Question: A person shaves his beard as well as a young boy whose beard has not grown out as yet. Is it proper for them to call out the Azan and Iqaamah or not? Answer: A person who shaves his beard is committing a sin, […]
Question: What is the Shariat’s ruling regarding a person who is indebted, the debts are to be paid annually at a fixed amount. Would the total indebted amount be taken into consideration thereby preventing him from paying Zakaat or would the annually fixed amount be […]
Question: I have recently been prescribed some medication that contains ‘pre-gelatinised maize starch’ and if possible I would really rather avoid such products in my diet. However, my GP prescribed me these tablets and I do feel the need to have started taking them already. […]
Questions: What are the different sects of muslims and how do they differ? What are the different schools of thought in Islam? I understand that there are different teachings and I am a little confused with the difference of sects and school of thought. Which […]
Question: Is it permissible to make Dua in English in any part of my Salaat? Answer: It is not permissible to recite Dua in any other language besides the Arabic Language in one’s Salaat. Furthermore, Duas which are to be recited in one’s Salaat should […]
Question: Dyeing of the hair. Is this allowed? Answer: With respect to the colouring of the hair for males/females, it is evident in the classical books of fiqh as well as Ahaadith that colouring the hair with a colour other than black is permissible. Applying […]
Question: I have two daughters – one is 5yrs. going on 6yrs. and the other is 2yrs. The first daughter breast fed until she was 2yrs. I had no problem to wean her off the breast by the time she was 2yrs. Our other daughter […]
History has shown that it is Islam which has granted a very high and noble status to a wife. The Quraan itself describes the beautiful relation of a husband to his wife and the relation of a wife to her husband in the following words: […]
Question: Can you please enlighten me on the concept of Mujaddids? Who are the past ones and recent/current ones? Was Imam Ahmad Raza Khan a Mujaddid or a reliable scholar? Are his works recommended? Answer: A mujaddid (Arabic: مجدد‎), according to the popular Muslim tradition, […]
In our last article, we discussed the concept of Hijab in Islam as it related to the voice of a woman from the Quranic teachings. It was shown that a woman (in Islam) is required to be very cautious/ conscience of speaking in front of […]