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Kaffārah for eating after taking the vaccination

May 16, 2021

Kaffārah for eating after taking the vaccination Question: I took the vaccine while fasting but assumed that it broke my fast so I ate. I later learned that it doesn’t break my fast. Will I have to give kaffārah? Answer بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم The jurists have given several scenarios in which a person began...Read More

Fasting

fasting, kaffarah, vaccine

Breaking an assumed qaḍāʾ fast

December 30, 2020

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Question: A woman thought she had a qaḍāʾ left; however, after starting the fast she realised that she had already done the qaḍāʾ. Can she break the fast? Answer بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم Yes, it is permissible for her to break the fast if she started it on the assumption that she had a qaḍāʾ...Read More

Fiqh

fasting, qadha

Repeating witr if ʿishāʾ is repeated

November 13, 2020

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Question: If someone makes a mistake in Fard of ʿishāʾ but realises after praying sunnah and witr, does witr have to be repeated with farḍ too? Answer بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم According to Imām Abū Ḥanīfah, witr ṣalāh is an independent obligatory prayer and begins along with the time for ʿishāʾ ṣalāh. This being...Read More

Fiqh, Salah

salah

The chains of transmission to the compilers of the six books of ḥadīth

October 5, 2020

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Question: In the chain of transmission from us to Imām Bukhārī, has there been a complete reading of the entire book at every link of the chain or were there partial readings of the book also? What about the remaining five books of ḥadīth? بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم Among the distinguishing features and virtues...Read More

Hadith

Bukhari, chains of narration, hadith

Tayammum due to weakness

September 11, 2020

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Question: Due to extreme weakness, an elderly family member is unable to perform wuḍū themselves and is also unable to turn towards the qiblah themselves. Are they allowed to perform tayammum and pray in the direction that they are already in without facing the qiblah? Answer بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم By the clear the...Read More

Fiqh, Purity

Tayammum

Transferring inheritance rights

September 6, 2020

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Question: Can the right to inheriting a property be sold to another inheritor or to a third party? Answer بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم Inheritance is the transfer of ownership of the estate which transfers from the deceased to the surviving relatives at the point of death; it is not a ‘right to a claim’. This...Read More

Fiqh, Inheritance and Wills

Inheritance

Praying ʿĪd ṣalāh on the second or third day

July 22, 2020

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Question: The lockdown in Leicester may be relaxed on the 1st of August. If this is the case, is it permissible to delay the ʿĪd ṣalāh so that rather than praying on Friday, it is prayed on Saturday? If so, what should be done about Qurbānī? Answer بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم If the current...Read More

Fiqh, Salah

Eid, salah

The blessed days of Dhū ‘l-Ḥijjah

July 19, 2020

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بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم As we draw towards the end of Dhū ‘l-Qaʿdah, we approach the blessed month of Dhū ‘l-Ḥijjah. Within the next few days, we will enter what is considered by many scholars to be the most blessed days of the year; such that they even supersede the final ten days of Ramaḍān...Read More

Miscellaneous

Dhul Hijjah, Hajj

Miscellaneous words in the Ḥafṣ riwāyah

July 6, 2020

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Qur'an

Hafs, Quran

The age of menopause according to the Ḥanafī school of thought

July 6, 2020

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بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم The rules of menstruation are among the most complex yet the most important for a woman. Knowing when menstruation begins and when it ends affects many aspects of a woman’s Islamic life. For example, prayer, fasting, ṭawāf, the recitation of the Qurʾān, divorce, ʿiddah [the waiting period after divorce], and sexual...Read More

Fiqh, Purity

Menopause, Menstruation

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