Fiqh Q&A

This weblog answers questions in fiqh based on the reliable answers of the salaf's 4 great schools of Islamic rules and laws, but emphasizes the Hanafi school.

Monday, August 04, 2008

Q: Is it allowed for a sister to pray bare foot at home if she is with her husband and children?

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Yes, according to Abu Ĥaniifah, the woman's foot below the ankle is not part of the ˆawrah.
Friday, October 19, 2007

Questions on married life

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Question : When a person taking a bath, should he protect his ˆawrah (knee to navel) or not? - by wearing say short or underwear? For the s...
Saturday, October 13, 2007

Nikah done over the phone

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Question: Nearly 2 years ago, I met someone over the internet and fall madly in love with him. I am now 19. In January this year, we decide...
Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Re: eating meat from non-muslim supermarkets slaughtered in a non-islamic way

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Question: 1.Is it halal to eat the meat (like chicken, cow , goath, etc and products that contain these meats) from non-muslim supermarkets ...
Sunday, October 07, 2007

Modality of 4 Rakat Sunnat Ghair Mokkada

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Question: This question relates to a 4 Rakat Sunnat Ghair Mokkada. I have seen many poeple who do not recite durood (At Tahiyyatu and Allahu...
Friday, October 05, 2007

Marital relations

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Question: If you say talaq 3 times consecutively (within 5 seconds) to your wife, can you go back to her during her Hada period? Answer: No,...
Thursday, October 04, 2007

Reciting in the 3rd and 4th rakˆah

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Question: do we recite a suat after surat fateh in the 3rd and 4th rakat of farz namaz?Many thanks in anticipation. Answer: No, you only ...
Tuesday, October 02, 2007

Ghusl and fasting

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Question: in ramadan after intercourse a person can have fast bt the thing which confuses me is after having fast  when it is necessary to t...
Sunday, September 30, 2007

Re: Fiqh Question

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Question:   My question is in regards to alcohol in foods according to the Hanafi madhhab. Recently, my  mother purchased a chocolate browni...
Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Questions on ţahaarah, prayer and covering the ˆawrah

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1- What's the ruling for eating halal food in plates / bowls/ pots used for cooking haram food in there? Ĥanafiy Answer: They have to be...
Sunday, August 26, 2007

Marriage without witnesses

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Question: In hanafi fiqh; without witness does defective nikkah exist and if it exists can couple re marry  or do nikkah again after the sep...

Zakaat on money

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Question: I invested 1000$ on 1st of Muharram of a year, on the 1st of Ramadan of the same year I got profit of 20$ from that 1000$, so what...
Thursday, August 23, 2007

Re: al Makki

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Question: Are Ibn Hajar Al Makki and Ibn Hajar Haythami al Makki and al Haythami (author of Majma al Zawaid) the same person? And all thr...
Thursday, July 19, 2007

Ĥadiitħ of the blind man, how did the majority interpratate it?

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Question: Please tell me how (commentators of Hadith) have interpretated this Hadith;   THE HADITH OF THE BLIND MAN حدثنا محمود بن غيلا...

Medical Insurance

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Question: I am a convert to Islam. I want to know what is the ruling in Islam with regards to going for Medical Insurance. Please clarify....
Saturday, June 30, 2007

Wiping the neck

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Question : I found the follwing in a article (please tell me whether its true or not what is said in the sources):   Wiping the neck ...
Sunday, April 29, 2007

Re: [fiqh-hanafi:1] halal and haram

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Question : Although the scholars in their majority have said that seafood is allowed as long as it is considered fish, there is a difference...
Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Re: [fiqh-hanafi:2] Using Fragrance in Ahraam and Halaq in Jeddah

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Question : 1. A person used Fragrance (perfume) on his Ahraam for ^Umrah. But later (after coming back from ^Umrah), learnt that it...
Thursday, April 12, 2007

Re: Islam Q

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Question : I was wondering what is the ruling on someone who leaves the Salat? What I'm curious about is that I know many Muslims, inclu...
Sunday, April 08, 2007

Witr questions

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Question: : 1. A brother told me that we must recite the last three Suurah of the Qur'aan: Al-Ikħlaaş, Al-Falaq, Al-Naas in the 3th ra...
Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Re: non verbally dua

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Question : Is it aloud to make the duaa made in various timings (like after salat and other times both with raised hands and without) no...
Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Re: Al-Hadiyya al-alaiyya

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Question : what kind book is Al-Hadiyya al-alaiyya of Ibn Abidin son Allaaddin.  Is it a book with proofs or only a manual of verdicts...
Thursday, February 08, 2007

Re: position of the fingers

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Question: I ask this because i some different pratices; The first practice i noticed by many people is that: They raise their inde...
Wednesday, February 07, 2007

Re: saying: Bi hurmati

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Question: Is it aloud to say in duaa: "by the sanctity/honor of so-and-so in Your presence" (bi-hurmati / bi-jàhi fulàn). ...
Tuesday, February 06, 2007

Re: sifat question

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Question : Some Ash'aris like Ibn Khafif attribute a Yad to Allah.  He says in al-Aqida al-Sahiha: I agree that they did not intend b...
Monday, January 29, 2007

Re: sunnah prayers related to jumuah prayer.

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Question :  I thought always that there are 4 rakats sunnah before and 4 rakats sunnah after the Jumuah prayer.  Now recently a brother sa...
Monday, January 22, 2007

A woman who is giving breast milk to her baby, does she need to fast?

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Question : A woman who is giving breast milk to her baby, does she need to fast? Answer : If she seriously fears for herself or the baby, sh...
Sunday, January 21, 2007

Re: tasbihat, dhikr and dua after fard or sunnah?

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Question :  When do i need to read my after salah supplications and invocations in the case when there is a established sunnah praye...

Re: the word sayyiduna

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Question: I wanted to ask whether the word ''sayyiduna'' has come through hadeeths of durood.As i see many duroods with thi...

Re: dua not from sunnah

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Question: I found this answer on reciting a duaa which is not narrated from sunnah; We should point out here that many of those whose needs...
Wednesday, January 17, 2007

Weak hadeeth on 4 rak^aat before Jumu^ah Prayer

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Question : I Heard that this hadeeth is extremely weak, and that Nawawi in Hulasa said that 4 weak narrators where together in this hadeeth:...
Sunday, January 14, 2007

Re: imam changing place afer fard prayer

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Question :   Must the imam change place after the fard prayer if he wants to pray the sunnah? Please give dalil Answer : It is Makruuh for ...

Re: prayer beads

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Question : Shouldn't we avoid the use prayer beads as the Christians also use a similar prayer beads in the church? Answer : No, because...
Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Re: photos

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Question: Is taking photos with a camera haraam or allowed? Answer : The Hanafi scholars in Damascus allow photography, unlike painting or ...
Monday, January 08, 2007

Regarding the Attributes of Allah

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A Faqir asked: shaikh, one of the most common attacks of the pseudo-salafis upon the ash'aris in the West is that they say ash'aris ...
Monday, December 25, 2006

Re: masah over socks

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Question : What is the proof that socks allowed for wiping must be solid enough stand by themselves without support, up to the level above t...

Interpretation of words refering to Allah's attributes

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Question : According to the translator of Fiqh al Akbar, Imam Abu Hanifa writes this passage ( Abu Adam: beware that the translation below i...
Sunday, December 24, 2006

Re: masah over socks

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Question : Is it according to Abu Hanifa and his 2 students Abu Yusuf and Imam Muhammad permissible and valid to wipe over socks (whether th...
Sunday, October 08, 2006

Re: 60 days fasting

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Question : What is the proof from Quran or Hadeeth that one must fast 60 days kaffarah if one breaks his fasting? I heard a Imam on TV say t...
Thursday, October 05, 2006

Posision of Hands in Qnut

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Question : In the takbir for qunut in witr it is said one should raise his hands in the manner as raising for dua (thus not like when starti...

Re: the rakaat of nafila

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Question : According to Abu Hanifa how many rakat nafila can you pray with one taslim? Answer : It is makruuh to pray more than 4 rak^ahs wi...
Tuesday, October 03, 2006

Re: Bravenet Form Processor Fiqh Q&A

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Question :  Do you have to make wudu over if you have alot of mucus(Snot) in your noise and you blow it out?   Answer : No.
Thursday, September 28, 2006

Re: Bravenet Form Processor Fiqh Q&A

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Question : If one's saliva becomes thick while fasting, does it break fast to swallow it?  What if you cough up phlegm and swallow it?  ...
Monday, September 11, 2006

Zakaat on jewelry and bank deposits.

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Question : I have some gold ornaments that are less then nisab, and I have some money deposited in a bank, it is also less then nisab, but...
Thursday, September 07, 2006

Reading hadith books 2

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Question : i want to purchase the hadith so that i can gothrough it and understand it (inshallah) and want to know what exactly our prophet ...
Wednesday, September 06, 2006

Knees of hands first in sujuud

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Question : when we are going for sujuud, what should go first? Hands or the knees? Answer : The knees should touch the floor first.

Which hadeeth are we following or should we follow?

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Question : My question is which hadeeth are we following or should we follow? Anwer : The hadiths we are following are those that the mujta...
Tuesday, September 05, 2006

Six divorces in one sitting

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Someone asked : if a husband says from me i give you talaq 6 times in one sitting and the woman is on her menses is this irrecovable divorce...
Saturday, July 22, 2006

3 divorces in one and while in menstruation

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Question : Is it true as mentioned in Fiqh al-sunna by Saeed Sabiq, p.63, volume 8, that the divorce given to a pregnant woman will be bindi...
Sunday, June 11, 2006

Re: Bravenet Form Processor Fiqh Q&

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Question : A child who is more than 2.5 years, can any women (who is not mother of that child) breast feed the child? Answer : No, not even ...
Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Re: FIQH QUESTIONS

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Question : Can you explain why it is wrong to take the stronger hadiths in our fiqhi actions compared to what's been set in the madhab? ...
Tuesday, May 23, 2006

Re: Bravenet Form Processor Fiqh Q&

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Question : During sitting between 2 sijdah, when reading tashahud, darud, what will be the position of elbow of arm, it is straight or folde...
Thursday, May 11, 2006

Re: Bravenet Form Processor Fiqh Q&A

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Question :  what is the best time for offering  tahajuud ? how many rakaats have we to pray.i usually pray 4 rakats at 4am .the fajar salaat...
Sunday, March 26, 2006

Re: order of prayer

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Question : Isn't it that once Asr prayer time has begun you can't pray other salaah? Answer : No, You may pray as much as you like b...

Re: Bravenet Form Processor Fiqh Q&A

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Question : I have been given some differing opinions regarding smoking, One person says that it is considered haram and another says that it...
Thursday, March 16, 2006

Re: differance a mercy?

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Question : What is the status of the hadeeth: "Verily You shall open Constantinople. Its leader is good and so is that army." Answ...

Re: order of prayers

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Question : I have to work daily from 8.00 hour until 16.30 hours and i can't make salah on my work, therefore i'm missing the Dhohr ...
Tuesday, March 14, 2006

Re: Bravenet Form Processor Fiqh Q&A

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Question : I am using a roll on called Dove, which does not contain alcohol, but includes glycerin. Is it halal to use this? Answer : As lon...
Monday, March 13, 2006

Re: index finger

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Question : after pointing with the indexfinger when saying laa in ''laa ilaha 'ill-Allah'' and lowering it again when sa...
Thursday, March 09, 2006

Re: sunnah of private parts

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Question : Is it sunnah to cut the foreskin of the private part of a man? Please provide the hadeeth for this. Answer : It is a sunnah in th...
Sunday, March 05, 2006

Re: Bravenet Form Processor Fiqh Q&A

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Question : I am an Indian working in Saudi Arabia, wants to know regarding the Mutual Fund Investment in Saudi Arabia, here Banks have numbe...
Thursday, March 02, 2006

Re: Bravenet Form Processor Fiqh Q&A

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Question : I would like to know whether ghusl is required when a woman has a conversation with one's spouse and feels a little bit of se...
Wednesday, March 01, 2006

Re: dua for afiyah

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Question : "Allahumme inni as alukel mu'afate fid-dunya wal-ahireti" Is this dua saheeh and where is it recorded? Answer : I d...

Re: qunoot nazilah

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Question : Please tell me how to perform the qunoot nazilah and please provide a qunoot nazilah dua. Answer : You make the qunuut as in Witr...

Re: Bravenet Form Processor Fiqh Q&A

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Question : I want to know about Tablighs going out for forty days and four months.  Is this something praiseworthy or as some say that it is...

Ghusl and shahaadah

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Question : What is your comment if someone said, "Once a person believes in the Oneness of Allah and other fundamental aspects of Islam...
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