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Latest Questions
- Seeing the Prophet during Tahajjud
- someone saying they’ll come back
- Prayer request about peace of mind
- missed one day of wazifah
- Drram about mawlana Faiz Dasteghani
- Burying dead dog (German Shepherd)
- Dream about someone I love
- Seeing Ameer Khusrow in the dream.
- Leather from animal that is not slaughtered
- Is My Income Considered as Haram?
Author Archives: Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad
Test Tube Babies
Question: What is your opinion about the technology of test tube babies ? Answer: By test tube babies if you mean artificial insemination you may contact us with a specific case if there is need. Hajj Gibril
Posted in Family Issues, Halal & Haram
Tagged artificial insemination, halal, haram, test-tube babies
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Blood and Organ Transfer
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What is your opinion about blood transfer/organ transfer?
A: Blood transfer and organ transfer is allowed to save lives according to
the majority of the jurists. Continue reading
Posted in Halal & Haram, Health
Tagged blood donor, halal, haram, organ transplant
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Reading Horoscopes
Q: What is your opinion about reading horoscopes (from newspaper or website etc.)?
A: Reading horoscopes is strictly forbidden and believing them endangers one’s faith. Continue reading
Posted in Belief & Doctrine, Halal & Haram
Tagged haram, horoscope
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Good Luck Stones
Q:What is your opinion about wearing gemstones (with the intention that Allah may make my luck better through the effect of these stones)?
A: Allah Most High is the Provider for everything great and small, not blind fortune or
luck. Continue reading
Investing in Stocks
Q: What are your opinion about the business of shares (stock exchange)…?
A: It is preferable to invest in gold but interest-free bank accounts may be used. Continue reading
Posted in Halal & Haram
Tagged gold, interest, investment, riba, shares, stocks
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Does Creation Have Rights over Allah?
Question: Is it correct to say that creation has rights over Allah? Answer: Only in the terms the Prophet (upon him blessings and peace) said: “Do you all know what right Allah Most High has over His servants? The right … Continue reading
Posted in Belief & Doctrine
Tagged Allah's Rights, belief, creation, creed, doctrine, huquq al-`ibad, huquq Allah, servants' rights
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Is Belief in al-Mahdi Part of Islamic Creed?
Q: Is belief in al-Mahdi required in the beliefs of Muslims, in particular Ahl as-Sunnah?
A: Belief in the Mahdî is Obligatory in Islam Continue reading
Hadith Which Says Prophet Ibrahim (as) “Lied” Three Times
Q: There is a hadith in Bukhari which says that prophet Ibrahim (as) lied on three occasions. Did the prophet Ibraheem (as) lie, because a sahih hadith of Bukhari states that prophet Muhammad (s) said so?
A: It is wrong to say: Ibrahim lied. Adab requires that we only say: the Prophet said: “Ibrahim never lied except for three lies…” Continue reading
Posted in Hadith
Tagged adab, good conduct, hadith, lie, Sayyidina Ibrahim
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Making Prostration (Sajdah)
Questions: “I have two questions. The first concerning sajdah. Do knees touch “the ground first, or do hands? I remember someone quoting a hadith “about not making sajdah like a camel. What does this mean? Answer: The only school that … Continue reading
Posted in Salat - Prayer
Tagged position, prayer, prostration, sajdah
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Non-Muslims Handling Quran
Q: I am not Muslim, but I own a fine printing of the Qur’an which I received as a gift from a Muslim student…
A: The story is told of a man named Bishr who was coming home drunk one rainy night and who saw apiece of paper with some writing on it in the mud. Upon closer examination he saw that the writing was the name of God in Arabic, ALLAH…. Continue reading
Posted in Qur'an & Tafsir
Tagged clean, non-Muslim, pure, Quran
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