Mateen Charbonneau

Sheikh Mateen Joshua Charbonneau achieved a certificate from Harvard University in Islamic Studies. He undertook Howza classes under esteemed scholars since 2013 and has been teaching at Imam Mahdi Howza since 2017. He has compiled and published several books, has filmed several documentaries on Islamic subjects and has also promoted Islamic propagation in US jails.

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Aqeeq . Ring . Stone . Skin

Is it necessary for the Aqeeq stone in a ring to directly touch the skin?

Mateen Charbonneau, Sheikh Mateen Joshua Charbonneau achieved a certificate from Harvard University in Islamic Studies. He undertook Howza classes under esteemed scholars since 2013 and has been teaching at Imam Mahdi... Answered 1 year ago

No

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Ghusl . Hair . Body

I have heard that while doing Ghusl it is mandatory to make every hair of the body wet, but I feel that would require a lot of time and also cause a wastage of water. What is the correct method?

Mateen Charbonneau, Sheikh Mateen Joshua Charbonneau achieved a certificate from Harvard University in Islamic Studies. He undertook Howza classes under esteemed scholars since 2013 and has been teaching at Imam Mahdi... Answered 1 year ago

What needs to be washed is the scalp

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What are the commands, virtues, and benefits of Silatur Rahem with neighbors, family, and friends according to the perspective of the Ahlulbayt? Is it true that those benefits include a long life, good fortune, and closeness to Allah?

Mateen Charbonneau, Sheikh Mateen Joshua Charbonneau achieved a certificate from Harvard University in Islamic Studies. He undertook Howza classes under esteemed scholars since 2013 and has been teaching at Imam Mahdi... Answered 1 year ago

Yes that is true

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Tattoo . Body . Hadith . Qur'an . Qur'anic Verse . Ahl al-Bayt

Is it permissible to tattoo part of a Quranic verse on one's body or a Hadith from the Ahlul Bayt?

Mateen Charbonneau, Sheikh Mateen Joshua Charbonneau achieved a certificate from Harvard University in Islamic Studies. He undertook Howza classes under esteemed scholars since 2013 and has been teaching at Imam Mahdi... Answered 1 year ago

we should not do this.

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Does the idea that something is to be considered clean until proven Najis also apply to food items as well?

Mateen Charbonneau, Sheikh Mateen Joshua Charbonneau achieved a certificate from Harvard University in Islamic Studies. He undertook Howza classes under esteemed scholars since 2013 and has been teaching at Imam Mahdi... Answered 1 year ago

No we must assure the food is halal. One way is that we receive it from the hand or market of a muslim

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Muslims . Property . Oppression

Is it ever acceptable for a group of Muslims, in the prison setting, to destroy another Muslim's religious property as punishment for helping the oppressed because they are not of the Muslim faith?

Mateen Charbonneau, Sheikh Mateen Joshua Charbonneau achieved a certificate from Harvard University in Islamic Studies. He undertook Howza classes under esteemed scholars since 2013 and has been teaching at Imam Mahdi... Answered 1 year ago

No we must respect others property

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Son . Ismailis . Succession to Prophet Muhammad

Is it true that Imam al-Sadiq (AS) first appointed his elder son Ismail as his successor instead of Imam Musa al-Kazim (AS)?

Mateen Charbonneau, Sheikh Mateen Joshua Charbonneau achieved a certificate from Harvard University in Islamic Studies. He undertook Howza classes under esteemed scholars since 2013 and has been teaching at Imam Mahdi... Answered 1 year ago

No

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Qadha . Adhan . Asr . Maghrib . Isha . Dhuhr . Salah (Prayers)

Do the Zuhr prayers get Qadha with the Adhan of the Asr prayers and similarly the Maghrib prayers with that of the Adhan of the Isha prayers?

Mateen Charbonneau, Sheikh Mateen Joshua Charbonneau achieved a certificate from Harvard University in Islamic Studies. He undertook Howza classes under esteemed scholars since 2013 and has been teaching at Imam Mahdi... Answered 1 year ago

No

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Woman . Elegies . Mourning . Battle of Karbala . Social Media

Can a woman recite elegies with the purpose and intention of mourning and narrating Karbala and post them on social media?

Mateen Charbonneau, Sheikh Mateen Joshua Charbonneau achieved a certificate from Harvard University in Islamic Studies. He undertook Howza classes under esteemed scholars since 2013 and has been teaching at Imam Mahdi... Answered 1 year ago

Not publicly in places men can access the videos but in womens only groups it is fine

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Martyrdom . Zayd ibn Ali

Can you please give details on how Zaid ibn Ali (ra) embraced martyrdom?

Mateen Charbonneau, Sheikh Mateen Joshua Charbonneau achieved a certificate from Harvard University in Islamic Studies. He undertook Howza classes under esteemed scholars since 2013 and has been teaching at Imam Mahdi... Answered 1 year ago

Read the chapter about him in the book The Suffering of the Ahl ul Bayt and their Shoa throughout history

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Intention (Niyah) . God (Allah)

What should the intention of a person be if he wanted to go on the path of Allah? What is the best intention for every act?

Mateen Charbonneau, Sheikh Mateen Joshua Charbonneau achieved a certificate from Harvard University in Islamic Studies. He undertook Howza classes under esteemed scholars since 2013 and has been teaching at Imam Mahdi... Answered 1 year ago

Qurbatan ilallah. Seeking nearness to Allah

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Feet . Dhikr . Prostration (sujud)

Can I move my feet during Sujud, while reciting the Dhikr, to make sure they are correctly positioned?

Mateen Charbonneau, Sheikh Mateen Joshua Charbonneau achieved a certificate from Harvard University in Islamic Studies. He undertook Howza classes under esteemed scholars since 2013 and has been teaching at Imam Mahdi... Answered 1 year ago

You should be still while reciting dhikr