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Shafi’i Fiqh

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Sisters-Only Swimming: What is the Proper Swim Attire to Wear Around Others?

Ustadha Zaynab AnsariRead

Removing Filth from Private Parts in the Shafi’i School

Shaykh Omar QureshiRead

Shortening Prayers as a Traveler When Praying in Congregation (Shafi’i)

Shaykh Omar QureshiRead

Question: I’m a teenage girl and I have a guy friend of 2 years and I did fall in love with him without meaning to. We talked about marriage in the future but now we are just friends. I don’t have the same feelings for him ever since I turned towards Islam. I know it was wrong of me to become friends with him and to love him, but I’m really trying to become a better Muslim and I tried to end our friendship last year but I couldn’t. I am thinking about it again and I just want assurance that it’s the right thing to do.

Shaykh Faraz A KhanRead

Question: There was a recent post stating that women who are pregnant must make up their fast. This differs greatly from something that I’d read in another book. I am confused and would greatly appreciate your feedback.

Ustadh Salman YounasRead

Question: Regarding the Quran, are there any explicit sayings from the Quran itself, hadith, or scholars regarding placing it on the floor or low places?

Ustadh Salman YounasRead

On the Risala and the Appendices of al-Umm

Shaykh Afifi al-AkitiRead

Order of Sunnah Prayers in Shafi’i School

Shaykh Afifi al-AkitiRead

Question: “It is also fine to meet someone through school or work or a community gathering as long as the parameters of modest behavior are observed. If you meet someone you would like to discuss marriage with, just arrange for the brother to meet your wali or family.” (Sister  Zaynab, title: How does a Muslim woman find a spouse for herself?) This quote has brought me great confusion. Secret but modest premarital relationships are permissible in Islam? Can a man talk to a girl, get to know personal things about her and get intimate without the consent and awareness of her guardian as long as modest behavior is observed? Also, I’ve been reading about “suitability” in marriage. Can a father refuse a man because he did not satisfy one of the conditions of kafa’ah?

Ustadha Zaynab AnsariRead

Niyyah and Fasting

Shaykh Afifi al-AkitiRead

Marriage Through Consent

Shaykh Afifi al-AkitiRead

Question: Is making up missed prayers necessary?

Shaykh Faraz RabbaniRead

Question: Asalamualaykum, Is it permissible to lie when joking, given that it is understood by the people listening that what is being said is not true?

Ustadha Shaista MaqboolRead

Lobsters and “Sea” Crabs in Shafi’i School

Shaykh Afifi al-AkitiRead

Kissing the Thumbs, etc. during Adhan?

Shaykh Afifi al-AkitiRead

Question: Is it permissible for a Muslim to work as a real estate agent or broker?  I think the primary point of concern would be directing potential home buyers to banks and mortgage institutions.

Shaykh Taha Abdul-BasserRead

Question: I have read the evidences provided by yourselves for tawassul via the Prophet (sallaallahu alayhi wassalam). I have not, however, seen any evidence for intercession via saints …is there any such evidence and if not, then how can we say that this is permissible?

Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, Shaykh Gibril HaddadRead

Question: I’m pregnant with my third child. With my previous pregnancies I had terrible post partum hemorrhage as well as severe post partum depression. I have a midwife who suggests freeze drying and encapsulating the placenta (for consumption) as it has been proven to prevent/help hemorrhage as well as post partum depression. Is this halal?

Shaykh Faraz A KhanRead

Question: Assalamu Alaikum!  My friends and I have begun investing in stock options, specifically using the long straddle strategy (NOT short) and I wanted to make sure it was all Halal.  Here is a Wikipedia link describing it, the first part is about the long straddle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straddle  Using this strategy we purchase both put and call options on a stock before a big event (earnings, major news) so we benefit whether the stock moves up or down.  Some of use are earning very high returns in what has so far been very low risk trades.  There is no interest involved as we are not shorting a stock or borrowing anything from our brokers.  Please let us the status of these investments in the Shariah.

Shaykh Taha Abdul-BasserRead

If I Find a Hole in My Clothes That Exposes My ‘Awra (Nakedness) After Completing Prayer, Would I Have to Repeat the Prayer?

Shaykh Omar QureshiRead