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[Q-ID0621] Is there any dua I can recite to get a new job or promotion?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب One is to fast for three days consecutively from Wednesday to Friday, then having done Ghusl [bathed] for…
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[Q-ID0620] Is it permissible to go into a business partnership with a non-Muslim?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب There are two fundamental types of partnership: Mufāwadah [complete] ‘Inān [partial] ‘Inān [partial]…
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[Q-ID0619] Can we give Aqiqah meat to non-Muslims?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب The ruling of the meat for ‘aqīqah is like that of the meat for Qurbānī; just how it is prohibited to give…
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[Q-ID0618] Is it obligatory to listen to recorded audio of the Qur’an or Adhaan?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب It is not fard to listen to the recorded recitation of the Qur’ān because it has the ruling of an echo, but…
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[Q-ID0617] Can Muslims go to the Pub if they don’t drink any Alcohol?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب It is allowed to go to the supermarket to buy and sell halal things, because other than alcohol, there are…
Read the answerPurity Jurisprudence (Fiqh)
[Q-ID0616] After sexual intercourse I performed ghusl but there was semen discharge after – must I do ghusl again?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب One should not hasten to perform ghusl after intercourse, however before ghusl, one should allow some urine…
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[Q-ID0615] I went to sleep in a state menstruation but woke up with no menstruation – which prayers must I make up?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب Fulfilling the qadā of ‘Ishā is imperative for such a woman, and if the time of Fajr has passed i.e. been…
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[Q-ID0614] Can I use mouthwash that contains Alcohol?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب There are two types of mouthwash: One which is used to cure health problems in relation to the gums The…
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[Q-ID0613] Is the urine of a newborn child impure? Does it break Wudu or must we change our clothes?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب The urine of a human being is najāsah ghalīzhah [major impurity] and unclean, even if it is the urine of…
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[Q-ID0612] What is the benefit in reciting Ayah al-Kursi?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب Āyah al-Kursī holds great excellence and the religious & worldly benefits from reading it have been…
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[Q-ID0611] Is it permissible for women to grow long nails?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب A woman cannot keep long nail even for her own husband because it is a command of sharī’ah for her to cut…
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[Q-ID0610] Can we burn or recycle Islamic books & literature?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب Other than the Holy Qur’ān, one can burn or recycle Islamic books & literature by first removing the…
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