Question: What is in Sweet Marsala and can muslims use this product? Answer: Sweet Marsala is a cooking wine which is not Permissible to use. DUHC
Question: Hadrat Maulana. Do you have policy statements about two situations in which: a) Hilal is NOT SEEN in a clear sky despite completing thirty days from the previous sighting. b) Hilal is seen on the 28th evening. The a) condition occurs because of false […]
Question: I have a question regarding zaakat. When it is paid on a yearly basis is the 2.5% due on your surplus earned during that given year alone or is it due on your entire surplus. E.g. if I earned a surplus of 10 thousand […]
Question: Assalam wa alaikum I have been reading up alot on-line about the payments of Zakaat and i read somewhere that if one has a loan he may be exempted from paying this once the debt exceeds the savings… I was wondering however if this […]
Question: Should children be running and playing in front of you in the masjid while one is performing salaah and also squirming their way to pass through the lines? Answer: Assalaamu Alaikum, No, it is not permissible for children to behave in this manner in […]
Q. How much gold do you have to own to pay Zakaat? For instance, my wife has 5 oz weight in jewellery. Will she have to pay Zakaat on that amount and if so how much? A. When a person has 2.8 ozs of gold, […]
Q. In the instance of Medical Insurance as in the case of UNIMED for teachers, does one have to pay Zakaat on the premiums paid over a year? Similarly, does one have to pay Zakaat on the premiums paid on Third Party car insurance as […]
Q. I read that the money spent on family will be like sadaqah. So if I buy some gifts like shoes or a purse for my mum will it also be sadaqah, keeping in view that she has many? A. Yes, it will be as […]
Q. If you give Sadaqat or Zakaat using funds that have been obtained through evil and illegal means; i.e drugs and money laundering; is this accepted? A. No, the Sadaqat will not be accepted and the Zakaat will not be considered as fulfilled and accepted. […]