Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: Is it permissible for a person whose hair is naturally blonde to dye their hair blonde? Answer: بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيْم In the name of Allāh, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. Jazāk Allāh Khayr/ Thank you for contacting Mathābah Institute. Dying or colouring the hair, especially if one’s hair is…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: Whilst alive if I give all my wealth and property in equal shares to my children, can I add a clause, that allows me to collect income or rent on the assets I gave away until I die? Is that Shari’ah compliant? Answer: بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيْم In the…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: Why is lending cryptocurrency and earning interest on them ḥarām forbidden? Is it not a commodity and not a currency? Answer: بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيْم In the name of Allāh, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. Jazāk Allāh Khayr/ Thank you for contacting Mathabah Institute. Bitcoin and or cryptocurrency has been…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: My husband makes leather items (by hand). He is asking, is it permissible? Answer: بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيْم In the name of Allāh, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. Jazāk Allāh Khayr/ Thank you for contacting Mathabah Institute. It is permissible for a Muslim to make and sell leather products. However,…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: Why do Ḥanafīs not recite anything in the 3rd and 4th raka’at when praying behind a traveler. What is the dalīl? Answer: بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيْم In the name of Allāh, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. Jazāk Allāh Khayr/ Thank you for contacting Mathābah Institute. The correct Ḥanafī position is…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: I was careless and have spread impurity i.e. prostatic fluid/ semen to all things in my house. How can I clean all things in my house? Also in rainy days, people come to our house with wet clothes so their clothes become impure. I also go to the masjid…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: Can women wear rings other than silver and gold whilst praying ṣalāh? Answer: بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيْم In the name of Allāh, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. Jazāk Allāh Khayr/ Thank you for contacting Mathābah Institute. Yes, it is permissible for women to have jewellery on during prayers, regardless whether…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: I have been diagnosed with OCD and it was very tough initially. Over time it is getting better. Usually, in winter months it comes back. The doctor gave me medicine and a 4 months course on CBT and ERP where they ask me to speak words of ṭalāq and…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: I want to know that if one reads a fanfiction not fiction (a book about a living person who is a public figure) in which he may be depicted in a number of ways such as an actor or an entire movie cast on which different stories are written.…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: My question is that I have learnt from scholars that reading literature that is toxic and un-Islamic is forbidden because it pollutes the mind. I have noticed that the vocabulary of muslim scholars is strong, Mā shā Allāh. I just want to ask that since 90-95% of modern novels…