Answered by Ustadh Tabraze Azam Question: Assalam alaikum, At the time that I needed to put down a deposit to secure my booking for hajj I paid the money from my primary bank account and did not realise that the account had gone into overdraft. Later the same day I detected that this had occurred […]
Answered by Ustadh Salman Younas Question: If one can not benefit from the human body then I don’t understand how blood transfusions or kidney transplants can be permitted because that is also benefiting from the body. Please let me know why we can not benefit from the human body? Answer: Assalamu alaykum The textual justification […]
Answered by Ustadha Raidah Shah Idil Question: I was immature and got a girlfriend and then broke up after many years. I feel so guilty, as I wasted her time, dragged her along for nothing and increased her sins. What dua can I read to help her and me get through it? Is it permissible […]
Answered by Ustadh Tabraze Azam Question: If a person is impure due to masturbation but does not masturbate during the fast will his fast and prayers be valid? Answer: Wa alaikum assalam wa rahmatullah, Yes, your fast would be valid in such a case because ritual purity is not a condition for the validity of […]
Answered by Shaykh Shuaib Ally Question: Assalam alaykum, Is junk food impermissible? Answer: Assalamu ‘alaykum, I pray that you are well. It is permissible to consume junk food. The impermissibility of consuming harmful substances not already mentioned explicitly in revealed texts generally derives from the following principles: General Principle of Avoidance of Harm The clearest […]
Answered by Ustadh Tabraze Azam Question: As salamu alaykum, I have questions regarding praying in a congregation for women at a mosque with the Imam leading: 1. When creating a line should you start on the right, or the middle (right behind the imam)? 2. Am I (while in prayer) supposed to fill a gap […]
Answered by Ustadh Salman Younas Question: I just got a job as a server at a seafood restaurant. Even though I won’t be preparing the pork or alcohol directly, I’ll still have to serve it to the customer if they order it. Can I work at such a place? Should I quit the job since […]
Answered by Ustadh Tabraze Azam Question: As salamu alaykum, Is it necessary to recite ” subhan rabbi al-‘azim ” three times during bowing or will once suffice? I am wondering the same for what is said in prostration as well. Also, can du‘a be added after the tasbih? Answer: Wa alaikum assalam wa rahmatullah, According […]
Answered by Ustadh Tabraze Azam Question: As salamu alaykum, What is the legal definition of masturbation according to the Hanafi school? Answer: Wa alaikum assalam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, Specifically, masturbation (istimna’) refers to the act of seeking to release sperm through other than lawful sexual intercourse, and generally, to any type of stimulation of […]
Answered by Ustadh Tabraze Azam Question: As salamu alaykum, Is there an expiation for breaking a fast through ejaculation via masturbation? Answer: Wa alaikum assalam wa rahmatullah, According to the Hanafi school, there is no expiation for breaking a fast through ejaculation via masturbation. However, you do need to make those fasts up (qada’) and […]
