Opening up the same business as another person
Q: A certain person has a thriving clothing store. I want to open a clothing store where I will sell the same items as him. Also, I want to copy the method that he uses to sell his items. Is this fine?
Correction of duas for eating
Q:
- Please clarify if the dua for eating has wa ala barakatillah or if it is just wa barakatillah without ala, which one is Sunnah and rewarding?
- The dua after eating is it wajaalana minal muslimeen or wajaalana muslimeen, which one is Sunnah and rewarding?
Please write the duas in Arabic with Harakat and reference from Hadith.
Wazifa for psoriasis
Q: My dad is suffering from a skin disease called psoriasis and it has been for quite a long time now. My great grandfather and my grandfather had the same disease. Please give me some duas for this disease? Can I ask him to recite the dua of Ayub Alaihi Salam as well?
Taqleed
Q: What is taqleed?
Dislike for Urdu language
Q: I don't like Urdu language. So is it Kufr or Gunaah? please tell me.
Placing a line of bricks around the grave
Q:
- Laying a layer of brick stones around a grave for identifying the presence of a grave but not building anything over the grave, is it permitted or not? Does it come under the category of a pukka grave which is prohibited in Shari'ah? We see in Jannatul Baqi that many graves have a demarcation with a layer of rock stones around them.
- What is the meaning of the statement that 70000 dead will be taken out from a single grave on the Day of Resurrection? The numbers 7, 70, 700, 70000 are used in Hadiths and in the Quran to describe different situations. Can we take these numbers in the literal sense or do they convey any other meaning?
Tajweed book for Maktab children
Q: Which Tajweed book is recommended for Maktab children which has easy English?
Superstitions
Q: In India there is rodent which is like a rat. In Gujrati they call it cher. It walks on the sides of the room. I heard you shouldn't kill it because it brings blessings in the house. Is this true?
Safar distance
Q: Maulana Fazlur Rahman Azmi Sahab of Madrasah Arabia Islamia, Azaadville, South Africa writes in his book: "A person becomes a musafir by travelling 54 english miles not 48 miles. Is this correct because I was told a person becomes a musafir by travelling 48 English miles?
Why is the tenth of Muharram called Aasuhra'
Q: Why is 10th of Muharram called Ashura? I heard that 10 things happened on this day that's why its called Ashura. If this is true then what are the 10 things?