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Q. Is there any basis for the famous practice of cutting the hand nails starting from the index finger of the right hand and finishing on the thumb of the left hand? In addition to the cutting of the toe nails starting from the baby toe of the right foot and ending on the baby… read more »
Q. A girl who claims to be salafi told me that to recite quranic verses and blow on the water to give to the sick is not proved by sunnah. Also to write quranic verses on a paper and then dissolve it in water to drink is also not proved by the sunnah. Please give… read more »
Answered by Molana Muhammad Adnan Question: I wanted to ask that i must have bled a little bit from my left index finger by the knuckle which I didn’t know about.. I saw this afterwards and It didn’t seem like this flowed but more like it smudged as the bleeding was on the knuckle… read more »
Question: Assalaamu ‘Alaikum. 1. While fasting, I try to use as little water as possible to wash myself after urination, but a few drops of water still goes inside the vagina and I do not know how deep it does. If this breaks my fast, do all the fasts of the previous years be repeated?… read more »
Question: salaams please can you tell me The sunnah of fingers’ nail paring with source from as-shami Answer: In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh. It is stated in Al-Durr al-Mukhtār of `Allāmah Haskafī (rahimahullāh): (وَيُسْتَحَبُّ قَلْمُ أَظَافِيرِهِ…يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ)…وَفِي شَرْحِ الْغَزَّاوِيَّةِ رُوِيَ «أَنَّهُ – صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ… read more »
Question: After several attempts to clean, the ink stain from voting remains on index finger and nail. Is Wudhu complete over ink stain from voting. Answer: In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh. According to our understanding, the ink used in voting to dip one’s finger in… read more »
Q: I was reciting Surah Faatihah in place of Attahiyyaat. I realized at the time when I was going to lift my index finger. I stopped Surah Faatihah then recited Attahiyyaat and ending with sajdah sahw or I completed Surah Faatihah and ending with Salaam only. Will my salaah be valid? If not, kindly inform… read more »
Q: Today, my mother ordered my to kill a lizard that was in our house. It was the size of an index finger. I truly hate killing insects and pests and prefer to just take them outside. But in the heat of the moment I killed it. I am feeling very bad about it because… read more »
Q: Is there a sunnah method when cutting one’s nails? A: We have not come across any hadeeth, but the following is the style of the ulama and righteous: Commence with the index finger of the right hand until you reach the little finger. Thereafter, commence with the little finger of the left hand until you reach… read more »
Q: Do we need to move the finger or just raise it while reciting tashahhud? A: According to the Hanafi Mazhab, one will raise the finger and thereafter lower it. The index finger will be raised at the time one recites “Ashhadu alla ilaaha” and be lowered at the time one recites “illallah”. And Allah… read more »