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This is a contemporary issue on which scholars differ. Many counsel caution due to the high uncertainty (gharar), speculation, and absence of tangible backing, while som…
Read full answerFixing specific days such as the third or fortieth after death for feasts and ceremonies is not established from the Sunnah and is regarded as a disliked innovation, par…
Read full answerYes. Reciting the Qur’an, giving charity, and performing other good deeds with the intention of conveying the reward (isal-e-thawab) to a deceased Muslim is permissible …
Read full answerThe Deobandi scholars hold that, especially in times of widespread temptation, a woman should cover her face in front of non-mahram men when going out. This is based on …
Read full answerIn the Hanafi school a menstruating woman does not recite the Qur’an verbally nor touch the mushaf. She may, however, engage in dhikr, du’a, istighfar, sending salawat, …
Read full answerThe traditional Deobandi position is that making pictures of animate beings is impermissible, with an exception for genuine necessity such as identity documents and pass…
Read full answerLengthening the beard is an emphasised Sunnah of all the Prophets. The Hanafi/Deobandi position is that it is obligatory to keep the beard at least a fist-length; shavin…
Read full answerThe position of the Deobandi scholars, based on the majority view, is that instrumental music is impermissible. Vocal nasheed and recitation without instruments are perm…
Read full answerConventional commercial insurance contains riba (interest) and gharar (excessive uncertainty) and is therefore impermissible. Shari’ah-compliant cooperative alternatives…
Read full answerYes, provided the higher price is fixed and agreed at the time of the contract. It is permissible to sell an item for more on deferred payment than its cash price. What …
Read full answerJobs that directly involve recording, processing, calculating or witnessing interest-based transactions are impermissible, as they amount to assisting in riba. Some genu…
Read full answerNo. Riba (interest) is categorically forbidden in the Qur’an and Sunnah. Taking or paying interest through conventional banking is impermissible. If interest has been cr…
Read full answerA divorce uttered intentionally while a person is aware of what they are saying takes effect, even if they were angry. The only exception is extreme rage that removes a …
Read full answerAccording to the Hanafi school and the majority of scholars, if a man pronounces three divorces — whether in one sitting or separately — all three take effect (talaq mug…
Read full answerMahr is an obligatory right of the wife and must be specified and paid. The husband cannot reduce or cancel it unilaterally; it may only be waived if the wife, of her ow…
Read full answerIn the Hanafi school the nikah of a sane, adult woman to a compatible (kufu) husband is valid even if contracted by herself, though it is recommended and more dignified …
Read full answerNo. In the Hanafi school a valid nikah requires the presence of two adult Muslim male witnesses, or one male and two female witnesses, who hear the offer and acceptance.…
Read full answerIn the Hanafi school a woman must travel for Hajj with her husband or a mahram if the distance is that of a shar’i journey (approx. 77 km or more). Without a mahram, Haj…
Read full answerOutstanding debts are settled first. Hajj becomes obligatory only when a person owns wealth surplus to their essential needs and debts, sufficient to cover the journey a…
Read full answerA chronically ill or very elderly person who has no hope of being able to fast gives fidyah for each missed fast by feeding a poor person two meals (equivalent to sadaqa…
Read full answerAn inhaler delivers medicine into the throat and lungs, so using it during the fast generally breaks the fast and a qaza is required. A person with a genuine medical nee…
Read full answerSwallowing one’s own natural saliva does not break the fast. Deliberately gathering saliva and then swallowing it, or swallowing phlegm, is disliked but does not break t…
Read full answerNo. If a fasting person eats or drinks forgetfully, the fast remains valid and they should continue fasting, as this is a provision from Allah. The fast only breaks if o…
Read full answerNo. A valid zakat payment requires tamleek — transferring ownership of the wealth to an eligible poor person. Constructing a masjid, road or well does not fulfil tamleek…
Read full answerZakat may be given to needy relatives except those in one’s direct line — parents, grandparents, children, grandchildren — and between spouses. Giving zakat to a deservi…
Read full answerYes. In the Hanafi school, zakat is obligatory on gold and silver jewellery once it reaches the nisab, whether it is worn, stored or kept for use.
Read full answerZakat is due at 2.5% on qualifying wealth held above the nisab for one lunar year. The nisab is the value of 612.36 grams of silver or 87.48 grams of gold. When a person…
Read full answerMissed obligatory prayers must be made up; they are not waived by mere passage of time. One should make them up as soon as possible, and observe the proper order where t…
Read full answerThe preferred Hanafi practice is to say “Ameen” silently, both for the imam and the followers.
Read full answerIn the Hanafi school the follower (muqtadi) does not recite behind the imam in any prayer; the imam’s recitation suffices for those behind him, whether the prayer is aud…
Read full answerIn the Hanafi school the prayers are not combined in a single time (jam’) except at Arafah and Muzdalifah during Hajj. A traveller instead shortens the four-rak’ah fard …
Read full answerYes. In the Hanafi school, blood (or pus) that flows from a wound and moves beyond its point of exit breaks the wudu. A small drop that does not spread does not break it.
Read full answerMasah is valid over leather socks (khuffayn) that cover the ankles and can be walked in. The duration is 24 hours for a resident and 72 hours for a traveller, counted fr…
Read full answerIn the Hanafi school, merely touching a woman (skin to skin) does not break wudu, as long as no impurity is discharged. This differs from the Shafi’i position. Wudu brea…
Read full answerStudying and mentioning the blessed seerah and sending salawat upon the Prophet ﷺ is praiseworthy at all times. Fixing a particular date as a binding ritual, or holding …
Read full answerAsking a living person for ordinary help they are able to provide is permissible. However, calling upon the deceased or asking any creation for matters that only Allah c…
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