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[Q-ID0335] What are the manners of hospitality when having guests?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب The host must take care of the following things regarding hospitality: 1. The host must himself look after…
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[Q-ID0334] Should I propose directly a woman for marriage or ask my parents to ask her parents?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب If a man wishes to marry a woman, it is better for him to ask his parents to contact the woman’s parents.…
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[Q-ID0333] What is the method of performing Sajdah Tilawat (Prostration of Recitation)?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب Yes, he may perform the prostrations one after the other whilst sitting. Qiyām (standing) before and after…
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[Q-ID0332] How do we say Master in Arabic, is or Sayyiduna or Sayyidina?
All praises belong to Allāh, Creator Most Sublime Who is Uncreated. Indeed Allāh and His angels send blessings on the Prophet. Everlasting peace and ceaseless blessings be upon our…
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[Q-ID0331] What to do if little time for prayer remaining and you need to perform ghusl?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب If the time (for salāh) is very short such that if a person does ghusl, the salāh will become qadā’ (missed…
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[Q-ID0330] Performing the Janazah prayer in England and then in Pakistan, is this allowed?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب The deceased should be given ghusl once. In any situation, giving the deceased ghusl again is not needed…
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[Q-ID0329] What is the ruling on eating Ojri (stomach) and brains of an animal?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب All the body parts of a Halal animal (including meat, brain etc.) are Halal to consume. However, there are…
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[Q-ID0328] As the Imam, what do I recite after ‘samiAllahu liman hamidah’?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب Yes, the Imam should directly go into Sajdah whilst uttering اللہ اکبر after pronouncing سمع اللہ لمن حمدہ…
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[Q-ID0327] Whilst fasting does inhaling the fragrance of air freshener invalidate the fast?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب Inhaling such fragrance which is spread prior to the prayer in the Masājid of England nowadays i,e. air…
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[Q-ID0326] What are the physical restrictions between Husband & Wife during menstruation (hayz)?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب It is harām to have sexual intercourse in the state of menstruation. To consider intercourse to be…
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[Q-ID0325] What is the Preserved Tablet (al-Lawh al-Mahfooz) according to Sunni belief?
All praises belong to Allāh, the Creator Most Sublime Who is Uncreated, the One Who took an oath by the Pen and by what is written by it upon the Prescribed Tablet. Peace and…
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[Q-ID0324] Can a woman travel alone to perform Hajj or Umrah without a Mahram?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب Your mother cannot travel alone to Hijāz Sharīf without a Mahram, because for a woman to travel the…
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