“Surely ˹for˺ Muslim men and women, believing men and women, devout men and women, truthful men and women, patient men and women, humble men and women, charitable men and women, fasting men and women, men and women who guard their chastity, and men and women who remember Allah often— for ˹all of˺ them Allah has […]
Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question What is the difference between a man’s and a woman’s prayer in the Hanafi school? Would it be invalid for a man to pray like a woman or vice versa? Answer In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful The differences between men and women in prayer relate […]
Answered by Shaykh Ilyas Patel Question Please could you describe in detail how women should perform the ruk’u, including how much you should bend, the position of the hands and fingers. Also in detail how women should perform the sujood. Where the elbows should be i.e. touching the floor, or on the knees – as […]
Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question: I had a question about the prayer of women in the hanafi madhab… In a sisters only gathering, a) could there be a jama’ah of sisters praying together , or should they pray separately? b) when praying alone, by myself, at home could I recite loudly for the fajr, […]
Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani and Shaykh Ilyas Patel Question I understand that in the hanafi madhab, women cannot lead a congregation of other women. From what someone had told me, it is considered prohibitively dislike (makruh tahrimi). I informed my mother of this. The next time she was with a group of women, they […]
Answered by Mufti Abdurrahman ibn Yusuf Mangera Question: Is it permissible for a woman to pray at home in her normal home clothes, which cover the awrah, khimar also being worn or does she need to observe the jilbaab and the khimar? Answer: In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful Assalamu alaykum In […]
Answered by Sidi Tabraze Azam Question: If one notices blood whilst rinsing one’s nose with water or on a tissue after cleaning one’s nose, how does one determine if blood is flowing in the nose or not? Answer: Wa alaikum assalam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, I hope you are in the best of health and […]
Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question: Is baby vomit considered najasah, if they are only taking milk and no real food, can i pray in the clothes they spit up on? Answer: In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful Walaikum assalam, 1. Vomit, including baby vomit, is only considered filthy if it is […]
Answered by Ustadha Sulma Badrudduja Question: A family member of mine recently married a women of good character; unfortunately, I feel his character makes him an unsuitable spouse (even though he is a practicing Muslim in an outward sense). Although it’s after the fact, I still wonder if I should have spoken up instead of […]
Answered by Shaykh Faraz A. Khan Question: There are jokes that have jarring or disturbing elements of absurdity, but don’t use curse words, sexual references, or Islamically disrespectful themes. One example are ‘dead baby’ jokes. (Q. How do you fit 50 babies into a car trunk? A. With a blender.). Are such jokes haraam? Answer: […]
