1. Ask A Question About Islam And Muslims
  2. Ask A Question About Islam And Muslims

Ask A Question About Islam And Muslims

228 Questions

When a sin persists despite your efforts to overcome it, is self-flagellation or punishing oneself for the sin permissible as a last resort, such as touching fire as a reminder of hellfire?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

Touching the fire is not permissible because it can cause serious harm, but there are other ways like preventing yourself from certain foods which you like or fasting. This can teach us to avoid sinning as much as we can, 

'Wassalam.
Is there a way to avoid punishment for a sin if the person genuinely repents and those affected offer their legitimate forgiveness? Will the punishment still take place in such a case?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

Forgiveness gate is open for every sinner who sincerely repents and seeks forgiveness after giving the rights of the victims. We are been taught to always seek forgiveness and repeat Istighfaar day and night especially before sunset and before and after Salah and in the last sixth of the night (Sahar time).

Wassalam.
If someone engages in fornication, sincerely repents to Allah, and resolves not to repeat the act, is the sin forgiven, or does the partner also need to seek forgiveness from the other involved?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

Fornication is a major sin. If the person who committed sin sincerely repents and firmly decides not to do it again and seek forgiveness, Allah is The Best Forgiver and The Most Merciful. The partner is responsible for his/her own sin.

Wassalam.
Is it sinful if I often miss prayers and wake up late, such as around Maghrib or Isha, after staying up for Fajr? When I do wake up, I find it hard to get out of bed quickly and tend to delay my prayers. How can I change this pattern of behaviour?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

It is obligatory to perform every obligatory Prayer on its time and ir us sinful to deliberately miss any obligatory Prayer. We must make every possible arrangement to perform our obligatory Prayers on time and never miss any of them.

We need to organize our sleeping time to be able to get up and perform our obligatory Prayers.

We might use an alarm or request some one to wake us up for obligatory Prayers.

Wassalam.