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Placing The Food Before Being Seated
Placing The Food Before Being Seated
Question Is it Sunnah or from amongst Adaab to sit before the food is placed on the Dastarkhaan? Answer After a tedious search, we have not come across...
Validity/Invalidity Of A Rental Agreement With An Unstipulated Rental Duration
Validity/Invalidity Of A Rental Agreement With An Unstipulated Rental Duration
Question Around 13 years ago we did website hosting for a client. We acted as a reseller by getting the hosting from a company and then reselling it to...
Owning A Barber Shop
Owning A Barber Shop
Question A friend of mine who enjoys hairdressing would like to open a barber shop and has requested me to join him on his venture. Is it permissible...
A Bedridden Person Performing Tayyammum Instead Of Wudhu
A Bedridden Person Performing Tayyammum Instead Of Wudhu
Question My father had his left leg amputated a few months ago, up to the thigh due to various health conditions.At the moment he is completely bed bound...
Purchasing Items From A Child
Purchasing Items From A Child
Question My na-baaligh son received some qurbani meat. It should be worth R200. Can we buy it from him for R50? Answer The Fuqaha have stated that the...
Witnesses To A Nikah
Witnesses To A Nikah
Question I wanted to ask if it is permissible for the witnesses in Nikah to be from the side of the boy? I have heard that it is better that they are...
Installing Cameras And Screens To View the Imaam
Installing Cameras And Screens To View the Imaam
Question Our masjid is quite small and had to be slabbed for extra space for Musallis. You cannot see the Imam from the floor above. Trustees have...
Usage Of Waqf Land For Multiple Purposes
Usage Of Waqf Land For Multiple Purposes
Question Are we allowed to build a sporting facility where soccer and other sports will be played on the waqf land?We also intend building a facility...
Dissolving A Business Venture
Dissolving A Business Venture
Question I need your assistance in dissolving a side line business that my cousin and I decided to go into.Some brief facts of our agreement:I was to...
Masbooq Joining Salaah When The Imaam Rises From Ruku
Masbooq Joining Salaah When The Imaam Rises From Ruku
Question If i am late for jamaat and find the imaam in ruku, by the time i join the imam he already begins to get up. At what point can I be regarded...
Azhaan Being Called Before The Time Has Set In
Azhaan Being Called Before The Time Has Set In
QuestionI wanted to find out what is the ruling if azaan is given before the time sets in and what's the ruling regarding it (what should one do if it's...
Origin Of Tashahhud
Origin Of Tashahhud
Question Is it correct that Attahiyaat was the conversation between Allah and Nabi (saw) on the night of Ma'raaj ...if yes , is there any proof from Ahādīth...
Discharging Zakaat, Sadaqah, Lillah through EFT
Discharging Zakaat, Sadaqah, Lillah through EFT
Question 1) If a person does an eft of SADAQAH to me, and asks me to give to the poor on his behalf, can I take cash from my wallet an give, or do I have...
Using Black Henna To Dye The Beard
Using Black Henna To Dye The Beard
Question Would black henna be permissible on the beard? Answer No, it will not be permissible to dye the beard using black henna.Checked and Approved...
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...
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19 April, 2026
Question
If a masbooq recites Durood in the last Qadah due to not knowing the ruling, will his Salah be invalid?
Answer
We understand from your query that you are referring to the scenario wherein a Masbooq is sitting behind the Imaam in the last Qa’dah...
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.
Checked and Approved By:
Mufti...
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)...
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