Fiqh

Can the Jumuah Khutbah be delivered in English?

  Nasihah (Advice): Protection from one Jumuah to the next   Rasulullah Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam said, “Whoever recites Surah Ikhlaas, Surah Falaq & Surah Naas 7 times after Jumuah Salaah before talking to anyone, will be protected until the following Jumuah.” (Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah) __________________________________   Question and Answer: …

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Adhering to Islamic business ethics when transacting

  Nasihah (Advise): Be lenient when transacting   Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah Radiyallahu anhu narrates that Rasulullah Sallahu alaihi wa sallam said, “May Allah’s mercy be upon him who is lenient in his buying, selling and in demanding back his money.” (Sahih Bukhari) __________________________________   Question and Answer:   An …

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Giving fish in Sadaqah as a means of curing the ill

Nasihah (Advice): Treat you ill by giving Sadaqah   Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said, ‘Protect your wealth by [discharging] zakat, treat your ill by giving sadaqah and prepare for calamity in advance by engaging in dua.’ [Shu’abul Imaan] __________________________________   Question and Answer:   I have received information suggesting that …

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Nikah in the Month of Muharram/Safar

Question and Answer: Q. I would like to know if it is permissible to marry in the month of muharram/safar as i am planning a nikah in the month of muharam, i have been told that it is not permissible to marry in those months, please could u clarify this …

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Dealing with repeat beggars

Nasihah (Advice): Turning to Allah at the time of financial difficulty   Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: “Whoever is afflicted by poverty and turns to people, his poverty will never end, but whoever is afflicted by poverty and turns to Allah, Allah will provide for him immediately or after some …

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Keeping the sixty Kaffarah Fasts consecutively

  Nasihah (Advice): A scent more pleasant than musk   Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah radiyallahu anhu reported that Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said, “The smell which is emitted from the mouth of a fasting person is more pleasant to Allah than the scent of musk.” [Sunan Tirmidhi] __________________________________   Question and Answer: …

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Homosexual Inclinations

Sayyiduna Abdullah Ibn Abbas radiyallahuma anhu reported that Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: “…May Allah’s curse be upon those who do the action of the people of Lut.” [Nabi (sallallahu’alayhi wasallam) repeated this curse thrice!] [Sahih Ibn Hibban]   _____________________________________ Question   I am a Muslim male who was …

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Making Masah on the tape applied over Mehndi

Nasihah (Advice): Wudhu washes away sins   Sayyiduna Abu Huraira radiyallahu anhu reported that Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: “When a Muslim washes his face in Wudhu, every sin that he committed with his eyes will be washed away with the last drop of water. When he washes his hands, …

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Conditions of Polygyny

Nasihah (Advice): Treat your wives equally and justly Rasulullah Sallahu Alaihi Wa sallam said, ‘Any man who has two wives and he does not fulfill their rights equally and justly, shall be raised on the Day of Judgement in a condition that one side of his body will be drooping.’ [Abu …

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Does Iddah fall away if a woman is not pregnant

Nasihah (Advice): The Iddah of a widow is also her mourning period.   Sayyidah Um ‘Atiyya Radiyallahu anha narrates, “We were forbidden to mourn for more than three days for a dead person, except for a husband, for whom a wife should mourn for four months and ten days.” (Bukhari) …

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