Answered by Shaykh Omar Subedar Question: We are soon to be blessed with a baby inshä’Allah. If it’s a girl we plan to name her Zayna or Eshaal. If it’s a boy we plan to name him Humaid, Shahzar, or Shaayaal. Please advise on the suitability, meaning and how the name should be written in…
Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Patel Question: Assalamualaikum, I recently saw a dream where I was travelling by car in Saudi Arabia. I drove up to Masjid Al Nabawë and saw it from the outside. I didn’t enter the Masjid, however in my dream it was the old Masjid Al Nabawë. What I mean by the…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: Which ten nights are referred to in chapter 89 of the Qurʿān? Are they the last ten nights of Ramaḍān? Answer: In the Name of Allāh, Most Merciful, Most Gracious Jazāk Allāh Khayr/ Thank you for your question. There are four scholarly views regarding the meaning of “layāl ʿashr…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: Could you advise on a duʿāʾ for lost items. I have lost something very important and am getting desperate to find it. Answer: Jazāk Allāh Khayr/ Thank you for your question. May Allāh facilitate success and comfort for you in your situation. We pray that you retrieve your lost…
Answered by Muftī Khālid Saifullāh Al-Raḥmānī Formatted into English by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: Can Muslims accept and give blood transfusions? Is organ transplantation and donation permitted for Muslims? Answer: One of the methods of treatment is to acquire medical treatment through human body parts and organs. This can occur in various forms. Body parts…
Answered by Shaykh Muftī Rafiʾ Usmānī Translated by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Questions: Living in a time and era where cameras are virtually everywhere, what are the limitations for video and camera recording for Islamic and other educational programs? In schools, certain activities…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: Can you please clarify a ḥadīth I came across about debt? Something about the Prophet Muḥammad (peace and blessings upon him) not conducting the funeral prayers on someone who had debt. One of the Companions stepped in and payed the debt off. Only then was the funeral prayer offered.…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: My questions are, how is it to print verses from the Qurʿān on flyers of an Islamic event? Once distributed to people, majority end up on the ground or in the garbage. Similarly, is it okay to print “Allāh Akbar” in Arabic on an advertisement flyer or in a…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: What are the benefits of reciting the Qur’ānic chapter, Sūrah Wāqiʾah? Are the narrations about Sūrah Wāqiʾah and wealth authentic? Answer: Thank you/ Jazāk Allāh Khayr for your questions. Reciting any portion of the Qur’ān is virtuous and will draw countless blessings from the Almighty. Sūrah Wāqiʾah is a…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: Are we allowed according to the Islamic law to give gifts (money or otherwise) to Ḥuffādh for leading tarāwīḥ in the month of Ramadān? What is the Islamic ruling of compensating a person rendering a religious service for the public? Answer: Jazāk Allāh Khayr/ Thank you for your question.…