Q: I would like to know how do I know if I qualify for a bursary that uses zakaat funds to pay university fees? I am a university student that does not earn any income. What are the rules regarding eligibility to receive a zakaat bursary? A. For a person to qualify for the acceptance […]
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Q: What do we recite in the 3rd or 4th rakat of a farz namaz like zuhar, asar and isha? A. Recite only Surah Faatihah in the third and fourth Rakaats of a Fardh Namaaz. Moulana Yusuf Laher Checked by: Mufti Siraj Desai
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Q: I am a diabetic and follow the shafi mathab. My fidyah works out to be R375 for 30 days. Can I pay this fidyah money to my father-in-law who is 65 and gets a grant and pension every month? A. If the grant, pension, etc. which he receives is sufficient for him; the Fidyah
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Q: I build a house with intentions to live there. Later if I rent this house how will the zakat be calculated? A: Zakaat will be paid on the rental income, which will be added to your other cash at the end of one Islamic year. Zakaat is not payable on the value of the
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Q: Does one have to wear leather socks to do masah or can you do it with normal cotton socks instead of leather socks A: Masah is only permitted on leather socks, or any socks that are as durable and strong as leather, such as seal skin or neoprene socks. Masah is not permissible or
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Q: 1) If a man is sitting in the ‘Tashah-hud’ position in the middle of the prayer hall and he falls asleep, without leaning on anything and he wakes up while still sitting in the same position i.e. he does not wake up due to falling or even jerking, does his wudu break? Please provide
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Q: Is the zikr of ‘Yaa Ghaus Almadad’ permissible and if not is salaat permissible behind a imam who makeS this zikr in his weekly zikr program together with the salami etc while standing? What is the state of iman (faith) of the person? A. The Zikr of ‘Yaa Ghaus Almadad’ is not permissible because
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Q: Are the sufi practices of Moulana Rumi such as the whirling Zikr acceptable in Islam and can he be considered to be a Wali (saint)? A. Moulana Jalaaluddeen Rumi (Rahmatullaahi Alayh) was a Wali of a very high ranking, an Aalim and a master of Tasawwuf. To attribute the ‘whirling Zikr’ to him is
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Q: Is it possible to pray Eid Namaz in the same Masjid but on a different date i.e. one group would pray on 1st January and the other on 2nd January? A: To offer Eid prayers in this manner is not allowed in Shariah, because it is certain that one of the two Eids is
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Q: Why did Allah used a Female Noun (Isim muannas) to refer to Adam alaihis salaam in the following verse (7:189)? Why did not Allah use masculine nouns to refer to Adam alaihis salaam? A. Although Nafs in this verse refers to Sayyidina Adam (Alayhis Salaam), the word 'Nafs' is Mu'annath (feminine) in Arabic grammar.
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