By Shaykh Omar Subedar In 2010, a group of Canadian imams and scholars set out to observe the horizon in the Greater Toronto Area to determine actual timings for Esha beginning. Follow the two links for information (PDF documents): Results of Observation Teams Exploring the Twilight Also see article titled, Multiple Timetables
By Sarosh “Mohna” Zaidi It is an open wind but a closed mind It is a focus centered undefined Your heart speaks the true desire For its purpose is to smother the fire The word modesty has been redefined The truth of its light I cannot find This new picture overtaking my mind These clouds…
By Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: Is it farḍ (mandatory) to offer the lunar eclipse prayer? Answer: In the Name of God, Most Merciful, Most Kind Jazak Allāh Khayr/ Thank you for your question. Offering prayer (ṣalāh) during a lunar eclipse is an emphasized prophetic practice (sunnah muʾakkadah) in the view of the Shāfīʾe and Ḥanbalī…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: For hair removal purposes, is it allowed for other women to view women’s body including their private parts? Answer: In the Name of God, Most Merciful, Most Kind Jazak Allāh Khayr/ Thank you for your question. In Islam, a woman may not show or expose her nudity except to…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question I am one of two wives for my husband here in Alberta. I just read on the CBC news website that the Canadian Council of Imams has issued a verdict since polygamy is illegal in Canada, my religious marriage would not be valid. Please let me know if I…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: I know a husband who has been married for about seven years. For the last several years of their relationship, there have been issues. The couple have been for counseling, both individually as well as together, to both secular and spiritual counselors. The husband has already made up his…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: If a wife wants to travel abroad to help refugees, is it permissible for her to secretly take her husband’s money to pay for her and or her friend’s trip? Answer: In the Name of God, Most Merciful, Most Kind Thank you/ Jazāk Allāh Khayr for contacting us with…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: I know of a case where a woman faked cancer for two reasons. Firstly, she did not want children in her marriage while her husband did. She faked the cancer to convince her husband that having children is difficult or potentially harmful. The other reason for faking her cancer…