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[Q-ID0394] Are the earnings of a taxi-driver regarded as Halal?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب The taxi drivers’ income is absolutely lawful as they are charging them (the Englishmen) money to drop them…
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[Q-ID0393] Does a person who does not pray become a disbeliever?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب Yes this hadith is sahih and is narrated in four books of the Sihah Sittah (Six Authentic Books). It is…
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[Q-ID0392] Does having Devilish thoughts make me a Kafir? How do I stop them?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب Getting whisperings of unbelief in the heart and considering it to be bad to utter them is a sign of the…
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[Q-ID0391] What should I recite behind the Imam in prayer?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب It is makruh tahrimi (prohibitively disliked) and impermissible for a muqtadi (follower) to recite the…
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[Q-ID0390] I prayed in a room that had pictures on the wall, do I need to repeat the prayer?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب If a full-body picture of a living object is hung, out of respect, in front of the one offering salāh, or…
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[Q-ID0389] What is the ruling upon wastage in Islam? What is mubadhdhir and musrif?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب There are two scenarios in which isrāf is prohibited and a sin. The first is spending wealth upon a sin.…
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[Q-ID0388] Why can a man have upto 4 wives but a woman can only have one husband?
Allāh, to Him belongs all praise, the Creator Most Sublime Who is Uncreated. There is no better law-giver and judge for a people seeking certainty except Him. Peace and blessings…
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[Q-ID0387] What is the ruling on narrating forged events of Karbala? Should the Sahabah be mentioned in these gatherings?
The best of all remembrance [1] is the remembrance of Allâh; and best of such remembrance is Salāt. Yet, even Salāt is not permissible and forbidden if performed in the manner of…
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[Q-ID0386] Do I pay zakaat on my children’s savings and jewellery?
Assalāmu ‘alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakātuhu There are conditions for Zakaat to become obligatory upon an individual and from amongst these is that he/she be an adult. [Bahār e…
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[Q-ID0385] What is the ruling on women having IVF treatment?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب As per my knowledge, this treatment involves mixing of the male sperm and the female egg and fertilising in…
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[Q-ID0384] What should a Husband do if his Wife is suffering from vaginismus?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب The illness must be treated as vaginismus is a psychological condition and is very uncommon. Its cure is…
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[Q-ID0383] What is the minimum Mahr (dowry) & how much Mahr did the noble Prophet ﷺ give to his wives?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب The minimum quantity of Mahr is ten dirhams i.e. two tolas and seven and a half māsha (30.618 grams) of…
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