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  • Recovered lost money from gambling

    I lost some money while betting, wanted to stop it forever but then decided to first recover all the money I lost and then quit it forever. Luckily I recovered the money I lost. Now I have decided never to indulge myself into this menace again. My question is: Is the money I recovered back (which originally belonged to me and I lost through.. More

  • Needs clarification on several issues

    According to 3:104, the Ayah says-Let there arise out of you a group of people enjoining good and forbidding evil-means a group among Muslims should do this duty. But according to 3:110-You are best people raised for mankind enjoining good and forbidding evil-means the whole Muslim Ummah should do this duty. One of my friends says this is a contradictio.. More

  • Explanation of Hadeeth about the Last Hour

    Could you please comment on the following Hadeeth in Saheeh Muslim, which is about the Last Hour? Book 041, Number 7051: Anas reported that a person asked Allaah's Messenger, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, as to when the Last Hour would come. He had in his presence a young boy of the Ansar who was called Muhammad. Allaah's Messenger, sallallaahu.. More

  • Mannequins used in dress shop and an inheritance issue

    1) I do have ladies dress shop to make an advertisement I have dressed and hang up well-structured toys in my shop, the toys has a face, so according to my religion is it permitted to hung up a toys? 2) I want to learn film editing. So is it permitted in Islam that to work film editing of wedding and other ceremonies? 3) My grandmother is over.. More

  • Prayers when entering the mosque just before the Iqaamah

    After entering the mosque, if there is not enough time left for the Iqaamah, which of the below listed prayers should be offered first. 1) Tahiyat Al-Masjid, or 2) 4 Raka'h Sunnah (for Thuhr Prayer)... More

  • Western culture and Muslims

    What are the advantages and the disadvantages of the Western culture to Muslims?.. More

  • Zakat issues

    I am doing business in non-Muslim country, in there bank giving interest for which I have deposit. How to treated that money in Islam point of view. I am usually giving to charity for Muslim people who is needed. Secondly, my income is based on receiving commission - for which I sold on behalf of others, we accept certain %. My question is: Zakaat.. More

  • Prays at work, but with difficulty

    I try my best to make sure I always do my Salaat at work, but, there's no designated place for prayers. Sometimes I pray in the conference room when it's not occupied, however, sometimes it's occupied by employees. So I try to find any suitable place like next to my manager's office. But, people will be passing by or trying to get to the office.. More

  • Permissibility of retirement funds

    My husband was working in a bank that allows (Ribaa), now he is unemployed, could you tell me if the money that he receives and spends from (Ribaa) as a retired person is Halaal? .. More

  • Purifying oneself while studying in western countries

    If one admits its sins such Zina and asks for the punishment to be given while living in the western countries. What can be done How can you purify yourself while getting education in western countries where you are in enormous pressure to carry sins such as Zina?.. More

  • Meaning of 'Faasiq'

    what is the definition of a Faasiq, here some people say that calling to prayer (Athaan) only that person will give who have a full long beard, they say a person who cuts or have a short beards cannot do the Athaan, because he falls in the category of Faasiq, and this is the case in mostly Indian or Pakistani Masaajid, not in the Arabs' Masjid where.. More

  • Forming a second Jamaa'h in the mosque after the initial prayer

    Can you please clarify in light of Quran and Hadeeth the concept of more than one Jamaa'h for Salaat in the same mosque? Not at the same time but one after the other. As far as I know the Quran says that when Quran is being recited then be quiet and listen to it. When the second Jamaa'h is being done then how can the ones from the first one do Thikr.. More

  • Seeks proof for a questionable saying

    A woman who sends out her husband in the path of Allaah and stays at home by herself, maintaining her honour and dignity (i.e. protecting herself against temptation and dishonesty) will enter Jannah 500 years before her husband while 70,000 angels and Hoors will serve her. She will be given Ghusl in Jannah and sitting on mountains of pearls, she.. More

  • Followers of Ashaa'irah

    Were Ibn Hajar Asqalani and Imam Nawawi followers of Ash'ari Aqeedah? If so did they propagate it? There are many Ash'arees nowadays who use that as a justification to continue to follow the Ash'ari Aqeedah. .. More

  • His friend does not pray in the mosque due to studies

    Our course at college is hard. One of my friends said he doesn't pray in the mosque because he does not get time for it as he is studying hard for the course. He is doing the course to take care of his parents in the future (as in to earn money). He gave me an example of a Hadeeth where a Sahaabi (companion of Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam).. More