Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question: I would like your help in deciding which nisab value (gold or silver) to use when determining: A) If one is eligible to pay zakat. B) If someone is eligible to receive zakat. Answer: Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullah, I pray this finds you in the best of health and […]
Answered by Shaykh Faraz A. Khan Question: Are playing games that teach about making profits in real life permissible? Answer: Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullah, I pray this finds you in the best of health and states. In general, the Hanafis are quite strict with games (even if without gambling), as most games fall under the […]
Answered by Shaykh Faraz A. Khan Question: If one travels to one’s parents’ home (which is more than 80 km from the city oneself lives in) for less than 15 days, does one pray qasr? Answer: Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullah, I pray this finds you in the best of health and states. If one does […]
Answered by Ustadh Tabraze Azam Question: Is there a supplication for those undergoing severe life distress? Answer: Wa alaikum assalam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, I pray that you are in the best of health and faith, insha’Allah. “No one should wish death for any affliction that has befallen him. If he finds his situation unbearable, […]
Answered by Ustadh Tabraze Azam Question: Does throwing up during prayer break one’s wudu? Answer: Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, I pray that you are well, insha’Allah. Vomiting a mouthful, inside or outside the prayer, would invalidate one’s ablution. Vomiting less than this amount would not invalidate one’s ablution nor prayer. [Shurunbulali, Maraqi al-Falah; […]
Answered by Ustadh Salman Younas Question: 1. It is my regular habit to wake up about an hour before Fajr and pray Tahajjud then pray witr then go pray Fajr at the masjid. I like to pray the first 2 rakas with short suras and then each of the next 6 with long suras before […]
Answered by Ustadh Salman Younas Question: Recently I went for the first stage of tattoo removal with a laser, it was performed by a woman. I am a man. Obviously it is sinful for me to make physical contact with a woman, is there any exception when she is a medical professional in regards to […]
Answered by Ustadh Salman Younas Question: I’m curious, since moving back to my home country, and joining a Quranic school, I’ve noticed that nobody leaves the Quran on the floor. Also nobody says the name of Allah in the toilet. And there’s a third thing, wetting your fingers with saliva to turn the page of […]
Answered by Ustadh Salman Younas Question: Can a menstruating woman perform ghusl on the deceased in the Hanafi school? Answer: wa `alaykum assalam It is permissible for a menstruating woman to perform a ritual-bath for the deceased. The consideration that needs to be taken into account is the permissibility of the woman performing the ritual-bath […]
Answered by Ustadh Salman Younas Question: How many mutawwatir hadiths are there? Is there any collection available in English? In Arabic? Answer: wa `alaykum assalam I pray you are well. It is difficult to mention the exact number of mass-transmitted narrations (mutawatir). This is because: (a) an accurate estimation would require knowledge of the […]
