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Garment Length for Men and Women
Q:What is the ruling on garment length for both men and women? A: The ruling on garment length varies depending on the person, the...
How to Manage Ongoing Ritual Impurity
Q: How do I properly manage purification if I experience an ongoing state of ritual impurity such as incontinence? A: It is obligatory...
Impurities in a Large Body of Water
Q: If only part of a large body of water changes because of impurity, does the whole thing become impure? A: Not always. A large body...
Brown of Yellowish Discharge After Normal Cycle
Q: After my monthly menstrual cycle concluded, I noticed brownish discharge. Is that considered a part of my cycle? A: If yellowish (...
Removing Khuffs Invalidates Wudu
Q: How do we understand that the removal of the turban or the khuffs that have been wiped over, invalidate a person's wudhu? They are not...
Woke up to Dampness
Q: I woke up to dampness on my body and clothing. Do I need to make ghusl? A: In this scenario, which describes a nocturnal emission,...
Shaving Only a Part of the Head
Q: What is the ruling of shaving only a part of the head? A: Shaving the nape without reason is disliked. A justifiable reason would be...
Touching the Mushaf without Wudu
Due to a ḥadath (major or minor), it is impermissible to touch a copy of the Qurʾān
Rennet of a Carcass
Rennet from a dead animal which is a yellowish substance that is extracted from the stomach of an animal and processed to make cheese
Using the Siwak or Toothbrush
Q: Which hand should I use to brush my teeth? A: It is recommended to brush the teeth horizontally with a soft stick fashioned from the...
How to Determine the Regular Cycle
Q: How do I determine my regular monthly menstrual cycle? A: First it should be noted that age of menstruation is from a complete nine...
Wudu with Braces
Q: Asalam walaykum sheikh. Does wearing invisalign braces (which totally covers the teeth), impede purification? Do they need to be...
Do I have to unbraid my hair to make ghusl?
Q: Do I have to take my braids out to perform ghusl? A: You must unbraid your hair to perform ghusl at the end of your menstrual...
How long can I let my beard grow?
Q: How long can I let my beard grow? A: “It is recommended to let the beard grow without removing any of it... 'so long as it's...
Can I make sujud without wudu?
Q: Can I make prostration of recitation (tilawah) or that of gratitude (shukr) without wudu? A: No. Sujud tilawah and shukr are much like...
Praying in the masjid with incontinence.
Q: How can a person with incontinence from urine pray Jumah prayers without spreading najasah the masjed? A: It is permitted in this case...
My hands hurt from wringing out soiled clothes. What can I do?
Q: My dad pees on the toilet floor & he gets filth in his underwear etc. I wash his underwear, pants, carpet, floor-towels & private-part...
If a cat drinks from a bowl of water, it is still clean?
Q: Shaikh John, I recently read that water that has been drunk by cat is permissible to do wudu? Is this accurate? Also, why dogs are not...
Does blood break wudu? What about female discharge?
Q: Does blood (any amount) break your wudu', whether it stained the clothes or was in a place that won't stain the clothes like a scratch...
Can I wear a watch with gold parts?
Q: Asalamualaykum Sh.John. I wanted to know the ruling on wearing a steel watch which contains gold parts. Such as the movement or dials....
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