Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: What is the position of the Ḥanafī madhab about tabarruj. Someone who practices this, is there a sanction, do they expose themselves to penalties? Answer: بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيْم In the name of Allāh, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. Jazāk Allāh Khayr/ Thank you for contacting Mathabah Institute. Tabarruj refers…
Answered Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: I was trying to find out about the validity of nikāḥ from an organization in Pakistan because the groom follows that silsilah who believe groom himself can be a witness to his nikāḥ. The Sheikh of that silsilah stated in a video that any man can point and say to…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: I was in a revision session and we were revising Mukhtaṣar Al-Qudūrī and when it mentioned about where there is a lost item and someone picks it up, makes it known and he keeps it with him for the required period of time then after that if no one…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: My wife is accusing my parents and I that we have taken back the mahr. The amount paid on the day of the nikāḥ was £125. This was paid in full, by cash on 2nd of May 2000. Please can you advise me, what is the solution and how…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: This is a very long question however I’m in a big dilemma here and it’s very embarrassing. I want to be a good slave to Allāh and get the proper advice needed. I have always been practicing and pray etc, however OCD has taken a toll on my life…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: What is the ruling on working as a female optometrist? I assess health of patient’s eyes as well as need for glasses but I am in a room alone with a patient (sometimes male). Sometimes, the need may arise where I must touch the patient to remove something from…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: If my sister brought food to my room while I thought she would call me downstairs to eat with the family, and I said to her that I thought she would call me down to which she responded that if I want to come down, she can instead bring…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: Whatever happens does so for a reason. Sometimes I want to know the reason and I really get upset because Allāh does not answer. People as well do not have answers. How do I believe that ‘everything happens for a reason’? I always hear from people that whatever happens…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: I am suffering from doubts related to purity. I have a doubt that my clothes were impure and I sat on the sofa, slept on the carpet, went to the mosque etc. Now, I am worried about it, as to how much can this impurity spread. If someone prays…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: When I was not Muslim, I bought a guitar. Now I do not want to keep it or use it. One of my non-Muslim friends asked if he could buy it from me. I want to know if it is permissible to sell the guitar to him, or donate…