Question Dear Sir, Assalam u alaikum. Can you please clarify me regarding the followings: Is Dua-e-Masurah a ‘must’ for Naamaz? I have heard that its ‘Sunnat’ and not ‘Farz’. Is using foreign perfume ‘Haram’? I have heard a local tv program declaring it as ‘haram’ whereas I found it in a ‘Question-Answer’ session of your […]
Archives for July 2005
Regarding Some Souls Being Acquainted With Each Other before Coming Into This World
روي أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: الأرواح جنود مجندة، فما تعارف منها ائتلف وما تناكر منها اختلف. It is narrated that the Prophet (pbuh) said: [Before coming into this world] the souls were like enlisted troops,1 those that were well acquainted with each other [before coming into this world] are harmonious with […]
Islam and Dance
Question I have a question regarding Indian classical dance! Firstly, I have heard many different opinions regarding this topic and I wanted to know where Islam stands in relation to this. I understand that dancing among women is permissible but on the contrary, I have heard from many people that performing is haram. In general, […]
Equality of Human Beings
Question First of all I want to congratulate you on producing an understandable and logical resource about Islam. I also want to thank you as your work has helped me alot in my belief. My question is are the Sayyads, the decebdants of Prophet (PBUH), superior to rest of human beings? It is generally believed […]
Polyandry – Having More Than One Husband
Question In the past Muslims used to answer the question that why woman cannot have more than one husband was that then we would not know who is the father of the child. But today we can find out who the father is by DNA testing. So today how can we answer the question why […]
Queries Regarding Istikharah
Question Imam Sahib, further to your reponse, can you please shed thoughts in the light of Quran and Sunnah on the following queries; In case of marriage, should an istikhara be done without the parents actually meeting each other and trying to exchange information and evaluate to the best of their knowledge? Should it be […]
More on the Law of Inheritance
Question Please clarify and explain the following questions. 1) How did you derive from 4:11, 4:12 & 4:112 that there are two categories of inheritors and that the first right of the property lies with the first category and then the remaining wealth/property is distributed to the second category. 2) Surah 2:180 states that “And […]
Leaving a Bad Marriage
Question sallam to all. dear scholar i would like to ask you a queation and i am in need of help hope you can help me here. i am ali and been married to my wife for 3 years it was an arranged marriage, every since we got married we never enjoyed the sex there […]
Phone Sex
Question I would like to know whether i am committing a sin by talking to my finacee intimetly over the phone,intimetley i mean we make each other climax ,plz tell me if it is haram what we are doing or not.wasllaam Answer The Shari’ah (i.e. Islamic Law) does not mention this directly. However, in the […]
Friendship With a Qadiani
Question We have a goup of four friends ,One of my friend is qadiani, we are livinig in canada and working together in a comapany in the same department, This qadiani friend had helped me to get job in his department. He is married and have two year daughter and i have two little daughters […]