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Rulings on worship, marriage and divorce, business, food and everyday life — answered by Mufti Qasim Zia and the scholars of Akhuwat-e-Islami. 890 answers so far.
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What is the proof for placing hands below the navel during Salah?
What is the ruling of tying the hands below the navel in salāh, and is this proven from any Hadīth?
What is the method of performing Nikah?
What is the method of performing someone’s Nikāh?
Does a woman who is bleeding due to a miscarriage pray her Salah or not?
If a woman has had a miscarriage, then is the blood which comes out regarded as postnatal bleeding or irregular vaginal bleeding, and what will the ruling be regarding salāh?
Can fully veiled women participate in Dhikr gatherings where men are present?
Can a woman go to such a Dhikr gathering where both males and females are doing Dhikr together, and the woman be in full veiling? It would be great if you could please bless us with proofs alongside…
Women pray in the same room behind men in my University – is their prayer valid?
In my university, there is a small room which is used to pray Salah, therein men and women pray Salah separately. There is a distance of a prayer mat length between the men and women. Women read their…
Is it permissible to kill insects in Islam?
Is it permissible to kill insects for a valid reason?
Can I pray Qada Salah instead of Sunnah and Nafl prayers?
I have fifteen years of qadā salāh remaining upon me, and I know that a long time has passed, in that I won’t be able to fulfil my qadā salāh. Can I pray my qadā salāh in place of Sunnah, Nafl and…
Is it shirk to say ‘Mawla Ali’?
How is it to say Mawlā ‘Alī, as Wahhābīs regard this as polytheism?
Must a female divorcee wait for her children to grow up before remarrying?
I married a new Muslim, but he divorced me due to certain reasons. I have two children aged 8 and 12, am I allowed to get married a second time or do I have to wait until they become mature?
Are the earnings from selling cigarettes Halal or Haram?
What is the Islamic ruling about cigarettes and is the income earned from cigarettes Halāl or Harām??
Are Muslims allowed to perform Yoga as a form of exercise?
Is yoga permissible in the form of exercise? If there is no religious act included in this – just exercise – then how is it to do so??
Can men wear 9 carat gold?
Can men wear 9 carat gold (jewellery)?
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