Answered by Shaykh Abdul-Rahim Reasat Question: Assalamu alaykum I committed sodomy in the past, and repented from it. Now, I have been diagnosed as HIV Positive. Has my tawba been accepted? Can I marry a woman who is HIV Negative, and have children with her? Answer: My dear brother, wa ‘alaykum assalam wa rahmatullah wa […]
Answered by Shaykh Farid Dingle Question: Assalamu alaykum Is the Friday Prayer (Jumua) a communal obligation or a personal obligation? Answer: Dear questioner, Thank you for your important question. Jumua is obligatory for every male Muslim who has reached puberty and is not excused from the Friday Prayer, such as someone who is sick. (Minhaj […]
Answered by Shaykh Farid Dingle Question: Assalamu alaykum As a doctor, is it halal to provide and advertise medical treatment that would frequently allow others to persist in committing sins? For example, PrEP which protects patients who are at high risk for getting HIV? Answer: Bismillahi al Rahman al Rahim. Dear questioner, Thank you for […]
Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question: Assalamu alaykum If I acquired wealth in an impermissible manner, then segregated that wealth from the remainder of my wealth, is spending from the remainder of my wealth considered spending with impermissible money? Answer: In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate Any portion of one’s wealth […]
Answered by Shaykh Abdul-Rahim Reasat Question: Assalamu alaykum Is it permissible for a man with fertility issues to allow a doctor to look at his private parts during a check-up? Would it be permissible to provide a semen sample for it to be analysed? Answer: Wa ‘alaykum assalam wa rahmatullah wa barakatuh I pray you […]
Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question: Assalamu alaykum Does the exiting of a prayer time invalidate the ablution (wudu)? Answer: Assalam alaykum, The exiting of the prayer time does not invalidate the ablution. However if one is considered ‘excused’ by the Sacred Law the ablution terminates at the exiting of every prayer time. One is […]
Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question: Assalamu alaykum Must I use soap in order to remove impurities from my body? Answer: In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate You should wash the area affected by the urine. You do not need to use soap nor hot water to remove it. “One does […]
Answered by Shaykh Farid Dingle Question: Assalamu alaykum Is it permissible, and indeed recommended, to vote as a Muslim living in a non-Muslim country? Answer: Wa alaykum assalam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, Dear questioner, Thank you for your really good and important question. Commanding the right and forbidding the wrong are communal obligations, and we […]
Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question: Assalamu alaykum My husband and I have been married for 4 years. From the start we both happily agreed to live with his mother in her home as she is alone. However soon after marriage, my mother-in-law’s behaviour changed towards both me and her son. She started interfering in […]
Answered by Shaykh Salman Younas Question: Assalam aleykum Is it permissible to trim (shave) the hair of a sheep you intend to prepare for Qurbani at Eid Ul Azha? In Pakistan the temperatures get too hot during summers, and therefore ticks and insects are a real problem during the rains, and summers, and with dense […]
