Question Our company gives loans to its employees on interest (4 to 5 %). One of my colleagues has applied for it & he is asking me to become a guarantor for that. The guarantor gives the surety that in case of non-payment of that loan he will pay it. Does this help come under … Read more »

Question: Salaam Brother, Totally disagree with your answer in response to my first question on ‘bank loans and credit cards’. As credit card is concerned, when we apply for c/c we accept the terms and conditions which is totally against the teachings of Islam, even if we pay the full balance on time to avoid … Read more »

Question: The Quran talks about people who do not spend in the way of God. What are the sources to spend in the way of God? Is it to build mosques/support hufaz/madrissahs? Or is there more to it? Answer: Salaam sister Many thanks for your query. So long as the intention behind the spending is … Read more »

Question: Sir, have you studied the concepct of “Ghulam Ahmed pervez” about economic system of islam. He says “after fulfilling your necessities, all remaining things spend on other people. in Quraan “QUL LAL AFW” is it right? and also investment in Islamic banking system based on MUDARABA is Riba free? Is this profit in islamic … Read more »

Question My question is regarding the explanation of Ayah 86 of Surah Al Kahf with respect to the scientific point of view. i.e. thu al-Qarnain reaching the west and finding the sun is setting in a “black or muddy water”. Non-Muslims use this Ayah as a claim that there are scientific errors in the Qur’an… … Read more »

Question Assalaamu alaikum Some critics of Islam use the following hadith to prove that the Quran teaches that the Sun sets in the murky water. Sunan Abu Dawud 3991—Abu Dharr said: I was sitting behind the Apostle of Allah who was riding a donkey while the sun was setting. He asked: Do you know where … Read more »

Question Question from one of your quote,  …yet there is absolutely no way of determining whether a particular saying was correctly perceived, correctly comprehended and subsequently correctly narrated by all the individuals in a chain of narrators. If there is absolutely no way of determining an authentic narration, then why do you try to determine … Read more »

روى أحد من الصحابة رضي الله عنهم: كنا مع النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم في سفر فأراد المؤذن أن يؤذن الظهر فقال له أبرد ثم أراد أن يؤذن ثم قال له أبرد ثم أراد أن يؤذن فقال له أبرد حتى ساوى الظل التلول فقال النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم إن شدة الحر من فيح جهنم … Read more »

Question To my understanding, Hadith cannot give us any teachings or laws which are not mentioned in the Qur’an and Sunnah. However in one of your articles regarding the hadith about delaying the Zuhr prayer, you mentioned that it is mentioned that Zuhr can be delayed under intense heat. So I was just wondering whether … Read more »

Question In one of your earlier response, you wrote that Sunnah of the Prophet (pbuh) cannot override the ruling of the Quran. The Quran asks the believers to rush to mosque when the call for prayer is announced on Friday. But the Muslim woman are allowed to pray in their house by the ‘Sunnah’. Is … Read more »