Category Archives: English QNA

Question: What is the ruling of selling flowers for the praying ritual of another religion? Answer: Islam ruled the activity of trade (buying and selling) between Muslims and non-Muslims. Among the evidences for this is a hadith from Aisyah radhiyallhu ‘anha: اشْتَرَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْ يَهُودِيٍّ طَعَامًا بِنَسِيئَةٍ، وَرَهَنَهُ دِرْعَهُ “God’s […]

Question: What is the ruling of transplanting swine organs to humans? Isn’t swine categorized as najis mughalllazah in Islam? Answer: I have explained the rulings of organ and tissue transplants here. As for organ or tissue transplant from one species in another also known as xenotransplantation, it needs further detailed discussion. Xenotransplantation is (i) the […]

Question: Is it possible for me to meet my pet again after I die in the hereafter? Answer: Abu Hurairah radhiyallahu ‘anhu said: إن الله يحشر الخلق كلهم، كل دابة وطائر وإنسان، يقول للبهائم والطيركونوا ترابًا “Indeed, Allah will gather all creations (in the hereafter). (Which consists of) every animal, birds and humans. Then, Allah […]

Question: What should I do if I’m praying while being slightly deviated from the qibla? Should I continue my prayer in congregation at the surau or is it invalid after I realized that the qibla is wrong? Answer: Facing the Kaaba (the qibla) means a person facing the qibla with his chest, not his head […]

Question: Is it valid to set the intention of nazar without verbalizing it? Answer: Imam al-Nawawi stated that the most sahih opinion in this issue of which has been agreed by Syafi’iyyah scholars is that the nazar is invalid except it is verbalized in words and it is not valid if it is just an […]

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 […]