Month: January 2015
Inheritance and Trusts
Question: In the US, an individual can create a trust to hold property. When a trust is created, the Settlor (the person creating the trust) transfers legal title of the property (whether it is cash, stocks, real property, etc.) to the trustee of the trust, who then manages the property...
Continue ReadingDiscontinuing individual Salah upon commencement of congregation
Question: Assalam u Alaikum Please advise me in the following two conditions. My university has a Musalla where students come and pray whenever they find time. And it so happens that you are praying the Sunnah prayers of Zuhr and a group comes and starts a Jamaah. Now am i...
Continue ReadingMaking the Masjid a pathway
Question: Salam I heard that making the masjid a pathway is a sin. Will a person be sinful in the following two conditions 1) He enters the mosque from Gate 1. He has to visit the marketplace which is nearer to the south gate of the mosque. So he exits...
Continue ReadingFollowing a Madhab
Question: I am a Sunni Hanafi. My question is do we have to follow the Hanafi madhab or any other madhab even though we follow the sunnah? If we do which one is preferred school of thought, as hanafi in Indian sub-continent region, shafiee from Middle East and Arab world...
Continue ReadingWomen covering their feet in Salah
Question: 1- Is it a requirement that woman has to cover her feet in Salah, or is it just preferred? Please clarify. 2. Is Awrah of a woman different in Salah than in normal case? Answer: In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. As-salāmu ‘alaykum...
Continue ReadingWearing Red
Question: Dear Muftian Kiraam: Asalaamualaykum: 1. In some hadeeth it is mentioned about Rasoolullah (sallalahua layhi was salam) wearing red, what does that exactly mean? Can you explain and clarify please? Can a man use a red-colored sleeping bag or red chadar/sheet to spread on the floor and sleep on? Does...
Continue ReadingTalaaq and Khula’h
Question: On what grounds can a woman ask for Talāq? Or Khula’? What amount can u stipulate for Khula’h? Can Khula’h be given in lieu of a child? Child custody? Give me the child and I give you Khula’h? My wife is asking for Talāq. We have a one year...
Continue ReadingFemale reciting Quran during her menstruation period
Question: I have heard that a female is allowed to recite Qurān during her monthly menses according to the most authentic of scholarly opinions? Is this true? Answer: In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh. According to the mainstream (majority) opinion, a...
Continue Reading