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Selling the Right to Supply Merchandise in a Particular Locality

Question: Generally there is a custom in many cities that, in a certain area, only one particular person has the right to distribute merchandise in…

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Performing Salah with one’s Forehead Covered in a Warm Hat

Question: Usually in the winter season people wear warm hats on their heads by which their foreheads are covered. Is it necessary to uncover the…

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Are Fundraising Lunches, Dinners and Barbecues etc. Permissible?

In this detailed fatwa Mufti Abdul Qaiyyum (حفظه الله) of Jamea Islamia Dabhel, Gujrat, India, has proven the permissibility of raising funds through lunches, dinners…

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Taking a wage for Reciting the Quran on behalf of a Deceased

Question: How is it to take money for Quran Khaawni (reciting the Quran and gifting the rewards to the dead)? Answer: حامدا ومصليا ومسلما It is…

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Salah behind one who practices Bidah

Question: Can you pray behind someone who does tazeem and maulood? Trinidad Answer بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم حامدا ومصليا ومسلما Ta’dheem and Meelaad celebrations as…

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Using a House which was given as Collateral

Question: How is it to give an owner of a house, upon his request, some money, for instance, Rs. 20,000, and then live in his…

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The Criterion for The Ruling on any Sport or Game

Hazrat Mufti Taqi Usmani (حفظه الله) writes: As regards to the ruling of entertainment and sports in general, my teacher and my father ‘Allamah Mufti…

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Posted in Etiquettes (Sunan Wa Aadaab) Mother Udhiyah Aqeeqah

Two Aqeeqahs in a Large Animal

Question: Is it permissible to slaughter a large animal for the aqeeqah of two boys? Answer: The aqeeqah of two boys is permissible in a…

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Saying Salam to a Shia

Question: Are the Bori Shias outside the fold of Islam? Why? Is it allowed to say salam to them? If they say salam, then how…

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Travelling Without a Ticket

Question: If a person travels in a train in India without a ticket, would he be sinful in the eyes of Allah? Answer: حامدا ومصليا ومسلما…

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