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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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) […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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Answered by Ustadh Sufyan Qufi Question Do you consider the water that is used to clean up an area that has been contaminated with Najasa—whether it be dog or cat feces, cat urine, or both—to be Najis? How far must I go to determine whether any of the three characteristics of water have altered, and […]

Answered by Ustadh Sufyan Qufi Question Is using self-tanners haram? Is it one of the things that invalidate/break wudu? Answer In the name of Allah, Most Compassionate, Most Merciful, I pray this finds you in the best of states. Tanning Based on a previous answer at SeekersGuidance: As long as the tanning does not entail […]

Answered by Ustadh Sufyan Qufi Question Does bleeding due to picking on a wound or part of the body (whilst knowing it could bleed) invalidate the fast? For instance, when on a fast, I plucked at my toe nail and cut off half of it from the root (the nail had previously been split in […]

Answered by Ustadh Sufyan Qufi Question Say someone usually checks for vaginal discharge before making wudu. They did this check to make wudu for Zuhr, and think it may have caused vaginal bubbles, which may come out as farts of the vagina. Should they repeat the prayer, as they had a vaginal fart come out […]

Answered by Ustadh Sufyan Qufi Question I have flatulence issues. Most of the time, I have to repeat Wudu 2-3 times. I prayed Fajr but had to repeat some verses due to mispronunciation, and then Wudu broke in the final Rak’at. When I prayed for the second time, wudu broke through once more, and it […]

Answered by Ustadh Sufyan Qufi Question Does it invalidate salah if I spit while standing in salah and the saliva falls in the direction of the qibla? Also, if the spit comes out in Sujood so that the saliva leaves at a 90-degree angle to the direction of the qibla, does this nullify salah? Answer In […]

Answered by Ustadh Sufyan Qufi Question I burped and felt a little food come back up my throat fasting. I went to spit it out and rinse my mouth, but while rinsing, I purposefully let some water reach the back of my throat, not to drink it, but to help me get any remaining regurgitation […]

Answered by Ustadh Sufyan Qufi Question(s)   Question (1) According to my understanding, when two objects come into contact (at least one of which is wet), there must be a clear transfer of impurity by a change in color or smell for the other object to become impure. But, if I’m fairly certain that no […]

Answered by Ustadh Sufyan Qufi Question I wanted to know if foreplay between husband and wife, such as kissing and touching but no actual sexual intercourse, necessitates ghusl. I’m a female, and after kissing and cuddling, I sometimes feel wet and discharged, but I do fresh wudhu for prayer and no ghusl because intercourse did not […]

Answered by Ustadh Sufyan Qufi Question Does cleaning your labia minora with fingers while making ghusl invalidate the ghusl? How does one deal with waswasa with purity? (and other religious matters) Answer In the name of Allah, Most Compassionate, Most Merciful, I pray this finds you in the best of states. Cleaning the Inner Lips […]

Answered by Ustadh Sufyan Qufi Question I didn’t know what to do when I doubted how many times I said “Subhana Rabi al-A’la,” so I prayed again. Was my prayer valid? Answer Yes, your prayer is valid despite forgetting how many times you said “Subhana Rabi al-A’la.” [Shurunbuli, Nur al-Idah] This is because you have […]

Answered by Ustadh Sufyan Qufi Question Suppose I smile while praying because I end up thinking about something. Due I need to remake my prayer. I know having khushu’ is essential, but what if I struggle with it? Answer In the name of Allah, Most Compassionate, Most Merciful I pray this finds you in the […]

Answered by Ustadh Sufyan Qufi Question What if a person finishes praying the fard Fajr prayer before the sunrise time that is displayed on timetables on multiple websites or the weather app on the person’s phone? But other schedules on websites and a phone application display the sunrise time at an earlier time, so he […]