Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Badāt Question: Is it permissible to deal forex, stocks and shares to make money? Answer: In the Name of God, Most Merciful, Most Kind Thank you/ Jazāk Allāh Khayr for your question. It is permissible to deal in forex, shares and stocks transactions, provided all the Islamic guidelines of business and…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: If a girl and a boy are in love with one another at a young age, what are they supposed to do? What if they want to get married but are scared to talk to their parents? What is the best thing to do? A very common problem among…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: Are perfumes containing alcohol allowed to be used on body/clothes, especially during ṣalāh (formal ritual prayer)? Answer: In the Name of God, Most Merciful, Most Kind Jazāk Allāh Khayr/ Thank you for your question. Perfumes containing various forms of alcohol can be applied, since the alcohol is synthetic. There…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: Can we put flowers on the graves of Muslims? Answer: In the Name of God, Most Merciful, Most Kind Jazāk Allāh Khayr/ Thank you for contacting Mathābah with your question. There is no religious merit to placing flowers on graves. This is generally a practice of other religions and…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: Is it permissible for women to attend funerals and visit graves? In some schools of thought, women do visit graves freely while in others, women are discouraged from doing so. What is the Islamic ruling on this? Answer: In the Name of God, Most Merciful, Most Kind Jazāk Allāh…
Answered by Muftī Khālid Saifullāh Al-Raḥmānī Formatted to English by Yūsuf Badāt Question: I have come across conflicting suggestions around the religious significance of the number “786”. Does the number “786” hold any significance from an islamic standpoint, or does it not mean anything? If we come across items (sheets of paper, articles, signs etc)…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: Does looking at a dog during formal prayer invalidate my ṣalāh? Answer: In the Name of God, Most Merciful, Most Kind. Thank you/ Jazāk Allāh Khayr for contact Mathabah with your question. Seeing a dog during ṣalāh (ritual prayer) does not invalidate the prayer. For your convenience, please…
Answered by Muftī Khālid Saifullāh Al-Rahmanī Formatted into English by Yūsuf Badāt Question: Is the modern method of CAS (Controlled Atmosphere Stunning) applied to poultry during slaughter permissible in Islam? This involves the use of carbon dioxide or argon gas as part of the processing of chickens or other poultry for the production of human…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: I would like to participate in one share of a Qurbānī animal with others. Will this complete my required Qurbānī for ʿEīd Al-Aḍḥāʿ? Answer: In the Name of God, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate Jazāk Allāh Khayr/ Thank you for contacting Mathabah with your question. Yes, it is permissible for…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: What is Qadr? I have read that it is God’s decree and things are pre-destined. I also heard that this knowledge of decree is only with God. If so, does this mean we as humans are merely ‘puppets’ and that whether we choose to exercise our free will or…