Duties of the Month of Muharram 1. It is the best of months for general voluntary fasts, after Ramadan. 2. It is especially recommended to fast the 10th of Muharram (known as the Day of `Ashura), with a day before it or after it. [Ibn Abidin, Radd al-Muhtar, quoting Kasani’s al-Bada`i] 3. It is also […]
Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbbani Question: Is the prayer of someone who only prays Fajr prayer valid? Answer: Walaikum assalam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, Validity (sihha) relates to fulfilling the obligatory conditions and integrals. Acceptability (qabul) relates to sincerity (ikhlas) in the specific action. Yes, it is hoped that the Fajr would be accepted–but sincerity […]
Answered by Mufti Mohamed-Umer Esmail Question: Assalam uAlaikum Honorable Teacher, May Allah bless you for you hard work and grant you success in this life and in the life to come! Dear Teacher, I would like to request you to please please take the time out and answer these questions. 1. Is it permissible to […]
Answered by Sidi Abdullah Anik Misra Question: 3:124 says there were 3 thousand angels present at the battle of badr, and then 8:9 says there were a thousand. How can we respond to this – which seems like a contradiction? Answer: In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious Most Merciful, As salamu alaikum wa rahmatullah, […]
Answered by Sidi Faraz A. Khan Question: Assalam Alaikum warahmatulla One of my friend’s Dad is considering passing down his properties that he bought over his lifetime. He has 3 sons and 1 daughter. He has 4 houses, including the one he lives in. He planned to just give one each to each sibling, but […]
Answered by Sidi Faraz A. Khan Question: I read a lot of islamic rulings on astrology saying it is haram and the basis for it. I know that in Islam reading signs, going to fortune tellers, and predicting the future is haram. My question is if it is okay to read about people’s personality traits […]
Why Follow a Madhhab and How to Choose One What is a Madhhab? Why is it necessary to follow one? Why Muslims Follow Madhhabs? Would you advise individuals to study hadith from al-Bukhari and Muslim on their own? Understanding the Four Madhhabs Shaykh Murabtal Haaj’s Fatwa on Following One of the Four Accepted Madhhabs How […]
Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question: One of my friends doesn’t know how to recite the tashahhud. What can she do in her prayer as she doesn’t want to leave prayer? She is trying to memorize it. Answer: Walaikum assalam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, I pray this finds you in the best of health and […]
Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question: Is it allowed for those who are recent reverts (or not hafiz), to hold the Quran in their hands and recite it from there in Salat? Are there different rulings for this between fardh & nawafil salah? Answer: Walaikum assalam, In the Hanafi school, as mentioned in Maraqi al-Falah […]
Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question: You keep talking about madhab.. the hanafi madhab, the sh’afi madhab….and so on. It gets confusing…I mean it makes Islam sound like Christianity…like they have divided their religion in so many sects…Islam shouldn’t be divided like that…it disturbs me a lot. Please help me out here.. Answer: Walaikum assalam, […]
