By Yūsuf Badāt Question: What is the importance of having a will? What are some points I need to be aware of when preparing a will? How do I register a will in Canada which meets Islamic requirements? Answer: In the Name of God, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate Jazāk Allāh Khayr/ Thank you for your question…
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…
Answered by Mufti Ibrahim Kureshi Question: There are many car dealerships, some even owned by Muslims who offer 0% financing to Muslim customers. There is a third party financing bank or institution involved in this transaction. As for the contract, the dealership adds the interest amount into the principle. They call this a murābaḥah (profit…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: I would like to know something about the sutrah (barrier placed in front of a person praying). Can a curtain hanging from the ceiling in the middle of the room act as a sutrah. The cutrain is long but does not touch the ground. Answer: In the Name of…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: Is it permissible for the wife to wash her husband in ghusl (bathing) after his death for the funeral rites? What about vice versa? Answer: In the Name of God, Most Merciful, Most Kind Thank you/ Jazāk Allāh Khayr for your question. It is permissible for the husband or…