Q. Please advise if a female can visit a gym or a swimming pool which has cctv in its premises. R. Since the pool and gym is under cctv surveillance which can be viewed by males, it will not be permissible for a female to visit such places, especially since she will be wearing tight …
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Q: Is carp halaal? What about prawns? A: Carp is a fish and is, therefore, totally halaal. Prawns are not halaal in the Hanafi math-hab because this is not a fish. In the Hanafi math-hab, only fish among seafood is halaal.
Q: Is it true that 40 makrooh equal one haram? A: There is no teaching or law in Shariah that says 40 makrooh equal to one haraam. This is false. Yes, the Shariah says that when one commits a minor sin at least three times without making taubah, then that minor sin becomes a major sin.
Q: Is a woman allowed to use a razor to shave pubic hair? A: A woman is allowed to use a razor to shave hair under the arms and pubic hair.
Q: If a man purchases a house and his wife assists him with half the capital. He registers the house under his name and pays all the expenses. Now the marriage has broken. Is the wife entitled to the amount she originally donated or half the current value of the house? A: If the agreement …
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Q: Since I became baaligh I have not read any salah. Now I want to make Qadha but I do not have the first 8 months of my periods marked, how must I make qadha? Will it be permissible to make full 8 months including the 10 days of my periods? A: If you can remember …
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Q: If a person committed suicide can one go and read quran by the dead body? A: Yes, to read Quran by a deceased who died through suicide is permissible, as long as this is done after ghusl and kafan.
Q: If I had an operation, must I bury the skin they cut off or can it be burnt with the rest of the body parts? A: It is not permissible to burn parts of the body. These should be buried. One should try one’s best to get the hospital workers to do this, or else …
Q: If a woman is in pardah (wearing a niqab) is it permissible for her to converse freely with a non mehram male? A: Wearing a niqaab is one aspect of pardah. Conversing with males is another. In this, too, there is fitnah, and experience has shown that today even women behind veils end up in …
Q: Is it sunnat or permissible to raise the hands in dua during the Juma Khutba? A: To raise the hands in dua during the Juma Khutba is a bid’ah, as mentioned in several Hanafi Fataawa books. It appears in the Book of Imam Tirmizhi that the governor of Iraq, Bishar bin Marwaan once raised …
