Fiqih

Question:

As-salamu alaykum

I have a question regarding zakah on gold. For how many grams of gold zakah is payable and how many grams of it?

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Question:

Assalam Alakum, I have been advised that zakah is only payable on money that has been with you for 1 year (i.e. not accumulated during the year). Please advise is that correct. Thank you.

Answer:

Wa `alaykum As-Salamu wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh.
In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger.

Question:

Salaam. Should a pregnant woman due to a case of rape abort her fetus whether before 120 or after? Please clarify for us this ruling and is it true?

Answer:

Wa `alaykum As-Salamu wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh.
In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger.

Question:

My wife's menstrual period is not regular. Some times it comes after two or three months. Then it will not stop within normal days. Sometime it will continue for nearly one month. This time her period started to flow little by little and then it flow heavily. Can she restart her fasting and prayer? Does she have to wait till the blood stop completely?

Answer:

Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the World; and blessings and peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon all his Family and Companions.

Question:

If was ruled that if a dog licks on plate one has to washed it seven times, what about if it licks one cloth or body, how does one washes this away.

Answer:

All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger.

Question:

My husband is a strict follower of the Shafi'ee madhab, while I prefer to choose the fatwa which my mind tells me is based on stronger daleel no matter what the origin of the school is, whenever there is a difference between the well-known madhabs. My husband tells me that I don't have the right to do this since I am not a scholar myself. Is he right?
Please reply if at all possible, because there has been a lot of tension in my household because of this.

Answer:

Praise be to Allah.
In order to answer this question, we must shed light on three things:

we must point out the importance of avoiding sectarianism in following any school of thought, whether it has to do with fiqh, thought or anything else. We should get into the habit of following the Qur’an and Sunnah and letting them be our guide.

Question:

My question is concerning silk ties for men. I have heard at some conferences that silk ties are allowed since it does not touch the skin. However, I read in Bukhari that the Prophet (peace be upon him) has said that the most silk a man could wear is four fingers width. Also, the Prophet (peace be upon him) says a man who wears silk in this world will not wear it in the hereafter. What is Islamic opinion on this?

Answer:

Wearing of attire made of pure silk in the form of a shirt or tie, etc. is forbidden for men; there is almost a scholarly consensus on this issue. However, some scholars permit it in rare, exceptional cases such as allergic reaction or a dire necessity, or because of not finding anything else to wear, etc.