Incorrect Beliefs

QUESTION Muhtaram Mufti We have come across a video by Zakir Naik wherein he gives a lengthy discussion with regards to masturbation. After reviewing the video, one is left with the strong impression that masturbation is permissible. Till now, the youth knew it to be Haram. However, this has created …

QUESTION Assalamualaikum Mufti Please answer the following questions   1-  I have read that most of the ahadith which talk about the coming of mahdi are weak ahadith and only a few ahadith are authentic. Now, i am confused that how can we base our aqeedah of “zuhoor e mahdi” …

  Question: Dear scholar, is the event of Ghadir Khum true or it’s a false tradition made the by Shi’as? And if it is true, what’s the Sunni interpretation of this event? Answer: In the name of Allah, Most Compassionate, Most Merciful, One of the fundamental differences between the Ahl …

Should this be a factor in deciding whether one becomes a scholar or not? QUESTION Assalamualikum My brothers who are Alhamdullilah huffaz wished to become ulama since childhood. As they entered the teen years, people would inform them that they must get secular education ( college degrees: professions etc.)first in …

Question: I just want you to give me a simple explanation of the basic beliefs that a Muslim should hold regarding Allah and His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and other matters. I sometimes get confused by the various different groups (Sunni, Shi’a, Salafi, Deobandi, Barelwi, etc) saying …

QUESTION Assalamu Alaikum I read an article that if one believes in the concept of contagious diseases, his nikah is broken. I always believed in contagious diseases because I heard thus from my learned Ulama. I am sensitive to my nikah. Is my nikah really broken? What about the nikah …

Question I am a firm believer that 15th of Sha’ban is a blessed night. I have come across many people who claim it is nowhere to be found in Hadith and it is a bid’ah to claim the night being a blessed night. In the light of Sunnah and Hadith, …

QUESTION A few cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Makkah and Medina. Does this not go against the hadith wherein the Prophet said, Neither Dajjal nor the Taa’oon can enter Madinah? ANSWER In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh. You refer …

  Nasihah (Advice): The soul of a Believer   Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah Radhiyallahu Anhu reports: “When the soul of a believer leaves (the body at the time of death) it is received by two angels who take it to the sky.” Hammad (one of the narrators) mentioned the sweetness of its …

QUESTION Salam What would be the stance on feminism in Islam? Would a feminist be considered a Non-Muslim? My idea is that there are different waves of feminism and first wave feminism was only for voting, so those would be considered fine, but the third wave feminists now take it …