If by mistake in the 4th rakaat

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Question   1) If by mistake in the 4th rakaat of fardh prayer, we just say the  basmala after sûrah fatiha (without any verses thereafter), do we have to  do sajda suhw? 2) Someone ask me this question: From the Ansar, who was the first born  after the hijrah?   Answer   Muhtaram / Muhtaramah   In the Name of Allāh, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāh … [Read more...]

let me know the meaning

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Question   Kindly let me know the meaning of Aliza, its origin.   Answer   Muhtaram / Muhtaramah   In the Name of Allāh, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāh wa-barakātuh.   Aliza is a Jewish name which means joyful. It would not be appropriate to keep it since people may think she is a Jew. We should strive to keep those names which will distinguish our children from those of … [Read more...]

Can I give him zakaat to pay his rates

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Question A person is married and staying with his wife at his in-laws house.he does not own a house or car. He earns 3000.00 per month. He has to pay the rates for his in-laws house as part of the agreement for staying with them. The rates are 1000.00 per month.lights/water 700.00 per month.fone bill 300.00 per month.petrol for using his sons car 300.00 per month. The balance is not enough to maintain the household expenses.he has not been … [Read more...]

Following One’s Whims And Fancies

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The Taqleed Of An Individual And Following One's Whims And Fancies When the level of moral integrity and compliance with the spirit of the Quran and Sunnah deteriorated, scholars issued a Fatwa confining Taqleed to an individual only. The attitude, which the scholars hoped to curb with this Fatwa, was abuse of ambiguous issues in the name of Islam and Islamic legislation. Today, the whole Muslim world is in a frenzy of this kind of … [Read more...]

The Taqleed Of An Individual And New Issues

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The Taqleed Of An Individual And New Issues Arguments have been advanced that Taqleed of an individual impedes solutions to modern developments. The answer to such a contention is that modern issues, which demand Ijtihad, should be delegated to an expert scholar - whose Taqleed is very different from that of the lay person. such an expert scholar would be able to sift the principles of earlier Mujtahids and resolve new problems based on … [Read more...]

The Hanafi School of Thought

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The Hanafi School of Thought and Ahadeeth The contention that the Hanafi school of thought bases its Fatwas upon weak Ahadith narrations is sheer ignorance. Reflection upon the books of Hanafi Fiqh impartially would leave no room for such an assertion. The following collections of proofs for the Hanafi Fiqh illustrate the deep and profound level of Hadith scholarship current amongst the followers of the Hanafi School of jurisprudence: … [Read more...]