Question: As salaamu ‘alaykum. I have read somewhere that it is permissible for a fasting person to taste the food that they are cooking for their family/guests etc., providing that they do not consume bite sizes and whatnot. Is this true ? Answer: Wa Alaikum […]
Question: Is it haraam, makruh tahrima or makruh tahzihi if a woman goes out of her house after magrib without a mahram and if the distance to be travelled is not safar? or if there is need can she go out on her own? will […]
Question: Asalamualaikum, ,is it suunate muakkadah to hear full Quran in sequence (start to end )during ramadhan for females as well? If we can’t mange to do it properly , is it a sin then? Answer: No, it is not Sunnah Muakadah for females to […]
Question: assalam alaikum, i wanted to know what is distance that qualifies us to shorten our salaah. also i wanted to know if it is compulsory to do so or can we pray our normal salaah if we wanted to and does this apply to […]
QUESTION: Can a woman observe itikaf at home , what if she has to cook? ANSWER: Praise be to Allaah. I’tikaaf is only valid if done in the mosque, because Allaah Aza wa Jal says (interpretation of the meaning): “And do not have sexual relations […]
Q. I am currently doing an economic project at university and the question that I was posed with is why do masjids have minarets in North America? As you may know in North America unlike Trinidad we do not call the adhan loudly, but the […]
Q. I am a middleman in a property transaction, i.e. I am able to get hold of a property cheap because the owner is in financial difficulty and is struggling to pay the mortgage, which would be either capital re-payment or interest only and he […]
Q. I was always told that men can’t wear gold but they can wear silver. However now someone told me that it is only 10g of silver the men can wear. Can you please tell me how true this is and draw reference from quran […]
Q. What is the correct place to put the hands in Qiyam position? Is it to put on the chest or below the navel? A. With respect to where the hands should be placed while one is in the standing (Qiyam) position of Salaah, there […]
Q. I need a clarification on a fatawa I saw on the website concerning selling of car insurance which you said was haraam. Please indicate to me the source of the hadith, and the scholars who made such pronouncement. A. If Auto Insurance existed at […]