Zakir Husain

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Fatawa

1. Does reciting the Quran benefit the baby in the womb?AskImam · 13 Jun 2025
2. If a divorce was to happen islamicaly does my wife take half of everything I own?AskImam · 8 May 2025
3. Is a Muslim woman allow to slaughter an animal even if a man is not there?AskImam · 8 Jun 2024
4. The Ayyam of Hajj (days of Hajj)AskImam · 3 Jul 2022
5. Is it permissible to pay Zakat in advance?AskImam · 1 Jun 2020
6. I made a promise and broke it, what is the Kaffarah for this?AskImam · 25 Jul 2016
7. Can you Combine fasting for Kaffarah for 3 days and days to make up for Ramadan of 5 Days?AskImam · 10 Jul 2016
8. What is the Significance of the three days and forty days after a funeral?AskImam · 5 Jul 2016
9. The masjid offers 3 Jumuah SalaatsAskImam · 17 May 2016
10. Can a non Mahram be a Wakeel or witness in the Nikah?AskImam · 11 May 2016
11. My wife told me she lost her virginity before we made Nikah. Do i continue in the marriage?AskImam · 7 May 2016
12. Can I marry my mother's cousin daughter?AskImam · 4 May 2016
13. Do i need to make Wudhu again?AskImam · 27 Apr 2016
14. Do i have to pray Salaah with Jama'ah first or do Qadha Salaah first?AskImam · 23 Apr 2016
15. What does Islam say about Deja vu?AskImam · 22 Apr 2016
16. Is there a sin for not praying wājib prayer like witr? What is the order of priority for types of prayers e.g. fardh, Sunnah, wājib etc.?AskImam · 10 Apr 2016
17. I need a to take a loan to start a business unfortunately most banks deal in RibaAskImam · 9 Apr 2016
18. Hadith on virtues of KnowledgeAskImam · 4 Apr 2016
19. If a Muslim woman marries a Tamil man and bears his child but maintains she and the child are Muslim. Is this true? Will she still be a Muslim?AskImam · 26 Mar 2016
20. If a man gives his wife 1 talaq and they reconcile is that talaq still valid?AskImam · 19 Mar 2016
21. Does the husband remain liable of paying dowry if the wife after exhausting herself of attaining it fails and says out of anger which she does not mean “don’t give me”?AskImam · 16 Mar 2016
22. What is the ruling on a person who travels to a country which is affected with Ebola and he goes only on a visit and intends returning back to his Country?AskImam · 10 Mar 2016
23. Is a homeless poor Muslim person allow to purchase Haram food for consumption?AskImam · 10 Mar 2016
24. What is the ruling on a person who travels to a country which is affected with Ebola and he goes only on a visit and intends returning back to his Country?AskImam · 10 Mar 2016
25. Is the blood of a fish and mosquito impure?AskImam · 9 Mar 2016
26. What are the ways of committing shirk except directly associating anything else with Allah?AskImam · 1 Mar 2016
27. Permissibility of veneers for their teeth, purely for cosmetic purposesAskImam · 1 Mar 2016
28. It is not permissible for one to join the jamat and pretend performing Salah due to feeling ashamedAskImam · 23 Feb 2016
29. Shirk in the poemsAskImam · 21 Feb 2016
30. Furniture with Animate PicturesAskImam · 14 Feb 2016
31. Hanafi married to a SalafiAskImam · 9 Feb 2016
32. Does reciting the Quran benefit the baby in the womb?Jamiat KZN · 4 Feb 2016
33. If I offer 2 rakats and make intention for tahajud will it considered tahajud or do I have to pray 11 rakats?AskImam · 27 Jan 2016
34. Illegal Passports & LicenseJamiat KZN · 27 Jan 2016
35. Is it permissible to help people make illegal passports and driving licence which according to the law is illegal?AskImam · 21 Jan 2016
36. Mistakenly offers Salaah during haydh daysAskImam · 9 Jan 2016
37. Are we allowed to eat the meat that has by slaughtered by a Jew or by a Christian?AskImam · 27 Dec 2015
38. Is there any Shari injunction that shows the rooh of the deceased returns to its abode /dwelling?AskImam · 23 Dec 2015
39. Is my cousin Ghair Mahram?AskImam · 22 Dec 2015
40. Can I read the Holy Quran on the train when travelling to and from work?AskImam · 19 Dec 2015
41. Who should pay my fathers account?AskImam · 19 Dec 2015
42. My questions are with regards to QuranAskImam · 10 Dec 2015
43. Waswasa During GhuslAskImam · 8 Dec 2015
44. A widow will have to spend her iddat of four month and ten days (130days) in the same place where she was residing with her husbandAskImam · 7 Dec 2015
45. The Name 'Muhammed Abdullah Fawwaz'AskImam · 26 Nov 2015
46. I haven't come on my menstrual cycle for a long time and this causes me painAskImam · 24 Nov 2015
47. The name " AMAN ABDULLAH "AskImam · 27 May 2015
48. I have a question regarding fasting i.e. is it necessary to have suhoor for qaza of fast?AskImam · 24 May 2015
49. Regarding the Ghusl of women and washing the hairJamiat KZN · 28 Apr 2015
50. What is Sajdatul Shukr?AskImam · 14 Apr 2015
51. Which types of shirk and kufr in regards to the requirement of iqamatul hujjah?AskImam · 7 Apr 2015
52. How do I purify my clothes from prostatic fluid?AskImam · 7 Apr 2015
53. Can I give my office building to a bank on rent?AskImam · 4 Apr 2015
54. Are you allowed to pray Quran katams for nabi saw or any other pious people?AskImam · 4 Apr 2015
55. Is it shirk to say it is the karam of nabi s.a.w. on receiving some good news?AskImam · 3 Apr 2015
56. Can I have Non-Muslim reading partners?AskImam · 27 Mar 2015
57. Can a person make a promise and not fulfil it in a compulsion situation?AskImam · 19 Mar 2015
58. Is it permissible to use an Institutes item without permission?AskImam · 19 Mar 2015
59. Can I trick people and cut the queue?AskImam · 15 Mar 2015
60. I’m not finding Halal loan what should I do?AskImam · 15 Mar 2015
61. Is auditing permissible?AskImam · 15 Mar 2015
62. Does consummation of food unintentionally nullifies ones fast?AskImam · 10 Mar 2015
63. Is donating and receiving blood permissible?Jamiat KZN · 9 Mar 2015
64. Do I have to receive my dowry and written talaqs to terminate the nikah?AskImam · 8 Mar 2015
65. Is donating and receiving blood permissible?AskImam · 7 Mar 2015
66. What should I do my husband doesn’t spend time with us?AskImam · 7 Mar 2015
67. Making up qadha SalahAskImam · 27 Feb 2015
68. Suitable names for childrenAskImam · 26 Feb 2015
69. Influenced by a JinnAskImam · 25 Feb 2015
70. Talaq via smsAskImam · 21 Feb 2015
71. What does the early scholars say regarding a person who breaks his bayah with the Khalifa/Amirul Muminin? And regarding the hukm about BughatAskImam · 19 Feb 2015
72. Will three talaq occur?AskImam · 13 Feb 2015
73. Is keeping name Muhammad Hasan khan and Fatima( khan or Zahra) suitable?AskImam · 6 Feb 2015
74. Translation of duaAskImam · 28 Jan 2015
75. Regarding the Ghusl of women and washing the hairAskImam · 28 Jan 2015