Answered by Sidi Tabraze Azam Question: Are there any impurities that touch a person’s skin which then makes ghusl obligatory? And are there any impurities that come on a person’s clothes with which one cannot pray salah? Answer: Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, I pray you are in the best of health and faith. […]
Answered by Sidi Abdullah Anik Misra Question: Assalamualaikum. I keep missing my Fajir prayer all the time. After I wake up I feel so bad that I have missed it but it keeps happening . Please tell me the importance of fajir prayer and how I can wake up. Answer: Wa alaikum salam wa rahmatullahi […]
Answered by Sidi Faraz A. Khan Question: I know it is haram to say kufr things with your mouth, but what if you only say it in your heart/mind? Is this haram? I am not talking about waswas but i mean if someone intentionally makes a kufr/shirk statement in their mind only (for example if […]
Answered by Shaykh Nuh Ha Mim Keller Source: https://www.masud.co.uk/ISLAM/nuh/masudq7.htm Question: Many Pakistanis and people of the Naqshbandi tariqa (and maybe of others) consider the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) to be Nur Allah, the ‘Light of Allah’, and find it offensive that we call the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him […]
by Dr. Mostafa al-Badawi Source: https://www.masud.co.uk/ISLAM/misc/nuremuhammadi.htm “Allah is the light of the heavens and the earth . . . “[1] The Light is one of the ninety-nine Beautiful Names of Allah. Light is that by which things become known. Things may exist in the dark, but they cannot be seen. Light may be physical, such […]
Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question: As sallamu alaikum wa rahmatulahi wa barakatuh I know that if one needs to answer the call of nature during Salah that they must break their Salah and go to the toilet unless the need isn’t too great. However, sometimes I’m doing Wudu or praying Salah and I feel […]
Is Repentance Always Accepted? What is Sincere Repentance? How Do You Know If Your Repentance is Sincere? Chapter on Repentance: From Imam Nawawi’s Gardens of the Righteous Prayer of Repentance: Salat al-Tawba Does Sincere Repentance Eradicate Sin? What is the Difference Between ”Tawbah”, ”Inabah”, and ”Awba”? Tackling Homosexual Feelings: Supplication, Repentance, and Going Cold […]
Answered by Sidi Faraz A. Khan Question: As salamu ‘alaikum, I received a luxury watch as a gift. The back contains an engraving of what appears to be a sea-horse. If worn that portion is hidden from general view. Is it permissible to wear the watch generally and specifically during religious activities such as dhikr […]
by Imam Zaid Shakir Source: https://www.newislamicdirections.com/nid/articles/the_lawful_nature_of_niqab_face_veils/ Increasingly in the western world, nothing symbolizes the “otherness” of Islam like the veiled Muslim woman. If she chooses to remain quietly home undertaking domestic duties with patient dignity she is rendered invisible and mysterious, veiled by the walls of her home. If she emerges into the public square […]
Answered by Sidi Faraz A. Khan Question: In my dental office many patients don’t show up for their appointments. Sometimes they have a valid reason, which I forgive, but sometimes they don’t. I lose money when they waste my time. I am considering notifying patients that if they break their appointment with less than 24 hour notice and […]
