I noticed that my relatives (living in Dubai) do not pray at the masjid, even when it is only at a 2-minute walk from their home. They offer all their prayers at home, including the Jumma salah. Their reason is that the imam is a paid employee of the government. They mentioned that some fatwas state that "Getting paid on offering prayer and other things like teaching the Quran is haram". My relatives told me that Prophet Muhammad (SAW), Abu Bakar (RA) or any other companions of Prophet Muhammad (SAW) did not accept wages to lead prayers. I asked them that if they go to Hajj, they will not offer prayers behind the Kaaba Imam since he is getting paid by the government. They replied that yes they will not. So my question is that, are these people doing the right thing by not praying behind a government paid imam?

Assalamwalekum WRB brother . 1. a property that is being used as office for employees, which is consulting or service business?as well the office building has loan or mortgage on it ... 2. I have brought a property on mortgage but and rented it 180k then there is mortgage EMI which is going , like EOD its more that the rent means a loss and property value is not increased that much too so what should I do ? I live in rented property my self and planning to move into this one.. 3. there is an other property in which I live now in other country but in future I may be sell it, but now its my residence whats the ruling on that for zakat ?

I had a wer dream while fasting does it mean that fast is invalid.and is it not a sin that my mind thinks sexually while I am sleeping

To know alot about islam or a persoon who did this before and stoped or an imam or anybody just someone answer my question plss

I really want to start wearing it I just want to know if it is im afraid of wearing it also because of the city that I’m in it’s soo many KKK flags it’s scary. alhumdulilah for every answer.

I performed *Nafil* prayer(namaz) after *Asr Faraz* namaz, one person came and said you should not perform any namaz (Salah) after Asr Faraz. I would like to know is it allowed to offer *Nafil* namaz after Farz namaz of Asr? There is a same doubt with offering *Nafil* namaz after Fajr. Would anyone clarify on this?

I offered taraweeh on the first day but after first day I started having severe pain in my back and shoulder so can I stop now? Is it necessary to complete it till the end?

My husband has no house and currently living in his brothers house. He has invested in 2 plots and currently paying its installments in order to buy his own house by selling them once they're on his name. Is zakat is due on such installments?

Q2. I want to know that selling graphic design services is haram? Like we also make cartoons and illustrations of real people and also cartoon characters, so is that okay?

For instance, say that a community wants to tend to people who would be wayfarers, such as typically young students who often need hostels, who tend to not have access to that many resources even back home, let alone on the road, often going for educational or other benevolent purposes. Would spending some of the zakat money meant for wayfarers on a project like this to build a hostel and maintain it be a good use of zakat? Or a similar idea, if someone wanted to make a program similar to Medicaid, used by lower class people for medical access, would zakat money spent on the entire program as opposed to individually funding a poor person's medical bills be a good thing, intending to use advantages of a collective program like economies of scale and the strength of centralized negotiation with suppliers in procurement?

Is there any event in which Hazrat Ali(RA) ordered the killing of 40 people because they exceeded the limits of love with Hazrat Ali(RA) and declared Hazrat Ali(RA) to be the God.

Okay, before jummah prayer in one of my local mosque, the khatib said all of us to avoid mobile and internet. He said that internet did more harm to Islam than it did any good. He also discouraged promoting Islam online and criticised the scholar who spread Islamic knowledge over internet. He mentioned that photos, videos are totally haram. Even talking over video call is haram too. He requested us too abandon our mobile in order to stay safe from internet. Now my question is, how logical is that? Are everything he said true? Is internet actually no use of Islam?

After a little research, I have seen a lot of Muslim critic targeting this hadith as a reference to Islam being racist. The hadith is as follows: > Jabir (Allah be pleased with him) reported: There came a slave and pledg- ed allegiance to Allah's Apostle ﷺ on migration; he (the Holy Prophet) did not know that he was a slave. Then there came his master and demanded him back, whereupon Allah's Apostle ﷺ said: Sell him to me. And he bought him for two black slaves, and he did not afterwards take allegiance from anyone until he had asked him whether he was a slave (or a free man) (Sahih Muslim ) An argument of such a critic is "Muhammad not only trades in slaves, but he deems the life of one slave pledging himself to Islam as MORE worthy than two African non-converts." What would be a general response to such an argument? As a matter of fact, an explanation of this hadith would be appreciated. -------------------------------- As an attempt to answering my own question, I was thinking of this: So, by default our prophet has already made it clear in the last sermon that a white isn't superior to a black nor is a non-Arab superior to an Arab or vice versa. So when our prophet decided to sell 2 black individuals for an individual who has pledged allegiance to the prophet, it wasn't because of race or that the black slaves were expendable but maybe for a certain reason where assuming the 2 black slaves were more valued to the slave master, than anything such as money or animal. It's also possible that the slave who pledged allegiance to our prophet could have been black. Hence bought him for 2 black non-muslims. At this point, I am only rationalizing on certain possibilities but not really getting anywhere. I just hope someone can have a better explanation than myself with proper evidence.

Assalamualaikum, recently, i have learned that backbiting is a major sin. I have doubts on it & some more issues added based on islam.Here they are: Doubt 1. If i backbit someone accidentally or intentionally, do i have to reach out to them even if it's awkward because they don't know me and they are out of my reach? Let me give you an example. My friend had talked about a neighbour living next to us- we both know him. She talked some things about him- though i wasnt sure she would talk bad things or so. Also, I had listened to her words so i bear the same sin as her but its unintentional and accident. What do i do? Also, even if jt is backbiting, Its awkward to seek forgiveness because he doesnt know us since we are strangers. He might get shocked and mom warned us not to talk or visit any strangers house, so it's not possible to ask forgiveness however. Am i forgiven if i just ask forgiveness from Allah?

Is it considered haram if you talk GOOD about someone behind their back? Or is backbiting haram in general?

I am aware that transgender identity is considered haram in Islam. However, some people choose to worship Allah but may struggle to fully submit to His wishes, resulting in compromises. In Islam, mixing genders is haram, and one shouldn't have friends of the opposite gender. So, should a transgender woman have female friends or male friends? I’m curious because of a story I heard in which Muhammad ﷺ forbade his wives from having contact with a feminine man because he sensed lust in his behavior and words. This implies that the rules about who can befriend whom are tied to sexual preferences rather than biological sex.

I have given my mother some money for our house decoration and it has already been used. She will give me back the money if I ever need it. Will zakat be applicable on this money?

The Ash'arite أشعرية‎ or Asha'irah ٱلْأَشَاعِرَة are a known theoligcal sect of creed that refers by name to abu al-Hassan al-Asha'ary and most of its followers can be found among followers of the shafi'i and maliki school of fiqh. And they regard themselves as representatives of ahl-as-Sunnah wa Jma'ah beside other sects (of creed) such as the Maturidi's and the Salafi's. Now I've read somewhere -correct me if I'm wrong- that abu al-Hassan al-Asha'ari passed through three phases in his life. 1. A phase in which he was a follower of the creed of al-Mu'tazilah . 2. A phase in which he started debating al-Mu'tazilah based on 'ilm al-Kalam . 3. A phase in which he defended the creed of ahl as-Sunnah wal Jama'a. And as far as I know in each of these phases or at least in the last two he has compiled books defining his creed and theology. My question now is: Those scholars who claim to be 'Ashra'arites like the imams and scholars: - Among the Shafi'is: al-Juwayni, al-Ghazali, al-Bayhaqi, an-Nawawi, as-Suyuti, al-Fakhr a-Razi, ibn 'Abdassalaam, as-Subki, ibn 'Asakir ... - Among the Maliki's: al-Baqilani, abu Bakr ibn al-'Arabi - Among the Hanbali's: ibn al-Jawzi (at least wikipedia claims he was because of his works in ilm al-Kalam) - ... which of his creeds or phases did they follow? It could be great if your answer could include some details.

I am doing one sin long time (more than 10yrs Please include me in your duas). But now I have dua that I wish very very to accept by allah. So i give up all the sins and started doing good indeeds. But whenever I inteneted or tempted to do that sin, I think about that dua to be accepted and I will change my mind. So I afraid that instead of giving up sin for allaah. Is it permissible to avoid that sin for dua to be acceptance. I afraid that whether my niyyath is wrong or I should afraid of allah when I tempted to do that. Allah know the best.

Girl wanted to marry son, but the got forcefully married to the father without her consent, if she doesn't approve of the marriage and the father rapes her, can she then go to the islamic court (Ahle hadith) and get the marriage annulled and marry the son instead since it's an invalid marriage due to no consent of the girl, no guardian etc? Ps - I would like a view from the salafi approach, which Islamqa follows.