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  • Urine Drops during Prayer

    I belong to the Hanafi school of thought. Sometimes while praying a drop of urine comes out. In this case, should I continue my prayer or stop? If I continue, is my prayer right or should I repeat it? This does not happen always. Here to fore, when it does, I repeat my previous prayers just in case. .. More

  • Wiping over the turban

    Is it allowed to wipe over the turban, as we do socks?.. More

  • Purification after defecation

    My question is regarding purification (Tahara) after passing stools. The Sunnah tells us to use three stones (or their equivalent) or a small container of water (e.g. a jug) and that this is enough. However I have immense troubles and please forgive my detailed question, as there is no shame in religion .As you know the anus (or anal sphincter) is.. More

  • Evidence of passing gas that breaks the Wudu

    I found a Hadith by Imam Ahmed that says only the sound or the smell of the wind breaks the Wudu and obliges us to repeat the Wudu. Is this Hadith true? I sometimes doubt when I do the Wudu and after it. I don't repeat Wudu if I don't find the smell or the sound of the wind. .. More

  • Uses of Alcohol

    Is it Halal to use cream including alcohol or to use alcohol to stop bleeding? .. More

  • Semen on clothes or bed

    If semen touches clothes or bed can we sleep on it or must it be changed?.. More

  • Living With Parents Who Want Him to Shave His Beard

    Please I'm 29 years old and I'm still living with my parents. I even have my bachelor degrees in private law for 4 years ago. My parents oblige me to shave my beard. Should I follow them or should I practice the Hadith that of our Prophet Muhammad (Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam) says: Grow your beards and shorten your mustache? .. More

  • No Harm for Women in Menses to Stay in a Room Other Than the Prayer Room in Mosque

    In our mosque in the place for women, there are two rooms, one for prayer, the other for learning Arabic and Quran. The question is: Can we enter even if we have our period? We can get into the room for learning without passing by the other where we pray, and we really need to teach women because they don't even know al-Fatiha. .. More

  • Nifas (confinement)

    I have two questions regarding Nifas the first one is: a sister who just gave birth and after 8 days she is almost clean and says she has a little line or spots of brown blood. She wants to know if she has to take a bath and pray or wait 40 days?The second one is: if she is clean before 40 days is she allowed to have intercourse with her husband?.. More

  • Bleeding from intrauterine device and wants to pray

    My wife has an intrauterine device for contraception and she has bleeding a small amount for more than 10 days so far and she would like to know if she can start to pray. .. More

  • Ruling on Having a Beard

    Ruling on having a beard (Lahya). I am a Muslim living in Amsterdam, and I would like to know if having a beard is compulsory for Muslim men, and if it is compulsory, does it have to be 4 fingers long (measured from the chin down)? Are we allowed to style it according to modern standards, i.e. have a goatee or a very short neat beard? The reason for.. More

  • Keeping the Beard

    Is keeping beard Farad, Sunnah or just Nafal? Please mention comments according to different Islamic scholars. .. More

  • Smoking and Ablution

    If a man is with ablution and he smokes, is his ablution still valid? .. More

  • Purification after touching dead bodies

    I am studying medicine in practices I have to touch dead men and women. I want to know if I have to make (Ghusl) or (Wudu)?.. More

  • Daily bleeding and taking birth control pills

    I have bleeding almost everyday, and I know it's not time for my period, but I think it's from the birth control pill that I am taking. However, I do pray, but I am not sure if I am right or wrong... More