Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question On our journey to Mecca, I started my period. I waited till the bleeding stopped (within ten days but one day longer than last month). I prayed Maghrib and ‘isha at the hotel and checked for any signs of bleeding throughout and before I left to perform ’umra after […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question If you only have four minutes left to pray fajr and you aren’t sure if you would pray a part of the fajr fard prayer after the sun already set, should you still pray the sunna prayer, or is it better to only pray the fard prayer? Answer In […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question Am I allowed to pray the sunna or fard prayer behind the Tarawih prayer? If I a person were to come late to the masjid and the isha prayer has been prayed, can he join the tarawih prayer with the intention of fard, and could a person pray the […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question What is the ruling on hoping something terrible happens to someone? For example, if I am angry at someone and think, “I hope that you lose your job,”. If I don’t pray for it but simply hope something bad happens, does it count as cursing someone? Answer In the […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question How long can Muslim neglect their spouse emotionally? And what are the valid reasons for which one can ignore? Is fulfilling the emotional needs of our spouses in marriage an obligation or a recommendation? Please, do provide references from the Quran and Sunna. And I am not speaking of […]

 Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question Is it permissible to just seek forgiveness if you have hurt someone, or do you need to seek their forgiveness? If that’s so, then there’s an ayah in Quran which shows there’s repentance even for murder, so can you clarify this matter for me Answer In the Name of […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question Must I pay the expiatory charity (fidya) for not properly making the intention for Umra and not properly pronouncing the Talibiya supplication? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate. It is a prerequisite for a valid Umra to enter into the state of Ihram. This […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question I often get doubts about my Iman, such as when I say something in my heart and had the thought that it is kufr; my question is, do I have to recite shahada with proper tajweed rules, such as differentiating between (ح) and (ه), and what shahada can I […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question Even though I want to, I don’t believe my repentance is sincere. I pray to Allah for forgiveness, but not really sincerely, and then I seek Him for assistance when I am in need; all of this makes me feel like a bad person. I want my ultimate goal […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question How do we understand statements such as, “the husband should correct his wife’s morals”; or “the husband should teach the wife the rulings of menstruation”? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate Hierarchy of Genders In Islam, there is no hierarchy of genders in regards […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question Is one’s prayer and ablution intact if, after urinating and performing ablution, one sees a mark of wetness appear on their clothes in light of the possibility that the wetness is residual water from istinja’? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate. Unless one is […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question As a doctor who finds full-time study difficult, especially since I am doing Hifz, how can I continue my formal studies? Should I then just stick to listening to Islamic podcasts and lectures? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate. If you cannot seek knowledge […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question If wearing nice clothes isn’t arrogance, then why do every scholar say we must dress as unattractively as possible? I’ve heard from a hadith that wearing nice clothes is not arrogant because Allah loves beauty. Now does this apply to both genders? What’s meant by nice clothes? Some say […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question Is foreplay between husband and wife obligatory or recommended? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate Performing foreplay before intercourse is recommended. [al-Mawsu’a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya] In his work, “Islamic Guide to Sexual Relations,” Mufti Adam al-Kawthari nicely said the following: “Engaging in foreplay is a […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question I had a problem with waswasa regarding faith in Islam, but now these have mostly disappeared. Here are a few things I’d like clarified to settle my doubts completely. What are the repercussions for joking you are non-muslim and the repercussions for laughing at this joke? Repercussions for saying […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question Is it blameworthy to do good deeds, such as loving one’s family and connecting with them, but not for Allah’s sake? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate Brief Answer Good deeds can either be acts that are customarily known as good deeds or acts […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question How do I deal with my mother’s high exam expectations? I couldn’t match her expectations the last time, so she went crazy, and after keeping my emotions in check for days as she raged at me, I finally argued back. While arguing, I said, “Yes, even this time, the […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question Is it permissible to ask for signs? For example, “Oh Allah, if X thing is meant for me, please send me Y sign,” I asked some people, and they said this is not true adab, but superstition. Please advise. Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question What are the legal limits of the Sacred law regarding marital intercourse and specific sexual activities like using sex toys, anal insertion, inserting sexual objects, or the wife dominating the husband? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate. Sex Toys The rulings on sex toys […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question When and how many times a day did the Prophet Muhammad (Allah bless him and give him peace) eat? What kind of food and drinks did the Prophet (peace be upon him) consume? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate. There is not much information […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question I am a Turkish brother who recently took the college entrance exam and will most likely study to be a marine captain. This work demands at least four months of travel. So I wanted to know if there was any ruling about salah, fasting, or other things I should […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question What motivates a person to trust Allah’s plan at all times? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate. Trust in (a.k.a reliance on) Allah Most High is a direct result of one’s certainty in the fact that Allah Most High is the Only Provider and […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question What does it mean to say that Allah won’t let you down? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate. When someone is saying, “Allah won’t let you down,” they are essentially instilling hope and a good opinion of Allah in the heart of the one […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question If someone hears sinful speech, such as backbiting, slander, gossip, and so on, but does not speak out against it, must they speak well of and make dua for the one being spoken about? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate. All that is sinful […]