Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question If I am permitted to use dry ablution (tayammum) but have impurity on me beyond the excused amount, must I remove it before praying? Answer In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate. Yes. If you can remove it, do so before praying. Dry ablution stands […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question Can a Muslim man be married in a church to a Christian woman if the conditions of the nikah are met, such as two male witnesses, given that he will obviously not take part in the Christian prayers? If that marriage is valid, does oral sex become clearly permissible, […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question I am a government employee. Sometimes when I am in uniform and use a shopkeeper’s services, he reduces the bill or refuses to take my money at all. Is this unlawful? Answer In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate. The discount is not yours to […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question I made a vow to pray two extra rak’as daily for thirty days. By “extra,” I meant two in addition to the obligatory prayers, not necessarily in addition to the regular sunnas. When I made the vow, I intended in my heart that I could fulfill it either by […]