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 […]

Answers by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question Two SeekersGuidance answers appear to say opposite things about smoke and fasting. One says passive smoke breaks the fast; the other says incidental inhalation of gas or ambient smell does not. Which applies to my situation? I am worried about make-up fasts in three cases: (1) talking with a […]

Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel Question I delayed IVF for years due to gynecological issues, including surgery and pre-cancerous cells. I used a Mirena coil to reverse these conditions, suppress fibroids, and treat adenomyosis. With a clear biopsy, I can proceed once the coil is removed. The removal coincides with Ramadan and requires a full […]