Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question I am nineteen. I left pornography and masturbation for three or four months, and my prayers and my life were in order. For the past three weeks, I have relapsed. It feels as though something has taken control of me, and I have no one to talk to about […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question As a man, am I obliged to learn the rulings of menstruation (hayd) taught in Level One of Ascent to Felicity, and do I need all of it for the Level One certificate? Answer No, you are not obliged to learn the whole chapter as Level One teaches it. […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question I rate films publicly, and some of them contain disbelief (kufr), such as references to Greek gods or a blasphemous line from a character. If I rate one highly for its story, acting, and direction while rejecting its disbelief, is that itself disbelief? Would a low rating be disbelief, […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question The Hilali-Khan translation brackets a note at Quran 47:4, after “until the war lays down its burdens,” saying one must fight the disbelievers until they accept Islam or submit to Muslim rule—seemingly glossing the word “dhalika,” though Tabari, Ibn Kathir, and Ma’ariful Quran read it no such way. Is […]