Welcome to a new Facebook live fatwa session; we are honored that Dr. Jasser Auda is our guest today.

Questions Answered in This Session

Reciting Quran from devices

Can women recite the Quran from devices when they have their menses?

Family problem

How do you treat a father who abandoned his wife and daughters and married another women who he lives with. The father refuses to pay for anything except the water bill and rent. The father has ruined the girls and their mothers reputation. How can they get their rights back and restore their reputation in the community in a way that pleases Allah? Also, the father never divorced his first wife but does not spend on her for anything for the past 5 years.

Sister’s right

Assalamu alaikum shaikh. I have seen discussion about rights of wife, daughter & mother. But what is the Islamic teachings about rights of younger sister, elder sister and twin sisters?

 Performing Taraweeh prayers on platforms such as zoom

Is there a fatwa about the permissibilty to perform Taraweeh prayers on platforms such as zoom?

Is it haram to hide a previous sin?  

Is it haram to hide a previous sin? By keeping it a secret does it mean I am lying to a future husband?

Female/Male friendship

If a tv show/book have the concept of female/male friendship that turns to love and other concepts against Islam, are they haram to watch/read?

Islamic social system and Western social system

How is the Islamic social system different to the western social system?

Nikkah with a Girl without letting Parents Know

I have a question that my brother did nikkah with a girl few days ago without our parents approval and no one from our family was there in his nikkah… The girl was trapping him for money for 2 year and spreading hate for his family in his heart. When we came to knew he said i did this just because as good deed bcause she was divorced first…Tell me first this kind of deed is actually acceptable or counted as good from any angle what he did.

The girl worked in his office and had an affair with him and did nikkah at her own home without telling any one from my brother’s side. And the girl was first divorced and had a child which we came to know after the nikkah. My brother is saying i married a divorced girl and did a good deed and i didnt do any thing wrong but we think he ashamed his parents and whole family by doing this because we know the girl’s reality she is totally a fraud. Tell what religion tells of this.

Difficulty with prayer

Assalamu alaikum. If praying salat has become difficult for someone for some reason for a long time and he/she wants to gradually develop the habit of salat again in their own pace without sudden start (cause it will be too much hard for them). They have intention of doing taubah after fully developed this habit as taubah includes stopping the sin altogether with firm resolution of not repeating it again.  In this case, without taubah their prayer and other good deeds won’t be accepted ??  Or will they be accepted for their good intention? 

Lawful food

Assalamu alaikum, is lawful food which is decayed considered as impure or pure?

Digestive problems, wudu and dry skin

I have digestive problems where I have to do my wudu before almost every Salah.

I heard that before washing my face while wudu I have to make sure that I have nothing on my face that could be a barrier between my face and the water such as make-up or water resistant cremes etc..

My problem now is that I have very dry skin and cleansing my face before wudu because of water resistant creme, washing my face while wudu and putting creme afterwards irritates  my skin so much so, that it reacts with intense dryness, redness and itching.

How should I handle the problem?

ADHD and dehydration

Salam, I have been struggling with adderall a medication I take for adhd and fasting. I can’t seem to get those two to workout.  Either I’m fasting and not focus or focus and not fasting, depending if I take my medication or not.

Can we share an Islamic story book on YouTube?

Can we share an Islamic story book on YouTube by making a pdf copy to spread Islam or is this against copyright and a crime?

A brother is a new Muslim and he is in Ecuador. He is fasting but struggles because he faces some opposition from his mother who wants him to eat and he is the only one who can go out and get supplies and run errands. Is there anyway he can ease the fasting while keeping sincerity?

Marrying Shi`ite boy

Is the Nikka between shia  girl and a sunni boy allowed?

Online chatting with opposite sex

Can men and women talk online?

 Paying salary from Zakat funds

Can I pay salary from Zakat funds because due to Coronavirus businesses are closed and I am not getting any services from staff?

Is Zakat applicable for an employed Muslim’s savings?

Is Zakat applicable for an employed Muslim ‘ s savings which is serving his current family’s expenses during joblessness?

Committing zina while fasting

Someone committed Zina while fasting what can he do for forgiveness can he pray tobha nafal?

Duaa in a language other than Arabic

Can I make dua in my language not in Arabic even in Salah?

Niqab

Is niqab compulsory?

Adam and getting down from Heaven

When in Quran when Allah says to Adam to get down from heaven to earth how come Adam (as) doesn’t die where people die from high buildings?

Circumcision for new Muslims

Should a revert brother do circumcision?