Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question: I heard a shaykh mention that everybody will see Allah. Does this mean that everyone will see the true form of Allah. How can it be possible for us to see Allah, even in jannah, if we are limited and Allah is unlimited? Answer: In the Name of Allah, […]
Answered by Ustadh Faraz A. Khan Question: Assalamu Alaikum, I have a question regarding Umrah/Hajj. My husband and I are planning on performing Umrah this year inshAllah. we intend to take our 8 month year old baby as well. What I’d like to know is, is ones umrah valid if they’re carrying a baby on […]
Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question: Can a husband marry a second wife without his first wife’s permission? Answer: Walaikum assalam wa rahmatullah, The fatwa of major Arab and Indo-Pak scholars is that it is generally wrong and unwise in our times to marry a second wife, without consulting wise and knowledgeable scholars (even though […]
Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question I wanted to know what the ruling was for women who have discharge. Does it nullify their wudu? If so, then what about the women who have it daily, even if they discharge during prayer? Does it then mean that their prayer does not count and that they’d have […]
Answered by Mufti Muhammad Ibn Adam al-Kawthari Question: A woman entered into a temporary marriage contract (mut’a) when she was shi’a thinking it’s allowed. Soon after the marriage ended she became sunni. Does she have to observe iddah now that she is a sunni? Answer: In the name of Allah, Most Compassionate, Most Merciful, The […]
Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question: I have some questions about the prohibition of mut’a (temporary marriage). First, how do Sunni/Hanafi scholars understand the meaning of the word normally translated as “enjoy” in sura 4:24, (I think “istimta’”)? The translation normally goes “And those of them you enjoy/seek content from/derive benefit from, pay them their […]
Answered by Sidi Tabraze Azam Question: As’Salamu Alaykum, Is it disliked to read surahs in any order when performing salah or does it have to be in order? Did our Prophet pray in this manner? Does this vary in different madhabs and if so why? Which is the correct way or are they all correct? […]
Answered by Ustadh Faraz A. Khan Question: I am a night shift nurse. I do twelve hour shifts, 5 nights a week (up to eight shifts in a row) for two different hospitals. When I get off I must commute home right away to help get the kids dressed, fed, and off to school so […]
Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question: Thinking of sin is a sin. Thoughts of sins that come to one, but which one shunts aside are not sinful. Can you clarify this please, for it would seem to make us accountable for our thoughts? Are we not accountable only for our actions? Since actions emanate from […]
Answered by Ustadh Faraz A. Khan Question For the past several years, I’ve struggled greatly with waswasa and general worrying/paranoia regarding issues surrounding my practice and understanding of fiqhy matters. Two key matters worry me a great deal issues regarding faith and belief and marriage. The worry I have around faith is concerns about unintentionally […]
