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Ustadh Sufyan Qufi

January 13, 2023 2 mins

Can a Safety Pin Prevent the Validity of My Prayer?

Answered by Ustadh Sufyan Qufi Question I put a big safety pin on each of my sleeves on the shirt I pray in. During sajdah, the palms have to touch the ground. The safety pin was touching a part of my palm, which means that my palm was not touching the ground, but rather the […]
January 9, 2023 1 min

Does Touching One’s Back-Side Invalidate Wudu?

Answered by Ustadh Sufyan Qufi Question I understand that touching your private parts invalidates wudu and requires you to do it again for prayer, but does the buttock count as a private part? I was lifting up my pants in between prayers, and I accidentally touched my buttock, maybe a little above it; I’m not […]
January 6, 2023 2 mins

Does the Bottom of My Toes Have to Touch the Ground for a Valid Prostration?

Answered by Ustadh Sufyan Qufi Question Does the bottom of my toes have to touch the ground for proper prostration and prayer? Answer The obligation of prostration is fulfilled by simply having the upper part of the feet touching the ground. This is enough to prevent your prayer from being invalid. [Ibn ‘Abidin, Radd al-Muhtar] […]
January 1, 2023 2 mins

How to Become a Muslim after Not Praying?

Answered by Ustadh Sufyan Qufi Question I was once not religious and had never prayed. I started praying on a regular basis, but I did not say the shahada beforehand. After that, I recited the shahada and repented. Was it enough to become a Muslim? Answer In the name of Allah, Most Compassionate, Most Merciful. […]
December 31, 2022 3 mins

How Can I Deal with My Doubts about Prayer Times?

Answered by Ustadh Sufyan Qufi Question I have this habit of looking at the time, then calculating how many minutes have passed so I can be sure I’m not praying before the adhan. I have these very annoying doubts when trying to look at the clock. I keep doubting if I’m seeing the time right […]
December 29, 2022 2 mins

Does a Nullifier of Wudu Prevent the Validity of the Ritual of Bath?

Answered by Ustadh Sufyan Qufi Question What does one do if they have urinary incontinence and leak while doing a ghusl? Answer In the name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful, I pray this finds you in the best of states. Leakage of urine affecting you while performing your ritual bath (ghusl) is of […]
December 16, 2022 3 mins

How Should a Woman Clean Herself after Relieving Herself?

Answered by Ustadh Sufyan Qufi Question I have read online that cleaning yourself from impurities can be done with tissues only, even if the impurity is not only in the private part. Is this true? Because as a woman, when I urinate, the urine spreads to my inner thigh sometimes or to my back passage, […]
December 2, 2022 2 mins

Does Failing to Raise My Head Properly after the Prostration Invalidate My Praye...

Answered by Ustadh Sufyan Qufi Question I pray with head movement due to the inability to prostrate. I prayed in a way that after lowering the head for sujud, for the sitting between the two sajda’s and the tashahhud, I put the head back to the position of Ruku, and then for the next Raka’, […]
December 2, 2022 3 mins

How Can I Be Sure to Have Purified My Body?

Answered by Ustadh Sufyan Qufi Question I feel like I have paint on my toenails because I painted the garden around two months ago I feel like it’s waswasa because I look deeply into the nails and skin around it with a flashlight. Still, I don’t know how to stop this constant feeling. Is there […]
December 2, 2022 1 min

Is There a Limit to How Long a Male Can Grow His Hair?

Answered by Ustadh Sufyan Qufi Question I was wondering if it is permissible for a man to grow his hair past his shoulders. Answer In the name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful, From a previous answer by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani (may Allah protect him): “There is no specific limit. However, it cannot be […]
December 1, 2022 1 min

Are My Prayers Valid despite Praying Them Too Late?

Answered by Ustadh Sufyan Qufi Question I sometimes end up being a minute or two late to prayers. Will my prayers be accepted? Answer In the name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful I pray this finds you in the best of states. Yes, your prayers are valid despite praying them beyond their time. […]
December 1, 2022 2 mins

What are the Conditions for a valid Prostration of Gratitude?

Answered by Ustadh Sufyan Qufi Question My mother wanted me to ask about the Prostration of Shukr and whether it was subject to the same conditions of validity as Salah and the Prostration of Tilawah. More specifically, whether it could be done while: – Being in a state of major ritual impurity (e.g., hayd) – […]
November 13, 2022 2 mins

Is Indirectly Touching the Clitoris Considered Masturbation?

Answered by Ustadh Sufyan Qufi Question Is it considered masturbation if a female indirectly touches/feels for her clitoris (from above the hood-a few times)? Answer In the name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful, The ruling for this issue goes back to your intention. Touching one’s private part with the hand to induce sexual […]
November 4, 2022 3 mins

Can I Pray While Wearing Bulkier Shoes?

Answered by Ustadh Sufyan Qufi Question I’ve read the ruling that praying with shoes is generally permissible. Does this also apply to today’s bulkier shoes like sneakers and dress shoes or winter boots where the sole of your foot or your toes may not touch the floor/ground and may not be flexible? For example, the […]
November 2, 2022 1 min

Do Inner Rumblings Invalidate My Wudu?

Answered by Ustadh Sufyan Qufi Question I am suffering from inner rumblings. However, no gas is released from my anus. However, a sound is made. Is this the same as passing wind, thus breaking my wudu? Answer In the name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful, No, your wudu is not invalidated in this […]
October 29, 2022 2 mins

How to Expiate for Not Fasting When I Am Unable to Fast?

Answered by Ustadh Sufyan Qufi Question I broke my fast for a stupid reason (exams) because my father told me to. I was unaware of the consequences. Now the problem is to make up the 60 days. I have an issue due to a medical illness requiring me to take a high dosage of Lithium. […]
October 25, 2022 2 mins

Is It Disbelief to Not Repeat a Prohibitively Disliked Prayer?

Answered by Ustadh Sufyan Qufi Question I prayed in a congregation in a hall with pictures of athletes in front of us. Most images didn’t have a whole body, but I can’t remember if there were any with an entire body. I later read that praying toward a picture of a living being is prohibitively […]
October 25, 2022 2 mins

Can I Pray Voluntary Prayer after the Sunna Prayer of Zuhr?

Answered by Ustadh Sufyan Qufi Question Would it be permissible for me to offer voluntary prayer after I have prayed the sunna of Zuhr or Isha before the congregational prayer? Answer In the name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful, Yes, there is nothing wrong with praying voluntary prayers between the sunna prayer of […]
October 24, 2022 5 mins

Should I Raise My Hands during the Prayer?

Answered by Ustadh Sufyan Qufi Question I am a Sunni, and from childhood, I’ve seen people at the masjid raising their hands only at the start of prayer after making the intention (niyya). But today, I watched a video by a Salafi scholar who described how the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) […]
October 23, 2022 2 mins

How to Remove the Filth from a Wooden Surface?

Answered by Ustadh Sufyan Qufi Question How can I remove impurities from a wooden surface? A cat urinated on my bed and walked over to my side table. Is my side table impure now? If yes, how can I remove the impurity? The cat is not my pet. A stray cat urinates in our rooms […]
October 20, 2022 1 min

Does an Internal Wind Break My Wudu?

Answered by Ustadh Sufyan Qufi Question Sometimes it happens that it feels like there is something called an inner fart. Like it does not comes out; it happens internally or something. Does this break wudu? Answer In the name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful, No, as long as filth has not exited your […]
October 19, 2022 2 mins

Is the Water Deemed Used If I Put My Ritually Impure Hand in the Bucket of Water...

Answered by Ustadh Sufyan Qufi Question What if I am in ritual impurity, have to do obligatory ghusl, and immerse my hands in a bucket? Does the water become used? Is the concept of used water the same for both ritual impurity and non-ritual impurity? Answer In the name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, Most […]
October 14, 2022 2 mins

Does Touching Meat Nullify Wudu?

Answered by Ustadh Sufyan Qufi Question Does touching meat or any other animal product with traces of blood on it nullify your wudu or ghusl? This happens to me while preparing food. Answer In the name of Allah, Most Compassionate, Most Merciful, I pray this finds you in the best of states. No, touching meat […]
October 4, 2022 2 mins

How Can I Purify Myself While Suffering from Incontinence?

Answered by Ustadh Sufyan Qufi Question I have been suffering from penile leakage for two decades. I spend quite a lot of time doing istibra’ to ensure everything dries up before I wash. I don’t know what to do now because I keep checking all day every 10 min to ensure I don’t have any […]