Author: Ibn Suleman
The selling price will be used when calculating zakat
Question: At the time of calculating zakat on merchandise (like clothing etc.) will we use the cost price or the selling price? Answer: حامدا ومصليا ومسلما…
Is there zakat on the ingredients used in a restaurant?
Question: In the restaurant business there is always around $10,000 of raw material (ingredients) like flour, oil, sugar etc. in stock. This stock is also…
Is there Zakat on security deposits?
Question: In Mumbai when renting a house there is a custom of taking a deposit with the rent. It is very difficult to get a…
جامع الأسرار في شرح المنار
جامع الأسرار في شرح المنار Jaame’ Asraar Sharh Manaar https://archive.org/details/JameaAsrar1 This is a brilliant 5 volume commentary on Nasafi’s usulul fiqh manual “Manaar”.
The permissibility of using weak hadith as proof when it is supported by circumstantial evidences
Previously we mentioned that classifying hadith as authentic and weak is an ijtihaadi issue. Therefore if a hadith is graded as dhaeef, it does not…
Reciting a surah in the 1st rak’ah then skipping a surah and reciting the one that comes after in the 2nd rak’ah
Question: If a person had recited Kafiroon and then Nasr in the first two rak’ahs of Witr, then how is it to recite surah Ikhlaas…
تفسير النسفي
مدارك التنزيل وحقائق التأويل المعروف بتفسير النسفي https://archive.org/details/fiqhulislam_hotmail This tafseer is written by Imam Abul Barakaat Nasafi, who is the author of Kanzud Daqaaiq in Hanafi…
The bathing, shrouding and janazah of a body on which a post-mortem examination was conducted
Question: A person died in an accident. A post-mortem examination was conducted on him. His body was then sent to his home three days later….
Menopause and Haidh; A Misconception
In many books of Islamic Jurisprudence the issue of haidh (menstrual cycles) and menopause is discussed. Some Fuqaha say that there is no specified age…
The Job is not a valid excuse for missing Jumuah
Question: Zaib, Bakr and Umar are Hanafis and they work in a company in the city. Due to their jobs, they do not find the…