Answered by Ustadh Tabraze Azam Question If someone laughs in prayer in a voice that’s not audible (whispering voice) and is praying alone will his ablution break if it was loud enough for someone else to hear? Answer I pray that you’re well, insha’Allah. According to the Hanafi school, the prayer and wudu are invalidated […]
Answered by Mufti Muhammad ibn Adam Question: 1. If i pursue an actuarial career, I will be limited to working in takaful companies. However, scholars differ on what is permissible and impermissible in this regard. As I Hanafi, am I limited to working at a takaful company that have Hanafi scholars on their shari`ah board? […]
Answered by Sidi Salman Younas Question: What should be recited during the prostration of recital (sajda al tilawa)? Answer: assalamu `alaykum Ibn Nujaym mentions in his Bahr al-Ra’iq that there is a difference of opinion regarding what exactly should be said during the prostration of recital. The soundest position, he states, is to recite “subhana […]
Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question: Is wearing the jilbab obligatory? Answer: Assalamu Alaykum Allah Most High says: “O Prophet! Tell your wives and daughters and believing women that they should cast their outer garments over their persons. That is most convenient that they should be known (as such) and not molested. And Allah is […]
Answered by Ustadh Faraz A. Khan Question: I heard this narration from someone where the Prophet said if a person laughs excessively it makes the person’s heart hard. I am not sure whether its authentic or not. I was wondering, does it really make the person’s heart heard physically or is it referring to the […]
Answered by Sidi Abdullah Anik Misra Question: A so-called scholar on a Pakistani (religious) TV channel stated that if a man unlawfully gazes at a woman, the woman (even if she does not know that the man is looking at her) will be punished for it by being thrown in hell, and will never see […]
Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question: I asked someone to perform istikhara for me, and they asked me for my mothers name. Is this ok to do? Is there a need for mother’s name? Aside from doing the istikhara what are the rules when having istikhara performed by another person? Answer: Walaikum assalam wa rahmatullahi […]
Answered by Mufti Muhammad ibn Adam Question Can you please explain in detail the awra of a woman in different situation, in front of men, women, unmarriagable kin and so forth? Answer The covering of one’s nakedness (awra) is of utmost importance for a male and female in Islam, thus the Qur’an and Sunnah have […]
Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question: How do I motivate someone who doesn’t perform the solat or one who is inconsistent in doing it? Do I tell them to work their way up slowly e.g. praying one prayer a day and then slowly increase the number to all the obligatory prayers? What if they don’t […]
Answered by Ustadha Naielah Ackbarali Question: Can I put hair extensions in my hair that are made of nylon not human hair, so that my hair can be made firm, so that I can clip it? I have heard that the Prophet cursed such women. Answer: Bismi Llahir Rahmanir Rahimi Wearing wigs or hair extensions […]
