Q:
1. Can a woman in haiz/nifaas read last 2 ayahs of Sura Baqara and first 10 ayahs of Sura Kahaf with the niyyah of dua for protection?
2. Can she also read other duas while holding a dua book like munajat e maqbool in her hand?
Q: How this moon sighting thing works in different countries? Why eid is celebrated on different days by different people of country? The Hadith says not to fast on the day of eid.. Please clarify.
Q: When namaz is being performed in congregation and I joined as muqtadi after third rakath and after Salam I will have to pray the due rakat, while performing my due rakath can other muqtadi join me which makes me imam to new muqtad?
Q: While praying namaz in huge congregation, if any technical problems arise like microphone switch off and followers are unable to hear the command of Imam, can any follower repeat the command on behalf of imam?
Q: I am a Sunni Muslim following the Hanafi school of thought and I reside in a small state of India where the population of Muslims is only 8% i.e. approximately 220,000, almost all which identify with the Sunni sect and follow the Hanafi madhab. In matters of spiritual and religious guidance we laymen consult our local imams, most of who acquired their education from other states and almost all of them follow the teachings of Darul Uloom, Deoband, India.
However, after reading some published text materials on religion and many online lectures, I am very confused as these writers and orators claim to be of the Sunni sect, following the teaching of Hajarat Imam Abu Hanifa in case of Fiqh, etc. but differ a lot from what the imams at our local mosque preach. Most of us highly regard the writer of ‘Heavenly Ornament’ Hajarat Asraf Ali Thanwi Mujaddid e Alf thani, along with the ‘Tablighi’ movement, ShahWali Ullah,etc. and condemn the teaching of Abul Ala Maududi, Dr. Zakir Naik, Ahmed Deedat, etc. These scholars however, contradict our imams and condemn Asraf Ali Thanwi Mujaddid e Alf thani and his elk as heretics (innovators) while accepting Maududi. I am very confused on whose words to take as I have no source for authenticating what our local imams preach or what the orators and the published text suggest. Although not much, I do understand that our Nabi (pbuh) declared that the group that holds firmly to his way and the way of the Sahaabah (ra) are the rightly guided ones. However each claims to be this ‘rightly guided ones’ all the while endorsing different and conflicting ideologies.
In light of the above conflicts, I am at a religious dilemma as to which one may be the right one to follow. I shall be highly obliged if you advise me on this matter and help me identify the way of the ‘rightly guided ones’. Kindly intimate me which one Hanafi madhab is the right group?
Q: I am separated from my husband for more than 6 months. My husband tries to arrange meeting and reconciliation but I dont want to go to my husband's home. Now my husband sends me notices that if i do not come within a particular date, it will be declared as a khula as I am not interested in any reconciliation done from my husband and he can get married again. If i don't reply or go on that particular date, will the khula take place? What will be the iddat period?
Q: If someone performs black magic on a married couple for the husband to divorce the wife and the husband divorces her, then is this divorce valid?
Q: When I watch any islamic tv channel or listening to the radio where quranic verses are being recited, specially the verses wherein sajda is mandatory, so is it mandatory for me also to do sajda at that time?
Q: I have a plot purchased by me and my sons income. The plot is on my eldest sons name. I have six children; three sons and three daughters. How it will be distributed...in my life or after?
Q:
1. Can a spouse give ghusal to the deceased spouse be it male or female?
2. Can a spouse assist in burial like entering the grave etc.?
3. What is the condition of nikkah once a spouse has passed away?