Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel Question Can you please clarify this thing? Is a woman Islamically obliged to wash her labia minora because that is where the urethra opening is? I have heard that we’re obliged to wash our outer area only. Does labia minora come in the outer area, too? Please clarify. Jazak Allah […]

Answered by Ustadh Sufyan Qufi Question I used water which was pure but not purifying for ghusl in the past for a while; but I thought it was purifying, and had no knowledge of it not being purifying. Is my ghusl in the past valid? Also, if I prayed invalidly and didn’t know, so I […]

Answered by Shaykh Abdul Rahman Al-Kharsa Question My menstrual cycle began at night (after 9 PM). Does this night count as the first day of my menstrual period? Answer  Praise be to Allah Most High. The Start of the Menstrual Cycle The menstrual cycle begins in Islamic jurisprudence when menstrual blood appears outside the uterus, […]

Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel Question I have been feeling very concerned and guilty about whether we had sinned by getting intimate before my wife had a spotting of blood. We saw the spotting in the clothes but still got intimate. We thought it was spotting since often my wife gets spotting. And then stops. […]