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.
Fiqh
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 …
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 …
Sunnah Practices for Newborn
Q: What are the sunnah practices I can follow for my new born baby girl? A: The following are sunnah practices: 1) Athaan in right ear and iqaamah in left ear (in normal voice, not shouting)2) Tahneek: a pious person or aalim to put honey or chewed dates in baby’s mouth3) On 7th day — …
White Discharge and Ghusl
Q: In the morning when I wake and I found a stain of dry white substance/dry white spot of fluid on my clothes not due to desire of sex, orgasm, and with no other sexual feelings. Is ghusl (bath) fardh (compulsory)? If after I urinate a thick white discharge falls on the clothes is wudhu …
Making Wudhu in Menstruation
Q: Can women make Wudhu in menstruation? I have heard that menstruating women, after listening to each athaan, should make Wudhu and sit on the prayer mat and do zikr? Is it true? A: It is permissible for a woman to make Wudhu and sit on her musalla (prayer mat) to make zikr during haiz …
Using Facebook
Q: I want your guidance on whether using Facebook and other social networking websites is halal or haram. Facebook is a place where the following happens: 1. Male and female interaction through chats, 2. Every sort of pictures (mehram and na-mehram), 3. Videos and music of every type, 4. On special forums and pages people …
Wudhu and Washing Child
Q: If you have wudhu and you wash your child (6 years old) after he/she passes stool is your wudhu broken? A: According to the Hanafi Mathab one’s wudhu will not break. According to the Shafi Mathab touching one’s own private part or the private part of another will break wudhu. (Al Muhathab 1:24) Mufti …