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Alcohol in Perfumes

Question:  What is the ruling concerning applying perfumes that are available in the market nowadays? What is the ruling of performing salah after applying such…

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Take Shelter in times of Fitnah

Imam Bukhari narrates in his authentic compilation of hadith that the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) said,  “A time will come that…

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Posted in Usulul Hadith

Classification of Ahadith as authentic, sound, weak or fabricated is an issue of Ijtihad

Ijtihad is the expenditure of mental and intellectual effort to solve an issue. The Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) says: “When a judge…

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Posted in Sharhul Hadith

No contradiction between Hadith of Fasting and Spending on Aashuraa

Question: There seems to be a contradiction between the hadith of fasting on the 10th of Muharram and the hadith that encourages free spending on…

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Posted in Method of Performance

To recite in the seven qiraat in Salah

Question: How is it to recite in the seven qiraats in salah for the one who knows it? Answer: حامدا ومصليا ومسلما Salah is correct and…

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Posted in Rulings

Status of the Hadith concerning spending freely on Aashura

من وسّع على عياله يوم عاشوراء وسع الله عليه سائر سنته ‘Allah will grant prosperity throughout the year to the person who spends freely on…

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Posted in Ghusl (Bath)

To delay the ghusl (bath) of Janabah (major ritual impurity)

Question: People say that if one walks on the earth in the state of janabah (major ritual impurity) then the earth curses the person. Is…

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Is a non-baligh allowed to correct the Imam in Taraweeh?

Question: There is a minor (non-baligh) boy who is a hafiz of the Quran. The minor after taking precautions concerning purity joins the salah. Will…

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If one recites سبه instead of سبحه his salah becomes fasid

Question: Imam saheb started reciting Surah Dahr in Fajr salah. He recited around 13 to 14 verses and then made rukoo’. In the second rakat…

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To perform Asr on the mithlul awwal (first shadow) occasionally

Question: I live in such a city where there are a lot of ghair muqalledeen. Almost all the imams of the masaajid are ghair muqallids…

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