Answered by Shaykh Gibril Haddad Question: Can you inform us of any invocations to help bear children? Answer: Duas to bear child in sha Allah Ta`ala. 2:187{ وَابْتَغُواْ مَا كَتَبَ اللهُ لَكُمْ } Source: al-Mawardi, al-Nukat wal-`Uyun. فَرْدٌ حَيٌّ قَيُّومٌ حَكَمٌ عَدْلٌ قُدّوسٌ. سَيَجْعَلُ اللَّهُ بَعْدَ عُسْرٍ يُسْرًا 65:7 هَبْ لِي مِن لَّدُنكَ وَلِيًّا يَرِثُنِي […]
Answered by Sidi Salman Younas Question: If one intentionally makes a lustful gaze or looks at pornography during Ramadan, whilst being conscious of one’s fast, is one’s fast broken? If so, what is the consequence, just a make up or is expiation required as well? Answer: I pray you are well and in the best […]
Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question: Does one attain the reward of worshiping on laylat al-qadr for any act of worship performed on that night? Answer: Walaikum assalam wa rahmatullah, One attains unto the reward of worshipping on the Night of Power through any worship one performs that night. The most important is to strive […]
Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question: What is the ruling on shrimp and scampi? Are they permissible to consume? Answer: In the Hanafi school, it is permitted to eat shrimp according to the soundest position. The basic criterion is that anything that the Arabs considered ‘fish’ (samak) at time of revelation is permitted. Other produce […]
Answered by Sidi Abdullah Anik Misra Question: According to the Hanafi School, is it Sunnah to recite Tasbih and Dua after the Fard or the Sunnah prayers? And if one decides to offer some of his make-up prayers after the completion of either Fard/Sunnah prayers, then should s/he pray all his prayers consecutively and delay […]
Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question: Can one pray the Eid prayer at a Masjid? Also, how does a Hanafi pray Eid prayer behind a Shafi`i since they do their takbirat differently? Answer: Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullah It is in itself valid to perform the Eid prayer at the mosque, but in itself superior to […]
Answered by Ustadha Sulma Badrudduja Question: In the Hanafi school until what age can you legally breastfeed your baby? Is there a limit? If there is not a time limit when is the recommended time to stop? Answer: Assalamu alaikum wa rahamtullah, There are two valid positions in the Hanafi madhhab for the age until […]
Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question: Can one give Zakat al-Fitr to one’s needy brother or sister? Also, what if one delays it past the Eid prayer? Answer: In the Hanafi school, it is both permitted and best to give zakat al-fitr to one’s immediate family (besides one’s parents, children, and spouse) if they are […]
Answered by Sidi Abdullah Anik Misra Question: I have a question regarding circumcision for infants. Do Muslims appoint a ‘godparent’ to their son that holds him at circumcision as many Christians do? I apologize for such an ignorant question, but in my husband’s culture this is what they do and i have told him that […]
Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question: Is is permissible to use prayer beads? I heard it was an innovation. Please clarify. Answer: Walaikum assalam The tasbih is a means to do dhikr. One should do dhikr in the way that is most conducive to actually doing dhikr, and to maintaining one’s presence of heart with […]
