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[Q-ID0430] If one from a non-Muslim couple becomes Muslim, is their nikah valid?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب If both the husband and the wife accept Islam, then their previous marriage contract remains intact. There…
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[Q-ID0429] Do I have to pay Zakah on cash I received from selling my house?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب Yes absolutely! You will have to pay Zakāh on the entirety of the money. Houses in England are bought by…
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[Q-ID0428] ‘If you do not come home tomorrow, then we are finished’ – is saying this a divorce?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب In the English language, this statement, ‘we are finished’ is ambiguous (kināyah); the divorce will only…
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[Q-ID0427] Can I spend my Zakah on my poor cousins wedding?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب Zakāh money cannot be spent on a wedding ceremony because making a shari’ faqeer [a poor person according…
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[Q-ID0426] Is it allowed to wear ‘Halal’ nail polish?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب Although it is permissible for a female to apply nail polish which is composed of halāl ingredients in…
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[Q-ID0425] Can Muslims eat Kosher/meat slaughtered by Jews?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب If a Jew from the Ahl al-Kitab (People of the Book) slaughters (an animal) by pronouncing the Name of Allah…
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[Q-ID0424] What is the point in making dua if everything is predestined by Allah?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب Yes, supplication changes preordainment. Calamities are averted due to supplication. The Messenger of Allah…
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[Q-ID0422] Who are ISIS and how do we recognise them?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب As far as my knowledge goes, the ISIS are a group of the Khawarij, which is a misguided sect. The first…
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[Q-ID0421] I remarried after hearing my Husband died, he is actually alive, whose wife am I?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب If the person who informed of her husband’s death is thiqah (trustworthy) and ‘ādil (just), it is…
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[Q-ID0420] When praying Salah how loud should the recitation be?
It is necessary (wājib) for the Imām to recite aloud in the audible prayers (two raka’ats of Fajr, first two raka’ats Maghrib and Īsha, and in all the raka’ats of Jummah, Eid…
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[Q-ID0419] What is the ruling on women wearing artificial jewellery?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب It is permissible for women to wear jewellery made from metals other than gold and silver. Its…
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[Q-ID0418] Does pre-ejaculation liquid make ghusl fard upon us? Can we pray in such a state?
All praises belong to Allāh, the Creator Most Sublime Who is Uncreated, the One Who has commanded the believers to purify themselves prior to standing for prayer. Peace and…
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