Answered by Imam Yama Niazi Question: I’m desperately seeking a direct answer to quell my anxieties and confusion. Milk, honey, and dates have sanctity, but when someone makes a joke regarding them without the intent of mocking their place in the sunna, just generally, is; it still Kufr? I’ve said “milk” in a baby tone […]

Answered by Imam Yama Niazi  Question: Some people say Prophet Ayub had lowly qualities; this is not true, right? Since he was a prophet of Allah. Answer: Dear questioner, May Allah bless you and increase you in good. Prophet Ayub ( peace be upon him) did not have any repulsive disease or worms, leading people […]

Answered by Imam Yama Niazi  Question: I feel like a hypocrite; what should I do? I have sinned a lot. Whether it’s listening to music, stealing from my mother, lying to my parents, backbiting, bullying my younger sibling, teasing people in my class, swearing. I fear for my hereafter. Answer:  What to do about sin […]

Answered by Imam Yama Niazi  Question: Helping out people is highly rewarded if the intention is to please Allah. Answer: Virtues of serving or helping others The Messenger of Allah (peace & blessings be upon him) said, “If anyone relieves a Muslim believer from one of the hardships of this worldly life, Allah will relieve […]

Answered by Imam Yama Niazi Question: Is it Allowed to Stop Following a Madhab After Following One? Answer: Assalam alaykum wa rahmatullah Dear questioner, May Allah bless you and increase you in good. Following Scholarship Allah Most High says, “Ask the people of remembrance, if you do not know…” [Qur’an; 21:7] The people of remembrance […]

Answered by Imam Yama Niazi  Question: I was a true believer in the past, but I did a lot of sins that eventually made me a disbeliever. I want to repent, but I have some doubts? Why do I have to worship Allah if he does not need it? Answer: Assalamu alaykum, I hope all […]

Answered by Imam Yama Niazi  Question I am a 53-year-old male, married with four children, and have committed fornication with prostitutes. Would you please tell me what I can do to seek forgiveness from Allah? Dear questioner, The first most important thing to realize is that this is a grave sin, and it has a […]

Answered by Imam Yama Niazi   Question How do I take the means to be on the straight path and not astray while ensuring I did my part correctly? This stress has made me restless. Answer Assalam Alaykum Dear questioner, May Allah bless you and increase you in good. Taking the means Taking the means […]

Answered by Imam Yama Niazi Question As a teenager, how do I overcome doubts about Allah? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate Assalamu alaykum, I hope all is well with you. Dear questioner, Good Deeds and Bad Deeds  Abu Umama reported that a man asked God’s messenger what faith was, […]

Answered by Imam Yama Niazi Question What are the conditions for repentance when insulting others? Answer For repentance to be sound, one needs to do the following; The Conditions for Repentance The conditions for repentance are: 1. Leaving the sin; 2. Remorse over having sinned; 3. Resolve never to return to the sin; 4. (If […]

Assalam alaykum wa rahmatullah Dear questioner, May Allah bless you and increase you in good. Repentance A Muslim who commits sins and afterward repents by meeting the conditions of repentance has repented. That is the minimum that is required. However, adab or etiquette requires that we should repent for all our shortcomings and wrong actions […]

Assalam alaykum wa rahmatullah Dear questioner, May Allah bless you and increase you in good. Sincerity Sincerity is essential and a condition for deeds to be accepted by Allah. ” Though all they are ordered to do is worship God alone, sincerely devoting their religion to Him as people of true faith” [Quran 98:5] Advice […]

Dear questioner, May Allah bless you and increase you in good. Islam and Shahada A person should accept Islam because it is the Truth. It is the only perfect and true religion. All other faiths and beliefs other than Islam are false. “Whoever seeks a way other than Islam, it will never be accepted from […]

Dear questioner, May Allah bless you and increase you in good. Watching television or playing video games does not break the fast. There is no fast after Maghrib, so maybe you meant during the day. Fasting starts at dawn or Fajr prayer until the sunsets. Among what breaks the fast are eating, drinking, and sexual […]

Assalam alaykum wa rahmatullah Dear questioner, May Allah bless you and increase you in good. A great scholar I respect once said, ” Make your goal only Allah, and you will get there.” From what you wrote, I could see that you are sincerely trying to find a way to get better and reach the […]

Dear questioner, May Allah bless you and increase you in good. The expression “gone too soon” could have different meanings. It depends on the intention of the person saying it and what they are intending. The term is often used when someone passes away at a young age or dies suddenly. People have difficulty coping […]

Dear questioner, May Allah bless you and increase you in good. Noble intentions Every action that we do could be noble by their intention behind them. That is based upon the famous hadith narrated by sayyidina Umar ibn al-Khattab that the Prophet (Allah bless him & give him peace) said, “Verily actions are by their […]

Dear questioner, May Allah bless you and increase you in good. Self-respect and Arrogance There is a distinction that we should keep in mind between self-respect [i’zzah] and pride or arrogance [kibr] As for self-respect, it means we should never bring ourselves low before others due to their wealth or status. Rather, we display dignity […]

Dear questioner, May Allah bless you and increase you in good. Concentration and Repentance The conditions of true repentance are the following: (1.) feel remorse for what they have committed (2.) cease from the sin (3.) intend never to return to that sin ever again [Nawawi, Riyadh al-Salihin] If the sin involves others’ rights, for […]

Dear questioner, May Allah bless you and increase you in good. Forgiveness and Mercy True repentance entails leaving that particular sin immediately and not intending to return to it. If one has not done this, then it is not true repentance. We as human beings are prone to commit sins even daily. The Prophet ( […]

Assalam alaykum wa rahmatullah Dear questioner, May Allah bless you and increase you in good. Jesting and Joking In general, it is not sinful to laugh at incidents that make one naturally laugh. Such as someone falling, and then a person naturally laughs from it. When joking or laughing at others becomes prohibited is when […]

Dear questioner, I pray this finds you in good health and faith. Concerning your good question, this has to do with repentance. Allah forgives all sins. Allah Most High says, “Turn to Allah in repentance all together, O believers, so that you may be successful” (Quran 24:31). If they have truly repented [ I am […]

Assalam alaykum wa rahmatullah Dear questioner, May Allah bless you and increase you in good. Forgiveness First of all, you should be happy that Allah has blessed you to be of those who forgive others. This is not easy. There is a great reward for doing so. The Prophet ( peace be upon him) also […]

Assalam alaykum wa rahmatullah Dear questioner, May Allah bless you and increase you in good. Forgiveness Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah’s Messenger ( peace and blessings be upon him) said, “Whoever has oppressed another person concerning his reputation or anything else, he should beg him to forgive him before the Day of Resurrection when there will […]