Category Archives: English QNA

Question: How should one handle a situation where his water tank is filled with gecko droppings? Should he throw all the water out and not use it for ablution and obligatory bath? Answer: If the water in the water tank is a little or less than two qullahs [1] then the water is considered as […]

Question: Ustaz, I have a hobby of collecting robot action figures where some of it is similar to the form of a human being and my hobby influenced my son who also loves to collect action figures but he collects Ultraman and Kamen Riders. I hope you can explain the ruling of collecting action figures. […]

Question: If there is no clean water available, for flood victims, is it permissible for them to use flood water for their ablution? Answer: If possible, try your best to find mutlak water for ablution, however, if it cannot be found, it is permissible to use flood water for it is considered pure. This is […]

Question: What is the ruling if we perform tawaf (circumambulation of the Kaaba) at the Baitullah al-Haram while we bring several bottles of Zamzam water with the intention that we want to use the water afterwards for treatment of diseases or illnesses and what is the status of our tawaf? Answer: Among the sunnah of […]

Question: Is it permissible to perform jama’ taqdim for Friday and ‘Asar prayers? Answer: The permissibility of performing jama’ for prayers is explained in several hadiths of the Prophet PBUH. Among them is as narrated from Mu’az bin Jabal, where he said: جَمَعَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي غَزْوَةِ تَبُوكَ ‌بَيْنَ ‌الظُّهْرِ ‌وَالْعَصْرِ، […]

Question: Is shed cat’s fur najis (impure)? And is a prayer invalid if there is a cat’s fur on a person’s body when he’s praying? Answer: Basically, a cat’s shed fur is categorized as najis according to madhhab Syafie. However, it is forgiven if it is in a small quantity. It is also forgiven for […]

Question: Is it permissible for a male to treat a female patient using ruqyah syar’iyyah and touching the patient lined with a cloth? Answer: The ruling of a man touching a non-mahram woman is haram (prohibited). In a hadith narrated from Ma’qil bin Yasar RA, he said the Messenger PBUH said: لأَنْ يُطْعَنَ فِي رَأْسِ […]

Question: Asslamualaikum Ustaz, Recently, my employer informed us that he will treat all his staff for lunch. I’m unsure of the source of the money will be because my employer gambles. What is the ruling for this? Answer: If you know for certain that it is money, for example, from the winnings of a gamble, […]