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Clarifying Misconceptions
Show all fatawaWhat is the ruling on this internet personality by the name ‘Pir Chuff Chuff’ who claims to cure people by blowing into a microphone?
A person who presents himself as a practitioner or possessor of spiritual power, shows scenes of healing illnesses by blowing on social media, cannot even recite the Quran or the Kalimah correctly,…
Is it permissible to arrange tour services of non-Muslim places of worship? Or rent my shop to someone who sells alcohol?
Zayd is a travel agent – how is it for him to earn a wage from the ticket and hotel bookings arranged for non-Muslims, for instance Sikhs, to travel to Nankānah Sāhib, Pakistān, as this is their place…
What is Urs?
What is ‘Urs, and is it proven from Hadīth. Also, is it better not to go to an ‘Urs if there is anything taking place there which contradicts Sharī’ah so that one may avoid anything against Islām.…
Is it permissible to visit the graveyard between ‘Asr and Maghrib?
Is it permissible to visit the graveyard between ‘Asr and Maghrib?
If your hand or clothes come into contact with a dog do they become impure?
Does the hand become impure by touching a dog, and likewise do the clothes become impure by a dog grazing them?
Does a woman’s hymen have anything to do with her being a virgin or not?
Many people assume that if there is some emission of blood flowing from the private region of the bride on the first night of the wedding, then this must mean that she is a virgin. And if there is no…
Why do people fold the corners of the prayer mat after praying?
I have seen many Imāms in several Masjids turning over the corner of the prayer mat after leading the prayer – some people do the same thing at home and say that it is so that the Devil [Satan] does…
If someone drinks alcohol or smokes drugs, is it true that their prayer is not accepted for 40 days?
Is it true that upon consuming alcohol or drugs a person becomes impure and his prayer is not accepted for forty days and that his repentance will not be accepted?
Who is regarded as a Mahram and non-Mahram for both males and females?
Which relations are Mahram[1] and which are non-Mahram[2] for males and females? [1] Someone whom it is unlawful to marry. [2] Someone whom it is lawful to marry.
What is the Islamic ruling on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)?
Is female genital mutilation allowed in Islām? What has Sayyidī A’la Hazrat al-Imām Ahmad Ridā Khān (may Allāh cover him with mercy) said about this?
Are there any days we should avoid cutting the nails?
Can one get a haircut and clip nails on the 10th of Muharram? What are those specific days when we cannot get a haircut or clip nails?
A Husband and Wife have been living separately for 2 years, has this caused them to be classed as divorced?
A husband & wife have lived separately for two years – they had no relationship between themselves at all, but neither did the husband divorce the wife. So, can they live with each other again as…
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