Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question I don’t mean to malign the salaf, whom I believe were the best people after the prophets, but some accounts make them seem harsh. Imam Ahmad, for example, condemned al-Karabisi, Ibn Kullab, and Muhasibi, though they defended the Sunna. By contrast, I’m drawn to the Sufis’ gentleness, good manners, […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question Is it halal that we friends play a game where a person does sit-stand and breathes heavily (while sitting down) ten times, and after standing up, a person presses some parts of the neck with his fingers, and the person faints for three to five seconds? Obviously, no permanent […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question Before I learned fiqh according to the Hanafi school, there were times when I would raise my voice to let someone know that I was praying, either by reciting the Quran more loudly or by saying “Allahu Akbar” loudly between the different positions of the prayer. Did this invalidate […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question You married for love, but cultural differences and family expectations have made your marriage difficult. You are now certain you never want children, your husband is certain he does and does not take your view seriously, and you ask whether Islam obliges you to have children and whether parting […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question In a private message months ago, sharing the message of submission to Allah with an atheist who had been let down by religious teaching, I said: ‘Jesus was not a Christian, Buddha was not a Buddhist, Mohammed was not a Muslim. They came to teach us what we are, […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question My wife committed zina once. She now says calmly that she will continue in secret. I follow the Hanafi school. I will not be intimate with her, and I will provide only basic needs. Can I keep her in the marriage for our young child? Or must I divorce? […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question Does the fulfillment of hope mean Allah will give you what’s best for you, even if that may not be something you like? Does it apply to both abodes? I sent a related question, but links were provided, and it seemed it wasn’t answered directly by a scholar. Answer […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question If I am a one-man agency (just starting up, so I am the only one in the agency and nobody else), and I do cold email outreach referring to me as “we,” for example “we do …” or “we’re thinking of …,” would this be a lie? I’m asking […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question This is my first time asking a question about Islam. How do we truly understand and seek Allah’s guidance when making complex life decisions? At the peak of my faith, I made a choice I believed was for His sake, but it cost my family a fortune. I’ve lived […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question I re-converted to Islam because I felt a strong internal pull toward the religion, almost as if I was being guided by a force outside of my control. However, deep down I still have several doubts and concerns about Islam. Was my Shahada valid? I said it anyway, with […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question I am a Muslim software developer. Several years ago, I built a will-writing platform for a client that helps Muslims create Faraid-compliant wills. The client now wants me to build a new version of the same platform for Jewish clients, based on halacha rather than Faraid. The default division […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question Someone had 3,000 dollars of halal money, and 12,000 of haram money was made. All of it was put in a mixed checking account. After one year, after spending, he returned to around 3,000 dollars. How much of that money is haram? Are the things that were purchased haram? […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question How is it for a Muslim to take an oath of allegiance to the supremacy of the Constitution, if one of its implications is that if religious law and the Constitution ever clash in a matter, the Constitution will prevail, or that in law and order, no religion is […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question A young man in Bangladesh is considering a military academy. The rules require shaving the beard, wearing shorts for PT and games, watching a film every Friday, and eating with a spoon and fork. Sometimes the schedule blocks the prayer. His parents want him to join so he can […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question If the Hanafis act on the mursal with very specific conditions, such as there being no more than one missing link and it occurring in the first three generations, how can they be sure that those mursal hadith in fact only have one missing link? Answer In the Name […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question Can I ask Allah to protect me from the evil eye without reciting anything specific, just sincerely in my own words? And is sincere supplication in one’s own words enough in general, or must something particular be done? I know people who traveled for Umra to ask Allah for […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question What is the ruling with regard to acting as a lawyer in a court case for a non-Muslim? And if one’s client is correct, whether it is in a Muslim or a non-Muslim country, what is the ruling on obtaining the court to accept the testimony of a sinner, […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question I ended a non-halal relationship for Allah’s sake while waiting for a potential marriage proposal next year, blocking him on all platforms. Can I keep his blocked number saved on my phone, as my father suggested, provided there is zero contact? Is it sinful to feel deep emotional pain […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question I have read your answers on the permissibility of the hadra in the Hanafi madhab. I have also read from other learned individuals that Ibn Abidin differentiates between balanced and extreme movements during dhikr. So what are the limits and guidelines for the hadra? Answer In the Name of […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question I was born into a Muslim family, but did not practice Islam much. In 2021, I started praying and followed Islam to the utmost, but now I don’t feel as much as before. I am always logically trying to see why Islam is true, but something inside me keeps […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question Has al-Hawd been reserved exclusively for those who died with the sunna on their faces? I have come across this statement from someone and would like to check whether this hadith is authentic from a Hanafi standpoint. Answer In the Name of Allah, the Merciful and Compassionate. The Pond […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question I read that it is not obligatory to obey parents in purely personal matters, “as long as that does not lead to neglecting duties or committing prohibitions.” If an adult child is making a purely personal choice, and the parents explicitly tell them not to do it, but doing […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question There is someone I have known since high school, and now that we are older, I’m 26, and he is 30, we want to get married. I am finishing my undergraduate studies, while he lives overseas and runs a small jewelry business. When I told my parents, they strongly […]

Answered by Faraz Rabbani Question We know that humans will be resurrected in the same body and form as they were on Earth. Is this the same in the case of other creatures, like jinn, Angels, and animals? Furthermore, will jinns also cross the Sirat like us? Or is it better to refrain from commenting […]