Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question If Surat al-Baqara is recited in portions over three days rather than in one sitting, does one still attain its reported virtues? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate. Be at ease. Yes, you attain the virtue. There is no loss in reciting Surat al-Baqara […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question After a religious trauma, I left Islam, briefly took up another faith, and prayed to other deities — how do I repent and return, and is sincere repentance enough, or must I formally recite the testimony of faith again? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question I have read that in istikhara one should set aside one’s own inclination. Yet in supplication (du’a) and the night prayer (tahajjud), we ask for something specific. Can I do both at once, or does that nullify the istikhara? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Benevolent, the Merciful. […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question I keep falling into the same sins; my mind wanders during prayer; I struggle to pray Fajr and Isha on time; I battle showing off; and I have little supportive company. I feel I have failed. What should I do? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Benevolent, the […]