Answered by Sidi Salman Younas Question: Since in our countries (South America) is very problematic to get halal meat, and where even halal meat is of dubious provenance, is it lawful to eat the meat obtained from the people of the Book? And if so, how does this apply to meat is feasible to get […]
Answered by Ustadha Naielah Ackbarali Question: I wanted to know if one can make an intention to perform i’tikaf for less than ten days during the last ten days of Ramadan? Answer: Bismi Llahir Rahmanir Rahimi Assalamu alaykum. The Three Types of I’tikaf There are three types of spiritual retreats (I’tikaf) that a person may […]
Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question: Can one face the general direction of the qibla when the exact direction is known (such as facing directly East when the exact direction is East of North East, for example)? Answer: In the Name of Allah, the Benevolent, the Merciful May Allah’s peace & blessings be upon His […]
Answered by Sidi Waseem Hussain Question: I just have a question regards to blood in the mouth. Does it invalidate the fast to swallow blood in the mouth? Answer: Walaikum Salam Warahmatullah, Bleeding in the mouth will only invalidate the fast if one swallows saliva when the majority of the saliva is reddish. One is […]
Answered by Ustadha Sulma Badrudduja Question: I am a little upset with my husband’s behavior towards impressing me. We have discussed this issue many times and no approach seems to work. Overall he is a great husband but he really does make me feel like he doesn’t want to impress me wen he is with […]
Answered by Sidi Salman Younas Question: Who comes first in the last days, the Mahdi or the Dajjal? Does the Mahdi come before `Isa alaihis salam or after? Answer: assalamu `alaykum I pray you are well and in the best of health. According to what is indicated in various prophetic narratives (ahadith), the Mahdi (Allah […]
Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question: 1. I was of the understanding that if the fecal matter were to leave the orifice (a dirham or more, something like that) then wiping alone isn’t enough? 2: If one is caught in the situation where he has to defecate at school or some public area where there […]
Answered by Ustadh Faraz A. Khan Question: 1, I know the Qur’an is not recited in the loud prayers, but is it also not recited in the third and fourth cycles of loud prayers and in the silent prayers? How do we prevent our thoughts from wandering? 2. What about the narrations that says, “there […]
Answered by Ustadh Faraz A. Khan Question: 1. According to the Hanafi school, how far do we need to recite in the final sitting if we intend on performing the forgetfulness prostration? 2. When behind an imam, what must one do if he leaves out a wajib? Is his prayer still valid if it was […]
Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question: What are some of tricks the devil (shaytan) use against us to make us fail in our fulfilling what Allah has commanded us to do? I would like to know so I dont fall into them. Answer: Walaikum assalam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, I pray this finds you in […]
