Answered by Sidi Waseem Hussain Question: Is it permissible to be a vegetarian or vegan? Answer: Assalamu Alaykum Warahmatullah, As for being vegetarian or vegan then the permissibility of it returns to ones intention. If it is done with a good intention then there is no harm in it. So if one stops eating meat […]
Answered by Ustadh Waseem Hussain Question Is it permissible to tan oneself using a tanning machine? Answer As long as the tanning does not entail any public exposure of the awra or harm to the body then it would be permissible to use it. But one has to seriously take the health risks of using […]
Answered by Sidi Waseem Hussain Question: Can a husband and wife hold hands in public? Answer: Assalamu Alaykum Warahmatullah, In general, Islamic practice is to keep signs of intimacy in the private without taking it into the public sphere. But in itself the permissibility of holding hands in public would return to the custom of […]
Answered by Sidi Salman Younas Question: I have read narrations about the turban of the Prophet (Allah bless him) in Shamail-e-Tirmidhi, and I felt compelled to wear one (at least every now and again). However, I have noticed that there are several unspoken rules to wearing turbans. Apparently, a certain speaker from America raised a […]
Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question: Is it true that the Hanbalis were very anti-Ash`ari? I have heard from some people that the beliefs of the Salaf were the beliefs of the “Atharis” and not the Ash`ari/Maturidis and things like interpreting the attributes is not valid. Can you please clarify? Answer: In the Name of […]
Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question: Does the sunna of adhan get fulfilled by playing a recording of it? Would one have to respond/listen to such a recording if played? What should one do if there is no adhan in one’s area? Answer: In the Name of Allah, the Benevolent, the Merciful Walaikum assalam wa […]
Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question Can you please mention some of the merits of Dhu’l Hijja and some acts of worship that can be done in the month? Answer In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful and Compassionate The first ten days of Dhu’l Hijjah are blessed days: Allah Most High Himself swore by […]
Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question: Is it permitted to fast the first nine days of Dhu’l Hijja? Answer: Walaikum assalam wa rahmatullah, There is disagreement of the scholars regarding this. The position of the Hanafi school is that it is permitted and recommended to fast the first nine days of Dhu’l Hijja if one […]
Answered by Ustadha Sulma Badrudduja Question: What is the right of the Quran in regard to reciting it? Is it true that it is the Quran’s right that we complete it every 40 days? If so, is it necessary to do so and how do we prove it to other people? Answer: Assalamu alaikum wa […]
Answered by Sidi Abdullah Anik Misra Question: Is a person always obligated to return someone’s “salam”? When would he not be obligated to do so? Answer: As salaamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, Allama Ibn ‘Abideen, in his seminal work Radd al Muhtar, mentions many instances where one does not need to return the greeting […]
