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Reciting Quran Shareef While Music Is Being Played
Reciting Quran Shareef While Music Is Being Played
QuestionThe person I travel with to work listens to music in his car. Is it permissible for me to read the Quraan Shareef to myself while the music is...
Shia Heirs
Shia Heirs
Question A person's sister has married a Shia man and is now following Shiasm apparently.The family would like to know if this sister would inherit in...
Reciting A Surah In Rukoo Or Sajdah
Reciting A Surah In Rukoo Or Sajdah
Question If out of negligence you recite a Surah in Ruku or Sajda, do you have to repeat the salaah? Answer No, but one will have to make Sajdah-e-Sahw.Checked...
The Wife Accepting Islam
The Wife Accepting Islam
QuestionIn a Christian marriage if the wife decides to convert to Islam but not the husband, what is the status of the marriage and what steps should she...
Tenants Damaging Common Property
Tenants Damaging Common Property
Question If a common gate lock is found broken on numerous occasions and no tenant takes resposibility, can we charge all of them for the new lock? Answer If...
Discharging Zakaat To An Ineligible Recipient
Discharging Zakaat To An Ineligible Recipient
Question I gave Zakaat to a person thinking that he is a valid recipient of Zakaat. A month later I realized that he was not a person who was eligible...
Liability For Legal Costs In A Dispute Between A Lessor And Lessee
Liability For Legal Costs In A Dispute Between A Lessor And Lessee
Question If we or our agent institutes legal action against any tenant, can we compel to pay the legal costs? Answer Hadrat Thanvi Rahimahullah has...
Ghusl For A Skeleton
Ghusl For A Skeleton
Question A person was missing for some time. His skeleton was recovered. What is the ruling regarding Ghusl and Janaazah Salaah? Answer If only the...
Respecting The Qiblah
Respecting The Qiblah
Question What is the ruling of 1. A toilet facing the Qibla2. Sleeping with the legs facing Qibla Answer If a toilet is in the direction of the Qiblah,...
Maximum Duration For Breastfeeding
Maximum Duration For Breastfeeding
Question I would like to know till what age can a baby drink breast milk. Is this age different for a boy or girl? Answer The maximum period for breastfeeding...
Selling A Share In A Partnership Without Informing The Partner
Selling A Share In A Partnership Without Informing The Partner
Question Can one partner sell his share in a business without the consent of the other partner? Answer In principle, it is permissible for one partner...
Error In The Direction Of Qiblah
Error In The Direction Of Qiblah
Question If someone who goes overseas makes a mistake with the Qiblah direction will the salah have to be repeated? Answer If a person intends performing...
Purifying Carpet
Purifying Carpet
Question If a portion of the masjid carpet became najis (impure) because a child urinated on it, how do we make it taahir (pure)? Answer It will have...
Gifting Assets With The Conditon Of Retaining The Profits Accrued Therefrom
Gifting Assets With The Conditon Of Retaining The Profits Accrued Therefrom
Question A father wants to give some of his assets to his children in his lifetime. He however wants to retain the profits/dividends from these assests...
E120/Cochineal/Carmine
E120/Cochineal/Carmine
Question I have question regarding food colouring E120, at times it is written as cochineal which comes from some type of bug which lives on cactus leaves. ...
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05 August, 2026
Question
If a Saff of adults is not full and a child of understanding age (not mature) 9 or 10 years old comes to stand next to the adults, What should be done?
Many times, the child commences the Salaat and a little later , an adult comes and moves...
03 August, 2026
Question
A Masjid is currently being renovated. The area of the Masjid boundary is due for renovation next.
Can the entire boundary area of the Masjid be closed off and Salaat read in the Sahn (courtyard), which is not included in the boundary, or does...
01 August, 2026
Question
Is it Sunnah, permissible, or Makrooh to wear a turban without a tail?
Answer
It is well established that Rasūlullah Sallallahu Alayhi Wa Sallam used to wear a turban with a tail. While some scholars have mentioned the permissibility of wearing...
30 July, 2026
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Is it necessary for a woman to cover the chin during Salaah according to the Ahnaaf? Would the Salaah become invalid if not covered?
Answer
Covering the Awrah in Salaah is necessary for the validity of Salaah. For purposes of Salaah, the Awrah...
28 July, 2026
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If a person has a life insurance policy which pays out money once the person passes away, will it be permissible to distribute that money as inheritance to the heirs of the person?
What do the heirs have to do in order to get the person who had...
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