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Hanafi Fiqh

October 16, 2022 3 mins

How Was the Prohibition on Touching the Quran (Even Translation) without Wudu De...

Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel Question Based on this answer it says (regarding the Hanafi school), “The stronger and more precautionary position is that it is obligatory to be in a state of ritual purity to touch even a translation of the Quran.” How was this ruling derived? Especially since a translation, such as an […]
October 16, 2022 1 min

Is It Permissible to Build Mosques with More People on the Left-Side of the Imam...

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question Is it permissible to build the mosque in an arrangement where more people will be on the left-hand side of the Imam than on the right-hand side? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate When the Mosque requires expansion, the plans are best made keeping […]
October 15, 2022 2 mins

How Can a Secret Revert Pray during Her School Trip?

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question There is a newly reverted sister who will be going on a trip soon with a group of non-Muslim classmates and is unaware that she will be sharing a room with them 24/7. When not out, she won’t have any privacy to pray, how does she pray? No one […]
October 15, 2022 1 min

The Hadra: Is the Group Dhikr With Singing and Swaying Permitted?

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question Is the group remembrance with the singing of spiritual poetry and rhythmic swaying, called the hadra, permitted? Answer In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful. The hadra is in itself permitted, as writings of major Hanafi authorities make clear. Among the imams of the Hanafi school who have specifically […]