Mar 22, 2024 | Sawm (Fasting)
Question Sehri time ended at 4:14, I thought Sehri ended at 4:18, when I actually checked whilst still eating I realised that the sehri end time had finished as it was 4:16, I stopped eating but had a glass of water to quickly flush the food down without thinking,...
Mar 11, 2024 | Salat (Prayer)
Question Assalamu Alaykum The imam was leading Taraweeh and in surah baqarah, ayah 159, he prayed يكتبون instead of يكتمون. Is this a major mistake which invalidates salah? He started the 2 rakat from beginning of 2nd juz so does he need to repeat from there again or...
Mar 10, 2024 | Sawm (Fasting)
Question Asalamualaykum Mufti Saheb? Is it recommended to work In Ramadan? I always hear the example that the Prophet SAW and the sahaba fought in the Battle of Badr on the 17th of Ramadan while Fasting. I cannot attest to that as I am not the most knowledgeable....
Mar 2, 2024 | Salat (Prayer)
Question Respected Muftiyan Kiraam, Assalamu Alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh, We pray our Istiftaa find you in the best of all things We are writing to seek your esteemed guidance on a matter concerning the participation of sisters in congregational prayers held in...
Feb 15, 2024 | Miscellaneous
Question Assalamualaykum, I am asking about what are the limits for non mahram interaction. I know the basic rules of khawla, such as it being forbidden to be alone with a non mahram alone in a closed room. However, I am wondering how this ruling affects technology....
Feb 10, 2024 | Sawm (Fasting)
Question السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته Mufti Sahib what is the ruling of performing Nafl i'tikaaf in a musalla in which 5 times Salah take place? It's not a shar'i Masjid, it is the only place which the people have in the locality to perform Salah in Answer The fiqh...
Feb 7, 2024 | Articles
Introduction In the wake of the unprecedented challenges brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Muslim community in the United Kingdom found itself grappling with a myriad of issues that extended beyond the realm of health concerns. This necessitated a...
Feb 2, 2024 | Salat (Prayer)
Question I recently heard that it is not permissible/makrooh to sit during the khutbah in 'hawbah' where one sits and draws his knees up and holds them also known as ihtiba', is there any basis for this? Answer Some narrations state that the Prophet (may Allah bless...
Jan 21, 2024 | Salat (Prayer)
Question Assalāmu Alaikum My question is as follows: During November, Asr Salah time begins at 3:53 pm as per the Hanafi opinion and sunset is at 5:32 pm. Would there be any dislike or considered undesirable if we performed Asr Salah at 4:50 pm and Maghrib begins in...
Jan 21, 2024 | Miscellaneous
Question Assalamu ‘alaykum wa rahmat Allahi wa barakatuh dear members of the Fatwa Centre team, I hope my email reaches you in the best of health. My question is about how to dispose islamic literature correctly. I have these categories: Category 1: Paper on which...
Jan 19, 2024 | Salat (Prayer)
Question Assalamu alaykum w w This query is to do with salaah but I do mention OCD (which I know you don't deal with) as my question relates to an effect of it. I am not asking for help regarding the OCD. I just found out recently that blowing in salaah to the extent...
Dec 21, 2023 | Taharah (Purity)
Question I was unaware of the ruling when I was younger that one must clean himself after urinating, as I thought that was only for defecating. Would I need to redo those prayers where I did not clean myself after urinating? Answer If after urinating or defecating,...
Dec 20, 2023 | Miscellaneous
Question BISMI ALLAH AL RAHMAN AL RAHEEM, Alsalum Alaikum, I need to ask you about a serious issue that is happening here in USA. A section of people who are claiming to be islamic scholars are guiding others to Allah by putting them in a hallucinogenic stage under...
Dec 19, 2023 | Women's Issue
Question If a person has vaginismus & doctors recommend using dilators, will this be permissible? Can a woman use it on herself or will the husband have to use it on her? Answer It is disliked (makruh) to insert anything into the internal part of the vagina, and...
Dec 18, 2023 | Women's Issue
Question Asalam Walaikum As a girl in early teens i suffer from chronic vaginal discharge causing challenges every day in keeping wudu for zuhr at school. The yellow discharge (/slightly yellow) which I get everyday at school and is normal leaves me with no choice but...
Dec 18, 2023 | Business & Trade
Question Al Salem Alaykom, I have a question about ALMT (Asset Liability Management Treasury :liquidity management, Foreign Exchange Risk management, compliance and risk, etc ) and I would like to get your insights because I got a job offer as a platform engineer...
Dec 18, 2023 | Nikah (Marriage)
Question We've been married for 26 years, generally healthy marriage but recently my husband has said he's not been satisfied for the past 20 years or so. Carrying on but not satisfied. He used to be addicted to porn, he's now stopped watching etc everything. Problem...
Dec 17, 2023 | Uncategorized
Question I observe my hijab properly. But my friends made through my life are Muslims who don’t wear the hijab properly or don’t wear at all, which is normal in the west but of course haram. I go out with them but only like once in a while just to catch up with them...
Dec 16, 2023 | Food & Drink
Question I live in a house where my family eats haram foods such as non zabiha foods. Often pizza boxes are placed on the tables and the oils from the pizza with non zabiha meat gets on the tables. My question is because my family eats non zabiha do i have to wash...
Dec 16, 2023 | Taharah (Purity)
Question People with diabetes are able to monitor their blood glucose levels continuously with continuous glucose monitoring devices. A sensor is placed on the upper arm which has small needles which pierce 1mm into the skin and monitor the glucose levels in the...
Dec 16, 2023 | Inheritance
Question Salamu Alaikum Warahmatu Allah Wa Barakatu Our family has an inheritance issue. The parents purchased the family home and paid the mortgage for 10 years then they retired. The two sons then took over the payment of the mortgage for 20 years until the death of...
Dec 16, 2023 | Food & Drink
Question Assalaamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh Dear Sheikh, I am asking to inquire whether the following food additive (E471- Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids) is halal or not. This additive is used as an emulsifier in many foods and as a fruit coating...
Dec 15, 2023 | Aqidah (Belief)
Question Is it kufr to deny Something that is haram and claim it to be halal. For example Lying is a major sin and is haram but if a person claims it to be halal is he a kafir? Also is it kufr to deny Something that is halal and claim it to be haram? And what if...
Dec 15, 2023 | Business & Trade
Question Assalamu Alaykum, I am doing e-commerce, and I have now found a company that provides a service of shipping, customer support, and product sourcing (and they can buy the product for you if you want, and then you give them the price they paid at the end of the...
Dec 10, 2023 | Women’s Fiqh
Question Salamu alaikum, I was wondering what the ruling is on hair extensions for women. I have been told that they are not permitted if they are of synthetic material such as false hair added to real hair I.e. wigs but are permissible even if one uses extensions...
Dec 2, 2023 | Aqidah (Belief), Business & Trade
Question As Salamu Alaikum I'm a music composer and sound effects creator, and I mostly do freelance work in music and sound effects design. I will leave this field permanently after I learn some halal skills such as programming. but for now, I'm holding music because...
Nov 30, 2023 | Salat (Prayer)
Question As-Salāmu ʿAlaykum wa-Raḥmatu llāhi wa-Barakātuhū Mufti Saab, I hope you‘re doing well. May Allah accept your salihat. With your permission, I‘d like to ask the following question about menstruating women and people in the state of janaba entering mosques....
Nov 29, 2023 | Taharah (Purity)
Question Assalamu Alaikum My dad told me to contact you in regards to a skin care product i have been using as he believes it isn't allowed however i have not seen anything saying it wasn't and just though it would be safer to contact you. it is called snail mucin it...
Nov 28, 2023 | Business & Trade
Question AssalaamuAlaikum, I recently purchased a home with the company called Pfida which utilises a diminishing musharakah model. They have stated that their model if fully shariah compliant however upon agreement, within their terms and conditions, customers have...
Nov 28, 2023 | Business & Trade
Question Al-Salamu Alaykum Shaykh. Shaykh may I seek some advice from you regarding working for another? Some years ago, I read this booklet by a Dawah organisation and it contained scenarios when an employee would owe money back to his employer for certain things he...
Nov 27, 2023 | Salat (Prayer)
Question Assalamualaykum, In this fatwa (https://www.zamzamacademy.com/2010/09/makruh-acts-in-salaat/), it mentions that you have to repeat salah if you do a makruh tahrimi act in salah and if it still the salah time. My question is how do we differentiate between...
Nov 26, 2023 | Taharah (Purity)
Question If I have a spot or wound which I squeeze and blood/pus comes out due to the squeezing does this break my wudhu? If the blood/pus comes out then starts flowing will it then break my break? If I have a open wound or scab where the blood is visible and I dab it...
Nov 25, 2023 | Sawm (Fasting)
Question If a person is masturbating while he is fasting in ramadan and he ejaculates, is it obligatory for him to do Kaffara or what is the ruling for this person? Answer Masturbation is a sinful act and must be avoided. If one was to masturbate whilst fasting their...
Nov 25, 2023 | Women's Issue
Question I have read the ruling that women are not required to open their braids/plaits in Ghusl not wet the braid as long as the water reaches the roots, I would appreciate more detail on the following: a. Does this ruling apply to all types of hair or is restricted?...
Nov 24, 2023 | Miscellaneous
Question Aslamu alaykum I hope you are well. This problem has been with me all of my life and has affected every aspect of my life. I was born with an illness and a noticeable ear disfigurement. This has affected me all of my life due to people staring and making...
Nov 24, 2023 | Business & Trade
Question Assalamu alaikum, I am seeking guidance. I am a working professional who has a small LLC company (Lets call it XYZ) XYZ invested roughly 20% into a rental property, and the remainder of the money is expected to be paid by the bank through conventioanl...
Nov 16, 2023 | Miscellaneous
Question I made a vow that if I do this thing i will give 250 rupees for the first time if do it again I will add 250 to previous amount everytime I do this thing. The problem is I don't remember if I made this vow verbally or in the heart. I am more inclined towards...
Nov 15, 2023 | Talaq (Divorce)
Question Assalamualaikum Is pre planned halalah permissible in islam. What I have heard it is a major sin but will the marriage with previous husband be valid if it was done only for the purpose of making the woman halal for the first husband ? Answer A pre-planned...
Nov 15, 2023 | Taharah (Purity)
Question Assalamu Alaykum, I would like to ask a question regarding my mother. She spends long hours in the bathroom and kitchen everyday. She washes the dishes over and over again. She washes herself many times also. For example, when doing wudhu or when taking a...
Nov 14, 2023 | Sacred Knowledge
Question Asalamu alykum, My question is please advise the right of my parents over me. I am the only child, Alhamdulilah we are a wealthy family and both my parents are middle aged and healthy. I would like to study in Pakistan because in my country there are no Darul...
Nov 13, 2023 | Miscellaneous
Question Am I sinful for not liking it when people keep having children despite struggling to provide for the ones they already have? I know Allah swt provides rizq. But I can’t get rid of this feeling because it makes me angry to think of the children who have lost...
Nov 6, 2023 | Hajj and Umrah, Taharah (Purity)
Question AssalaamuAlaikum I have a masla concern regarding the emission of wadhi and would appreciate if you are able to advise me on the following. I am able to keep my wudhu for the duration it takes me to read the fardh, sunnah and nafl of a salat however my wudhu...
Nov 6, 2023 | Hadith
Question Salam, I wanted to know regarding the permissibility of reading the book fadhail e amaal by maulana zakariyaa I've heard this book contains fabricated ahadith, and considering the context in which this book is read in, wouldn't it be problematic? This book is...
Nov 5, 2023 | Miscellaneous
Question Assalamu alaikum. I live in a Hanafi dominant country. Recently I met a friend in the internet who follows the Shafi'i fiqh. After talking with him about their fiqh and also reading several books of Shafi'i fiqh I am very interested in following Shafi'i fiqh...
Nov 4, 2023 | Death and Burial
Question As Salaamu ‘Alaykum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakaatuhu, Mufti Saab We are writing in relation to our grave maintenance programme. Key points are as follows: 1. We have at the outset said we will maintain graves, the key component here being to maintain the mound...
Nov 4, 2023 | Salat (Prayer), Taharah (Purity)
Question Assalamu alaykum. Despite trying my best to wash my face properly, especially around my eyes, I often find some gunk left in the corner of my eye. This could be dry little pieces, or wet mucus. Is my wudhu valid if I find it there a while after performing...
Nov 4, 2023 | Business & Trade
Question AssalaamuAlaikum Out of naivety and lack of knowledge when undertaking my studies and during employment I enrolled into a student loan along with non Shariah compliant pensions. Over the course of time the loan accrued interest and I tried my best to abstain...
Nov 1, 2023 | Medicine and treatment
Question Dear Sheikh. I am asking this question on behalf of a parent whose child is in hospital. The parent is requesting to know whether the following product is halal or not. As far as I can determined the issue related to the permissibility of the enzyme Trypsin...
Oct 21, 2023 | Business & Trade
Question Alsalam Alaikum, Is it halal to work as a Maintenance Engineer in an Investment Company (not a bank, but managing money and making investments like purchasing real estate, public stocks, debt instruments, etc)? So basically I will not be working on anything...
Oct 18, 2023 | Zakat (Charity)
Question Salam, There are 2 parts to my question. 1. With my current employer I have a defined contribution pension plan where the employer contributes 10% of my salary into a pension pot managed by standard life which invests the money and I can only access that...