Which Way Should the Imām Face After Ṣalāh?
Question: Country: United Kingdom After the fardh salah of fajr and asr the imam normally turns around and faces the people but after the other salahs he does not, the reason being that there are sunan to pray after the fardh. What is the ruling regarding this...
Query on Raising the Finger in Tashahhud
Question: Assalamu alaykum Mufti Sb What is the correct method of Tashahhud? After raising the finger, do we drop the finger down totally or leave it slightly hovering? Answer: In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The most correct method is to...
Reciting the First and Last Āyāt of Sūrah al-Baqarah at the Grave After Burial
Question: Assalamu alaykum. What is the ruling on reciting the first and last portion of Surah Baqarah at the grave right after burying the deceased? A local Alim says that it should be avoided as it is not authentically proven. Jazakumullah Answer: In the name of...
The Legal Status of ʿAqīqah
Question: Assalamu alaikum. Can you please clarify what is the status of slaughtering an animal (aqeeqah) when a child is born? And is it necessary to slaughter two animals if a boy is born? Answer: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. ʿAqīqah...
Gathering in the Masjid on the Blessed Nights
By Muftī Rashīd Aḥmad Ludhyānwī Question: What do the noble scholars say in respect to gathering in the masājid for the purpose of dhikr and the recitation of the qur’ān on the nights of the two ‘īds, 15th of sha‘bān, the last 10 days of ramaḍān and other blessed...
An Interesting Incident With Imām Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan al-Shaybānī
Imām Muḥammad ibn l-Ḥasan al-Shaybānī al-Ḥanafī had many students who were masters of the Islāmic sciences in their time. Among them was one particular Imām named Abū Mūsa ‘Īsā ibn Abān ibn Ṣadaqah. ‘Īsā ibn Abān stayed in the company of Imām Muḥammad and attained...
The Gravity of Issuing Fatāwā (1)
Introduction We are living in a time when many unqualified individuals tend to express their views on Islam. And likewise, those people who have not studied the rulings of Islam, its jurisprudence, theology and all its various sciences have a tendency of speaking on...
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