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Can I Give Expiatory Payments Instead of Making up Fasts?

Answered by Ustadh Tabraze Azam Question: Assalam alaykum I have been suffering from depression. I am seeing my doctor regularly. I missed many fasts last year and a few fasts a year before. I am worried of days piling. Am I allowed to feed poor people as fidya for my missed fasts instead of waiting […]

How Do I Make My Nursing Career as Worship?

Answered by Shaykh Jamir Meah Question: Assalamu alaykum I have recently completed my nursing degree and will start working as a Registered Nurse. I’m concerned about starting a career and becoming task orientated and forgetting what I’m really here for. How can I make my new nursing career about helping and serving Allah’s creation? Answer: […]

How Should I Wash a Thin Beard During Wudu?

Answered by Ustadh Tabraze Azam Question: Assalam alaykum I understand that the skin underneath thin beard needs to get wet when washing the face in wudu. Do I need to rub extra or use extra water in such places where the beard is thin? Answer: Wa alaikum assalam wa rahmatullah, If you wash your face […]

Is It Too Late for Me to Be Forgiven by Allah?

Answered by Ustadha Raidah Shah Idil Question: Assalam aleykum, I was born to Muslim parents, but did not practice Islam at all during my college years. I essentially lived like a disbeliever. I feel so far away from Islam. Is it possible for me to return? Answer: Assalamualaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, I pray this […]

Have I Invalidated My Fasts by Being Confused About Fajr Time?

Answered by Ustadh Salman Younas Question: Assalam aleykum On the first day of Ramadan I thought Fajr was at 3.20. In reality it was around 3.00. I’ve only realised this about 5 days later. Now I don’t know for a fact if I ever drank water at the wrong time after Fajr. Are these fasts […]

How Do I Overcome Doubts About My Religious Practice and Past Sins?

Answered by Shaykh Jamir Meah Question: Assalamu alaykum If a muslim does not fulfill the five pillars of Islam, does his practice just becomes vain? I never ever gave zakat, I pray sometimes and never completed a Ramadan. I have done so much sins that I doubt about deserving Allah’s forgiveness. Answer: Assalam ‘alaykum. Thank […]

When Is It Permissible for a Woman to Wear Heels?

Answered by Ustadh Salman Younas Question: Assalam aleykum What is the ruling on women wearing adorned shoes like heels and the like in segregated events? I have read that heels make a clicking sound and change the appearance of women but if they are worn in all women’s gathering is that allowed? Answer: assalamu alaykum […]