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Gathering To Make Quraan-e-Kareem Khatams For A Deceased
Gathering To Make Quraan-e-Kareem Khatams For A Deceased
Question Is it permissible to keep a khatme quraan for a deceased in the masjid after a certain namaz? Answer To do any good action and pass on the...
Purifying A Leather Wallet
Purifying A Leather Wallet
Question How do I purify a leather wallet? Answer If the leather wallet is such that the water does not soak through it or it is not permeable to water,...
The Shar’ee Safar Distance
The Shar’ee Safar Distance
Question What is the Sharee distance of Safar? Please provide all the opinions within the madhhab, along with calculations converting Farsakh into miles...
Qailoolah
Qailoolah
Question What is Qailoolah? Answer According to Kitaabs of Tafseer, Qailoolah refers to taking a rest in the afternoon after Zuhr time in a general...
Sunnah Method Of Applying Henna To The Feet
Sunnah Method Of Applying Henna To The Feet
Question What is the sunnah method of applying henna to the feet? Answer We apologise due to not being able to locate a Sunnah method of applying Henna...
Outstanding Municipal Accounts Of The Deceased
Outstanding Municipal Accounts Of The Deceased
Question A man passes away leaving arrears on his shop water and lights accounts .Will that arrears be deducted from the estate of the deceased person? Answer When...
Qadha of a Musaafir
Qadha of a Musaafir
Question Patients travel from Witbank to ________ Hospital (in Johannesburg) for treatment. Many are aware that they will be admitted. The duration of...
Baby Naming Ceremonies
Baby Naming Ceremonies
Question I would like to find out the Fatwa with regards to having a ceremony for naming the baby known as Dupmaal.It is done on the 7th day after the...
Bringing Children To The Masjid
Bringing Children To The Masjid
QuestionIs it permissible to bring children to the masjid ? At what age should we start bringing them ? What if the child is a well behaved child that...
Woman Shortening Her Hair
Woman Shortening Her Hair
Question Can a woman cut her hair a little shorter simply because she finds it to be too long? Answer If there is no real need, it would not be permissible...
Differing Days Of Qurbaani In Different Countries
Differing Days Of Qurbaani In Different Countries
Question In Mozambique eidul Adha is on Friday, and its on Saturday here in South Africa. So if the Qurbani of a resident of South Africa is being performed...
Wearing A Topi When Going To The Toilet
Wearing A Topi When Going To The Toilet
Question Is it sunnah to wear the topi when going to the toilet? Answer It is Mustahab to wear a Topi when going to the toilet.Ayesha Radiallahu Anha...
Ushr On Fruit bearing Trees In One’s Backyard
Ushr On Fruit bearing Trees In One’s Backyard
Question Is it necessary to pay Ushr on fruit bearing trees one’s backyard in South Africa? Answer There is no Ushr on fruit bearing trees which...
Sadaqatul Fitr Discharged In A Foreign Country
Sadaqatul Fitr Discharged In A Foreign Country
QuestionIf Sadaqatul Fitr is paid a a foreign country what currency and amount should be paid?AnswerWhen paying Sadaqatul Fitr in a foreign country, one...
Breaking The Iddah For A Last Viewing
Breaking The Iddah For A Last Viewing
QuestionDue to Covid, the body is taken straight from the hospital to the graveyard. Will it be permissible for the wife of the deceased to visit see the...
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28 July, 2026
Question
If a person has a life insurance policy which pays out money once the person passes away, will it be permissible to distribute that money as inheritance to the heirs of the person?
What do the heirs have to do in order to get the person who had...
23 July, 2026
Question
I recently saw a post to the effect that Nabi Sallallahu Alayhi Wa Sallam said that Malikul Maut visits each individual 5 times a day at the time of each Salaah, so that when Malikul Maut extracts our Rooh he is familiar with us.
Answer
This...
22 July, 2026
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Is there a Zakat on a shared pool of a company? i.e. each year the company always keep some money aside in case of an emergency, no one is the owner of that money.
What if the company “gives” that money away to someone they know in...
09 July, 2026
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Can a Hanafi Muqeem perform Dhuhr once the Shafi Asr has commenced?
If they are Musafir, can they read there Asr in the Shafi Asr time? Will combining the Dhuhr and Asr in the Shafi Asr time then be permissible?
Answer
According to the Mufta-Bihi...
08 July, 2026
Question
If a boy is close to the age of Buloogh (puberty) , will he suffice as a mahram for travelling?
Answer
It will be permissible for a woman to travel with her Mahram even though the Mahram is not Baaligh provided he is a Muraahiq/Qareebul-Buloogh...
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