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[Q-ID0752] What is the ruling on having tattoos? Do we have to remove them? What about Converts who had them before becoming Muslim?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب Having one’s name pierced into the skin or getting a tattoo of any design is impermissible and one is to…
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[Q-ID0751] Is it permissible to turn off the life support machine for someone critically ill?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب If a patient is living on a life support machine and it is known that turning it off will kill him, then it…
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[Q-ID0750] What steps should we take when seeing someone die in front of us?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب When a person is nearing death, it is sunnah to turn them to their right and their face towards the Qiblah.…
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[Q-ID0749] Can I pray Zuhr at its end time and then Asr straight after as soon as it enters?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب To pray Zhuhr at its end time and Asr at its start time due to an excuse is permissible. This is called…
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[Q-ID0748] Which colours can men dye their head and beard hairs to?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب It is not permissible for men to apply black coloured dye on their head hair or beard for that matter;…
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[Q-ID0747] Is there any reward in just looking at the Qur’an?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب Yes indeed! Looking at the Qur’ān is ibādah and a person is rewarded for worship. It is also narrated from…
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[Q-ID0746] Someone owes me money but wants to pay me back from money he won from gambling – is this permissible?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب If one knows that the wealth being given from gambling is, in essence, Harām wealth, then it is not…
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[Q-ID0745] Is it necessary to follow one of the 4 Madhab’s?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب All the four Imāms are upon the truth and to do taqlīd (following) of one of them i.e. to act according to…
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[Q-ID0744] Can a male doctor check the private parts of a female to cure an illness?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب Our respected jurists of Islām due to need have permitted doctors to look, in fact, even touch the area…
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[Q-ID0743] Does meat become Haram to consume if it does not remain in the sight of a Muslim during the delivery process?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب In the aforementioned case, whether the company receiving the meat does so via road, sea, or air, they are…
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[Q-ID0742] Is it permissible to have a ‘Khatam’ for a deceased person, do they receive the reward?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب It is permissible and a pleasant act to send the reward of reciting the Holy Qur’ān, the Kalimah [1st & 2nd…
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[Q-ID0741] Is it permissible for a taxi-driver to fix a price with a passenger and not use his meter?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب It is permissible to accept a taxi job having fixed a certain price to travel to a particular place, and…
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