Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question I stayed up late gaming, worried I might miss Fajr but believing I could wake up. I set three alarms, asked a friend and family to wake me, and intended to pray, yet slept through Fajr. Are missing Fajr and voluntarily staying up separate legal matters? If I genuinely […]

Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel Question As-salamu alaykum, I have a question about the hadith stating that whoever drinks an intoxicant will have their prayer unaccepted for 40 days. I understand that consuming food or drink containing intoxicants is haram, regardless of intention. Does this hadith apply only to someone who directly drinks an intoxicant […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question A young man in Bangladesh is considering a military academy. The rules require shaving the beard, wearing shorts for PT and games, watching a film every Friday, and eating with a spoon and fork. Sometimes the schedule blocks the prayer. His parents want him to join so he can […]

Answered by Shaykh Irshaad Sedick Question In my hometown, there are places for women to pray in the mosque, but since moving for work, I have struggled to find a place to pray when traveling. So I pray using head gestures, on a bus, for example, rather than moving my limbs, to avoid attention, and […]