QUESTION: Respected Mufti Saheb, please provide us with guidance on the matters below. There is an Aalim who has been saying/making misleading statements and will be coming to the country. Should the general masses be encouraged or discouraged from attending? Some...
Q1) Since we are nearing the end of year, many Maktab Madrassahs award learners for achieving 1st , 2nd and 3rd positions with trophies. What is the status of these trophies in Shariah? Do these resemble the Kufaar in any way? Can it be classified as Tashabbuh? A1)...
QUESTION: If a person does some exercises which may correspond to yoga, although there is no intent, but merely for the sake of exercise. Would it be permissible in Islam? ANSWER: Allah Ta’ala has blessed us with the pure and pristine Deen of Islam hence we as...
QUESTION: After the death of his second wife, Sayyidina Ummi Kulthoom, how many wives did Hadrat Uthmaan Radiallahu Anhu marry? ANSWER: After the demise of Ummi Kulthoom, Hadrat Uthmaan Radiallahu Anhu married six other women. He married a total of 8 wives. [Tareekh...
QUESTION: Would it be permissible to use the benefits of someone else’s medical aid scheme to get a discount when booking flights? ANSWER: One is permitted to take benefit from an involuntary medical aid policy. The example of an involuntary medical aid policy is...
QUESTION: Regarding fishing, there is a rule of catch and release. If at a certain dam owned by others ,this rule is enforced, and one catches and doesn't release but takes it and "hides" it away, is it permissible and Halaal to consume this fish? ANSWER: Firstly, one...
QUESTION: We are Baaligh women, and our ears are not pierced yet. Now we wish to have our ears pierced, but we cannot find a single lady to do it for us. In this situation, can we get our ears pierced by a male? ANSWER: It will not be permissible to have the ears...
QUESTION: Is it permissible to listen to the beat of music when doing exercise, with the intention of using the beat for pace and not for actual listening? ANSWER: It is Haraam to listen to the beat of music irrespective of one’s intention. ALLAH TA’ALA ALONE IN HIS...