Sheikh Nuru Mohammed

Sheikh Nuru Mohammed
 
Age:
Location: Birmingham
Nationality: United Kingdom

Speaker and researcher Minister of religion at KSI…

Public QnA

I am 16 and I am growing facial hair however it doesn’t look like a beard and looks untidy. Sistanis ruling is that a man must keep facial hair that counts as a beard however if my facial hair is too patchy to count as a beard can I still shave it off?

Yes so long as its not counted as a beard

1. There is a Muslim person about whom I doubt whether he has become a kafir and najis or not as I am not sure if the rules and conditions apply to him. If after further investigating, I am still not sure if he has turned kafir and therby najis or not, do I still have to investigate or can I consider him pure? 2. If I doubt whether a part of my body has gotten najis or not because I am not sure about the najasah ruling concerning something, but I still decide to pray Salah while having this doubt, and after finishing Salah I find out that I was tahir after looking at the ruling, is the prayer valid?

Wslm 1. The person is pure until you are certain. 2. Your salat is valid but make sure to clean before the next salat

Is having sexual thoughts haram/makruh? Like some times when waking up in the morning one feels aroused and thinks? Or just being aroused? (as an unmarried male) And what can we do to avoid if it is haram/makruh?

Acting on the thoughts is haram unless through lawful means. Having the thought generally is not haram but try to manage it by remembering Allah.

I used to check alot before going to a male optician, however this time I booked with a female optician the time (because i couldn’t find at the old place and it would be inconvenient). It is very difficult for me to not have lust while the female optician tells that one should look at them like in their face and i felt really embarassed. I hoped it would not be requeired but she asked me and i obeyed. What can we do in such a situation? Can we ask to stop everything? Is it haram to continue talking? (i dont think i have any intimate thoughts, but i feel lust only)

It’s important you stop at the moment and find a male optician to confine . Else feeling lust will lead to something else. Unless in a situation where there is no male optician all and you need the glasses etc In that case you continue but make sure to control your desire

I’m marrying a boy and the imam is going to read the nikah in Urdu and not Arabic. Is my nikah still valid?

Yes your Nikah is valid

Are women allowed to get their full body waxed by another female?

Yes so long as their privacy and other sensitive parts of the body are covered and not seen or touch by the others

I’m still curious about what the soul is doing between the moment of death and when the body actually goes into the grave, because as far as I know, as soon as they die, they are in barzakh which is when the quality of their actions in this dunya start to become apparent to them. At this point just duas and sadaqah would be sufficient to help them? Because of things like salatal washat arent offered for say, seven more days, something should be done to help them during that waiting period, yes? I don’t know. Sometimes I get confused because it’s my understanding that upon death, the soul separates from the body and is no longer really an association with it.I mean, they may be for a very short period of time, but not for very long. So if the soul separates from the body upon death, then what happens to the body when the body gets buried? Does the soul go back into the body in order for all these things that happen in the grave to happen to it? like the squeezing of the grave, the questioning of the angels, things like that?

Duas and Sadaqa help so long as they try their best in this world and don’t commit sins intentionally. Duas etc help with those sins committed out of ignorance, by mistakes etc The soul gets back to the body upon burial. Body may decompose after sometime but the soul will always be there as it’s the main component and feels the pleasure or the pain.

My question is, why do we wait until the person actually goes into the ground before we consider it the first night in the grave and that being when salatul washat becomes necessary? I know in the old days, people were buried pretty much immediately, like the same day/night they died, and that makes sense, but in this day and age, somebody can die and be sitting in a morgue for a week or more before they actually go into the grave. So from the moment they die it could be 7 Days longer till they actually go INTO the ground. What’s going on between the moment they die and the seven days that they are not buried in the grave yet, rather, their body is sitting in cold storage in a morgue somewhere? Shouldn’t we be offering salatal washat the very night of their death? I’m just not understanding why we wait till they’re in the grave when it’s very common practice these days for them to not be put in the ground till many days later.

Good question. Although it’s not about the time of death. The question is about when the person is buried. The traditions about Namaaz wahshat emphasize on after getting into the grave and not before. Is like moving to a new house.

Recently my father passed away. After his ghusl someone told me that I have to give sadqa of the dead body and that sadqa should reach any needful person before my father’s dead body is buried in the grave. Do we have any authentic hadiths on this?

Yes we have a Hadith from Imam Ali that we should love to our marhimeen by giving Sadaqa. It’s better if it’s given before or during burial. After burial is also ok

With regards to Kaffara for a false oath (qasam), is it sufficient to hand over 750 grams each of “raw/uncooked” rice to 10 different poor people? Is is alright if the rice is raw or does it have to be cooked?

Its ok

I was told both Dua Abu Hamza Thumali and Dua Arafah are weak in chain. Is this true?

This is not true. Both are powerful and authentic from Imam Hussain and Imam Zaynul Abudeen (as)

I remember I made a promise to Allah swt in the past of not doing something by keeping the hand on the Quran sheikh but I still did it. Now I am having sleepless nights. Please sheikh tell me how do I compensate it

Allah is Merciful and Forgiven. Sincerely ask Him for forgiveness. Make sure you don’t miss your daily prayers, don’t take people’s rights intentionally and He will forgive you. Try as much as you can not to do it again intentionally.

Imam al Baqir said in al kafi (vol. 3, pg 268) that the first thing a servant will have to account to is his prayer and if accepted, all else is accepted. As such, what are some steps to ensure that my prayers are accepted and how do I know if they have been accepted or not?

Excellent question. 1. Make sure your wudhu is correct 2. Your actions and recitations of salat are correct 3. Your sim is to seek Allah’s nearness 4. Don’t miss your salat intentionally 5. Pay back the salat you owe. 6. Ask Allah for acceptance

What are the benefits of memorising the 99 names of Allah swt from the shia point of view.

It has number of benefits so long we are able to reflect on the meanings: Protection from harm/evil Provision of sustenance Increase in blessings in life etc

I’m in no way practicing Muslim. I started to pray after 15 years and Alhamdulillah keeping it that way. But I want to have an change in my lifestyle. I wish to learn. I’m suffering from stress and extreme laziness. This makes it more difficult to research myself and think clear. How can I learn Islam from bottom? Seek knowledge, where? Even if I search for books there are so many I can’t manage the amount and become in doubt. I just want to live a good life and be good Muslim. Where should I start? In the country I live they only teach Islam in Sunni mosques, I don want to join converts over there since we have differences I don’t know what they inform people but I know they spread hate towards Shias. I dont know Where to start this process

Allah is Great and He will make it easy for you. I would suggest the first step is to start reading books that will strengthen your faith and belief. I would suggest you start with a booked called “ then I was guided” it’s an excellent book written by Mobammed Tijanj. You can get the book for free at www.Al-Islam.org Also feel free to reach out if you have any questions

I find myself loving the imams more than the Prophet Muhammad. Is that bad? Is prophethood better than Imamah?

It’s not bad but make sure to use Imamah as a vehicle to get to prophet and to Allah. Read about prophets too

If for example by accident some drops of urine fall in my underwear and afterwards I see that my private area seems dry then what are the rules of Taharat in this case.

You will clean and or change underwear so long as you are certain that urine drops

How can I control my thoughts and practice mind control to increase focus or refrain from any evil thought as I am a student

Surround yourself with people who remind you of God Ask Allah forgiveness and seek refugee from the cursed shaitan Take good care of your daily prayers and avoid sinning intentionally

So one of my cousins is wondering what the boundaries of weed is. Is it Haram in general?

It’s not allowed as it’s categorised under intoxicants. A persons behaves in a certain way when taking it

I wanted to ask if I Consumed Cannabis / weed does it mean my fasts and prayers are not accepted for forty days? I saw that when you drink it does not count but is that so for Weeed too?

All intoxicants are the same. What’s important is to repent sincerely and Allah will accept your deeds thereafter

Sometimes I find myself in positions where I need to pray but cannot find a quiet room to myself or there are too many people around (for example a work conference). Would it be haram to pray in a toilet? That is with the knowledge that the toilet itself isn’t nearby, there is empty space and I’m effectively just using an empty room and I make sure the area is clean. Is this permissible?

It will not be appropriate to pray in a toilet. Try to find an alternative place.

I wanted to pray the Rajab prayer, however I did not memorize the surat to recite it during the rakat. Would it be permissible to use my phone to read the recommended surat for this prayer?

You can do it reciting from the Quran. It’s an optional prayer and there is nothing wrong

My wife is pregnant and the Doctor has prescribed her with Vitamins which has Gelatine
Can she take them?

Yes she is allowed to talk so long as there is no other option available.

Call upon Ali (a) and he’ll respond to you.
‎YA ALIع MADAD
Is it right to say? i mean this is verse of Quran "Call upon me; i will respond to you"

Yaa Ali Madad is a form of tawassul. Saying it with the thinking that Imam Ali is independent of Allah will amount to shirk. Otherwise, there is no problem if one wholeheartedly believes Imam Ali is not independent of Allah but rather amongst the greatest manifestations of Allah on earth

Why do we need tafseer of Quraan if Allah SWT said in Surah Al-Qamar Verse 17 “وَلَقَدۡ یَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرࣲ ?

This verse doesn’t contradict the need for Tafsir. Tafsir is trying to understand what Allah meant by referring it to Ahlul bait.

The verse you quoted means:
We made the pronunciation of the verse of the Qur’an and understanding of its meanings easy for those who want to. It doesn’t suggest you should not seek to learn

I have a question it would be really helpful if you answer.
In quran 49:11, it says- Neither defame one another, nor insult one another by nicknames [since] doing wrong after having faith is an evil practice [unbefitting you]

Or

And do not insult one another and do not call each other by [offensive] nicknames. Wretched is the name of disobedience after [one’s] faith. And whoever does not repent – then it is those who are the wrongdoers.
So is this for the “offensive nickname” i.e names that are derogatory and will surely hurt the person
Or is it for all the nicknames that we give to people- i.e funny name we give to our cousins who will definitely not get offended or the names through which we call our friends or relatives out of love?

The above verses are about offensive nicknames and not just every nickname.

Sometimes when I want to sleep and don’t want to wake up for fajr, I give myself justification for e.g it’s too cold, I slept late, I didn’t sleep well at night so I need to sleep now otherwise I’ll be sick the whole etc. These kinds of excuses I give myself and even though I get thoughts like what will you say when your account will be established or you will have a punishment of nail hamming in your head etc, I still don’t wake up and prefer sweet sleep. One more thing is that after switching off my alarm when I sleep for 5 mins more and instead of 5 mins I sleep more than that and when I wake up and see time I expect and wish in my heart that may I run out of time so that I can get the excuse that I got late and I can sleep. When I actually miss the pyarer I slightly become happy that now I can sleep.

The challenge is to fight those thoughts and respond to the calling of Allah.
Always seek refuge from Allah against the cursed Shaitan. Shaitan will always make disobeying Allah pleasing and beautiful to us.

Increase the recitation of “Auudhu billlah …….

What are the ranks of Martyrdom? What is Maqam of shaheed, and those who got the rank of Martyrdom other than doing Jihad are blessed with the same rank of those who martyr in a battle field? Are their sins are also removed?

A true martyr is of highest stage in the sight of Allah.
1. Highest heaven
2. Forgiveness of sins
3. No grief nor fear on the day of Qiyama.
4. They are forever blessed by Allah

You know those sajdagahs that are attached to a counter? So each time you go into sujood your head presses down on the sajdagah which moves down and it counts it as one sajda? The fact that the sajdagah moves down, does that mean you can’t pray on it because sajda needs to be on something that doesn’t move?

Not a problem so long as your head is stationed during sajdah

Do I have to use soil for tayyamum? I have always used sand. Is my tayyamum not correct if I use sand?

Yes soil is used for tayammum. And if there is no soil, fine sand is allowed so long as it’s soft