Question: What intention should one have when working or producing academic material? Answer: Wa alaykum assalam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, Dear questioner, thank you for your very important question. Allah Most High says in the Qur’an, ‘And they were only ever commanded solely to worship Allah, making religion sincerely His’ (Qur’an, 98:5). Work, be it in […]
Question: Will I get the reward of helping others if I played an indirect role in the action? Answer: In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate If your intention is to help others and fulfill the needs of others you will be rewarded in full for that intention even if you were not the […]
Question: Does wetness from the bathroom or dust from outdoors making my floor impure? Answer: In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate May Allah ease your difficulty and increase you in the knowledge of the religion. Pure Until Proven Otherwise Consider the wetness of the bathroom floor pure as well as the dirt brought […]
Question: I’ve worked most of my married life but have always longed to study Islam. I’ve decided to study next year but my husband says I am unfair and impulsive. There will be pressure on him but I plan to sell things to supplement the income. Will I be rejecting sustenance by giving up my […]
Question: Asalamu Alaikum, I am a convert and I live with my family. They are not Muslim so they have dogs and multiple images. I got rid of images and the dogs in my room but Hadiths state that angels don’t enter my house. Is this true? I really need angels for protection. Answer: In the […]
Question: I was in a relationship four years ago but one day he betrayed me. He is with another girl now. I still love him so much and I constantly ask Allah to give him to me in a halal way. I prayed istikhara a year back about it. My friend tells me not to […]
Question: What is the ruling of saying ‘Sam’i Allah Liman Hamidah’ when raising from the bowing position? What is the ruling of the invocations of the prostration? What is the ruling regarding repeating prayers? Answer: In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate The prayer is only invalidated if an obligatory (fard) act is […]
Question: I have missed a lot of prayers for the past 7 years. What do I do Is there a way to pay for the one I have missed? Answer: In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate Expiation for Missed Prayers There is no expiation for missed prayers while one is still alive. […]
Question: How can I ward off laziness to review and memorize? How can I improve the zeal to memorize the Qur’an? Answer: Assalamu alaykum, The tremendous blessing that you have to be able to memorize Qur’an is like no other. If Allah has put you in a position to be able to do so, you […]
Question: Are Kefir and Kombucha halal? Answer: Wa alaykum assalam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh Kefir and Kombucha and similar drinks are halal because the alcohol is naturally occurring and the percentage is extremely low. Please see: Alcoholic Content in Soft Drinks Kombucha tea and kefir [Ustadh] Farid Dingle Checked and Approved by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Ustadh […]
