Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question I’d like clarification regarding enjoining good and forbidding the evil with hand, tongue, and heart and for non-Muslims in regard to this answer. Hand, tongue, and heart are not mentioned and it says one’s motivation to correct others should be sincere love and care for one’s BRETHREN. Answer In […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question How does one perform istinja’ during fasting? To what extent does one’s fast break via the water of istinja’? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate Water Entering the Vagina During Fasting For the female front private area, it is sufficient to wash within the […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question If I give charity and donate the reward to 10 people, does each person get one-tenth of the reward, or do they all get the full reward? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate. If one gives charity and donates the reward of it to […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question According to what I’ve heard, anyone unable to fast in Ramadan owing to illness, pregnancy, or other causes should make an expiatory charity (fidya) for each fast missed. What is the process for a pregnant woman to give expiatory charity (fidya)? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question Is it permissible to abstain from fasting during stressful times in early pregnancy out of concern for the baby’s health? While fasting on less stressful days is observed, worries arise during stressful times such as academic finals. Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate. Yes. […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question I have a question regarding “Allah being pleased with his servants”; what is the correct interpretation? Because Allah being pleased in the general sense would imply change, and Allah is Transcendent beyond that. So, how should I interpret this? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question I was wondering if it is acceptable to see a person (Muslim or not) as evil if they have committed a sinful act or if we should merely state that the act is evil and not remark on the person. Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question Because my right leg is shorter than my left, I have difficulty balancing when not supported by my shower wall. So, at work, where such facilities do not exist, may I perform tayammum instead of wudu? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate. In general, […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question Does falling my hair during ‘Umra necessitate expiation? What if when I perform wudu, my eyebrow hairs come out or my eyelash hairs fall out due to the scrubbing? Also, is expiation due on me if my nose hairs fall as a result of using a tissue or doing […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question Does a mispronunciation of the greeting of peace (as-salamu ‘alaikum) require prostrations of forgetfulness? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate. Prostrations of forgetfulness are only required when one unintentionally or accidentally leaves any necessary action. [Maydani, al-Lubab fi Sharh al-Kitab] Mispronouncing the Salam does […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question Must I remove a paper containing the transliteration of supplications that are pasted to the wall of the washroom? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate. If the paper containing supplications is located in the toilet area of a medium to large washroom or a […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question I don’t follow a specific madhab and don’t plan on doing so. I usually follow the correct view (from IslamQA.info, for example) or a view that convinces me, irrespective of the school of thought. I emit madhy generally. I have read IslamQA.info answer no: 317610 on what to do […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question When washing the face in wudu, I would start from the bottom of the chin to the top of the hairline and my ears instead of starting from the top of the hairline. Is my wudu valid? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate Yes, […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question I’ve been suffering from waswasa recently, and I’ve been starting Salah, reciting something wrongly, breaking the Salah from where I’m standing, and immediately starting again. What is the punishment for doing this, and how may I make amends? Are all salahs prayed in this manner valid? Do I need […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question I have a question regarding a narration from Abu Huraira; How to understand this hadith? What is meant by voluntary prayers here? Sunna prayers or Nafil prayers, or both? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate. The Narration in Question Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question Why does the hadith say that there are three whose duas are “never rejected”? Isn’t the phrase “never rejected” contradictory to the reality that Allah always responds to duas with conditions? It has an impact on my Iman. Please assist. Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question I’m confused about my faith. I genuinely want to pray with awe and fear of Allah. I don’t sincerely fear Allah because I can’t discipline myself to conduct salah on time and regularly. I want to know Allah for Who He is and worship Him for Who He is, […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question Is looking at the face of a non-mahram (marriageable kin) impermissible? If so, how do I lower my gaze while speaking with them? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate. A woman’s face is not impermissible to look at on condition that one does not […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question I’m a university student doing a module called “A Cultural Introduction To The Indus Valley.” The class just hosted a dancing session in which students were required to participate. I’m simply disgusted because they forced us to conduct a Hindu religious dance without informing us. I was not at […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question Is raising my right hand and making an oath/pledge during school assemblies permissible? The right hand is held parallel to the ground and at shoulder level. And we make the pledge/oath while keeping our right hands raised. (To view the hand’s position, search for Indian or Bangladeshi school assembly […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question What happens if someone didn’t know about Islam all their life, then someone told them about it, but they died straight after it was revealed without being able to do anything? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate. Brief Answer Except for those who are […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question What is the ruling of holding Eid prayer multiple times, due to consideration of the global and local sighting positions, in the case that they don’t fall on the same day? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate. Both the local and global sighting, as […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question I would love to learn traditionally with Mashayikh (scholars), sitting on the ground, learning fiqh, tarbiya, ‘aqida, etc.; however, I am now 28 years old, living in Germany, marry soon, and have to work to provide for myself. I punctually studied in Islamic countries, but it was only for […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question Must I wait 10 minutes before performing ablution if that’s the only way to perform the wudu and prayer without taking the dispensation of the excused person? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate. The rulings of the excused person are based on the undue […]