Scholarly answers to contemporary and classical questions, grounded in the Islamic tradition.
Answer to the first: I say: al-Bukhārī deferred this ḥadīth because he only cited it as corroboration. It is narrated by Yazīd ibn Ibrāhīm, that is, Yazīd ibn Ibrāhīm al-Tustarī Abū Saʿīd al-Baṣrī, a trustworthy transmitter whose narrations are taken…
Wa-ʿalaykum al-salām wa-raḥmatu llāhi wa-barakātuh! Expressing gratitude to Allah for His blessings is among the essential qualities of a believing servant. When one attains a blessing, receives good news, is relieved of a difficulty, or achieves an important goal, to…
The funeral prayer is fundamentally composed of four takbīrs. Concerning what should be uttered between these takbīrs, the Companions, may Allāh be pleased with them, and the scholars after them differed. Hence, it is inappropriate to insist on one recognised…
What’s the protocol if you attend the mosque to pray and there’s a janazah going on?
My student Subaida from Kerala in India asked me the following question: Salam Sheikh, Did Prophet (PBUH) combine Zuhr & Asr, Maghrib & Isha in Madinah sometimes, even when there was no rain or when he was not travelling (without…
A student of Al-Salam Institute, asked two questions, both of which are answered below consecutively: First question: Assalamu alaikum ya Sheikh Akram, I…
Question: There is hadith in Abu Dawud that the Prophet ﷺ said: Whoever misses jumu`ah without a good reason should give in sadaqah one dinar (a gold coin); if he can’t find one, then half. Is it obligatory for us…
They said: Perhaps this specific sunnah stopped being practiced in later generations?
If a woman’s menstruation stops while she is at work or travelling and she is not able in that situation to take a bath (ghusl), is she allowed to miss the obligatory prayers (i.e., defer them until the time when…