Answered by Ustadh Tabraze Azam Question: Assalam alaykum Is it permitted to read the Qur’an backwards? I have been told that it can stop black magic. Answer: Wa alaikum assalam wa rahmatullah, I’m unaware of such a ruling. Reciting the Qur’an backwards is wrong and not religiously legislated. The jurists explicitly affirmed the dislikedness of […]
Answered by Ustadh Tabraze Azam Question: Assalam alaykum Are house mortgages permissible? Answer: Wa alaikum assalam wa rahmatullah, Generally, mortgages from conventional, usurious banks are going to be impermissible as they stipulate the kind of increase in a loan contract which was expressly prohibited in the Qur’an. Allah Most High says, “O believers! Fear Allah, […]
Answered by Shaykh Abdul-Rahim Reasat Question Is it permissible to purchase cat food that contains unslaughtered meat? Answer I pray you are well. Yes, it is permissible to purchase cat food and feed it to a pet cat, even if it contains unslaughtered meat. Usually, it is impermissible to buy unslaughtered meat and impure items, […]
Answered by Shaykh Jamir Meah Question: Assalamu alaykum I heard that the Qur’anic ayah (verse), “And [by] ten nights.” (Al-Fajr, 02) intends the ten nights of the month Muharram, and not the the ten nights of Dhu-l-Hijjah. Supposedly, this was Mujahid ibn Jabr’s opinion and also Muqatil ibn Sulayman’s opinion. But then, because Shi’as “adopted” […]
Answered by Ustadha Raidah Shah Idil Question: Assalam aleykum, My parents are abusive, both emotionally and physically. Mostly emotionally. All they care about is grades, not the emotional damage they do to me or the abuse. I am also severely depressed, and I have been for years because of them. They made me hate myself. […]
Answered by Shaykh Umer Mian Question: Assalamu alaykum I get paid at work in a foreign currency and I always have to convert my salary to our local currency. I am trying to ensure I am not engaged in usury so I am confused on what rate I should use for the conversion. Shall I […]
Answered by Shaykh Jamir Meah Question I saw a post online that if my wife doesn’t wear hijab, I am a “dayyuth”. Is this true? I want to maintain a proper level of jealousy, but I do not want to tell my wife what to do as if I were her father. Answer I hope […]
Answered by Ustadh Tabraze Azam Question: Assalam alaykum If I am going for work from Peshawar to Nowshera then back to Mardan and then Takht Bhai the total distance is more than 100km but the distance between Takht Bhai and our home is 70 to 74 miles on the map. Should I shorten my prayers? […]
Answered by Shaykh Abdul-Rahim Reasat Question: Assalamu alaykum Is it disbelief for a muslim to denounce christianity by thinking within himself that if God had a son that would imply that God has a genital organ like that of human beings and to bring to his mind the exact image of a human genital organ […]
Answered by Ustadh Tabraze Azam Question: Assalam alaykum My father’s knees have weakened by age. However, they are not so bad that he has to pray all of the prayer on a chair. He can still pray while standing as long he sits down on a chair at the time of prostration. 1-Is it permissible […]
