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  • Unintentional mistakes of Muslims are pardoned

    Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuh. What is the ruling on hurting someone unintentionally, like when you bump into them, for example, or when your pockets are full of things, so the person praying beside you gets hurt or feels uneasy. .. More

  • Saying to another: ‘Give me some of your rewards’

    Assalaamu alaykum. Oftentimes, a man says something like, "Brother, give me some of your rewards, as you have earned much reward by doing much good deeds,"to another who is more pious. Is this Shirk (polytheism) given that no one except Allah can give this reward? .. More

  • Supplicating Allah to vanish because of not wanting this life or Paradise

    If somebody does not want anything from this world and also does not want Heaven and supplicates God to make him vanish, will God answer such supplication or not? .. More

  • Muslim should ask about what benefits him

    Salam. I would like to know if there was any black Prophet in Islam; why are all the Prophets which we heard of all white or asian? .. More

  • Supplication may be said once or thrice or otherwise

    Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu, Shaykhs. It is from the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam,to repeat the supplication thrice. Hence, if I am making a supplication that has multiple things in it, but I repeat one part of the supplication thrice, will it be Sunnah or not? Or will it be an innovation? For example,.. More

  • Writing false information in CV

    I work as an IT engineer for an engineering firm. When I applied for the job, I listed a Microsoft certification on my CV, under the college where I studied at, but I have not passed it yet, and it does not say specifically say that I have passed it, but it could have deceived the recruiter into thinking that I passed it. (My recruiters for the job.. More

  • Breaking promises made to Allah

    I have made 21 promises to Allaah. I never said, "By Allaah I will not do this or do that." What do I need to do? My intentions were not to break them, but because I made so many promises, I was unsure whether I had said them or not and then ended up breaking most of my promises. .. More

  • Supplicating Allah for new teeth

    I am 32 years old. The majority of my teeth are broken and worse. My question is: can I supplicate for new teeth from Allaah? Is that permissible? .. More

  • Starting supplication with Basmalah not obligatory

    Is it mandatory in the supplication or in Thikr (expressions of remembrance of Allaah) to start with the Basmalah (saying 'Bismillaahi-r-Rahmaani-r-Raheem' [In the name of Allaah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful]), or can we just start without it? Does a person bear any sin if he does not say the Basmalah? What if someone forget to say.. More

  • Parents refuse that son travels to live in Muslim country

    Assalaamu alaykum scholars. My question is regarding what it means to not be able to practice one's religion in a non-Muslim country. Currently, I am 19 years old, and I live in Spain. I would like to migrate and live with the rest of my family in Algeria (as we are from Algeria), but my parents oppose that. Here in Spain, I am able to practice all.. More

  • Dutifulness to non-Muslim parents

    I heard that the pleasure of Allaah comes through the parents; is this the case with disbelieving parents as well? .. More

  • Ruling on mocking insects

    Assalaamu alaykum. A fellow student showed me a video comic about a bee "sexually" (non-graphic) violating a flower. She only showed it to me because she finds the voice of the bee in the comic funny. That left me wondering; is mocking bees considered a major sin? After all, they are mentioned in the Quran. I am afraid, because I may have smiled during.. More

  • Supplicating during rainfall not necessarily done in rain

    Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu Shaykh. Is it a condition that in order for one's supplication to be answered during rain, one must be outside, in the rain? Or can one sit inside a room and supplicate while it is raining outside? Is it the same? May Allaah reward you, Shaykh. .. More

  • Failing to forbid backbiting out of shyness

    Assalaamu alaykum, Scholar. First, I want to thank you all for answering my questions. I have a problem: whenever I hear Gheebah (backbiting), I almost always feel to shy to react. However, this does not happen with everyone; there are situations in which I do not feel shy to correct certain people. And as we know, Gheebah may be the most common sin.. More

  • Reading Quran and watching pornography on same device

    What is the ruling on the one who reads the Quran and watches pornography on the same device? Is it Kufr (disbelief) because he is degrading the Quran? What is the ruling on sending Quranic verses on Facebook, on which you can find sexual content also? .. More