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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

Is Advance Payment of Zakat Permissible in the Shafi’i School?

Shaykh Omar QureshiRead

Question: What are the principles to be used when getting a home loan that is in accordance to the Shariah from the various Islamic Banks?

Shaykh Taha Abdul-BasserRead

Question: If the Devil (shaytan) was cast out of Heaven after refusing to bow down to Adam and refusing to show him respect, how is it that he was able to tempt Adam in heaven into disobeying Allah?

Ustadh Abdullah Anik MisraRead

Question: How Do I Choose a Madhhab and Why?

Shaykh Faraz RabbaniRead

Question: Is the narration “I am by the side of those whose hearts are broken for My sake” authentic? What does it mean?

Ustadh Salman YounasRead

Question: What role do actions play in salvation?  There are, of course, Muslims out there who have adopted ideas similar to the Christians that belief is all that you need to be saved. What would you advise that I tell them.

Ustadh Salman YounasRead

Follower Reciting Al-Fatiha in the Shafi’i School

Shaykh Afifi al-Akiti, Shaykh Gibril HaddadRead

Question: Can you please tell me the Islamic point of view on early Muslims attacking caravans? I get this a lot from non-Muslims and I wish to give them a proper response. Unfortunately, militants also use this reasoning as an excuse to do their militant attacks.

Ustadh Abdullah Anik MisraRead

Drinking Beverages With Small Traces of Alcohol (Shafi’i School)

Shaykh Omar QureshiRead

Question: What is the etiquette of reading and handling the Qur’an?

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Question: In a class I attended recently, we were told that reciting Surah Yaseen is a sunnah for the sick and dying (in their presence). However, it is not a sunnah not after a persons death. We were told this was a cultural practice and brings no benefit to the deceased. Is this true?

Shaykh Faraz A KhanRead

Question: Is it true that all Imams of the Muslims agree upon, that if someone does not pray continuously and fails to perform make up prayers, then he is a kafir even if the believes that the 5 prayers are compulsory? Also, if it’s true, why would someone who did not pray for 20 years or so, have to make them all up, if he was considered a kafir anyway? I ask, because there are fatawa, that suggest to make up all missed prayers for missed prayers, even if for many years. At what point does missing prayers shift from religious corruption to becoming kufr?  Are there clear cut definitions?

Shaykh Faraz A KhanRead

Do We Need to Remove Makeup When Making Wudu (Shafi’i)?

Shaykh Abdul-Karim YahyaRead