Answered by Ustadh Farid Dingle Question: How do you tell someone to be quiet while the Friday sermon is being given? Answer: Wa alaykum assalam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, Dear questioner, thank you for your question. May Allah increase you in light, knowledge, and practice. Just tap him on the back, or gesture to him to […]
Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question: Assalamu alaikum, Is it permissible to work for women who don’t actually need it because her husband earns enough? Some workplaces even require women to show their faces. Also, some of my relatives live in the West and work in places that require women not to wear abaya. Is […]
Answered by Ustadh Farid Dingle Question: Given that religious practice is the most important trait to look for in a prospective spouse, how relevant (or irrelevant) are looks? Answer: Although the religious practice is indeed the most important trait to look for in a prospective spouse, one should not completely ignore looks. It is also […]
Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question: My sister has stopped going to school for the last three years. She is too scared to go to school. We tried to contact many scholars but no one could help us. I request you to please help us and tell us what to do. Answer: Assalamu alaykum, May Allah […]
Answered by Ustadh Mohammed Tayssir Safi Question: What will be the punishment for those who are cruel to animals? For example, those who cut their body parts when they are alive and enjoy their misery and pain? Answer: As-salaamu ‘alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakaatuh, May Allah reward you for your concern for Allah’s creation. The […]
Answered by Ustadh Tabraze Azam Question: Assalam Aleykum, My question is regarding Whey protein. As a person who workouts I need to take protein supplements. In most protein bars or powder, it contains whey protein isolate or whey protein concentrate which are often byproducts resulting from the manufacture of rennet types of hard cheese. Are […]
Answered by Ustadh Farid Dingle Question: What should one do if one had intercourse with one’s wife and then later found out that she was still menstruating? Answer: Wa alaykum assalam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, Dear questioner, Thank you for your important and valued question. In the Shafi’i school, it is recommended when one has intercourse with […]
Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question: If I begin a make-up fast, then change my intention to a voluntary fast, does that affect the type of fast? Answer: Jazak Allah Khairan for your question. Your change of intention, after having started a fast, will not harm or alter your fast, whatsoever. The original intention upon which the […]
Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question: What is the textual evidence that prayer is not permissible when the sun is at its zenith? Answer: In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate The Messenger of Allah said, “The prayer is witnessed and attended (i.e. by Angels) until the mid-day and it is certainly a […]
Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question: I think I said blasphemous words and realized it only later. Am I not Muslim now? Answer: Assalamu alaykum sister, The words that you uttered are not blasphemous and you have not renounced your religion. You did not say anything against Allah and His Messenger, may Allah bless him and […]
