Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question I buy shares on the stock exchange. On one of the pages of its website Stock Exchange has an image of a chess king with a cross on top. The cross is a symbol of Christianity. Although the Exchange is not intended in this case to promote Christianity, but […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question I am a person with extremely low Iman and I am corrupt. I have a sin that has become a routine and i hardly feel any guilt for it. I have a severe disease where i can die at any moment, and yet i still am going further away […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question If one has a university lecture 2pm-3pm (but lectures finish 10 mins prior i.e. if students need to get elsewhere) that one may have to check in for attendance especially when one agreed to attend the classes at the time of joining the University. If Asr Jamaat (congregation prayer) […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question  My grandmother is eighty years old, diabetic, with history of heart attack and stroke, due to which she has gotten very weak. Due to the current condition, she is unable to offer Qada Salahs that are on her. She would like to inquire if it is permissible to pay […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question Do these scenarios entail disbelief?  If someone says something you think is Islamically untrue and you don’t correct it, will it entail disbelief as you are letting them believe something that isn’t true? For example, if someone said that Islam says to eat at least three meals a day […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question I saw on your website that a Muslim should eat well such that they can fulfill their duties, and that one should simply not eat to their “fill.” Please could you explain what it means to eat less than your fill, to your fill, and beyond your fill? Also […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch based on the Fatwa of Dar al-Mustafa (Tarim, Yemen) Question Is it permissible to make robots that don’t resemble humans and if their face doesn’t resemble a human? Do robots come under statues? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate The issue of the robot revolves […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question If one commits an act of disbelief, then repents, should they perform the ritual bath thereafter? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate If one is entering Islam, it is recommended that they perform a ritual bath. This applies whether they are returning to Islam […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question I have heard that on The Day of Judgment everybody will stand for 50,000 years, and then after this, we will go to each Prophet (i.e. Prophet Adam, Nuh, Ibrahim etc.) which will take 1000 years to get to each Prophet. Then the judgment will start and will only […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question Should Non-Muslim women be obliged to wear a hijab when living in Muslim lands? A Non-Muslim said she had to wear the hijab in Saudi Arabia, so I was curious about the Islamic position regarding non-Muslims living in Muslim lands. Aren’t non-Muslims free to practice their religion in Muslim […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question My question is why should a woman marry when all the fatwas we see say “a wife is like a slave or a prisoner” and a husband is a “master”? All I see is the superiority of the husband and his high status and the punishments of the wife. […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question What does it mean that Allah Most High is the Lord of everything? What does everything consist of? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate The word ‘Lord’ or ‘Rabb’ in Arabic is a very deep word. It comes from the root letters ra ba […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question Is it permissible for men to wear gold cuff links in the Hanafi Madhhab (or in any madhhab)? Would they be considered a type of jewelry? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate If one owns shirts that do not have buttons on the cuffs […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question What is the difference between a dead heart, a sealed heart, and someone who is a hypocrite? Can a dead heart be revived? I understand that a heart can be dead due to sins, but I believe it can be revived. I’m sure the same is with a sealed […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question Am I required to change my name, if in ancient times it had a pagan meaning which is not used today? My name (Julia) is Roman and pagan in origin, originally thought to be related to the god of youth, meaning “daughter of the god of youth”. Though I’m […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question One day in Ramadan I saw my friends break their fast and I just broke mine with them without checking the time. My mother decided to wait a bit longer to make sure the sun indeed set. Must I make up my fast, if I possibly broke my fast […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question Can a person become a munafiq (hypocrite) even if they don’t know they’ve become one? What makes one a munafiq? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate, Hypocrisy is of two types: hypocrisy of action and hypocrisy of belief. Hypocrisy in Action A believer can […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question I have a student loan that is presently accumulating interest. I am making payments towards it, but there is a considerable amount remaining. Is it okay for me to give money in sadaqa while the loan is still being paid off? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question Does abstaining from sin and remembering Allah Most High bring upon electhood/friendship with Allah? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate Allah Most High states in the Quran, “There will certainly be no fear for the close servants of Allah, nor will they grieve. They […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch  Question What does one do, if when taking a legal ruling (fatwa) or Islamic knowledge from someone that claims that the answer is from a well-known scholar but the source itself and their claim is suspicious? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate When taking knowledge […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch  Question Does grabbing the wrist of the left hand with one’s right hand beneath the navel suffice the Sunna in the Hanafi school? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate Grabbing the left wrist with one’s right hand is one of the two narrated styles from […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch  Question Summary Do men get more rewards in Paradise than women do to them being able to have multiple wives? Question Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate There is nothing in Islam that states that men are given more rewards than women just because they […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question Summary What is the ruling of having a non-muslim as a friend and confidant? Question Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate It is permissible to have a friend that is non-muslim as long as that friend does not show disrespect towards your religion, mock […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch  Question Summary How do I deal with feelings of hypocrisy, doubts, and hardness of heart? Question Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate I ask Allah Most High, the One who has control over the hearts, to grant relief to your heart and make you of […]