Answered by Shaykh Abdullah Anik Misra Question When I start making dua at the time of iftar and I have not completed my dua yet, on the verge of the thing that I am asking for and suddenly the iftar time appears or hear iftar voices from masjids, should I leave my dua incomplete and […]

Answered by Shaykh Abdullah Anik Misra Question Did Islam start at the time of the Prophet, or has it always been a thing and will continue to do so for infinity? Also, should we say Allah’s name with capital letters? Should we say Muhammad and Islam with capital letters? Answer In the Name of Allah, […]

Answered by Shaykh Abdullah Anik Misra Question What is considered buying something in Islam? Is the exchange of money necessary to be considered buying? Answer In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful and Compassionate In Islam, the essence of buying (and by corollary, selling) is the mutually agreed-upon exchange of a good that carries value […]

Answered by Shaykh Abdullah Anik Misra Question Can a Muslim woman convert a non-Muslim man into Islam? Answer In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful and Compassionate The question of a Muslim woman inviting or facilitating a man into Islam does not bear on the validity of his conversion at all. For the woman herself, […]

Answered by Shaykh Abdullah Anik Misra Question There’s a guy who has an eight-hour job, but he often doesn’t get to have any work, and he can’t sit in one place for that long (sitting in one place for that long causes frustration and exhaustion).  Can he move around in the office corridor if there’s […]

Answered by Shaykh Abdullah Anik Misra Question Is it required to do ghusl for the wife if the husband uses his fingers to pleasure her? No actual intercourse took place. Answer In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful and Compassionate Aside from actual coital intercourse, no other type of stimulation of the inner or outer […]

Answered by Shaykh Abdullah Anik Misra Question Why is something like a white lie a major sin when stuff like masturbating which is very bad for you and can destroy you, is a minor sin? Answer In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful and Compassionate Firstly, we need to understand that all sins – whether […]

Answered by Shaykh Abdullah Anik Misra Question Does it break my fast if I insert a finger into my nose? Answer In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful and Compassionate No, inserting a finger into your nose does not break your fast. Even putting water up into the soft part of the nose does not […]

Answered by Shaykh Abdullah Anik Misra Question Please help me differentiate between goodness and perfection (Ihsan). Answer The terms you have stated in English are not necessarily mapped onto Arabic equivalents intuitively. If we take “goodness” to mean the Arabic word “salah,” or righteousness, it is when a person’s outward actions are good, and their […]

Answered by Shaykh Abdullah Anik Misra Question There is a group chat in which person A is being negatively spoken about. Person A is also part of the group chat; however, person A does not like what the other members are doing. Moreover, person A is spoken about when he is not actively engaging in […]

Answered by Shaykh Abdullah Anik Misra Question How do we understand the hadiths on yawning and the Shaytan? Does ٍShaytan cause us to yawn every time or just in prayer? Does he literally enter us if we don’t cover our mouths with our hands? I read another hadith that said, “Sneezing, dozing and yawning during […]

Answered by Shaykh Abdullah Anik Misra Question Would it be okay to ask Allah to always be pleased with us or someone else? Answer In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful and Compassionate Yes, it is perfectly fine to ask Allah Most High to be pleased with us or someone else always because Allah’s good […]

Answered by Shaykh Abdullah Anik Misra Question Do I need to say “Allahu Akbar” while standing up for the 4th rakat if I forgetfully sit for tashahhud in the third rakat of a four-rakat prayer? Answer In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful and Compassionate Saying the takbir (“Allahu akbar”) is only obligatory in the […]

Answered by Shaykh Abdullah Anik Misra Question I know I shouldn’t be doing this but yesterday, an elderly woman came to my home, and she asked for water, and I gave her water. While calling her, I touched her back. I know I should not have done this, but I just forgot at that moment, […]

Answered by Shaykh Abdullah Anik Misra Question I bought the statue for my husband for our anniversary, thinking it would be fine because the head has no face. There are no eyes, nose, or mouth, only hair on the head. It was a statue of a man and woman – both faceless. Is it okay […]

Answered by Shaykh Abdullah Anik Misra Question Around which age, a woman becomes mahram to all men? Answer In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful and Compassionate, There seems to be an error in the use of terms here. The term “mahram” means a non-marriageable family relation that one cannot legally get married to. This […]

Answered by Shaykh Abdullah Anik Misra Question I used to play the guitar in my not-so-practicing days, but alhamdulillah, I stopped. Is the money I gain from selling my guitar halal? What will I do with the money if not? Answer In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful and Compassionate The dominant opinion from the […]

Answered by Shaykh Abdullah Anik Misra Question Someone posted that if you are sniffing food or a Vicks inhaling stick (there is no steam), it breaks the fast. How is that possible? I thought that only inhaling something that has a perceptible body invalidates the fast. So we can not even sniff a bottle of […]

Answered by Shaykh Abdullah Anik Misra Question I live opposite the mosque that I intend to do i‘tikaf in. The mosque has toilets and an old shower. However, I would like to come home (literally 2 mins across the road to the mosque) to use the bathroom instead of in the mosque. Is this possible, […]

Answered by Shaykh Abdullah Anik Misra Question In the Friday prayer, the Imam said his salam, and I followed, but I accidentally forgot to say it, is the salam from the Imam sufficient, or do I have to make up the prayer as Duhr prayer again? Answer In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful and […]

Answered by Shaykh Abdullah Anik Misra Question I wanted to ask a question about drawings of animals and human beings on blankets. I don’t use that blanket, nor do I cover myself with it, but my family members do. Is it fine if I fold that blanket when I clean up the room so my […]

Answered by Shaykh Abdullah Anik Misra Question Does one need to perform the adhan and the iqama before Tahajjud and Witr prayers, and is it necessary to always perform Witr after Tahajjud (instead of doing it right after Isha)? Answer In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful and Compassionate The adhan is only called for […]

Answered by Shaykh Abdullah Anik Misra Question I wear waterproof socks (wudhu socks), and I wear another pair of normal cloth socks over the wudhu socks. Can I make masah on these normal socks or do I have to remove them and make masah on the wudhu socks only? Answer In the Name of Allah, […]

Answered by Shaykh Abdullah Anik Misra Question Many scholars say that we must hate the sin but not the sinner. There are many very bad people out there like those who commit blasphemy, are magicians, or people like Fir‘awn and Shaytan and Abu Lahab… should we be clear of hatred for such people too? Doesn’t […]