Answer by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: Please explain the features and the series of events of the appearance of Dajjāl (antichrist) in detail. Answer: Jazāk Allāh Khayr/ Thank you for your question. The Dajjāl or the Anti-Christ is a major sign leading up to the day of Judgement. From the Islamic point of view, some…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: Allāh says in the Qurʿān, “No man guilty of adultery or fornication does not marry other than a woman guilty of adultery or fornication, or an idolatress, and as for a woman who committed adultery or fornication, no one but a man who committed adultery or fornication, or an…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: I am a revert and I have not informed my parents about it. This is because I feel they may either cut relations with me or take me back home and force to follow their religion. I am able to practice Islam because I live alone in another city…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: Is oral sex allowed in Islam? Can a woman or man kiss or suck each other’s private parts? Answer: Jazāk Allāh Khayr/ Thank you for your question. Oral sex refers to sexual contact between the mouth and the genitals or anus. If oral sex (performed by a husband and…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: Is it permissible to swallow saliva while fasting? Does it break the fast? Answer: Jazāk Allāh Khayr/ Thank you for your question. Swallowing one’s own saliva will not invalidate the fast. (See: Badā’i al Ṣanā’i) The act of one deliberately gathering, collecting and swallowing one’s own saliva, to quench…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: If a girl and boy accept each other as husband and wife with only Allāh as a witness, is that considered a valid nikāh? Answer: Jazāk Allāh Khayr/ Thank you for your question. In order for an Islamic nikāḥ/ marriage to be valid, the following conditions are required: Consent…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: Please explain the rules and conditions of ‘Iddah and importance of abiding by them. Answer: Jazāk Allāh Khayr Thank you for your question. In Islam, ‘Iddah is that duration of time, a divorced or widowed woman observes, in which she does not marry, nor does she entertain proposals of…
Answer by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: A lady failed to sit in ‘iddah (ritual waiting period prior to remarriage) after her divorce and the ‘iddah period is now over. Is she allowed to get married to someone else bearing in mind she did not sit in ‘iddah from her first marriage? Thank you / Jazāk…
by Shaykh Omar Subedar Towards the end of time many major events are to occur as the Messenger of Allāh صلى الله عليه وسلم has foretold. Conditions will become extremely intense and humanity will gradually degenerate. Minor signs of the Final Hour will initially appear followed by a sequence of major signs. The Messenger صلى…
Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt Question: It is sunnah to pray 2 units nafl (optional ritual prayers) when entering a Masjid but what if someone enters after ʿAsr and before Maghrib. Do they still need to pray the 2 nafl? Answer: Jazāk Allāh Khayr/ Thank you for your question. This is a matter differed upon…