Q: What should I do when I have a doubt in my mind that my clothes are napak (ritually unclean) but I don’t know in reality? A. The clothes were originally Paak. Ignore the doubt and consider the clothes to be Paak (ritually clean). Shari’ah says that certainty cannot be removed by doubt. You were …
Q: Ajinomoto/Chinese salt khana shariat ke mutabik kesa he? Translation: Is is permissible to eat Chinese salt? A: Chinese salt (monosodium glutamate) Halaal hai.Translation: Chinese salt (monosodium glutamate) is Halaal. Moulana Yusuf LaherChecked by: Mufti Siraj Desai
Q: Is it true that Japan was hit by an earthquake because they were the first country to ban the Hijab, stop the teaching of the Quraan and first to tear up the pages of the Quraan? A: Please do not pay attention to stories that are not verified and substantiated. We have heard of …
Q: Is it permissible for a woman to sing or karaoke? A. Both singing and dancing are Haraam. Allaamah ibni Katheer records a narration in his Tafseer under verse 6 of Surah Luqmaan: And of mankind is he who purchases idle talks… Sayyidina Abdullah ibni Mas’ood (Radhiyallaahu Anhu) was asked regarding the meaning of idle …
Q: Does the wearing of black beads for babies have any basis in shariah? A: This has no basis in the Shari’ah. It is a Hindu custom and belief. Thus it must be avoided. Moulana Yusuf Laher
Q: I am a student studying in Turkey. Here, our girls need to wear long trousers. Over the trousers, we wear long clothes up to the knee. My friends told me wearing trousers is a characteristic of boys`style. They told me it is haram and not permissible. Is this true? A. Wearing of trousers/pants by …
Q: I was taught by my ustaads in madressah that it is not good to study, learn or sleep between asr and maghrib. How true is this? A. It does appear in the Hadeeth that sleeping after Asr can cause loss of intellect and senses, i.e. insanity. (Musnad Abu Ya’laa V8 P316). However, the chain …
Q: When is it menstruation and when is it istihaaza? What must the amount of days the gap should be? Do you count from day 1 of the cycle or from the day your cycle ends? A. The minimum time of Haidh (menstruation) is three days (72 hours). Any bleeding lasting for less than three …
Q: Is it ok to cut fingernails at night? A: The king Haroon Rasheed asked the Hanafi jurist Imam Abu Yusuf (Rahmatullaahi Alayh) regarding cutting nails at night. The Imam answered that it is permissible to cut the nails at night. (Fataawa hindiyyah V44 P27). Moulana Yusuf LaherChecked by: Mufti Siraj Desai
Q: What is Sufi Tariqa? I have a friend, a learned scholar, who has tried to get me involved with this type of religious order, but I am not so sure because I have learnt that the basis for their forms of thikr originates from certain phrases which a Sheikh claims to have been given …
