the Qur’an)?
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
What is the ruling of a prayer behind a person who reads from a mushaf (copy of the Qur’an)?
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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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Reading Surah Ya Sin for the dead
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
What is the ruling for reciting the chapter of Ya Sin for a dead person? Some people have said that is wrong, because it is based on hadiths that were fabricated.
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I was told that letting my child play outside around maghrib time is wrong. Is this related to
Ustadha Shazia Ahmad
I was told that letting my child play outside around maghrib time is wrong. Is this related to a hadith?
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The tawarruk style of sitting in the prayer
Shaykh Ali Hani
Is the tawarruk only recommended for the obligatory prayers except salat al-fajr or is it recommended for every last sitting (including the nawafil (supererogatory prayers) of two rak`ahs) before giving final salams?
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Is it permissible for a woman to touch her dead husband?
Shaykh Ali Hani
Is it permissible for a woman to touch her dead husband?
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When Does it Become Obligatory to Pray?
SunniPath Answer Service Team
According to the Shafi`i school of fiqh, at what age does salah become obligatory? Is it at five, seven, or ten years?
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What is the proper naming of a child?
Shaykh Saad Peters al-Attas
What is the proper naming of a child?
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I have doubts about God
Shaykh Hamza Karamali, SunniPath Academy Teacher
Just some time ago doubts about the existence of one GOD kept on coming to my mind. Satan is making me feel there are many gods just like the ancient Greeks believed. This problem has increased up to the extent that I am…
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Chronic Discharge: A Further Clarification
Shaykh Hamza Karamali, SunniPath Academy Teacher
(1) So does this response mean that one only has to check if there was discharge if one actually feels something exit? So, if out and about for hours and yet one does not feel anything exit then one assumes one is on wud…
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Is it obligatory to keep one's trousers above one's ankles? What is your proof?
SunniPath Fiqh Q&A Support Team
Is it obligatory to keep one's trousers above one's ankles? What is your proof?
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Do Muslims believe in a physical afterlife?
Shaykh Hamza Karamali, SunniPath Academy Teacher
Do Muslims believe that in the next life, it will be an ''embodied life''? Is the actual physical body going to live paradise? Is the soul & body connected? Or separate? What about after death?
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Does licking the lips more than once invalidate the fast?
Ustadha Shazia Ahmad
Does licking the lips more than once invalidate the fast? Answer If one licks the lips once, and then immediately licks them again, this does invalidate one’s fast.
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Friday prayer and dhuhr
Ustadha Shazia Ahmad
Does one have to pray his/her Dhuhr prayers after one prays Salat al-Jummah at the masjid?
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Reward of fasting six days in Shawwal
Ustadha Shazia Ahmad
Fasting six days of Shawwal is like fasting one year. But does that mean that fasting 3 days of Shawwal is like fasting half the year? What if one fasts less than 6 days of Shawwal?
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Woman’s feet during the prayer
Ustadha Shazia Ahmad
A woman has to cover her feet during prayer. So would she have to wear socks in order for her feet to be covered? And does that mean that she would have to wash her feet every time she makes wudu, and then put socks on f…
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When one performs sunna fast, is it permissible to attend a wedding?
Ustadha Shazia Ahmad
When one performs sunna fast, is it permissible to attend a wedding? Answer The validity of a sunna fast does not depend on one’s whereabouts during the fast.
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Awrah, Looking and Touching
Ustadha Zaynab Ansari
Is it permissible for a Muslim woman to touch another Muslim woman on those parts of the body that it is permissible for her to see? And also, is it permissible for a Muslim woman to touch a non-Muslim woman, like in a h…
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Do I make up isha after my period?
Ustadha Shazia Ahmad
I normally have my period for four days. On the fourth day I normally bleed at night but am clean the next day.
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Going down into prostration
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
When going down for prostration, is it valid to place the palms of the hands on the ground before placing the knees?
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Musician’s issues: Drums
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
Is it haram to use a drum (tabla) that is narrow in the middle, like the Egyptian tabla?
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Abuse Is Not Tolerated In Islam
Ustadha Zaynab Ansari, SunniPath Academy Teacher
My husband and I have been married for one year now and not a month has gone by without him getting extremely angry at me.
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Sending blessings on the Prophet between rak`ahs of tarawih
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
Is it a reprehensible innovation to send blessings on the Messenger between the rak`ahs of tarawih?
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Raising hands between prostrations
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
Is it sunna to raise one’s hands between the two prostrations? Answer It is not sunna to raise one’s hands between the two prostrations.