Answered by Sidi Salman Younas Question: There seems to be a debate nowadays about the issue of pork gelatin. Since it is not the meat of the pig some say it is halal. Others, say it is part of the pig therefore it is impure. Can you please settle this and provide me with factual […]
Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question: Is making up missed prayers necessary? Answer: Walaikum assalam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, I pray this finds you in the best of health and spirits. The position of all four Sunni schools is that it is obligatory (fard) to make up all missed prayers, regardless of why they were […]
Answered by Sidi Salman Younas Question: Can you give example of supplication which can be read instead of Dua Qunut? Answer: assalamu `alaylum An individual who does not know the Qunut supplication can recite: يَا رَبُّ or اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي each three times. or اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّنَا آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ […]
Answered by Sidi Salman Younas Question: I converted to Islam about a year and a half ago. However, I have been studying Islam for years, and I knew I wanted to become a Muslim for a while. Since I was living with my parents earlier and they absolutely forbade me from converting, I did not […]
Answered by Sidi Salman Younas Question: I recently came across a hadith in English that says, “[t]he man must not be alone with a woman except in the presence of her mahram.” Would you happen to know the book of hadith in which this saying is found. I have not been able to locate it. […]
Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question: How does one perform the forgetfulness prostration? Answer: In the Name of Allah, the Benevolent, the Merciful Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullah, I pray this finds you in the best of health and spirits. For the forgetfulness prostration (which is necessary if a necessary [wajib] action was left forgetfully, and […]
Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question: Scientifically, gas released is actually an aerosol (liquid droplets suspended in a gas). According to the Hanafi school, are these liquid droplets considered part of the gas and thus pure, or are they considered a liquid exiting from one’s rear private part and thus impure? Does one have to […]
Answered by Ustadh Salman Younas Question I am aware that one is closest to Allah during prostration within prayer. I believe it is strongly recommended to supplicate to Allah at this time and though it is preferred to make supplication in Arabic, supplicating in English is permitted as well. Can you confirm this? Answer I […]
Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question: Is it permissible for one to become a fireman or a paramedic? I would like to pursue one of these careers but what concerns me is not being able to pray on-time due to emergency situations. Is there a ruling that deals with this? Answer: Walaikum assalam wa rahmatullahi […]
Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question Is masturbation permitted? How does one stop himself from falling into it? Answer Masturbation is prohibitively disliked and so it is sinful to engage in. It has many personal and societal ill-effects that are known and recognized in sane traditional societies and by balanced people. The early Muslims used […]
