Author Archives: Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

About Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

About Shaykh Gibril Haddad

Prayer Request: Istikhara marriage

I want to request respected Shaykh Hisham for istikhara of my marriage. Continue reading

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Pregnancy/ Avoid Miscarraige

Following advice from e-shaykh I made the intention that once my wife is pregnant we shall slaughter 3 goats and distribute under the name mentioned. Once pregnant I arranged for this but after few days my wife miscarried. Continue reading

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All the men I like prefer others

Whenever I meet someone I like, & he seems to like me too, I find out that he’s involved with or committed to someone else. Even when they’re not immediately with someone else, they always seem to prefer any friends I have over me. Continue reading

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Questions Mortgage and Income

1. Is it permissable in Islam for one to work for a secular bank (where riba is common) as an accountant? Continue reading

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Prayer Request: Having a disease

As salam, I was diagnosed with ‘veritgo’, that is a type of dizziness. It makes me hallucinating things moving. Doctor give me an appointment but till then, I still suffer from it… Continue reading

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Dream: Shaykh Hamza Yusuf straightening my back

uite a few things happened in the dream which I cannot recall correctly, please forgive me. Distinct part was-there was some sort of panel discussion with Sh. Hamza Yusuf and Imam Zaid Shakir…. Continue reading

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Sufism versus other Mysticisms

I’ve only begun to learn more about Sufism and Tasawwuf, and i’ve found that it bares much similarity and common ground (such as having a mantra and practicing meditation, adopting concepts like the ego or inner-self, character refinement), etc… Continue reading

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Questions about fasting

1. My mother is a diabetic and heart patient who is in her 60s, she has always fasted and this year she has had a lot of pain in her body from various illnesses… Continue reading

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White Cat around the house

I have two questions that i humbly ask for some insight. For the past year or so there has been an increase in the number of cats wandering in our neighbourhood… Continue reading

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Source of Hadith

Do we know the source of this Hadith mentioned by Mufti Taqi Usmani: It is narrated by Sayyidn’a Abdullah bin Umar that the Holy Propeht (s.a.w.) said… Continue reading

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