Umrah Dress Code for Children
Q: What is the dress code for a 3 months old baby for umrah? A: There is no special dress code for a child when making Umrah or Hajj.
Pig Skin Leather Shoes
Q: Is it permissible to wear shoes that are from pig skin leather? A: It is haraam to wear shoes made of pig skin. All parts of the pig are haraam according to the Holy Quran.
Zakaat on Outstanding Debt
Q: I have some money in my savings account which I paid zakat for it last year in full. I did not use the money neither did I get more. I loaned the money to a family member, who still hasn’t paid it back to me. Ddo I still pay zakat on it this year? …
Status of the Green Dome
Q: What is the Islamic ruling regarding the green dome above the blessed grave of the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam in Madinah? A: Your query refers. When Rasoolullah sallallahu alayhi wasallam (May our lives and the lives of our children and parents be sacrificed for him!) passed away he was buried right at the …
Crying at Time of Tribulation
Q: I just wanted to clarify a bit of doubt that I have regarding trials and tribulations. I know that everything comes from Allah and that a Muslim is such that he is happy in all conditions, but sometimes it is hard to practice on that. Is crying because of a trial you have been …
Athaan for Newborn
Q: I have a question with regard to reciting the athaan and iqaama into the baby’s ear. In the moden day and according to my understanding, when a baby is born, the nurses wash the baby and thereafter take the baby to be examined before giving the baby to the parents. According to my understanding …
Shafi Joining Salaah on a Journey
Q: I live in Cape Town and planning to go on holiday to Johannesburg (travelling by car). My question: 1. Can I perform qasr (shortened salaah) and Jama Salaah (joining two salaahs) while travelling to Joburg? 2. I’m staying in Joburg for 4 days, can I perform qasr and Jama salaah during my stay? I’m …
Shafi Joining Salaah on a Journey
Q: I live in Cape Town and planning to go on holiday to Johannesburg (travelling by car). My question: 1. Can I perform qasr (shortened salaah) and Jama Salaah (joining two salaahs) while travelling to Joburg? 2. I’m staying in Joburg for 4 days, can I perform qasr and Jama salaah during my stay? I’m …
Bleeding in the Clean Period
Q: A female’s cycle can begin early or later every month. What I’d like to know is, if she got her menses for 15 days last month (shafiee) and her menses started 3 days earlier this month (it falls within the 15 days of purity) does she take it as istihaadah or as a new …
Stopping Wife Abuse
Q: If a woman is being brutally physically abused, also emotionally and financially and the husband’s family knows about it but the wife’s family does not, is it the duty of the in-laws to inform the wife’s family after trying to talk to the brother to stop abusing his wife and he does not? A: …