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    Supplicating in Prayer : Important Details

    Sidi Faraz Rabbani

    During Jalsa I have heard that reciting rabbighfirlee thrice is recommendable? is that true and can it be done in fardh prayers?

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    Why tarawih?

    Sidi Faraz Rabbani

    I do not mean to be rude but I already know that this is the sunnah, but as a convert to Islam this really does not help me. Why did the Rasool (pbuh) perform it? There must be a reason behind this action.

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    Touching the Qur’an with gloves without wudu

    Sidi Faraz Rabbani

    Is it permissible to touch a copy of the quran after wearing gloves if not in a state of wudu?

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    Why lie when asked about the past?

    Shaykh Faraz Rabbani

    Regarding the answer Shaykh Faraz Rabbani gave to the question, Repentance: Do I have To Tell? The answer states that " "Even if asked point blank, "Have you ever xyz.?" the right answer, Islamically, is to say no."

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    Water getting into the ears

    Sidi Faraz Rabbani

    I read in the archive that water getting into your ears does not break the fast. Yet in the Nur Ul Idaah on page 185, chapter/Baab Ma yufsido sawm o yujibo qada min ghayri kafara. number 18-19.

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    Jihad in the path of Allah: a personal obligation?

    Sidi Faraz Rabbani

    In its broadest definition as struggling in the path of Allah with one's self, wealth, soul, intellect, the Qur'an etc. (incl.

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    Concerning Love of Allah

    Mawlana Sa`di al-Shirazi’s Gulistan

    Concerning Love of Allah Happy are the days of them that are infatuated by love for Him, whether they be sorrowed by separation

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    Tarawih, division, and respecting scholarly differences

    Sidi Faraz Rabbani

    This is in response to a long comment/question, questioning the negation of 8 rakats tarawih as being a sound position, when some hadiths [seem to] refer to it, and some scholars have stated it….

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    Nawawi on making up missed prayers: scholarly consensus

    Shaykh Faraz Rabbani

    Nawawi on making up missed prayers: scholarly consensus Imam Nawawi stated in

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    Invalidating the fast through intercourse

    Sidi Faraz Rabbani

    Can you please advise me what should one do if he accidentally committed a sin by having a intercourse with his wife while fasting?

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    Can one read books written by non-Muslims on Islam e.g. Islamic history - quran translations etc

    Shaykh Faraz Rabbani

    Can one read books written by non-Muslims on Islam e.g.

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    Do I have to fast 10 whole years in expiation? (no)

    Sidi Faraz Rabbani

    From your previous answers, I understand that intentionally breaking your fast through eating or sexual relations requires a person to make up that fast plus 60 days fasting for each broken day of fasting (kaffara).

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    Hadiths or Fatwas?

    Sidi Faraz Rabbani

    I have daleel from Quran, Sunnah and scholars from old on a matter that offers clear direction and then find the Ummah in an ordeal where this daleel should be applied but is instead negated based upon personal feelings …

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    Missed Prayers & Ibn Taymiyyah

    Musa Furber

    I'd like to know what the hanbali position is on missed prayers. I know that the hanafis, shafi'is and malikis say one has to make up all missed prayers. I HEARD that the hanbalis say one doesn't have to as long as tawba…

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    Chapter on Repentance: From Imam Nawawi’s Gardens of the Righteous

    Imam Nawawi

    Chapter on Repentance: From Imam Nawawi’s Gardens of the Righteous 2.

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    Effect of a Sound Marriage: Rights of the Husband and Wife

    Unknown Source

    Effect of a Sound Marriage: Rights of the Husband and Wife The importance of

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    Blood Transfusions and Donations: A Detailed Explanation

    Mufti Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari, Darul Iftaa (Leicester, UK)

    We are a local newspaper based in Blackburn targeting the Asian communities in Lancashire and Greater Manchester.

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    Salat al-Istikhara

    Shaykh 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani

    Salat al-Istikhara CONCERNING THE RITUAL PRAYER FOR GUIDANCE IN CHOOSING THE

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    Schools of medicine cap intake of Muslims

    Glen Owen, Education Correspondent

    Schools of medicine cap intake of Muslims MEDICAL schools have started restricting the admission of Muslim students after

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    Causes and Effects and Medicine

    Sidi Faraz Rabbani

    I heard an Islamic scholar referring the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) hadith: There is nothing like infectious disease. i.e. no disease spreads with sitting together an affected person.

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    How do we know that someone whom one wronged has really forgiven us?

    Sidi Faraz Rabbani

    How do we know that someone whom one wronged has really forgiven us?

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    My elderly neighbors’ dogs

    Sidi Faraz Rabbani

    My friend helps two elderly women (disbelievers), who are both physically disable to go out to do anything. They are her neighbour. My friend does their shopping for them, however they have a dog inside their house.

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    Been involved with partner who ‘intends to marry me’ in the future

    Shaykh Gibril Haddad

    I have been doing a wrong act with a partner who intends to marry me for 4yrs. Although I was ashamed of my act I had continued and had gotten pregnant. I did not want to terminate but was in fear of family and society.

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    Breaking fast with non-Muslims

    Sidi Faraz Rabbani

    My university is having a "fast-a-thon", where we get non-Muslims to fast for a day to raise money for an organization which feeds poor people. In Islam is it allowed for Muslims and non-Muslims to have Iftar together?

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    RE: reading aloud in quiet prayer to be able to maintain concentration

    Sidi Faraz Rabbani

    If I’m praying and a jamaat is going on where the imam is reading aloud, or even if I joined a prayer late and while I finish off my missed rakats the imam is performing dua aloud – in such cases, I find it difficult to …

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    The extra-special fast and ruining one's worldly life

    Sidi Faraz Rabbani

    About the extra [See Lesson 3 of the Essentials of Fasting, www.sunnipath.com] special fast. It basically means that I cannot leave my house or the masjid because doing anything else would not allow me to keep such a fas…

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    RE: Shaytan and Ramadan

    Sidi Faraz Rabbani

    If the shayateen are chained up this month then why do we continue to receive bad thoughts?

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    Lingering illicit relationship

    Shaykh Gibril Haddad

    I am in a very difficult situation and aim to do the right thing by my iman and the shariah, this is why I come to you for advice. I pray insha'Allah that you receive this in good health and will be able to help me.

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    What do I pay zakat on?

    Mufti Yusuf Mullan

    I''m not entirely sure what I have to pay Zakat on. I got married in February and I received money which we have as savings and I also received a lot of gold. Do I have to pay Zakat on this even though I haven''t had it …

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    Why don't you deal with contemporary issues…?

    Sidi Faraz Rabbani

    Why don't you deal with contemporary issues…?

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