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(F 365) What are the rulings on shortening prayers (Qaṣr) and what are its conditions?
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(F 364) I intend to take an engineering exam that will last for six hours and will start about half an hour before the Ẓuhr prayer. Is it permissible to perform the Ẓuhr prayer early? And if it is permissible to perform Ẓuhr early, is it also permissible to combine it with the ῾Aṣr prayer since the exam will last until after ῾Aṣr?
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(F 363) Is it permissible to trade without using leverage provided by a company? For example, can I trade with a small amount of my own capital, say $200? Or is trading on MetaTrader 5 entirely prohibited?
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(F 362) Is it permissible for a traveler who intends to stay for a month in the destination country to combine and shorten prayers for the first three days, the first 15 days, or for how many days?
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(F 361) Is trading in the currency market known as the Forex market permissible (ḥalāl) or forbidden (ḥarām)? This market involves buying and selling global currencies, commodities, or metals online through a broker who acts as an intermediary between the trader and global banks. Examples include trading dollars for pounds, dollars for gold, or dollars for oil, among others. This market also relies on analysis and news to predict the movement of currencies, whether upward or downward, and trades are executed based on these predictions, such as using the MetaTrader application.
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(F 360) What is the ruling on trading currencies on platforms like MetaTrader 5, where a person might, for example, buy gold and then monitor its rise and fall? The person can set a stop-loss, meaning if they invest $100, they might set it to withdraw at $120 if it gains value, or withdraw at $95 if it starts to lose value. The application then automatically executes the trade based on these stop-loss settings.
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(F 359) There are four brothers and five sisters. Among them, a brother and a sister are living abroad, and one of the brothers is mentally disturbed and was in a mental hospital. When he was discharged, the hospital refused to take him back. Despite not working and having a wife and children, one of the brothers took responsibility for him, while the other siblings showed no interest in providing housing, financial support, or care. What is the Islamic legal ruling regarding this situation, and who is responsible for his financial support and care?
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(F 358) In the books of Ḥadīth, there are narrations about healing through dates, including the ḥadīth: “Whoever eats seven dates of ῾AjwaH in the morning, neither poison nor magic will harm him that day.” What is your opinion, Shaykh, on how we should approach this?
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(F 357) What is your position on the issue of the legitimate time for stoning (ramiy) on the 12th day, considering the severe heat and the long walking distances that pilgrims endure? All the pilgrims with us are reading that the four main schools of Islamic law agree that it is not permissible to stone before noon (zawāl).
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(F 356) What is the ruling on performing the Ṭawāf of Greeting (Taḥiyyat al-Masjid) in the Haram if the mosque is extremely crowded and it is very difficult? Is it preferable to avoid the crowd or is it recommended to perform the Ṭawāf even if it is challenging?
