Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question I reverted [converted] to Islam and fasted my first Ramadan while ignorant of the rulings. I had intercourse during the day, not knowing it breaks the fast, and I broke my fast by estimating sunset. I only learned the ruling in my second Ramadan. Do I owe the expiation? […]

Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel Question I made a qada‘ fast yesterday. For breaking fast, I always take the maghrib time from the latest of my nearby mosques, to be cautious. This was at 9.27 yesterday (other mosques said around 9.20), but I misread it. I’m not sure if I broke my fast at 9.26 […]

Answered by Shaykh Isrhaad Sedick Question My friend engaged in unlawful sexual activity during Ramadan, but there was no intercourse. The act was oral, and she swallowed. Does she owe the kaffara, or is sincere tawba enough? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate. No kaffara is required. In the Shafi’i […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question Please explain Sunan Abi Dawud 2459 — is it authentic? And if a husband may restrict his wife’s voluntary worship, is he not in the wrong, since he cannot bar her from sunna or supererogatory prayer or dictate what she recites in her prayer? Answer In the Name of […]