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[Q-ID0822] If someone drinks alcohol or smokes drugs, is it true that their prayer is not accepted for 40 days?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب It is indeed mentioned in authentic ahādīth about the one who drinks alcohol that Allāh (Most Transcendent)…
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[Q-ID0821] Is it permissible to take up Law as a profession?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب It is not harām to become a lawyer. But to become a lawyer and lie for the sake of money is indeed…
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[Q-ID0820] Doctor is asked to reduce size of his beard due to COVID19, is this allowed?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب The minimum length of the beard being a fistful is Wājib, and to shave or trim it less than this is…
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[Q-ID0819] Is it permissible for a woman to travel alone in a taxi and is it allowed for taxi drivers to pick up lone female passengers?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب It is forbidden for a young woman to be in khalwah (seclusion), alone with a non-mahram man but it is not…
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[Q-ID0818] Is it permissible to deliver haram foods as a delivery driver?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب Such a delivery job role with McDonald’s in which one has to deliver pork or pizzas containing pork is…
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[Q-ID0817] Can the Jummah Salah be prayed at home?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب The blessed Jum’ah Salāh cannot be prayed at home because there are a few conditions for praying Jum’ah;…
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[Q-ID0816] What is the ruling on celebrating and greeting others on New Year’s Day?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب Even though the Hijri calendar begins on the first of Muharram -and Muslims should give greater…
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[Q-ID0815] Who is regarded as a Mahram and non-Mahram for both males and females?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب Those relatives whom a male cannot marry are the Mahrams of a male. In other words: 1 – Mother 2 – Daughter…
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[Q-ID0814] Is a woman entitled to half of all the wealth of a man upon divorce?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب A woman, after divorce, can demand the mahr [dower] from her husband, if the mahr was not already paid. She…
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[Q-ID0813] My father is telling me to cut ties with my sister, what shall I do?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب It is Harām [unlawful] for one to sever ties with one’s daughter, as showing compassion, mercy & kindness…
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[Q-ID0812] Can I marry someone against my parents wishes?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب If a woman married such a man who was compatible with her i.e. he is such in religion, lineage, occupation…
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[Q-ID0811] Is the reward for reading the English translation of the Qur’an the same as reading it in Arabic?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب One receives ten virtues for the praying of each letter of the Qur’ān in Arabic, and some are granted even…
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