The prerequisite for salvation and entry into Paradise
Q: Due to the recent issues about whether Mandela will go to heaven or hell. What is the status, according to Quran and Sunnah of the Christians, Jews and disbelievers after death?
Q: Due to the recent issues about whether Mandela will go to heaven or hell. What is the status, according to Quran and Sunnah of the Christians, Jews and disbelievers after death?
Q: Eight years ago I fell in love with a girl. Her parents did not agree because of my financial state and forced her to marry someone else. She was 16 at that time. Durring that time I forgot about her ever coming back and put my self in a life of lonelyness. I kept praying to Allah Ta'ala for comfort of my heart. One night I prayed in tears to Allah about her. In the next two days I received her email asking about my well being out of no where. I continued talking to her in a decent manner and soon learnt she was not happy even after 8 years. She showed signs of seeking a divorce. I confirmed her intentions and offered my hand as if she now has the power to decide for her life. Accept me. She agreed. The Problem is she has a one year old daughter and to the fear of loosing her she decided not to seek divorce but feels the same about leaving her husband. I hang in the balance again with good intention of religiously marrying her and accepting her daughter as mine. I prayed a lot to Allah for comfort and solution but what happend why am I suffering the same thing again and last time it was easy to let go. This time
I feel there is hope and keep praying. Is it a test!? Because each time I pray and be a good muslim I get positive effects from her side. Now I am blank as if Allah has put me in a test again. Is it right of her to get subjected to something not in her will and because of the child not practice her right of khulah.
Q: I am a fellow muslim teenager here in Toronto, Canada. The problem is that a lot of pious and loving friends that I have (majority of them being Muslim) are starting to party for no various reasons and now they want to do it more! It is a shame because a lot of muslims I know, and it's tough to look at, have become one of these people. Recently, some students in my school just had a party exclusively for Grade 10 students. This party was without any adult authority from my school and before I knew it, some people actually turned to haram and drank alcohol and did drugs just like that. Even I got invited, but I just knew that this would happen. And if I were to ask anyone who went there that night, a majority of them would say, "They had fun." Now, one of my lifetime goals and lifetime deeds was to help people stay on the path to heaven within Allah Subhanawatua'la, I could see this as a test and opportunity to build up on my good deeds by the will of Allah. As a bystander of all this partying and what not, what would you do to encourage students to stay on the path to Jannah and what do you think of this in general?
Q: Bahishti Zewar chapter about the Jumu’ah and Eid Salaah: "To offer jumu'ah salaat openly and with full permission. It will not be permissible to offer jumu'ah salaat in any private and secluded place. If jumu'ah salaat is offered at such a place where the general public is not allowed to come or the doors of the musjid are closed at the time of jumu'ah, the salaat will not be valid."
Can we offer the jumuah salaat in a place other than a musjid?
Q: My question is I work in an IT company where I have to speak to the the USA clients. My problem is whenever I speak to them I feel a little bit scared, nervous etc because of that I sometimes forget what I have to communicate to them, so please Moulana suggest me a wazifa to get rid of this problem and I request you to please make dua for me.
Q: In the Hanafi madhab, if you remain silent (during prayer) for a time period where one can recite "Subhan Allah" 3 times, then it becomes waajib for the person to perform Sajdah Sahw. If, however, the individual did not perform Sajdah Sahw, does he then have to repeat his prayer? What if, in the past, the person did not pay attention to this fact during his prayer, and he now has several prayers where he was required to perform Sajdah Sahw, but he did not do so. Does he have to repeat all those prayers?
Q: I saw a dream that I was plucking jasmine flowers in green tree. What is the meaning of this dream? I was performing isthikara for marriage.
Q: Is it permissible for a dentist to administer Botox injections and lip fillers to a patients face for cosmetic reasons or due to disfigurement as a result of missing teeth etc?
Q: In Islam we are encouraged to visit relatives etc. How should one do this if most of the relatives are not purdah conscious and the lady relatives are probably going to try and talk to you when visiting. Should one try to visit these type of people or avoid going to these homes?
Q: Is it sunnat to have one's kurtha pocket on the right hand side of the chest? And have the button flap with the right side on top of the left?