Ask The Imam: Changing Madhab, Celebrating Birthdays, Purification with Water, Fasting of Shawwal

Wednesday May 3, 2023

Shawwal 13, 1444

 

This edition of Ask The Imam answers the following questions:

 

00:00 1. On studying under the AICP (Association of Islamic Charitable Projects), also known as the Ahbash.

 

09:36 2. Clarification on the posture of women in prayer and reconciling it with the hadith 'Do the prostration properly, and do not put your forearms flat with the elbows touching the ground like a dog.'

 

12:32 3. Is it sinful to spend of my savings for a holiday instead of saving more for Hajj?

 

19:43 4. Is it obligatory to wash with water after relieving oneself?

 

23:20 5. What is the ruling on leaving extra sunnas after performing them?

 

31:41 6. What is the ruling on my wife changing her madhab (school of law) from Shafi'i to the madhab I follow (Hanafi)?

 

40:12 7. What is the ruling on celebrating birthdays?

 

43:18 8. Is there zakat on women's jewelry?

 

51:17 9. How do we understand the hadith that recommends fasting six days of/from the month of Shawwal?

 

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