Answered by Ustadh Tabraze Azam Question: 1. I broke 2-3 fasts without any valid reason during the month of Ramadan at about age 17 in ignorance. Do i have to have 180 fasts continuously as expiation? 2. For about 2-3 Ramadans I served dates to those who fast in the Masjid and the residue stuck […]
Answered by Shaykh Faraz A. Khan Question: I have a student loan of about $20,000 that is interest free as long as I don’t leave the country for more than 6 months. I have a small monthly installment to pay when I earn above a certain amount, but I don’t currently earn anything so I’m […]
Answered by Shaykh Faraz A. Khan Question: I’ve not fasted in Ramadan since i had an illness at the age of 12. I’m 38 now and still on medication. The illness can become worse if i stop taking the medicine i.e 2 to 3 times a day.. I have tried keeping fast before, but every […]
Answered by Shaykh Faraz A. Khan Question: I was never aware that you have to make up fasts missed (because of illness or in my case menstruation) during Ramadan until this past month. I have missed a few weeks worth of fasts over the years. If I know I had to make them up and […]
Answered by Shaykh Faraz A. Khan Question: I will inshallah be going for umrah and ziyara. When i go to the blessed grave of RasoolAllah s.a.w how do i make tawassul the sunnah way? Can I ask the Prophet s.a.w directly to make dua for me? Eg: ya rasool, pray to our rab for me […]
Answered by Shaykh Faraz A. Khan Question: In the state of ‘da iman fil hadath’ due to excessive gas in stomach and unable to maintain wudhu for more than a few minutes, I have been instructed that one wudu in the time period is valid for the fard prayer of that period and any sunna […]
Answered by Shaykh Faraz A. Khan Question: I struggled to make sure a teacher at our Islamic school dressed modestly, since she teaches teenage boys. Was I being nosy? Answer: Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullah, I pray this finds you in the best of health states. May Allah bless you for your efforts and desire […]
Answered by Shaykh Faraz A. Khan Question: I am in the medical profession, and I deal with plasma and serum. Plasma is basically blood without the red blood cells, and because the red blood cells make blood red, plasma is yellow. Serum is plasma without clotting factors and is also yellow. Sometimes plasma or serum […]
Answered by Sidi Wasim Shiliwala Question: If mani/semen/sperm exits while or after urinating is Ghusl required in the Hanafi School? Answer: Walaikum As-salaam wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu, The Hanafi jurists have outlined three general types of sexual fluid in men: 1. Sperm (mani), which is a thick white liquid that, after its exit, the […]
Answered by Ustadha Zaynab Ansari Question: What can a wife expect out of her husband? Can she have expectations about him surprising her on occasion, getting her gifts and saying kind words to her? Answer: In the Name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful Dear Sister, Assalamu alaikum, Thank you for your question. I […]
