FILED UNDER: ANS General Counsel, ANS Living Religion, ANS-General, ANSWERS (Parent of ANS blog)
TAGGED WITH:: evil eye, jealousy, pride
/by Yousuf PatelShaykh Farid Dingle answers a question on how to protect oneself from the evil eye. Question: Salam, How do we protect ourselves from the evil eye and jealousy, but without being excessive? For example if you have a child and you want to protect him/her from evil eye, do you just not post a […]
FILED UNDER: ANS Adab, ANS General Counsel, ANS Living Religion, ANS-General, ANSWERS (Parent of ANS blog)
TAGGED WITH:: adab, backbiting, community, mercy, morality
/by Yousuf PatelShaykh Farid Dingle outlines the approach and etiquette that one should adopt when advising others to stop slandering. Question: As-salaam alaikum, If someone is being slandered by someone else and I defend them saying that what the person who’s slandering is saying is wrong by way of insulting the words that they used to […]
FILED UNDER: ANS Living Religion, ANS Modesty, ANSWERS (Parent of ANS blog)
TAGGED WITH:: adornment, headscarf (hijab), hijab in front of non-muslims, wearing the hijab
/by YusufUstadah Raidah Shah Idil is asked if it is better not to observe hijab when living in the West due to possible harassment and conflict. Question: Assalam alaykum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatuh. It has been increasingly bothering me that I do not wear a hijab. I think it is fair to assume that […]
FILED UNDER: ANS Living Religion, ANSWERS (Parent of ANS blog)
TAGGED WITH:: actions are by intentions, intention, pure intentions, valid intention
/by YusufUstadh Salman Younas explains how one can improve one’s intentions and how to make them purely for the sake of Allah. Question: Assalam alaykum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatuh. How do I know that I am doing things for God? How do I set my intentions? Answer: Wa alaykum assaalam wa rahmat Allah wa […]
FILED UNDER: ANS Hanafi Fiqh, ANS Living Religion, ANS Modesty, ANS Purity, ANS Sunna, ANSWERS (Parent of ANS blog)
TAGGED WITH:: headscarf (hijab), leaving confirmed sunnas in make up prayers, make up prayers, make up witr prayers, prayers
/by YusufShaykh Abdul-Rahim Reasat gives valuable advice on how to make up prayers and not burn out. I’m sorry. I sent a question through earlier about making up missed prayers. I also wanted to ask, if I should be including the nafl prayers for dhuhr, maghrib and isha in my makeup prayers, or can these be […]
FILED UNDER: ANS Eschatology, ANS Islamic Belief, ANS Living Religion, ANS Prophetology, ANS Shafi'i Fiqh, ANS Theology, ANS-Aqida, ANS-General
TAGGED WITH:: Apostasy, good deeds, hajj, kufr, repentance, returning to Islam
/by YusufUstadh Salman Younas unpacks the question of the deeds of an apostate who returns to Islam. My question is on the deeds of the apostate. I know that apostasy invalidates good deeds but I want to know the opinion of the majority of scholars and maddhabs; whether they are returned to him when he repents […]
FILED UNDER: ANS Halal and Haram, ANS Living Religion, ANS Marriage, ANS-General, Commanding the Right and Forbidding the Wrong
TAGGED WITH:: erotic novels, erotica, marriage, romance literature, romatic literature
/by YusufShaykh Abdurragmaan Khan gives the ruling on reading romance–erotica with one’s spouse. Is it halal or makruh to read romance or erotic stories with one’s wife? Thank you. Thank you for your question. The reading of romantic or erotic novels essentially leads one to draw images of romance or sexual relations to mind. If, when […]
FILED UNDER: ANS Adab, ANS Living Religion, ANS Sunna, ANS-General, Commanding the Right and Forbidding the Wrong
TAGGED WITH:: acting, films, lives onf the Companions, movies
/by YusufShaykh Jamir Meah is asked about watching movies of the lives of the companions. Through the years, I have seen many serials depicting the life of the Companions of the Prophet, blessings and peace be upon him, come out, though they do not show the Prophet himself, blessings and peace be upon him. I was […]
FILED UNDER: ANS Family Ties, ANS Halal and Haram, ANS Living Religion, ANS Marriage, ANS Parents, ANS-General
TAGGED WITH:: arranged marriage, forced marriage, marriage without consent
/by YusufUstadh Farid Dingle answers a question about a father forcing his prepubescent daughter to marry. From what I have read on another website, a father can forcefully arrange his daughter’s marriage without her consent if she is prepubescent. Why is this allowed? Even if this marriage is supposed to have a clear interest for her, […]
FILED UNDER: ANS Dhikr, ANS Islamic Belief, ANS Living Religion, ANS Qur’an, ANS Sunna, ANS Theology, ANS-General
TAGGED WITH:: intercession, memorizing, memorizing the Qur'an, rewards, rewards of Paradise
/by YusufUstadh Farid Dingle is asked about a particular reward for memorizing the Qur’an. Could you please clarify the scholarly position as to whether or not the person who memorizes the Quran might be able to intercede for ten family members. Barak Allah fik. Dear questioner, Intercession on Judgment Day Intercession is a general grace that […]
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