Answered by Shaykh Faraz A. Khan Question: I made an oath to a person that I’d marry them and only them. They ended up getting engaged to someone else, and now I’m left to following out my oath for the rest of my life. What do I do if I want to get married again […]
Answered by Shaykh Faraz A. Khan Question: (1) May I give zakat to an aunt who I am not sure if she is an eligible recipient or not? (2) If I pay zakat every year on my pension plan, can I deduct from it a possible exit tax that I would pay if I […]
Answered by Shaykh Nuh Keller From: https://www.shadhiliteachings.com/tariq/?act=article&id=2 Question: Why does Allah allow suffering and evil? What is evil? Response: Sheikh al-’Alawi has said, “All the universe is Light, and the only thing that darkens it is the manifestation of the self in it.” Sheikh ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Shaghouri, who met Sheikh al-’Alawi, and related this to […]
Answered by Ustadh Salman Younas Question: If a Quranic verse has not been written out in full, can a person touch it without wudhu? Answer: wa `alaykum assalam A person in a state of ritual impurity cannot directly touch a complete verse of the Qur’an. [Birgivi, Dhukhr al-Muta’ahilin] Further, if the verse of the Qur’an […]
Answered by Shaykh Faraz A. Khan Question: Are there any verses in the Quran that allude or suggest that ocd is caused by jinn, by ocd i mean the type of ocd where people keep washing their hands or they keep thinking they havent locked the front door etc? Answer: Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullah, I […]
Answered by Ustadh Abdullah Anik Misra Question: Please I would appreciate if you can send me materials on Jinn. Are they in existence? Do they attack human beings? How can one protect himself from their attacks. I will appreciate if you can give me full detail on this. Answer: Wa alaikum salam wa rahmatullahi wa […]
Answered by Shaykh Gibril F Haddad Question: Are there any prayers for driving away Jinn? Answer: In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful Wa `alaykum as-Salam, Imam al-Nawawi in al-Adhkar mentioned that Ibn al-Sunni narrated that a man came to the Prophet, upon him blessings and peace and said that his brother suffered […]
Answered by Shaykh Gibril F Haddad Question: Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night and I see the silhouette of a human standing beside my bed. I don’t see a face or hands or anything of that sort. The other night, I woke up to find this figure beside my sister’s bed […]
Answered by Shaykh Faraz A. Khan Question: How do I pay zakat on money lent out? Answer: Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullah, I pray this finds you in the best of health and faith. For money lent out, you may either: (a) pay zakat on it each year while it is lent out (as you have […]
Answered by Shaykh Gibril Haddad Al-Hamdu lillah was-Salat was-Salam `ala Rasulillah wa Alihi wa Sahbihi wa man Walah “Before asking what is Sufism, we should ask what is Religion.” (Shaykh Nazim in an interview with the BBC, London 1991) Shaykh al-`Arusi said in his marginalia titled Nata’ij al-Afkar al-Qudsiyya (Bulaq, 1920/1873): “Religion (al-dîn) is an […]
