Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question Can we perform the make-up of the missed years of fard prayers at any time of the day? Or can we only do it at the prescribed time of prayers, like make-up fajr on fajr, make-up Dhuhr on Dhuhr, and so on? Answer In the Name of Allah, the […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question Is it permissible for a woman to fast to make up for their period during the month of Ramadan this close to Ramadan? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate Yes, it is permissible to perform makeup fasts just before Ramadan. [‘Ayni, Binaya Sharh al-Hidaya] […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question When defecating, splashes can be caused when they hit the toilet bowl. Sometimes I feel like I can’t reach the area where it may have splashed, or I am unaware of where it splashed and take a rough guess. I feel you can’t do istinja properly on splashes, as […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question I made a conditional vow with Allah that if I am healed, I shall do this and this. I am not healed yet, but I want to come out of my promise that I will do a particular thing. Since I may not be able to complete it and […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question Please suggest some dua to develop an interest in my studies. I find it very hard, I have been preparing for an entrance exam for quite a long, and I am going through depression. I have a sound mind and memory, but there is a considerable problem ….. I […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question I am facing a lot of waswas. I took medication for an infection that made my stomach weird. I pooped and flushed and washed it. I waited to pee, and when I got up, there were bits of poop at the bottom of the toilet. It likely came from […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question I am a 32-year-old man with two children. I usually ejaculated the semen out of the vagina whenever I had sex with my wife. I sometimes feel like it’s going to waste, and I’ve discovered that the wife can’t swallow it. Is it, therefore, possible for me to do […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question I am an 18-year-old Bangladeshi boy. I’m not very good at studying. I’ve recently begun to doubt my abilities. Because I am unable to study as effectively as others. This intense study is too much for my body. I can’t even pray properly anymore because I don’t have khushu. […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question My prospective 36-year-old female suitor has informed me that she will have dinner alone with her first cousin’s adult male son, who is younger than her, while she is on a business trip interstate. They’ll be having dinner by themselves. He is unmarried. In addition, he does not live […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question Is it considered major shirk for a person to obey a government or ruler who upholds laws that were created by others or that are in opposition to Allah, such as the hijab ban, even though they were created by someone who was unaware of the ruling or who thought […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question Why is it that there are narrations that the maidens of Paradise and Angels curse women who are abusive to their husbands, but there is no similar punishment for husbands who are abusive to their wives? As men know when they are abused, there are angles and hoors to […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question If I see something with someone that I like and I ask Allah to give me the same blessing as well without having any ill feelings for that person. Is that considered jealousy? Is having such desires haram? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question Through strength from Allah, I finally took firm action to stop the sins that I had struggled with for years. I have offered Salatul Taubah to repent with the intention not to return. I have read that Allah Most High forgives all sins following sincere repentance, which gave me […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question I’ve recently started following and learning more about the Hanafi fiqh and its approach to the Quran and Sunna. However, there are some things I’m still ignorant about. I know if you realize you did something that required the prostrations of forgetfulness, one would need to offer them before […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question I regularly get air bubbles at the back passage while in salaat or performing wudu. Sometimes there is no feeling of these escaping, just that they are near the anus, so I know the wudu is not broken in this circumstance. However, at other times I feel these tiny […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question A menstruating woman does not pray, but say, if Dhuhr is at 1 pm, and at around 4 pm she makes ghusl and is no longer on her period, and she has enough time to read Dhuhr before ‘asr time comes in, does she still have to pray Dhuhr […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question What is recommended du’a one can make to marry a particular person? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate Though there are no specific Hadith in this regard many of the righteous scholars have deemed constantly repeating the following supplication to be effective: رَبِّ إِنِّي […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch My husband and I fight a lot for various reasons. Now we are on long distance for his education. My husband says he doesn’t have to spend on me( through credit card) as I am living with my parents and not fulfilling his responsibilities and rights as I am not […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question When visiting another locality, should I refer to that locality’s prayer timings or the prayer timings of my locality about iftar? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate The entering and exiting of the prayer are calculated by the sun. The prayer time charts are […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question I have been praying Tahajjud almost every day this year and have experienced miracle-like occasions after praying Tahajjud previously. Yet, for some reason, this year, I find myself being negative and doubtful of my du’a, even the ones I make at Tahajjud. I think I’m not going to get […]

Answered by Yusuf Weltch Question Will I be sinful if I saw a woman in short clothes on YouTube or other websites by mistake because, in ads, u have to wait 3 sec to skip the ads? My two questions are in traveling videos. In the background, there are women walking in short clothes, so […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question According to the Shafi’i Madhhab, financial support given to any family member, male/female, is not obligatory upon one (aside from parents, grandparents, and so on). I’m also not in contact with my extended family abroad, which means my uncles/aunts/cousins/second cousins/grandparents. My immediate family does not speak to my aunts […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question I know someone who, alhamdulillah, was raised Muslim and knows and understands the concept of belief and the practices of Islam. His ‘aqida is sound, yet there seems to be a barrier in that he knows what should be done and why it should be done, but he does […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question Must I renew my wudu, as someone excused due to urine incontinence after the Isha time enters in the summer months in an area that does not have an actual Isha time? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate An excused person’s wudu breaks when […]