Answered by Ustadh Salman Younas Question: Is coke halal? There have been some rumors that it contains pork derivatives and alcohol etc. Could you please clarify this? Answer: assalamu `alaykum To my knowledge, based on official statements from Coca Cola, their product does not contain any animal derivatives nor any alcohol. Though Coke has other […]
Answered by Ustadh Salman Younas Question: This scenario plays out a lot in the MSA’s at a lot college campuses, and people are confused about what to do. Can a male lead a group of women (non-Mahram) in prayer? Answer: assalamu `alaykum Legally speaking, there is nothing wrong with a man leading women in prayer, […]
Answered by Ustadh Salman Younas Question: A friend bought land as an investment to be sold in the future (not for any other reason). Does he have to pay zakat for this and how should he calculate the amount of zakat to be paid? Answer: wa`alaykum assalam Zakat is payable on trade commodities. For […]
Answered by Ustadh Salman Younas Question If an individual cannot fast during Ramadan due to health issues but is too poor to donate the requisite amount to the needy, are they exempt from fasting and charity? Answer I pray you are well. In the Hanafi school, the expiatory payment (fidya) for missed fasts during Ramadan […]
Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question: What is the Rumi verse that mentions, “A hundred regrets for lost opportunities”? Answer: In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful The Prophet has said truly that no one who has passed away from this world feels sorrow, regret, or disappointment because of dying but rather feels […]
Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question: Is the following poem wrongfully attributed to Rumi Rahmatullahialay “Come, Come, Whoever you are Our is not a caravan of despair Come, Come, Whoever you are This caravan has no despair. Even though you have broken your vow perhaps ten thousand times Yet come again, come again, whoever you […]
Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question: Was Rumi an orthodox Muslim or a universal mystic beyond the rigid confines of orthodoxy? Answer: Walaikum assalam wa rahmatullah, Read: https://www.dar-al-masnavi.org/self-discovery.html This article explains how Mawlana Rumi was an orthodox Muslim, and shows the emptiness of the claims of him being, “… a maverick, an individualist, unafraid to […]
Answered by Ustadh Salman Younas Question: Could you please explain the stance of classical ahly sunnah scholars on mawlana jalaluddin rumi? Have scholars like Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani or Dhahabi said something about him? Answer: assalamu `alaykum Mawlana Jalal al-Din al-Rumi (d. 672 h.) was a recognized scholar of the Hanafi school, as were his […]
Answered by Ustadh Salman Younas Question: Is it permissible to eat raw meat? Answer: I pray you are well. Meat from animals that are lawful is permissible to consume if slaughtered validly. As for eating such meat raw, this would be also permissible if no harm, such as illness, is feared through its consumption. Otherwise, […]
Answered by Ustadh Salman Younas Question: Is it permissible to whistle? For example, whistling a tune while doing errands around the house. whistling Answer: assalamu `alaykum Whistling is permitted as it is merely a sound from the mouth. However, it would be better to avoid it when there is no need or benefit in doing […]
