What Do I Need to Do If I Can’t Feed Ten Poor People for Multiple Broken Oaths?
Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel Question What do I need to do if I can’t feed ten poor people for multiple broken oaths? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate I pray you are...
View ArticleDealing With Depression: Giving Advice
The Islamic faith is not unfamiliar with tests and tribulations. This is the thirteenth in a series of articles on depression according to Islam. It is from the On Demand Course: Mental Health Workshop...
View ArticleCan I Work as a Paralegal for an Insurance Law Company?
Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel Question I am applying for a new job. I have come across a job where I would be working as a Paralegal for a law company. The legal company would pay my wages, but this...
View ArticleCan A Male Fighting Homosexuality Touch Other Men?
Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel Question I am a 15-year-old male who is currently fighting against a mental illness that I have: homosexuality. An Aalim informed me that it is haram for me to touch...
View ArticleDo I Have Grounds For Divorce if My Husband Insults Me For Putting Make-Up On?
Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel Question May Allah reward you for your hard work. Do I have the right to divorce my husband for calling me a wh*** and bringing up my past sins before marriage in a very...
View ArticleDoes Intentionally Eating Something That Is Strictly Prohibited (Haram) Take...
Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question Recently, out of curiosity, I tried a bacon sandwich. I knew it was haram, but I still went ahead anyway. I’ve always been a person who’s been cautious with...
View ArticleWhat Should I Do If the Imam I Pray behind Often Recites Less than the...
Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question I often pray behind an Imam who either recites one or two long ayas, which doesn’t equate to the length of wajib recitation of 3 ayas, or they don’t recite in...
View ArticleCan an Unequally Gifted Property Be Returned?
Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel Question My mum’s mother is asking for the house she gifted my mother back after 21 years. We sold the house one year ago, and she is now asking. She doesn’t know we...
View ArticleI Have Been Divorced Three Times, But My Husband Denies and Seeks Khula?
Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel Question I have been separated from my husband of 19 years for the past two and a half years. Our marriage was never good. I battled many of his bad habits, and his...
View ArticleIs There a Particular Way to Recite Dalail Khayrat?
Answered by Shaykh Abdul-Rahim Reasat Question Is there a particular way to recite Dalail Khayrat? Do we recite the names of Allah and the names of the Prophet ﷺ and the intention before each part?...
View ArticleWhat is the Ruling of Developing a Supporting Application for a Bank?
Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel Question Assalamu Alaikum, I am an employee of X. I am developing and supporting the applications created by companies X and Y. The application’s name is Fenergo which...
View ArticleAre Shoes Permissible to Wear with Unknown Animal Derivatives?
Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel Question Are shoes made with unknown animal derivatives permitted to wear? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate I pray you are in good faith...
View ArticleThe Hanafi Way: Scholars of Hadith
This is the ninth article in a series based on the On Demand Course: The Hanafi Way: Lessons from Kawthari’s Fiqh Ahl al Iraq. It lays out the great defense of the Hanafi school in the 20th century by...
View ArticleWhat Is Meant by the Verse, “˹those˺ Who Were Spoiled for So Long That Their...
Answered by Shaykh Anas al-Musa Question What is meant by the verse, “˹those˺ who were spoiled for so long that their hearts became hardened. And many of them are ˹still˺ rebellious” [57:16] Answer In...
View ArticleWhat Does This Verse Mean? “Allah Does Not Require of Any Soul More than What...
Answered by Shaykh Abdul-Samee al-Yakti Question What does this verse mean? “Allah does not require of any soul more than what it can afford.” [Quran 2:286] Answer Praise be to Allah, Lord of the...
View ArticleWere All Companions in Agreement with the Compilation of the Quran?
Answered by Shaykh Anas Al-Musa Question Were all companions in agreement with the compilation of the Quran by Uthman ibn Affan? Answer In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Yes,...
View ArticleDoes the Intention to Stop Fast Break the Fast
Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question Does the intention to stop fast break the fast? How does the intention affect the validity of fasting during Ramadan? Shaykh Faraz Rabbani spent ten years...
View ArticleWhat Are the Rewards of Doing the Obligations?
Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question What are the rewards of doing the obligations in general? How can we increase our understanding regarding the performance of obligations in the light of...
View ArticleDo I Do Khatm, or Recite with Meaning in Ramadhan?
Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question Do I do Khatam or recite with meaning in Ramadhan? Is it better to recite with an understanding of the meaning of the Quran, or should one focus on completing...
View ArticleDo I Have to Make Up Fasting Days?
Answered by Shaykh Irshaad Sedick Question I became mukallaf (religiously and morally responsible) between 11.5 and 12; however, I don’t recall being aware of my religious and moral responsibility...
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