Translation of the word الذكرى
Q: Someone posted a Quranic verse that ‘indeed reminders benefit believers’. When I checked the translation, it said that ‘the reminder benefits the believers’. Is the translation from before incorrect?
Q: Someone posted a Quranic verse that ‘indeed reminders benefit believers’. When I checked the translation, it said that ‘the reminder benefits the believers’. Is the translation from before incorrect?
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1. If a woman has a wet dream and upon awakening, takes a ghusal and performs salaah and then notices more discharge, does she have to take gusal again and repeat the salaah?
2. If a woman has a wet dream during haidh does ghusal become compulsory on her?
Q: Today, my husband and I had an argument. He was very aggressive and used bad language. He told me, "You are my sister" Is this a talaaq?
Q: I would like to know if a restraint of trade agreement is permissible in an Islamic sale.
Example: I am selling my cellphone business to Zaid. In the sale agreement a clause is added that I, the seller, is not allowed to trade in the same field of business for a stipulated period (e.g. 5 years). Will such a clause be permissible? If not will the adding of such a clause nullify the entire sale? Or will the clause be impermissible and the rest of the sale be correct?
Q: My father was the only earning member in our family. Now he is retired and we are going through some financial problems. Can I find a job and earn an income to support my family by maintaing sunnat purdah?
As a Muslim woman I don't like working outside the home but I'm in a complex situation. What should I do?
Secondly, what type of job should I do?
Q: I have been blessed with a baby girla and I would like to name her Ayman. Is it an Arabic name and what is the correct meaning?
Q: I heard a hadith of our Nabi Hazrat Muhammad (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) that a person should recite Surah Baqarah in the home.
My question is that, can I recite Surah Baqarah periodically, (30% in the morning, 30% in the afternoon and the remaining in the evening) because it is too long to be completed at a single time (morning, evening or afternoon). Is it ok or should I have to recite it at a single time?
Q: If someone wants to settle permanently in a kuffaar country such as, US, Canada, Australia, etc. Is there any prohibition or discouragement in Islam for this?
Q: Could you please answer the questions below from a female Hanafi's perspective:
1. What is the correct procedure for making salaam at the Rawdah from entry to exit? What is allowed and what is not?
2. What duas should one make at the Rawdah?
3. Should one ask Rasullullah (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) to intercede on ones behalf or ask Allah Ta'ala to grant one the intercession of Rasulullah (sallallahu alaihi wasallam)?
4. As a female Hanafi, is one allowed to follow the Imam? If one is in the Masjid, should one follow the Imam or read namaaz on ones own?
5. As a female Hanafi, is one allowed to make Jumuah and follow the Imam or should one read on ones own as per normal?
6. Should I follow the times for asr which is Shafi or should I read as a per normal and wait until the Hanafi time comes in? This will be how long exactly before maghrib?
7. Is it better for females to read at the hotel in Madina and Makkah or should one go to the Haram for salaah?
Q: Can I take money from a student whose father is employed in a bank?