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Question: What is the ruling if there are several groups of congregations in the same praying space? Answer: I’ll divide it into two locations which are the mosque and surau or surau in shopping complexes, R&R areas and others similar to them. Mosque here means the official mosque that is prepared for the congregation to […]

Question: Is it permissible for a resident to be the makmum of an imam who is a traveller? Answer: According to a hadith narrated by Imran bin Husain, he said: غَزَوْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَشَهِدْتُ مَعَهُ الْفَتْحَ فَأَقَامَ بِمَكَّةَ ثَمَانِيَ عَشْرَةَ لَيْلَةً لاَ يُصَلِّي إِلاَّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَيَقُولُ ‏ يَا أَهْلَ الْبَلَدِ صَلُّوا […]

Question: Is it permissible for a makmum who is performing qasar to follow an imam who is performing tamam prayer? Answer: Allah SWT states: وَإِذَا ضَرَبْتُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَلَيْسَ عَلَيْكُمْ جُنَاحٌ أَن تَقْصُرُوا مِنَ الصَّلَاةِ “And when you travel throughout the land, there is no blame upon you for shortening the prayer,” [1] From Ya’la […]

Question: Recently, there was news about reports that several houses in Kubang Keiran were robbed by toyol. Do you have any suggestions as to how we can protect our house from the disturbances of the creatures of the unseen? Answer: There is a possibility it is the actions of a robber. It is also possible […]

Question: Why did the Prophet PBUH name, Muhammad? Answer: Rasullullah PBUH said: لِي خَمْسَةُ أسْماءٍ: أنا مُحَمَّدٌ، وأَحْمَدُ وأنا الماحِي الذي يَمْحُو اللَّهُ بي الكُفْرَ، وأنا الحاشِرُ الذي يُحْشَرُ النّاسُ على قَدَمِي، وأنا العاقِبُ “I have five names. I am Muhammad. I am Ahmad. I am al-Mahi (the effacer), by whom Allah effaces kufr. I […]

Question: What is the ruling if a person puts a love padlock in certain places with the hopes of meeting his/her partner or so to have eternal love with their significant other? Answer: A sincere love comes from a heart that puts everything for the feeling of dependence towards Allah SWT as His slave. True […]

Question: What is the meaning of that the supplication we do at the end of our prayers will be granted? Answer: Among the times when we are encouraged to supplication in order for our supplication to be accepted is at the end of our prayer. This is based on a hadith narrated by Abu Umamah […]