Q&As
from the senior scholars and those they recommend on:
Fiqh
36 Questions & Answers
Purification:
Does
trying to pass gas (flatulence) nullify one's wudhoo' if nothing
comes out?
A
woman is having irregular bleeding 30 days after delivering
her baby. The bleeding comes and goes every five days. What
should she do?
Athaan
(Call to Prayer):
Is
it permissible for Muslims to allow a non-Muslim to call the
athaan?
Is
the athaan acceptable if the mu'ath-thin adds
letters or extends certain sounds in the athaan?
Should
the administration of a masjid remove a mu'ath-thin who
is disobedient?
General Issues Related to Prayer:
Are
the night prayers (qiyaam al-layl) restricted to 11 rak'ahs?
Is
the basmalah to be read twice in the beginning of the
prayer? (Some people understand this from The Prophet's Prayer
Described)
Is
it permissible to close your eyes for a brief moment to attain
submissiveness and tranquility?
Is
it permissible for a sick person to pray in a chair if he is
able to sit on the floor?
How
does a sick person who prays sitting down make rukoo'
and sujood?
Is
making takbeer (saying "Allaahu Akbar")
when making sajdah for a verse of prostration during
prayer considered an innovation?
Is
it permissible to prostrate with only one hand on the ground,
while the other hand holds a child?
Is
it permissible to make rukoo' with only one hand on the
knee, while the other hand holds a child?
Is
it permissible to raise only one hand for the takbeers
in the prayer, while the other hand holds a child?
Can
a woman breastfeed a baby while she prays?
Is
it permissible to pray optional prayers sitting down while riding
in a car, as a resident, not a traveler?
We
need further clarification on how a person prays in a car.
Congregational
Prayer:
Some
people refer to a rented building or apartment as a masjid,
is this correct?
Is
reading Soorah Qaaf as the Friday khutbah an abrogated
Sunnah? If not, how is it to be done as we have not seen it
done before?
Is
there anything wrong with an imaam who always recites
Soorah As-Sajdah for Fajr Prayer on Fridays?
If
someone joins the congregation while the imaam is making
rukoo', has he caught that rak'ah?
If
a pregnant woman dies, are there two janaazah prayers
performed or just one?
Supplication
& Thikr:
Is
it permissible to say "in shaa' Allaah" when
supplicating?
What
is the correct order to say the different supplications after
prayer, and are they to be said out loud or silently?
Fasting:
If
the majority of the Muslims in a city start their fast in Ramadhaan
based on a regional sighting of the moon and a small group of
them go by the global sighting, has this small group caused
division or are they correct?
Hajj
&'Umrah:
What
is the ruling on the black line at the Ka'bah that marks the
beginning and end of tawaaf, is a person required to
adhere to it?
I
want to make hajj but I can not wear the izaar without
something underneath it, what can I do?
Is
it permissible for a woman to breastfeed a child while she makes
tawaaf around the Ka'bah?
Medical:
What
is the Islaamic ruling on organ donation?
Miscellaneous:
Are
copyrights and intellectual property rights on translations
and other work considered legitimate rights in Islaam?
Is
it correct to refer to a scholar as "our father"?
Is
it permissible to eat or drink while walking?
Can
one drink standing up in the masjid in order to avoid sitting
down before praying tahiyyatul-masjid? And is tahiyyatul-masjid
obligatory?
What
is the meaning of the hadeeth that orders the one who drinks
standing up to force up (vomit) his drink?
When
is altering one's appearance considered changing Allaah's Creation
and thus prohibited? And what about false teeth, crowns, and
braces, are they permissible?
If
one goes from one side of a big city to another, can this be
considered traveling?
