Answered by Shaykh Irshaad Sedick Question Is it permissible to work in a company that sells both halal and haram products? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate. This is a common scenario in predominantly non-Muslim societies, where many workplaces, such as grocery stores, retail stores, and similar companies, may sell both […]

Answered by Shaykh Irshaad Sedick Question Is it permissible to postpone making up missed fasts (qada) until just before the following Ramadan? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate. It is permissible to delay making up missed fasts; however, postponing them until the next Ramadan without a valid excuse is not permissible. […]

Answered by Shaykh Irshaad Sedick Question If a father repeatedly pronounced divorce but remained with the mother, do the children’s lineage, name, or Sayyid status become affected? Should they revisit the marriage’s validity after the parents’ divorce, or leave the matter as publicly recognized? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate. Do […]

Answered by Shaykh Irshaad Sedick Question If a person braids or binds their hair while in ihram, does this make shaving the head obligatory when exiting ihram, based on the report of Ibn ‘Umar in Sahih al-Bukhari (no. 5914)? How have scholars understood this narration? Does it make a special rule for braided or tied hair, […]