Category Archives: English QNA

#98: Participation Fee as the Prize in a Competition

Question: Is it permissible to use the participation fee of the competition to buy the prize for the winner? Answer: Alhamdulillah, praise and gratitude to Allah SWT for His countless blessings for us all. Praise and salutations to our beloved Prophet Muhammad PBUH, his family, companions and all those who follow his footsteps until the […]

#97: Mistakenly Bought Gold Involves in Usury

Question: What is the status of the gold I’ve mistakenly bought for it involves usury where I have to pay first then I’ll receive the gold later? Answer: Alhamdulillah, praise and gratitude to Allah SWT for His countless blessings for us all. Praise and salutations to our beloved Prophet Muhammad PBUH, his family, companions and […]

#96: Settling Debt using Prohibited Money

Question: Is it permissible to settle one’s debt using prohibited money such as from the winnings of a lottery? Answer: Alhamdulillah, praise and gratitude to Allah SWT for His countless blessings for us all. Praise and salutations to our beloved Prophet Muhammad PBUH, his family, companions and all those who follow his footsteps until the […]

#93: The Imam Announcing Assolatul Jami’ah

Question: Assalamualaikum ustaz. Is it sunnah for an imam to announce assolatul jami’ah to the makmum after the iqamah before the obligatory prayer is performed? This confused me greatly, for what I know, the obligatory prayer is performed after calling only adhan and iqamah. Hope for an explanation. Answer: Alhamdulillah, praise and gratitude to Allah […]

#92: Paying More Than What is Owed

Question: Assalamualaikum ustaz. If a person pays more than what he owed, is it considered as interest? Answer: Alhamdulillah, praise and gratitude to Allah SWT for His countless blessings for us all. Praise and salutations to our beloved Prophet Muhammad PBUH, his family, companions and all those who follow his footsteps until the Last Day. […]

#91: Jamak Friday and Asar Prayer

Question: Assalamualaikum ustaz. Is it permissible to perform jamak Friday and Asar prayer? Answer: Alhamdulillah, praise and gratitude to Allah SWT for His countless blessings for us all. Praise and salutations to our beloved Prophet Muhammad PBUH, his family, companions and all those who follow his footsteps until the Last Day. First, a traveller is […]

#90: Calling the Iqamah Walking

Question: Assalamualaikum ustaz. Is it permissible to call the iqamah walking? Answer: Alhamdulillah, praise and gratitude to Allah SWT for His countless blessings for us all. Praise and salutations to our beloved Prophet Muhammad PBUH, his family, companions and all those who follow his footsteps until the Last Day. Iqamah is a muakkad sunnah the […]

#89: The Imam Forgets to Recite al-Fatihah

Question: Assalamualaikum ustaz. If an imam forgets to recite al-Fatihah in the second rakaat but just recite the surah. Although the makmum has signalled the mistake of the imam, the imam just continues his surah recitation and then bowed (rukuk). What is the status of the prayer? Answer: Alhamdulillah, praise and gratitude to Allah SWT […]