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Ramadan & Fasting
[Q-ID0347] At what age should a child be commanded to fast?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب When the child turns 10 years old (lunar) and has the ability to fast, he must be made to fast. It is…
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[Q-ID0346] What are the legally valid excuses of not fasting?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب There are some excuses due to which there is permissibility of not fasting during Ramadān. It is obligatory…
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[Q-ID0345] My local Imam recites too fast & makes mistakes, can I read shorter Tarawih elsewhere?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب If the Quran is read at your local masjid with such a fast pace that some words are being left out and some…
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[Q-ID0344] What to recite to make the most of Ramadan?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب One must find time for worship during Ramadan, because we do not know if we will be blessed with these…
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[Q-ID0343] Can I pray the Tarawih prayer at home instead of the Masjid?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب Jama’ah for the Tarawih prayer is a sunnah kifayah (collective sunnah). If all the people of the masjid…
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[Q-ID0342] Can a Taxi Driver be excused from Fasting in Ramadan?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب If a taxi driver intends to travel 57.5 miles (92km approx.) or more to another city and exits the…
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[Q-ID0341] Does backbiting and swearing invalidate the fast during Ramadan?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب Backbiting, slandering, swearing, etc. are impermissible and harām (prohibited), and more harām during…
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[Q-ID0340] Should Women who are on their Periods, eat publicly or privately during Ramadan?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب A woman on her menstrual period during Ramadan has the authority to eat and drink either openly or…
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[Q-ID0339] Can I perform wudu wearing eye-liner?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب Wudu is invalid when done after applying an eye liner. This is because an eye liner is dense and thick, and…
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[Q-ID0338] Can we wear na’layn (blessed sandal) hats and pray wearing them?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب There is no problem in wearing a hat with a Motif of the Blessed Sandal. Offering Salāh by wearing it is…
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[Q-ID0337] What does Islam say about forced marriages? Are such nikahs valid?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب Parents cannot marry off their adult male and female children without their consent. If the parents try to…
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[Q-ID0336] I am a female school teacher, can I miss Zuhr prayer and then pray it later at home?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب No, missing Salāh without any valid reason as approved by the Sharī’ah is a grave sin and harām…
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