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  • Bleeding because of breaking of hymen does not require Ghusl

    Assalaamu alaykum. My question is quite a personal one, but it is important to know for me. It has been around a month since I got married. A day ago, I had sexual intercourse with my husband, and the next morning, I did Ghusl (ritual bath) as well; however, this time my hymen broke, and I suffered bleeding. After I again made Ghusl today, the bleeding.. More

  • Shaafi'is' view regarding shaving beard

    Assalaamu alaykum. I read somewhere that there is Ijmaa’ (consensus among the scholars)on the fist-length beard as being mandatory, and once there is Ijmaa’, nothing can change it after that. However, in the Shaafi'i Fiqh, I read that the strong position regarding the beard is that it is disliked to shave it. So is the Shaafi'i Fiqh going against.. More

  • Number in Istijmaar in different Schools of Fiqh

    Assalamu alaykum. I have a question regarding Istijmaar(purifying oneself from defecating or urinating by wiping with a solid material).I have read the following statement: Ibn Qudaamah said in Al-Mughni (1/102), “Both things are stipulated together: purification and completing three; one of them done without the other is not sufficient. This is the.. More

  • Impurity is only transmitted if it is damp

    Assalaamu alaykum. My question is a very different question. Please help me and guide me. If something in your home is impure and you know about it and your family members touch it or use it and they are not aware of the impurity of that particular thing but only you are aware of the impurity, then what should be done? Should you tell them about the.. More

  • She suffers from incontinence and needs to pray Fajr and Thuhr with same ablution

    Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu Shaykh. I suffer from diseases that require to renew my ablution for the obligatory prayers. I want to know, if I want to pray the Eid prayer or the Friday prayer at the two Holy Mosques, then one has to go very early to get a good place, and for the Eid one goes for Fajr and then stays there. Can I.. More

  • Washing bedcovers stained with semen

    Assalaamu alaykum. I put my bedsheets/bedcovers in the washing machine due to the impurity of semen (I am aware that there are different opinions about this, but I take the more difficult view in order to be on the safe side - I am not sure if this is correct either). One of the bedcovers is waterproof (to protect the mattress). The washing machine.. More

  • Abu Haneefah's view on the beard

    Dear Shaykh, what was Imam Abu Hanifah's, may Allaah have mercy upon him, view on the beard, and is it true that he did not speak to people who did not have beards? What do the Hanafi scholars and books say on this matter? May Allaah reward you, Shaykh. .. More

  • Signs of purity from menstruation should be checked before prayer time ends

    If a woman is in the last day of menses when it is slightly yellowish till she sleeps at night, should she wake up for the Fajr specifically to check if it has ended, or should she check when she wakes up in the morning and then do Ghusl (ritual shower taken in the state of major ritual impurity)? May Allaah reward you. .. More

  • Color of impurity that remains after washing clothes of no effect

    Assalaamu alaykum. When washing my impure clothes, there was one incident where one of my undergarments had stains remaining while other clothes were clean from impurity. So can I wear that undergarment, or do I have to wash it and also clean the other clothes (all clothes have been washed three times in the washing machine)? .. More

  • Turning toilet into kitchen

    A poor family wants to build a kitchen in the place of a toilet. Is it alright if they put a wooden board over the place where the indian style toilet was instead of removing the closet completely and use it as a kitchen? .. More

  • Bleeding after intercourse

    Assalaamu alaykum. I had intercourse with my husband and then experienced bleeding for two hours. What is this bleeding called in Islam. If I get pregnant because of that intercourse, could that bleeding harm the expected baby? .. More

  • Replacing ablution with tayammum so as not to be seen by non-Mahram men

    Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu. Is tayammum permissible in the following cases? A) 1- If water is available but there is no real/correct privacy for the woman and there is a fear/risk of a non-Mahram (permanently unmarriageable) man to enter and see her while performing ablution while she is not wearing the hijab because she.. More

  • How to wash ears in ablution

    Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu, Shaykh. I have questions related to ablution: 1. Before wiping the head in ablution, does one need to wash his hands or can one just wipe it without washing hands after having washed the arms? 2. How is one to wipe his ears; the inside is the inside part where one enters his finger in order to clean.. More

  • Saying ‘Bismillaahir-Rahmaanir-Raheem' instead of just ‘Bismillaah’

    I wanted to ask wether one is allowed to say, "Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Raheem" instead of "Bismillah" before performing ablution. I read that according to Ibn Taymiyah and other scholars that it is fine to say the whole word before eating, so I am wondering whether this is applicable to the ablution as well. May Allaah bless you. .. More

  • Washing impurity from toddler

    Assalaamu alaykum. I want to ask how I should give a bath to my one-year-old baby when he has passed stool or urine and put his hand in it and then touched his other body parts as well. I used to wash his hands first, but then while washing his private parts, he would again touch his body where he touched earlier with his dirty hands. Also, when take.. More