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Does Wudu Break If a Stranger Sees Your Hair?

Answered by Ustadha Sulma Badrudduja Question: I have grown up to believe that after making wudhu (female) it is wajib to cover the hair and other parts of the body in order to keep one’s wudu intact. If a ghair mahram sees the female’s awra, it nullifies her wudu? Is this correct?   Answer: Wa […]

Salat al-Tasbih

Answered by Abu Usama Question: Can you please explain the significance of Salat-ut-Tasbeeh? Please also provide details of how to offer this prayer. Answer: In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful Al-Salam `alaykum It is recorded in Sunan Abi Dawud and other books of hadith that Rasulullah (sallallahu `alayhi wasallam once said to […]

Can I perform Salat al-Tasbih every Friday?

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question: Is it ok to make salatul Tasbih on Friday only? Some have said not to make it on the same day and time every week.   Answer: Walaikum assalam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, I pray this finds you in the best of health and spirits. Salat al-Tasbih can be […]

Is There a Supplication While Sitting Between Prostrations?

Answered by Ustadh Tabraze Azam Question: In prayer, what is said during the sitting portion between sujoods, and how many times are we supposed to say it? Answer: Wa alaikum assalam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, I hope you are in the best of health and spirits, insha’Allah. According to the Hanafi school, there is no […]

Acts Prohibited During Menstruation and Their Proofs

Answered by Ustadha Shaista Maqbool Question: Is there any hadith or verse from the Qur’an that mentions the 8 acts that are prohibited for a menstruating woman?   Answer: Wa’alaikum assalaam warahamtu Allah, There is no one verse or hadith which comprises everything that is impermissible for menstruating women, rather these rulings are taken from […]

Allowing Someone to Take a Lost Item

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question: I have a question regarding the fiqh of ‘lost and found property. Many years ago I was sitting in an auditorium when a person walked up to me and asked whether the umbrella that was near me belonged to me. I replied in the negative and so he asked […]

Forgetting to Perform an Obligatory Action of the Prayer

Answered by Ustadha Sulma Badrudduja Question: If one misses a fard of prayer forgetfully, then remembers while in prayer, does one immediately stop the prayer and begin again (since it’s invalidated)? I can’t say I’ve actually missed a fard before, so I’m not sure about the way to deal with it. Answer: Assalamu alaikum wa […]

Finishing One’s Supplications Before the Imam

Answered by Ustadh Tabraze Azam Question: When praying in jama’a, and you finish your recitations/supplications before the Imam, what are the things you can say in that time? Answer: Wa alaikum assalam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, I pray that you are well, insha’Allah. If one finishes saying the tasbih of the bowing or the prostration […]