Answered By Shaykh Dr. Muhammad Fayez Awad Question What debts are deducted or added when calculating Zakat for both the debtor and the creditor? Answer All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds. Blessings and peace be upon the Messenger of Allah, his Family, and his Companions. Zakat, the third pillar of Islam, […]

Answered by Shaykh Abdul-Rahim Reasat Question Do hanafi’s have to make up missed daytime prayers during the daytime? Shaykh Abdul-Rahim Reasat explains the Hanafi perspective on making up missed daytime prayers. Shaykh Abdul-Rahim Reasat pursued Arabic Grammar and Morphology alongside his English and History degree. Post-graduation, he deepened his studies in Damascus, learning Arabic, Hanafi […]

Answered by Shaykh Irshaad Sedick Question What are the limitations of video recording for Islamic and other educational programs in the Shafi‘i School? In schools, certain activities require the children to draw animated pictures. Is this permissible? For some occupations, digital photography of the human body is required, including private organs. In light of Islamic law, […]

Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel Question Based on this answer it says (regarding the Hanafi school), “The stronger and more precautionary position is that it is obligatory to be in a state of ritual purity to touch even a translation of the Quran.” How was this ruling derived? Especially since a translation, such as an […]