Q: How do I send dua (supplication) for my mother who has died, since I can not read Arabic? Can I get a transliteration? A: Du'aa is not compulsory in Arabic, nor is there a need for a transliteration. Make Du'aa in your own language for her forgiveness, comfort in the grave, elevated status in […]
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Q: How do I send dua (supplication) for my mother who has died, since I can not read Arabic? Can I get a transliteration? A: Du'aa is not compulsory in Arabic, nor is there a need for a transliteration. Make Du'aa in your own language for her forgiveness, comfort in the grave, elevated status in
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Q: If a woman experienced an orgasm but no intercourse took place, is ghusl (bath) necessary? A: Ghusl will be compulsory upon the woman who experiences an orgasm. Mufti Siraj Desai
Q: If a woman experienced an orgasm but no intercourse took place, is ghusl (bath) necessary? A: Ghusl will be compulsory upon the woman who experiences an orgasm. Mufti Siraj Desai
Q: Can you perform qasr salaah when on holiday at a holiday house with all comforts available? A: Qasr Salaah is a gift from Allah Ta'aala to this Ummat, and a Divine gift should not be refused. The criterion for Qasr Salaah is the distance being travelled and the duration of stay at the temporary
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Q: Can you perform qasr salaah when on holiday at a holiday house with all comforts available? A: Qasr Salaah is a gift from Allah Ta'aala to this Ummat, and a Divine gift should not be refused. The criterion for Qasr Salaah is the distance being travelled and the duration of stay at the temporary
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This site is dedicated to the Fataawa (Islamic Rulings) of Mufti Siraj Desai, his articles, books and talks. Mufti Saheb qualified from Jalalabad Darul Uloom, India. He is currently the Principal of Darul Uloom Abu Bakr, Port Elizabeth and Imam of Musjid Abu Bakr. Mufti Saheb answers Islamic questions via: sms: 084 574 9891mail: PO
Q : Nowadays there are a number of Islamic radio stations and satellite channels. What is the ruling in Islam of listening to these broadcasts? A: Radio has to be understood on the following principle: ‘Its good is good and its bad is bad’. In other words, it has good and it has bad. The
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Q : Nowadays there are a number of Islamic radio stations and satellite channels. What is the ruling in Islam of listening to these broadcasts? A: Radio has to be understood on the following principle: ‘Its good is good and its bad is bad’. In other words, it has good and it has bad. The
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Q: Can a male talk with his female cousins? A: A man’s female cousin or his male cousin’s wife are not his mehrams, so there has to be purdah or hijaab between the two. In Surah Noor, verse 31, Almighty Allah mentions a list of mehram males with whom a woman may interact; the cousin
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