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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 are the manners of hospitality when having guests?
What should we do if guests visit our home? What are the manners of hospitality?
Should I propose directly a woman for marriage or ask my parents to ask her parents?
What is the Islamic method of proposing to a woman for marriage? Can I directly propose to a woman asking her to marry me, or should I ask my parents to contact her parents? Is seeing a woman whom one…
What is the method of performing Sajdah Tilawat (Prostration of Recitation)?
Many sujūd (prostrations) of tilāwah (recitation) are wājib (obligatory) upon a person. Is it necessary for him to stand up after every prostration or can he perform them one after the other whilst…
How do we say Master in Arabic, is or Sayyiduna or Sayyidina?
How should the word leige lord or master be said in Arabic, is it Sayyidina, Sayyiduna, Sayyidana, Sayyadana, Sayyaduna etc
What to do if little time for prayer remaining and you need to perform ghusl?
Ghusl (major ablution) was wajib (obligatory) upon a person but he was unaware that the time for salah left was very little. If he would perform ghusl, the time for salah would get over. What is the…
Performing the Janazah prayer in England and then in Pakistan, is this allowed?
Case: Is it allowed to repeat the ghusl and read two funeral prayers for the deceased? In England when a Muslim passes away, he/she is given ghusl there and the funeral prayer is read. Afterwards,…
What is the ruling on eating Ojri (stomach) and brains of an animal?
Are we allowed to eat foods such as Ojri (stomach) or the brain or testicle’s of a Goat/Sheep?
As the Imam, what do I recite after ‘samiAllahu liman hamidah’?
On some occasions whilst at work I lead Salah and wanted to clarify what I (as the Imam) should pray after Ruku. After pronouncing ‘سَمِعَ اللَّهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ’ should the Imam go directly into…
Whilst fasting does inhaling the fragrance of air freshener invalidate the fast?
S: [1]: Whilst in the state of fasting, is inhaling the fragrance of air freshener in the same ruling as inhaling the smoke of incense sticks i.e. if one intentionally inhales the smoke, will his fast…
What are the physical restrictions between Husband & Wife during menstruation (hayz)?
During the period of menstruation, what restrictions are there between a husband and wife, and which physical interactions can they carry out?
What is the Preserved Tablet (al-Lawh al-Mahfooz) according to Sunni belief?
What is the Preserved Tablet and what do the Ahlus-Sunnah say with regards to that which has been written on the Preserved Tablet. Is the writing considered as Kalaamullah which makes it Qadeem etc or…
Can a woman travel alone to perform Hajj or Umrah without a Mahram?
Case: I am working in Saudi Arabia and for ‘Umrah I want to bring my mother here. My father and mother are not together; will my mother need a Mahram to travel here from another country? Also, is it…
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