Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question I am dealing with incredible sadness from an event that may not look traumatic from the outside, but truly was. No one around me believes how much pain I am in. How do I cope? Answer In the name of Allah, Most Merciful and Compassionate. Your pain is real, […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question Is denying a mutawatir hadith always considered disbelief by consensus, given the disagreement over what qualifies as mutawatir? Is denying that it is disbelief itself disbelief? And does this place the “Quran only” sect, and those who consider them Muslims, outside Islam? Answer In the name of Allah, Most […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question My husband took mortgages I disagreed with—our home, a rental apartment, and now a $1M commercial property. I have warned him with the ayat; he is persistent. Am I sinning along with him? Are we in constant sin in the house we live in? I cannot work; I rely […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question Is it permissible to generate AI images of women with uncovered hair for documentary content? May I make horror content involving spirits for entertainment on YouTube? And does YouTube’s placement of inappropriate ads on my videos make my income haram? Answer In the name of Allah, Most Merciful and […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question Why does the dunya fail to meet my needs and expectations? Answer In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful and Compassionate. The longing you feel is real, and it is telling you something true. The world (dunya) does not fulfill you because Allah Most High did not make it […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question I am emotionally attached to Pompompurin, a children’s character. I want to know whether such characters are permissible and whether my attachment to this character is spiritually harmful or discouraged. I want my heart attached only to Allah Most High, and I worry this may be hurting my faith. […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question Is the fatwa to give one’s riba money in charity grounded in the Quran by way of allusion (ishara), or in a hadith that alludes to it? Also, how does the Hanafi school derive meanings and rulings from texts? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Merciful and Compassionate […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question I noticed my white thobe is slightly see-through when held against my body. I prayed many prayers in it without tucking my undershirt into my pants, so my lower back may have been exposed; I sometimes prayed in it without a shirt underneath. After I reverted, I also prayed […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question Is it permissible to listen to a guided relaxation or meditation audio? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Merciful and Compassionate Guided relaxation audio is permissible when its content is permissible, that is, when it confines itself to things like calm breathing, easing the body, and quieting the […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question I am getting to know a man with a view to marriage, and we are waiting until he is financially stable. Is it permissible to keep talking to him in the meantime? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Merciful and Compassionate May Allah make this matter easy for […]

In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful and Compassionate. Blessings and peace be upon our Master Muhammad and upon his Folk and Companions. Eid al-Adha is the day that comes after surrender. Ibrahim (peace be upon him) raised the knife in obedience, and Allah replaced his son with a ram. The Khalil and his family […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question I saw a dream I am certain was of the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace), though he appeared in the form of my mother and gave me consoling counsel. Was this a true vision? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Merciful and Compassionate May Allah […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question Is it kufr to lie about the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) when this involves adding to the religion—attributing virtues or evils to persons or places, or turning a halal matter haram or the reverse? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Merciful and Compassionate Deliberately […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question Is it permissible to work as a pilot if the role requires shaving for the oxygen mask seal, and does this fall under necessity or valid excuse? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Merciful and Compassionate It is permissible to pursue a career as a pilot, and it […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question Why are chickens and rabbits halal when they sometimes eat their own feces, while one reason given for capybaras being haram is that they eat their own feces? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Merciful and Compassionate The halal or haram status of an animal is established by […]

In the name of Allah. Blessings and peace upon our Master Muhammad and upon his family and Companions. There is one day in the year that the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) singled out above all others. The pilgrims stand on the plain of Arafa. They stand, ask, and weep. And the […]

In the name of Allah. Blessings and peace upon our Master Muhammad and upon his family and Companions. For five days, the Muslim community speaks one sentence together. After every prayer, from the dawn of Arafa to the afternoon of the thirteenth, the takbirat fill the air: The Takbirat اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ، اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ، لَا إِلَهَ […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question How is zakat calculated on a long-term investment portfolio? Is it due on the entire value, or only on the zakatable portion of the underlying assets? If one’s intention changes from trading to long-term holding, is this change of intention enough, or must the assets be sold and repurchased? […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question A husband bought property and registered it in his wife’s name as a gift. She passed away before him. He now says the gift is void because of what he intended in his heart. According to the Hanafi school, if a gift is completed, does it become the wife’s […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question After hysteroscopic surgery, causing continuous bleeding, when do I pray, and how to determine my period, and distinguish menstruation from surgical bleeding when my cycle is irregular? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate I pray you are well and that your recovery is going […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question Is a husband’s acceptance of his wife’s khula request given months after the original offer, without a new exchange of compensation, valid khula or divorce? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Merciful and Compassionate This is not a valid khula. The original offer lapsed when you did not […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question I am a teenage girl confused about when ghusl (the ritual bath) is required after a wet dream. I usually check for wetness by inserting a finger. Does finding wetness mean I must perform ghusl? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Merciful and Compassionate. May Allah grant you […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question Is “Izma” (ازمہ) a sound Islamic name for a girl? What is its proper Arabic spelling, and does the meaning matter? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Merciful and Compassionate. May Allah bless you and reward you for the care you are taking over your daughter’s name. The […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question Can a thought or denial in the heart itself remove a person from Islam? I have heard that the devil whispers more intensely at death—is there a source for this? And is it wrong to be too hopeful about entering Paradise? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Merciful […]