Aayat-e-karima khatam
Q: I want to ask a question about aayat-e-karima. Is it necessary to recite it 125 000 times for aayat-e-karima khatam or we can recite it as much as we can. What is the authenticity of the count?
Zikr & Dua
Asking Allah Ta'ala for material things
Q: Is it wrong to ask Allah for materialistic things such as a comfortable home for my kids and family or a car for myself?
Using a zikr counter
Q: Alhamdulillah I use a counter to make zikr. Generally I meet alot of people of different races, cultures, etc. All of them ask the same question. "What's the counter for?" Could you please advise me what to tell them. Something that'll be simple but InshaAllah a means of hidayaat for them. Something that'll attract them to Islam and create that love for Allah Ta'ala.
Making zikr of "hasbi rabbi jallallah"
Q: Can I make this zikr 100 time after my qiyamul layl "hasbi rabbi jallallah maa fee qalbi gayrullah nur e Muhammad sallallah, la illa ha illallah"?
Reciting "Hasbunallahu wa ni`mal wakeel"
Q: Are these words shirk "Hasbunallahu wa ni`mal wakeel" and "Azizun qaaf qawiyyun latif"?
Making dua for something that seems improbable
Q: Is it disliked to make dua for something that is highly improbable?
Secondly, does making dua such as 'oh Allah, grant jannah to all of the ummah' count as improbable since some people will inevitably go to jahannam? Or asking Allah to protect all of the our brothers and sisters from Allah all sorts of harm - is this also improbable?
Different pronunciations in the istikhaara dua
Q: In Istikhara dua in some books it says Faqdirhuli and waqdir liyal Khair with a kasra (zer) under the daal, in other books it says Faqdurhuli and waqdur liyal Khair with a dhamma (pesh) on top of the daal, are both correct?
If not, which one is correct, daal with a dhamma or kasra in both places?
Could you please write the whole Istikhara dua with the correct Harkat?
Gathering the entire family to make dua
Q: There's a kind of tradition in our family. Before any of our important work or board exams, all our relatives sit together and pray to Allah for our wishes to be fulfilled. Someone said that it's bidah or haram. Is it actually haram?
Reciting bismillah before offering Durood
Q: Is it necessary to recite Bismillah before offering durood?
Reciting duas and Quraan in a bathroom without a toilet
Q: A person has a bathroom with a sink, shower, etc. The toilet is enclosed in a shower door type enclosure. So the rest of the bathroom is not considered the toilet. Would it be correct to recite duas etc. there when making wudhu? Will it be fine to take a Quran inside the bathroom, recite Quran there whilst watching children in the bath? Not in the toilet, but in the rest of the bathroom.