February 23, 2026
by Ml. Muhammed Shoayb
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Q: At Iftar event people wear perfume. I was told perfume breaks fast. Is this true? A: The confusion regarding scents is due to the following: Form vs the non-form of the product. Inhaling smoke-based scents (like Bakhoor or Agarbatti) … Continue reading
February 22, 2026
by Ml. Muhammed Shoayb
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Q: Our imam recites surah sajdah on Friday’s. Sometimes we hear it as we enter the musjid but miss it. Same this can happen in taraweeh. We may be outside, hear them going doing in sajdah, what do we do? … Continue reading
February 21, 2026
by Ml. Muhammed Shoayb
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Q: Is wearing makup during fasting prohibited or allowed? JazakAllah A: Wearing makeup is permissible while fasting. Makeup is not absorbed into the pores to an extent that it would ever enter the digestive tract. Due to it does not … Continue reading
March 10, 2025
by Ml. Muhammed Shoayb
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Q: Must a potential spouse inform his potential partner that they have a mental illness? Many people are concealing this fault. Or if a person has serious chemical imbalances that affect mood and can make a person go into rage … Continue reading
February 24, 2025
by Ml. Muhammed Shoayb
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Q: Asalamu’Alaykum shaykhuna. A child at (time and location withheld) asked a question in an event held at (xxxx-name of institution withheld) 1st how did the moderators allow the question to go through 2nd as an imaam dont you feel … Continue reading
October 28, 2024
by Ml. Muhammed Shoayb
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Q: At our Islamic center in xxxx for the past 5 years we gather for a halalween event. We give out candies. We don’t allow costumes but some children wear it. This year we had 2 board memebrs agaist it, … Continue reading
October 24, 2024
by Ml. Muhammed Shoayb
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Assalamualaikum WRB, Respected Community Members, In any election—be it within a Musjid or a broader community setting—people cast their votes based on an innumerable set of reasons. Some are motivated by a sense of civic duty, others by personal or … Continue reading
October 26, 2023
by Ml. Muhammed Shoayb
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Q: I have reached out to several Jewish and Muslim organizations and I have noticed that I’m not receiving responses from the Muslim mosques. I am getting answers primarily from your site. There has been limited contact from the Muslim … Continue reading
October 20, 2023
by Ml. Muhammed Shoayb
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Q: I just cannot understand policies exhibit extremes in love and in aversion. Does religion have anything authentic on this topic? What can one do in situations such as these? Jazakallah A: Rasool (SAW) said: Love your beloved moderately, perhaps … Continue reading
October 16, 2023
by Ml. Muhammed Shoayb
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In the fraught context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, inflammatory language wields a destructive power that has far-reaching consequences. When individuals on opposing sides resort to using derogatory and dehumanizing terms such as “animals” or “beasts” to describe one another, the … Continue reading