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Employment at an Insurance Company
Employment at an Insurance Company
Question Someone was working at a bank, he resigned when he found out that it is impermissible to work there. Since then he has applied for numerous jobs...
Interest Funds To Pay For Rates And Taxes
Interest Funds To Pay For Rates And Taxes
Question Kindly advise if interest monies can be used to pay rates and taxes, given the theft, corruption and abuse of our halaal tax money wasted by...
Zakaat Calculation Date Unknown
Zakaat Calculation Date Unknown
QuestionIt has become a trend for most people to discharge their Zakaat at the beginning of Ramadaan. It is an every year routine. For some people, it...
Taking Photos Of Animals And The Income Earned Therefrom
Taking Photos Of Animals And The Income Earned Therefrom
Question Is taking photos of animals allowed?Is the income earned from taking photos of animals allowed? Answer 1. It is not permissible to take pictures...
Draping Walls And Stages
Draping Walls And Stages
Question What is the ruling on draping is one allowed to attend jalsas with draping on the stage? Answer Islam encourages simplicity in every sphere...
Tasbeehaat Of Rukoo And Sajdah
Tasbeehaat Of Rukoo And Sajdah
Question What will be the condition of the salaah if a person does not recite the Tasbeehaat in Rukoo or Sajdah or only recites it once?Will Salaah be...
Merely Removing The Eyes From The Picture Of An Animate Object
Merely Removing The Eyes From The Picture Of An Animate Object
QuestionI am aware of the prohibition of drawing pictures of animate objects. Regarding this, it is generally believed that if the eyes of the object is...
Permissible Dolls
Permissible Dolls
QuestionIs it permissible to make a doll that has no features and no head but has arms and legs and ears?AnswerMaking such a doll will be permitted, since...
Paying Suppliers After The Goods Have Burnt Out
Paying Suppliers After The Goods Have Burnt Out
Question We had a fire at our business, the cause of which is unknown. It started at a premises we sublet to a friend of ours, and then spread and destroyed...
A Shafiee Musaafir Imaam Leading Hanafi Musaaafir Muqtadis
A Shafiee Musaafir Imaam Leading Hanafi Musaaafir Muqtadis
QuestionIf a Shafiee Imaam performs four Rakaats, what will be the condition of the Hanafi Muqtadis Salaah?AnswerIf the Shafi’ee Imaam leading the Salaah...
Women Wearing Jewellery Made Of Other Than Gold And Silver
Women Wearing Jewellery Made Of Other Than Gold And Silver
Question Are women allowed to wear jewellery made of things other than gold or silver? Answer Hadrat Mufti Mahmood Hassan Saheb Gangohi Rahimahullah...
Reserving A Place In the Masjid
Reserving A Place In the Masjid
Question Is it permissible for a person to reserve a spot in the Masjid by placing an item e.g. itr etc. on a certain spot without him sitting there and...
Leaving Space For The Sitting Of The Mayyit
Leaving Space For The Sitting Of The Mayyit
Question In certain countries, when placing a Mayyit in the Qabr they ensure that there is enough space under the wooden planks for a person to sit. This...
Employment As An Insurance Salesman
Employment As An Insurance Salesman
Question I had a question in regard to halaal income. I am about to start my career as a car and home insurance agent. I will be selling car and home...
Iddah Of A Woman Whos Was Given A Talaaq-e-Baain
Iddah Of A Woman Whos Was Given A Talaaq-e-Baain
Question While a women is carrying out her Talaaq Bain, her husband passes away. When will her Iddah end? Answer If the husband issued the Talaaq while...
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15 April, 2026
Question
I would like to know if Niqaab must be observed in front of non-Muslim females. Is the ruling the same as observing Pardah with males?
Answer
A Muslim woman does not need to cover her face when she is in front of non-Muslim women but she is required...
10 April, 2026
Question
If a person splits a Surah from the Masnoon Qiraat in two rakaats or reads portions of two different Surahs in two Rakaats, then will this still count as the Sunnah Qiraah?
Examples:In Fajr on Jumuah, if a person recites Surah Sajdah in two...
08 April, 2026
Question
Is it permissible to give my Zakaat in advance i.e. before my Zakaat calculation date for that year?
Answer
If you have wealth equivalent to the value of the Nisaab it will be permissible to discharge Zakaat in advance.
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07 April, 2026
Question
Which type of grave is more virtuous, Lahad or Shiqq?
Answer
Lahad (recessed-grave) is Sunnah and, therefore, better than the trench-grave.
However, where the ground is very soft and there is a fear of the grave collapsing, the trench-grave (Shiqqi)...
07 April, 2026
Question
A lady too an oath (Wallahi) that she will not talk to or have anything to do with someone. The intention she had was that she will never speak to, meet up or message the other person.
Then she messaged the person.
Is her oath broken or not?...
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