Q. In one of your previous answers, you mentioned that it was Makrooh to perform salaah behind someone who is involved in bid’ah practices. Can you please elaborate on this, with references from the Hanifi Fiqh, (seeing that many of those who do these practices […]
Q. I recently had a baby and I have some questions concerning the tabeej and something called ‘hing’. I do not think it is wise to have those things since Allah is the best of protectors and just as I could remember to put the hing […]
Q. Is it permissible to make wudhu with a fabric (porous) plaster? A. Yes, it is permissible to make wudhu with a fabric (porous) plaster. However, the following are the different rulings concerning it:- 1) If the plaster covers a wound/cut that has not been cured […]
Q. During the week of Eid ul Adha I will be in Miami and flying to Mexico City. What is my position regarding Eid Salaah and my Qurbani? I would love to perform my Eid salaah but I don’t know the fatwa. Secondly will it be […]
Q. I am going to do qurbani and I remembered last year I fasted for one week prior to the day of Eid but I can’t remember clearly. Can you please tell me when I should start fasting for this, what day and when should I […]
Q. I have interest to marry a sister outside of USA living in another country. I want to know can we marry by Proxy or Islamic Proxy because I cannot travel to her right away. A. Yes, it is permissible for you to appoint someone as […]
Q. If one has become muslim through marriage, but did not always stay on the path and has finally decided to follow the Deen, should she/he re-do the Shahadah? A. If, based on one’s actions, one has done such things or uttered such statements that show […]
Q. What is the Islamic View on Tattoos? (from Qur’an and Sunnah) A. Tattoos are totally haram in Islam. It is recorded in a hadith that the Prophet (SA) ‘cursed those who tattooed, and those who got themselves tattooed’. (Bukhari, Muslim). And Allah knows best. Mufti […]
Q. Can one sit in the car and pray if pray time has reached, or there’s a possibililty of missing it, ie. on a journey? A. No, it is not permissible to sit in a car and pray. One must come out of the vehicle in […]
Q. With regards to one of the questions being asked in this website subject being “Superstitions in Islam”.. I would like to know, does a tabeej fall under this category as well? I know of persons who recommend this being worn as a means of getting […]