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Attending non-Muslim funeral rites and interfaith speakers at funerals
Attending non-Muslim funeral rites and interfaith speakers at funerals
View AnswerJanazahMadhhab: HanafiShaikh MasoodAuthorized ScholarJUG-2026-BT8SR2PDGG
Attending interfaith conferences and Hindu religious ceremonies like jhandi
Attending interfaith conferences and Hindu religious ceremonies like jhandi
View AnswerOtherMadhhab: HanafiShaikh MasoodAuthorized ScholarJUG-2026-T828N9NVEM
Can a Muslim head of state participate in other faiths' celebrations for the sake of national unity
Does the ruling against participating in other religions' worship apply without exception even to a Muslim head of state of a mixed-religion country -- can he join other…
View AnswerAqidahMadhhab: HanafiShaikh MasoodAuthorized ScholarJUG-2026-1QKKF8XHZ5
Is reciting the Third Kalimah sufficient for praising Allah, or should specific surahs also be added
Surah al-Ikhlas and Ayat al-Kursi both speak to the greatness of Allah, similar to the Third Kalimah (Tamjeed) -- can one use these two surahs together with the Third Kalimah to…
View AnswerSalahMadhhab: HanafiShaikh MasoodAuthorized ScholarJUG-2026-71GRXFFCWD
Is it necessary to complete a full Qur'an recitation during Ramadan
Is it necessary to complete a full Qur'an recitation during Ramadan
View AnswerSawmMadhhab: HanafiShaikh MasoodAuthorized ScholarJUG-2026-D44PVFX2H4
Does the Jumu'ah prayer replace Zuhr, and is missing it for work sinful
Does Jumu'ah completely replace Zuhr for those who attend? If a man misses Jumu'ah due to work, is he sinful? If Jumu'ah replaces Zuhr, how should someone who misses it correctly…
View AnswerSalahMadhhab: HanafiShaikh MasoodAuthorized ScholarJUG-2026-QNPF35EFGG
Is it permissible for a scholar to live on donations, and what counts as halal income
Is it okay for a Muslim, specifically a scholar doing nothing for the deen, to live on donations even though he is healthy? What is halal income?
View AnswerBusiness and MuamalatMadhhab: HanafiShaikh MasoodAuthorized ScholarJUG-2026-805YZ9S7Q8
Is it permissible to hand a Muslim over to non-Muslims in war, or to help destroy a Muslim family
Can a Muslim hand over a Muslim to a non-Muslim in war? And in today's context, is it permissible for a Muslim to join with a non-Muslim to destroy a Muslim family?
View AnswerOtherMadhhab: HanafiShaikh MasoodAuthorized ScholarJUG-2026-EXCTFZ1TKN
Combining and shortening the prayers while travelling
How should a traveller join his salah according to the Sunnah?
View AnswerSalahMadhhab: HanafiShaikh MasoodAuthorized ScholarJUG-2026-TXP82KRXHW
Do all Islamic rulings ultimately "make sense"
There are rulings some of us don't understand until they are explained, at which point they also make practical sense. How should we deal with the rulings whose reasoning doesn't…
View AnswerAqidahMadhhab: HanafiShaikh MasoodAuthorized ScholarJUG-2026-BGW6T8F336
Is ghusl obligatory before Friday prayer
Is it compulsory to make ghusl on a Friday?
View AnswerTaharahMadhhab: HanafiShaikh MasoodAuthorized ScholarJUG-2026-74NW21M0Q0
Eating food from, or buying from, a Muslim business that also sells alcohol
Is it permissible to eat food from a Muslim-owned business that sells alcohol? What if the business recently started selling alcoholic drinks alongside its food?
View AnswerHalal and HaramMadhhab: HanafiShaikh MasoodAuthorized Scholar