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Basic Tenets of Faith
- How do we purify things?
- How should parents deal with a son/daughter who was a Muslim and then he/she became an atheist?
- How should the traveler pray?
- I breastfed my friend’s daughter for several weeks and she is my foster suckling daughter. She is now 17 and my son is 18. I understand they could NEVER get married as they shared the same milk. Is it permissible for my 22 year old son to marry her? Or is that Haram for them?
- If I missed a prayer, do I pray it when I remember it or do I wait till the next day time of the missed prayer?
- Is circumcision for males obligatory?
- Is it a sin to sleep through Fajir prayer?
- What are actions that require wudu’ that are agreed upon by Muslim jurists?
- What are impermissible acts during menses and post-childbirth bleeding which are agreed upon?
- What are obligatory acts of wudu’ which are agreed upon by the Muslim jurists?
- What are the conditions for the acceptance of the Shahada statement?
- What are the obligatory acts of wudu’ that are disagreed upon by the Muslim jurists?
- What did our Prophet pbuh say about the characteristics of al-Fitrah?
- What is the definition of tahara (purification) in Islam?
- What is the ruling on women performing the pilgrimage Hajj/Ummrah without a mahram?
- What is the time period for shaving pubic hair and pulling out underarm hair?
- Would I get a reward for intending to do a specific worship act, and unexpected sickness or travel prevented me from actually doing it?
- Are the acts of excelling in family relations, maintaining good ties of kinship, increasing Qur’an recitation, and increasing charity to the poor, more preferred in Ramadan?
- Can a Muslim celebrate and greet people on the Gregorian “New Year”?
- Can a person leave the masjid to take a shower at home to get rid of the sweat and to change clothes?
- Can I name my child Jibreel? and if not, what is the difference between naming after prophets and after angels?
- Can i’tikaf be done in any masjid?
- Can we offer Qurbani on behalf of a dead person?
- Can we offer Qurbani on behalf of Prophet Muhammad SAW?
- Did the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) urge on repeating the performance of ‘Umrah?
- Do we have to shorten and combine prayers during travel?
- Does i’tikaf only pertain to a person who is fasting?
- Does i’tikaf only pertain to Ramadan?
- How do we purify things?
- How does one perform tayammum?
- How many times can I redo Salatul Istikhara?
- If a father has family obligations, can he still perform i’tikaf?
- In what cases is it permissible to combine prayers together while not being on travel?
- Is circumcision for males obligatory?
- Is it better to wipe over the socks or to wash the feet while being at home?
- Is it obligatory to make up the i’tikaf if someone broke it during the ten nights?
- Is it permissible for the wife or children to visit their dad while he is in his i’tikaf?
- Is it permissible to bury two people in one grave?
- Is it permissible to greet Muslims on social media with the phrase " Jummah Mubarakah" on the day of Friday?
- Is it permissible to wipe over a head covering?
- Is it permissible to wipe over casts, wraps, and similar items?
- Is it required to do dry ablution in addition to wiping the injured body part and washing the healthy body parts?
- Is saying "Jumuah Mubarakah" a Bid’ah (innovation)?
- Is the growing of the beard mandatory?
- Is there an expiation for the major sin of having intercourse during menses?
- Must a person complete the full ten nights of i’tikaf to get the reward?
- What about those who have intercourse during menses?
- What are actions that invalidate an i’tikaf?
- What are actions that require wudu’ that are disagreed upon by Muslim jurists?
- What are actions which cause major ritual impurity/require ghusl that are agreed upon by Muslim jurists?
- What are actions which require ghusl (bathing) that are disagreed upon by Muslim jurists?
- What are considered impurities according to all Muslim scholars?
- What are examples of emergencies where a person in i’tikaf can leave the masjid temporarily and then return to the masjid to complete the i’tikaf?
- What are impermissible acts during menses and post-childbirth bleeding which are disagreed upon?
- What are impurities that are controversial amongst scholars, with the stronger opinion being that they are impure?
- What are nullifying acts of wudu’ that are agreed upon by Muslim jurists?
- What are nullifying acts of wudu’ that are disagreed upon by Muslim jurists?
- What are other matters related to ghusl?
- What are other notes concerning wudu’?
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