Q&As
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Is the follower or caller to innovation necessarily an innovator?
Question Regarding your text on following a Madhab being a Bid’ah (innovation), how about the ones who follow it and call to it? Does it make them callers to innovation? Answer 1. The standard to determine who becomes an innovator and who doesn’t become an innovator after calling to innovation or following it No judgment…
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Do you know better or our scholars?!
Question Despite us having the authentic evidence (Qur’an and Sunnah) on an issue, and the view of a scholar being erroneous, some people say: ‘Do you know better than the scholars? So every scholar is wrong now? His opinion is valid!’ How should we respond to them? Answer 1. The chain of transmission for these…
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When to perform the prostration of forgetfulness
Question When is it necessary to do Sujood as-Sahw (the prostration of forgetfulness)? Answer Allah made it obligatory to perform the Sujood As-Sahw, and he did not permit leaving it. The Prophet said: ‘When any one of you gets up and prays, Satan comes to him and confuses him until he does not know how…
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Distributing food to guests during the mourning period
Question I would like to ask about a matter related to our customs during the period of azaa (mourning). In our culture, during the three-day azaa period for a deceased person, people contribute money from their own pockets-not from the family of the deceased-to prepare food for the guests who come to visit the family.…
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MEN SHAVING BODY HAIR
Question Can I shave my beard until I’m 18 (I’m14 now)? What about my arms and legs? I go bodybuilding, and without arm and leg hair, I look better. So can I do that? What areas can I shave and can’t shave as a man? Answer Allah prohibited a man from shaving the beard, irrespective…
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BEING criticized for not taking knowledge from those my parents take from
Question Is there anything in Islam that prevents children from taking the religion from other than their parents or sources their parents have approved? My parents do not care for Aqidah, nor Madhabs, are not cautious about the Shias (my dad finds warnings against them stupid, and blames Salafis for it), and they have the…
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LEARNING THE QUR’AN’s RECITATION FROM RECORDINGS AND INNOVATORS
Question Could you please clarify the ruling in both cases, and whether either of these practices is considered haram? Answer
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THE EVIDENCE FOR KEEPING THE BEARD LONGER THAN ONE FIST-LENGTH
Question It is said that the beard should be a fist long and excess of this is an innovation. What is the proof for saying otherwise; that growing a beard greater than a fist-length is legislated? Answer Allah commanded the Muslim men to grow the beard. The Prophet said: ‘Oppose the Polytheists and leave your…
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STUDYING IN CO-EDUCATIONAL UNIVERSITIES
Question Please write a refutation of sisters going to University in the West, where there is unavoidable free mixing among other evils. Answer The questioner should rephrase this question, because the refutation is not just for the Muslim sisters. It is for the Muslim brothers as well, because just as it is Haram for women…
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Allah granting us something we didn’t hope for
Question I am trying to ensure I am understanding Tawakkul (relying on Allah) and Husn al-Dhan Billah (having good thoughts about Allah) correctly. Is it more correct to believe that Allah will certainly grant you a specific (halal) outcome you want the most in the Dunya? Or is it more correct to believe that although…