Reading Time: < 1 minuteQuestion (Q-98) Due to the heat, the youth attend the Masjid in vests instead of wearing shirts. When we ask them they say that the body parts that have to be hidden are only those between the naval and the knees. My question is whether Ṣalāh is valid in this situation. Answer:When a bondsman performs ..

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Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion (Q-97) What is the ruling according to Sharīʿah (Islamic Law) in relation to the use of e-cigarettes? Furthermore, what is the ruling in relation to selling e-cigarettes? Answer: If an e-cigarette is free from any Ḥarām (prohibited) substance and/or any intoxicant and it does not cause any bad odour to develop in the mouth ..

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Reading Time: 9 minutesQuestion (Q-96) How can a Muslim know for sure that his Duʿā (supplication) has been accepted? Answer: A Muslim should have certainty that the Almighty will certainly accept the Duʿā (supplication) of a believer. However, it is necessary that the etiquettes of Duʿā (supplication) are taken into consideration and that the believer seeks the times ..

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Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion (Q-94) I love a pious Muslim girl and I am waiting till my marriage to have her as a wife, with the Will of Allah. I do not have any contact with her as I know that this would go against the teachings of Islam. Please guide me in light of Islamic Law and ..

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Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion (Q-92) What is the ruling according to Sharīʿah (Islamic Law) in relation to mourning during the month of Muḥarram, expressing sorrow in this month and getting married in the month of Muḥarram? Answer: In the Name of the Almighty It is forbidden to mourn three days after the death of a deceased person. Beating ..

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Reading Time: 16 minutesQuestion (Q-91) What is the belief of Ahl al-Sunnah wa’l-Jamāʿah in relation to Sayyidah Āʿishah Al-Ṣiddīqah, Sayyidunā Muʿāwiyah and other Noble Companions who took part in the battles of Jamal and Ṣiffīn? Did these personalities repent from their standing in opposition to Sayyidunā ʿAlī (Allah grant nobility to his countenance)? Answer: In the Name of ..

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Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion (Q-89)Our father passed away and left one house in his inheritance. The value of the house at the time of my father’s death was seven hundred thousand Indian rupees. Its value is now seven million Indian rupees. His inheritors are the deceased’s wife, his mother, seven sisters, two daughters and one son. We do ..

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