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Zikrullah In The Toilet Or Bathroom
Zikrullah In The Toilet Or Bathroom
Question Is it permissible to do Zikr in the toilet or bathroom? Answer One should refrain from engaging in Zikrullah in the bathroom and toilet as...
Planting A Tree On A Qabr
Planting A Tree On A Qabr
Question is it it fine to plant a tree on a grave, will it make Zikr for the deceased? Answer The Ulema have written that there is no proof for...
Performing Itikaaf In A Musallah
Performing Itikaaf In A Musallah
Question Can the sunnah i'tikaaf in Ramadhan be held in a facility which accommodates and facilitates the 5 times salaah, including the jumuah salaahs....
Trimming Hair Due To Split-Ends
Trimming Hair Due To Split-Ends
Question Will it be permissible to trim my hair due to split ends? Answer It will be permissible to cut off only that much of hair which is necessary...
Congregational Dua After Janaazah Salaah
Congregational Dua After Janaazah Salaah
Question Is it correct to make a congregational dua for the deceased after the Janazah Salaah? Answer The practice of making Duaa in congregation immediately...
Removing The Eyes From A Picture Of An Animate Object
Removing The Eyes From A Picture Of An Animate Object
Question I am aware of the prohibition of drawing pictures of animate objects. Regarding this, it is generally believed that if the eyes of the object...
Azaan Of A Muazzin Who Does Not Keep A Beard
Azaan Of A Muazzin Who Does Not Keep A Beard
Question In our masjid, the muaddhin does not keep a beard, I need to know whether it is correct and if the adhaan is and accepted legal as per our Shariah. Answer The...
Status Of A Partnership Upon The Death Of A Partner
Status Of A Partnership Upon The Death Of A Partner
Question What is the status of a partnership upon the death of a partner? Answer The partnership of a deceased partner terminates upon his death. The...
Changing The Singular Scale To The Plural Scale In Duaa
Changing The Singular Scale To The Plural Scale In Duaa
Question When making Dua with Aayaat of Quran-e-Majeed or Hadeeth-Shareef can you change the Aayaat or Ahadeeth by making it into a plural scale? e.g...
The Urgency Of Distributing An Estate
The Urgency Of Distributing An Estate
Question What is the Shar’iah ruling regarding the amount of time a family has to wind up the estate? We have heard that the father could be placed in...
Performing Dhuhr Salaah In Congregation On The Day Of Jumuah
Performing Dhuhr Salaah In Congregation On The Day Of Jumuah
QuestionOn Jumuah, upon consulting with the Musallees, the Muaddhin performed the Dhuhr Salaah (not Jumuah) because the Khateeb did not come.Please give...
Zakaat On Debts Not Waivered
Zakaat On Debts Not Waivered
Question There are some outstanding monies that someone owes me (around R7000). This is monies owing from 2 or 3 years. At that time, I knew that he cannot...
Dispensing Fidyah Of Salaah On Behalf The Of Deceased Parents
Dispensing Fidyah Of Salaah On Behalf The Of Deceased Parents
Question How must Fidyah be dispensed on behalf of deceased parents? Answer With regard to Fidyah, firstly, it should be understood that if one’s parents...
Selling Haraam Meat to Non-Muslims
Selling Haraam Meat to Non-Muslims
Question Can you sell carrion or haraam meat to non-Muslims. If there is only doubt about it being haraam, what us the ruling? Answer It is not permissible...
Re-purposing Donated Funds
Re-purposing Donated Funds
Question Our committee in the Masjid collected some funds a year ago but now we are not sure if the funds were collected for the masjid or the Madressa....
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22 August, 2026
Question
A person sells fruit and veg from his car in the Masjid parking lot. 1) Is this permissible?2) Does the Masjid committee have the right to prevent him from this?
Answer
The Masjid parking lot is either a Waqf property that was made Waqf...
22 August, 2026
Question
Does intentionally performing Salaah without Wudhu render a person a Kaafir?
Answer
Only if a person performs Salat without Taharat with the sole intention to mock the great ‘Ibadat of Salaah will it render him a Kaafir.
Checked and Approved...
19 August, 2026
Question
Where should a woman who has been given three Talaaqs spend her Iddat?
Answer
If three Talaaqs were issued, the marriage ceases to exist with immediate effect. The husband and wife will be regarded as strangers to one another and all the laws...
18 August, 2026
Question
Is it permissible to sell an item before taking possession thereof?
Answer
In Shariah conducting a transaction before possessing the item (بيع قبل القبض) renders the transaction Faasid (corrupt/invalid) and not Jaiz (permissible) because Rasulullah...
18 August, 2026
Question
I would like to know if a person is owing money but still wants to give big amounts on voluntary charity, what can his reward be for the charity because he is doing good but not paying his debts?
Answer
It is Fardh to pay one’s debts and to give...
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