Author Archives: Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

About Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

About Shaykh Gibril Haddad

Combining Prayers Due to Rain

COMBINING DHUHR & ASR DUE TO RAIN.(shafi) MUST THIS ONLY BE DONE IN MASJID, OR CAN IT BE DONE WHEN OUT AND ABOUT VISITING AT FRIEND/FAMILY HOMES, SHOPPING ETC (NOT WHEN HOME!) Continue reading

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Missing Tahajjud

May I please ask: Is it a must that one sleep first for tahajud prayer? If one goes to bed with niyat for tahajjud prayer but has extreme difficulty getting to sleep & after some time gets up (after rest but not sleep) and prays 2 rakaat with niyat of tahajjud is this valid? Continue reading

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Regarding Tahajjud

1: As a Shafi would like to confirm …. Is it true that tahajjud prayer can be performed at ANY time after `Isha as long as one has slept then awoke to perform the prayer ( even if before midnight )? Continue reading

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Argument Extinguishes the Light of Faith

Sidi, Mawlana Shaykh Hisham often cites: Argument extinguishes the light of Faith. Continue reading

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Having a baby girl

What do we need to recite if we want a girl I heard it was surah maryam, I dont know how to read arabic so may I read it in English or perhaps just listen to a recording of it? Continue reading

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Dream: wondrous last age

I saw a dream in which my parents were fighting (my dad is not God-fearing man in reality), a fire broke out at home, and then two intruders both evil kicked us out of our house and one of them was an ugly, bearded hypocrite… Continue reading

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Rights of Polygamy

I’m in a polygamous marriage and don’t even no what my rights or my husband’s or his other wife rights are. Continue reading

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Dua of Hazrat Dawood

I was madly in love with this guy and was in love with me as well even though we were both married to some else but we just seemed to have the right connection. Continue reading

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My sister’s mother in law is a lier & backbiter

My sister is married & suffers a lot in her home which some times I cannot control my self & can do nothing as her husband is on her mother’s side. Continue reading

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Should I get Married to her?

I want to get married to a girl but have been committing wrong acts over the phone with her. Continue reading

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