Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Badat Question: Before starting farḍ, sunnah or witr ṣalāh, a Muslim verbally says the below words and statements, with the meaning and full intention and belief in the mind and heart that he will actually become a kāfir (disbeliever) if he breaks or breaks and restarts his ṣalat: “I reject Allāh…
Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Badat Question: If someone covers a wound with a band-aid (bandage or plaster), apparently the blood has stopped. A few hours later, he checks it and there is blood on the band-aid, what happens to the ṣalahs he performed with the band-aid on. Answer: بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيْم In the name…
Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Badat Question: Are these two narrations reliable and authentic? The ḥadīth of Abū Hurayrah: The angel of death will say to Allāh, ”O Allāh, all those who are in the heaven and those who are in the dunyā, they have come to an end except who you wish to remain alive…
Answered by Shayk Yūsuf Badāt Question: My question about washing impure clothes that have menstruation spots visible on them which were not removed and have become dry, along with pure clothes in a washing machine. Will the soiled clothing make other clothes impure? Also drying them in a dryer? Please advise as I am getting…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: Can a woman in nifās (post natal bleeding) read the translation of the Qur’ān? Answer: بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيْم In the name of Allāh, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. Jazāk Allāh Khayr/ Thank you for contacting Mathabah Institute. If there is only translation and no actual Arabic verses, it is…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: A man back home owns land which is worth well over the niṣāb amount. This is the only property wealth that he owns. This land is not suitable for farming. He has a few small houses on that land which he has rented out. This is his only source…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: If someone paid interest to a bank, would it be permissible to take interest from that bank up to however much one has paid? Answer: بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيْم In the name of Allāh, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. Jazāk Allāh Khayr/ Thank you for contacting Mathabah Institute. Dealing with…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: Any good write up on annuities, pension funds and it’s shar’ī (islamic) ruling whether it forms part of the estate etc. Answer: بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيْم In the name of Allāh, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. Jazāk Allāh Khayr/ Thank you for contacting Mathabah Institute. Numerous scholars have written on…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: Is nutmeg in food, ḥalāl or ḥarām? Answer: بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيْم In the name of Allāh, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. Jazāk Allāh Khayr/ Thank you for contacting Mathābah Institute. According to Ḥanafī fiqh, the nutmeg spice used in foods is permissible if used in a quantity that does…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: If one is travelling by flight from the west such as Canada, to Saudi Arabia for an ‘Umrah trip and visit to Madīnah, however, they land in Jeddah and go directly to Madīnah. Do they need to be in the state of iḥrām, because Jeddah falls inside the miqāt…