Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: What is the ruling of formal ritual prayer (ṣalāh) with a mask on? Does prayer count if the nose does not touch the ground directly, as the mask touches the ground and not the nose during prostration? Answer: In the Name of God, Most Merciful, Most Kind Thank you/…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: In the current lock-down, some of the local mosques are open but with limitations on the number of people that can attend. In such a situation, if I am unable to make it on the registration list, on time at the gate or I choose not to go [due…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: If a husband and wife have not consummated their marriage [through the actual act of sex], but engage in other intimate acts with each other, is their marriage invalid? Is there a time limit after marriage for a husband and wife to consummate their marriage through sex? If 3…
Answered by Shaykh Mazhar Mahmood Question: Is it permissible to wear ear plugs when offering salat? Answer: In the Name of God, Most Merciful, Most Kind We thank you for contacting Mathābah with your query. The intent of putting earplugs on during the ṣalāh (ritual prayer)is unclear in the question, but we will apply your…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: There is a high chance for the current lockdown to continue throughout the entire Ramaḍān this year. I have been offering prayers with my family in the home. I know we either do Dhuhr or Jumuʿah at home if there are four male adults on the Friday. I was…
Answered by Shaykh Mazhar Mahmood Question: Can you please shed some light on the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB), the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) and other similar offerings by the government? There are a lot of people applying with fraudulent doctor’s notes or lying. Independent business owners are giving references to their friends and family…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: I have some questions about the dhikr [or takbīr] that one must say after each prayer during ʿEīd. When do we begin this takbīr? When do we stop? Is it to be said after every single prayer, even sunnah and make up prayers? Do we do it on both…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: My sister is having problem with a bad jinn. Please advise on a cure. Answer: In the Name of God, Most Merciful, Most Kind Jazāk Allāh Khayr/ Thank you for your question. To be protected from such evils, one should do the following: Have firm belief in Allāh, that…
Answered by Shaykh Mazhar Mahmood Question: Is the following text, “Speak to a leper whilst there is a distance of one spear or two spears in between the both of you.” about social distancing, that is making the rounds amidst COVID-19 an authentic ḥadīth? Answer: In the Name of God, Most Merciful, Most Kind Jazāk…
Answered by Shaykh Mazhar Mahmood Question: I have heard people saying that the COVID-19 phenomenon is a punishment of Allāh. I heard a viral audio clip of a prominent scholar saying based on an anonymous dream that COVID-19 came as a punishment from Allāh upon the Chinese nation and many more. Is there any merit…