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Children & Upbringing
[Q-ID0645] Is there any wazifah or ta’weez to protect my unborn child?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب There are several wazhīfahs and ta’wīdhs which one can pray to protect a pregnant woman – I’ll just request…
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[Q-ID0644] The Qur’an is placed above the Brides head when she leaves home after the marriage – is this allowed?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب It is permissible to place the Qur’ān over the head of one’s daughter, sister, etc at the time of giving…
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[Q-ID0643] How is it to call someone ‘Be-Imaan’ (faithless) as is commonly said by some Asians?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب The manner in which people in our society call someone be Imaan [faithless], the one who makes such a…
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[Q-ID0642] Does moving the hands repeatedly during Salah nullify the prayer?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب If a person, in any one of the rukn (pillars) of Salah (Qiyaam, Ruku, Sajdah or Tashahud) moved his hand…
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[Q-ID0641] Is it permissible to sleep or sit with our feet stretched towards the Qiblah?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب Sleeping or sitting with the feet stretched towards the Qiblah is disliked, prohibited and disrespectful.…
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[Q-ID0640] My left eye flickers, is this a bad sign?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب Islām has forbidden people from taking bad omens. To consider the flickering of the eye as a bad sign is an…
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[Q-ID0639] Is the gelatine from all animals haram to eat?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب The gelatine which is made from either, pig fat or the fat of haram animals or the fat of those halal…
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[Q-ID0638] What is the Islamic perspective on bullying?
All praises belong to Allāh, the Creator Most Sublime Who is Uncreated, the One Who has created us from a single male and female and made us peoples and tribes that we may know one…
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[Q-ID0637] What should be recited after the congregation prayer – dhikr, durood sharif or remain silent?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب After performing the congregation prayer, to recite dhikr loudly, meaning (loudly) reciting Kalimah and…
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[Q-ID0636] When finishing the Janazah prayer should both hands be dropped to the side together?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب Folding the hands during qiyām (standing posture) in prayer is a Sunnah, wherever there is the recital of…
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[Q-ID0635] Is watching cartoons Halal or Haram?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب Cartoons containing permissible acts are permissible to watch, and it is better to show kids cartoons…
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[Q-ID0634] What is the ruling on dog fighting and rooster fighting according to the Shari’ah?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب Making dogs, roosters, bulls, quails, partridges and other animals fight one another is impermissible and a…
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