Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel Question Is microneedling permissible if a hyaluronic acid serum enters the skin during the procedure, and is this considered like fillers or different? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate I pray you are in good faith and health. Thank you for your question. Hyaluronic Acid […]

Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel Question What are the conditions for establishing milk kinship in the Hanafi School, and does it include expressed milk? If milk expressed while one’s own child was under two is later given to another child born after that time, does milk kinship apply? Answer In the Name of Allah, the […]

Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel Question I owed someone money for a charity bake sale, but I couldn’t find them, so I gave the amount to charity instead. Now I worry that I might still be able to contact them. Is this waswasa, or must I continue searching for them? Answer In the Name of […]

Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel Question Is it permissible for my father to stipulate in his marriage contract that his future wife will not inherit from his estate, and instead agree on a fixed financial arrangement based on the length of the marriage, so that only his daughters inherit? Answer In the Name of Allah, […]

Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel Question How do scholars explain the increase in hadith attributed to early Companions over time? Early reports were few, but later compilations list thousands. Does this suggest fabrication rather than authentic transmission? For instance, Musnad Ahmad attributes over 1,700 Hadith to Ibn ‘Abbas, yet by 800 CE, scholars believed he […]

Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel Question Am I involved in Riba by accepting a flat from social housing if it was built through interest-based loans, and rent contributes to loan repayment? Answer I pray you are in good faith and health. Thank you for your question. You are not involved in interest (riba) by renting […]

Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel Question I offered four sunna rakats before Jama‘a, and during the last rak‘a, the iqama for ‘Asr Jama‘a started. I finished my sunnas and joined after the first Takbir, before Ruku‘. I know a hadith says prayer is invalid if fard Jama‘a is ongoing, so I wonder if my sunna […]

Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel Question Can we deduct expected expenses, such as the cost of building a house, which will occur next month, from the zakat and zakat is due this month? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate. I pray you are in good faith and health. Thank you […]

Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel Question My late mother, who divorced her ex-husband in 2016, supported him financially when he was ill. Years later, while she was hospitalized with cancer, he sent her money without asking. She said she returned it before her death, but it’s unclear if she did. After her passing, he found […]

Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel Question Is it permissible to use tanned leather from halal animals not slaughtered Islamically, such as those that died naturally or were part of the food industry? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate I pray you are in good faith and health. Thank you for […]

Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel Question Is a formaldehyde-free keratin treatment valid for wudu and ghusl if it allows water to reach the hair and scalp? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate. I pray you are in good faith and health. Thank you for your question. Yes, formaldehyde-free keratin treatment […]

Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel Question I am Hanafi. I have a question about menstruation. I used to take the combined contraceptive pill and would bleed for 4-7 days during my break, depending on the length of the break I had – ie, if I took a break of 7 days without the pill, I […]

Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel Question I organize university lecture dinners where attendees sometimes bring their own wine. Some restaurants charge a corkage fee for this, which I pay upfront and get reimbursed. Does paying this fee—even temporarily—count as paying for alcohol, and is it sinful to be involved in this way? Answer In the […]

Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel Question How do I calculate Zakat on inventory and receivables in my home business? Should I use the selling price or the cost price for unsold inventory? Are unpaid shipped customer orders zakatable on my zakat date? If goods arrive two days before my zakat anniversary, must I include them? […]

Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel Question Was Ishaq a prophet or a messenger, and was Isma‘il a prophet or a messenger? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate I pray you are in good faith and health. Thank you for your question. Ishaq and Isma‘il (peace be upon them both) were […]

Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel Question What are the rules for immersing a slaughtered chicken in hot (or boiling) water to remove its feathers? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate. I pray you are in good faith and health. Thank you for your question. Esteemed specialists Muftis in Halal slaughtering […]

Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel Question If I choose to live with my father to complete my medical education, but he forbids me from speaking to my mother until I visit her once every year or two, will I be sinful for not maintaining contact with her during that time? I cannot afford to stay […]

Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel Question I read your fatwa on ethanol and have a follow-up question. Since ethanol often comes from wheat, barley, honey, or maize—and Imam Muhammad (Allah have mercy on him) considered alcohol from these sources haram—the fatwa follows his view due to the prevalence of fasad, as noted in al-Binaya. Based […]

Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel Question If one had to pray a minimal prayer, such as when waking up very late for Fajr and was reciting only one aya per rak‘a, would it suffice to recite the basmala as that one aya, or must it be a non-basmala aya? Answer In the Name of Allah, […]

Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel Question If one sibling refuses to communicate after our parents gifted us a home, can we estimate her share of the contents and sell the house without her consent? What should our father do with her share according to the Hanafi school? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most […]

Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel Question Does hydrolyzed keratin in hair products, which may rarely come from pigs but undergoes a complete chemical change through hydrolysis, qualify as istihala? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate. I pray you are in good faith and health. Thank you for your question. Shampoo […]

Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel Question Do reports of alternate wordings in certain verses—like those from Ibn ʿAbbas—indicate variant qira’at, scribal errors, or tafsir, and how are they reconciled with the doctrine of Quranic preservation and tawatur? Answer I pray you are in good faith and health. Thank you for your question. The principle is […]

Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel Question All rulings about urine apply to men. I am female and sometimes experience drops and a brief feeling after urination. Waiting for it all to stop could take hours, risking missing prayers, so I ignore it. The doctor says nothing is wrong. Should I ignore it or wait until […]

Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel Question Does removing a solid sebaceous filament from the skin invalidate wudu if it does not flow or contain moisture? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate I pray you are in good faith and health. Thank you for your question. Removing a solid sebaceous filament […]