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Recently I saw a response on your website indicating that we should not ask from Allah(swt) against something like making a dua that if my so and so request is fullfilled I’ll give charity.

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1) can a women pray by putting hair bun(juda)? 2) if my child is continously crying and im offering salah can i lift him and offer salah ? 3) what are sunnah, wajibaat ,and fard in namaz?

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With regards to fatwa number 16312: Is it still ok to have both manicure/pedicure (as per your defiinition) and make-up, even if non-muslim women come to get make-up done? What if they go to clubs? or some other parties?….Is it allowed to work for a company who are RESP (Registered Education Savings Plan) providers?

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Is witr salat valid if one prays it before he has prayed isha salat but after the time for Isha has entered? …if a person touches pigskin leather with WET hands, then do his hands become napaak, even though there would be no sign of impurity on them?

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1. Is the opinion of 2 Jummah within Hanafi Madhab such a strict restriction for Jummah, that we can opt illegal measures to fulfil it?….2.Is there any scope of permissibility for 2 Jummahs…

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If a vehicle is sold to you at the market price which is also obviously the market value of the vehicle, you finance the item through an Islamic Bank who technically purchase the vehicle from the dealer and sell it to you at a profit.

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Please explain khulla and divorce.

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I gave a loan of a large sum of money to my fiance before we beacme engaged. Personally I am not in a rush to ask for it back until I need it, however Islamically does the amount have to be paid back…

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I have a Word for Word Qur’an and i have heard that if we remember all the words from the Qur’an we can understand and speak Arabic,

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According to Fadi Hakura, an expert on Turkey from Chatham House in London, Turkey is doing nothing less than recreating Islam – changing it from a religion whose rules must be obeyed, to one designed to serve the needs of people in a modern secular democracy….. Please give your views

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If we go to the mosque while the imam is just beginning finishing the Second Rakath of the Magrib prayers, how do we complete the rest of the prayers by ourselves?

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I am a resident of bangalore,India. I want to take up the residence on rent.here it is customery to give around 10 months of rent or 1 lakh as a deposite and some market price amount as rent. for example case it is suppose 1 lakh deposit and 7000 rs rent. But i go and talk to some landloard talk about his  house on rent but he needs more money for business purpose so he says to me that he will give to person who will give him 4 lakh deposit and 500 rent as monthly for duaration of 2 years(or another configuration 3 lakh as deposit and 2000 as rent )(Because he says he can earn more money by more deposit then getting incresed rent). Is it permissable to take up this house on either of these  configuration ? i ask people some body says it is permissable and somebody strictly prohibit and says it is trickey and form of interest(riba).i am confused pleae tell me in light of sunnah and quran ?  

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I would like to ask you wheather my wife can shorten her hairs such as buffcut etc…

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Normally a shopkeeper doesn’t know whether the amount they receive for their goods is from halaal source or not. so in this case is it permissible for them to do business?….if they are sure the product that they are going to sell will be used in a haraam act or business by the buyer. e,g a shopkeeper sells bottles….

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I have read in the hadith of Bukhari that once Nabi s.a.w. prescribed to drink urine camel as medicine. At the same hadith the told the eyes of those who are murtad to be hooked by a hot metal.. please explain this hadith

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Is it possible to use alcohol which is not made from grapes or dates or synthetic flavouring (eg champagne) for cooking purposes.?…2. What is the amount / percentage of alcohol that is found in food (eg soy sauce) that would make its consumption permissible and how do we calculate this?

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My question relates to one of the asma of our beloved Prohet Muhammad SAW ,Habibullah, can u please provide me with the exact reference …

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Response to contradiction within Quran raised by a Christian

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You quoted this hadith of tirmidhi… In another narration of Tirmidhi 483 Nabi صلى الله عليه و سلم explains that after salah one should first recite Allahu Akbar

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I was wondering if it is haram for girls to rap? Its just speaking with a rhythm I guess.

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