When I travel I use leather socks and make masah.
Leather socks (Khuffain) are permissible for everyone, not only for the sick. Your friend is ignorant.
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If leather sock are permissible for even those who are not sick, will it be permissible to use at home or only when traveling?
It is not necessary to travel to use Khuffain. These socks may be used anywhere, even at home.
Briefly explain the rules of leather socks.
The masaa-il (rules) of Khuffain are explained in detail in our book, Kitaabut Tahaarah. Briefly, for a nontraveller, masah is valid on Khuffain for 24 hours, and for a traveler 72…
Is it necessary to have the head covered when going into the toilet?
Yes, it is essential to cover the head when going into the toilet. Shayaateen frequent toilets and sometimes stay inside. In addition to reciting the Masnoon Dua, Covering the head…
Can we recite the Masnoon Duas in a combined bathroomtoilet?
Treat the combined bathroom -toilet as a toilet. The Duas may not be recited in such a place of najaasat.
Is it permissible to give ghusl to a mayyit in a house in which a dog is ever present?
The house in which a dog is present practically the whole day, is accursed. It is a house frequented by shayaateen. The Angels of Rahmat never enter such a house. A mayyit should…
Please comment on the advice given recently by a Cape Town Sheikh on the issue of reducing water when making wudhu.
To say the very least, the sheikh has misapplied his brains. Perhaps it is due to the fact that the Cape Town sheikhs are notorious for their malady of hydrophobia (fear of water),…
I have been given a Mudd container on which the sanad is engraved.
We are living in an era in which the Deen is being commercialized. The Deen is used for making money. While the Mudd container may be kept as an ornament, it may not be used for…
When a woman in the state of haidh goes on a journey, and on reaching her destination she is still in the state of haidh, but attains purity at the de
In this case, she will be a muqeem at the destination, and has to perform Salaat in full. However, if from this point she goes to a place 77 kilometres or
Is ghusl necessary if one has committed masturbation or viewed pornography?
Yes, ghusl is necessary when one destroys one's soul and courts Allah's Wrath and Curse by indulgence in the immoral filth you have mentioned. Taubah and Ghusl are incumbent.
Is it permissible for a woman during haidh to recite Takbeer Tashreeq?
For a woman in haidh it is permissible to recite Takbeer, but it is not incumbent.
A pious man told me that sleeping in a bed and using a shower for ghusl are in conflict with the Sunnah and not permissible.
He is wrong. Sleeping on a bed and using a shower are permissible.
Can a woman in haidh and a man in the state of janaabat recite the Masnoon Duas for the various occasions?
The Masnoon Duas may be recited even during the state of janaabat. While a woman in haidh may freely recite these duas, it is preferable for a man in the state of janaabat to…
A Moulana says that it is permissible to give a copy of the Qur'aan Shareef to a non- Muslim, and that the rule of Tahaarat applies to only Muslims.
The Maulana speaks nonsense. One does not require much brains to understand that protecting the Qur'aan Majeed from defilement will apply greater if the handler is a kaafir. The…
Is Tayammum valid on seashells?
Tayammum is not valid on seashells.
Is it permissible to distribute English translations of the Qur'aan without the Arabic text to non-Muslims?
They are in grievous error for distributing the English translation of the Qur'aan Majeed to non-Muslims. Furthermore, it is not permissible to print a Qur'aan without the Arabic…
After wudhu I donned khuffain.
The masah remains valid on khuffain for 24 hours from the time you break your wudhu. As long as you put on the khuffain (mozas) whilst you are with wudhu, it will be valid to make…
Does breast-feeding break wudhu?
Breast-feeding a child does not break wudhu.
Is it permissible to include a portion of the wudhu khaanah into the Musjid?
It is permissible to include a portion of the wudhu khana into the Musjid. It will then become part of the Musjid. Wudhu may then not be made in that portion.
Is it compulsory for women to make ghusl every Friday?
It is Sunnat, not compulsory to make ghusl on Fridays. This applies to both males and females.