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Purity Jurisprudence (Fiqh)
[Q-ID0846] When praying can I recite ayahs from the middle of a Surah or do I have to start from the beginning?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب One’s Salah is perfectly valid by reciting three or more verses from the middle of a Surah but is preferred…
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[Q-ID0845] Do I have to pay Zakah on property I bought to resell?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب The land that has been purchased to sell is business wealth, hence Zakāh is Fard for it, therefore Zakāh is…
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[Q-ID0844] Can a Father leave some of his children out of their inheritance?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب If a father divides his property during his lifetime amongst his offspring and gifts it to them, he should…
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[Q-ID0843] If your hand or clothes come into contact with a dog do they become impure?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب No! The hands do not become impure by the touching of a dog, and in a like manner if a dog has brushed past…
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[Q-ID0842] What should be done with left over food? Can we throw it away?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب Disposing of food by throwing it away in the bin, etc. is prohibited and is disrespectful to the food; it…
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[Q-ID0841] If my husband has committed adultery does that mean we are now divorced?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب To fulfil one’s desires with other women who are outside of one’s marriage is Harām [unlawful] and an…
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[Q-ID0840] Does a woman’s hymen have anything to do with her being a virgin or not?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب Such a presumption is totally contradictory to Islām and to blame a chaste woman just because of there…
Read the answerPrayer Guidance
[Q-ID0839] Is it permissible to hold or look at the Qur’an whilst praying Salah?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب No! It is not permissible in any Salāh – be it Fard, Sunnah or Nafl – for a man or woman to hold a physical…
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[Q-ID0838] Who led the funeral prayer of Prophet Adam and where is his place of burial?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب The Archangel Jibrīl – upon whom be peace – lead the funeral prayer of the Prophet Ādam – upon whom be…
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[Q-ID0837] If someone deceptively arranged for divorce papers and passed them to my wife, will divorce have occurred?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب No! When you yourself have neither divorced her verbally, nor in a written format, nor had the documents…
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[Q-ID0836] My Husband said I am divorced if I leave the house, will divorce have occurred if I left?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب When he said this sentence of ‘if you leave the home, then you are divorced thrice’ then these three…
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[Q-ID0835] If my mentally ill husband gives me a divorce, is it valid?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب If he really truly actually is somewhat mentally ill, so the divorce of a somewhat mentally ill person is…
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