Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel Question I want to ask if living with parents in one’s late 20s is unmanly for a Muslim. I recently graduated from medical school and am waiting to start working. I can’t afford to live alone and feel anxious about my situation. Am I sinning by ‘leeching’ off my family? […]

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 Is istighatha—seeking help through a Prophet or a righteous saint (wali)—shirk? May one ask a wali for a child, a cure, or protection, as long as one believes that Allah alone is the true Doer, and the wali is only a means? Answer In the Name of Allah, the […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question The night (al-layl) begins at Maghrib. But I know that night prayer (qiyam al-layl) is specifically after Isha. My question: when the Quran and hadith describe the virtue of worshipping at night, do they mean only after Isha — or does any act of worship from Maghrib to Fajr […]