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  • Deciding with whom their mother should reside

    My grandmother just came back from India, and her daughter (my aunt) wants her to live permanently at her house. Then again my dad also wants her to stay at our house permanently. So since they're both arguing, I asked an Alima, and she told me the son has more of a right than the daughter. I told my aunt this, but she says no, and she wants proof... More

  • A wife who beats her husband

    What is the Islamic rulings about a wife that beats her husband?.. More

  • Disobedience to Parents

    How can I repent for disobedience to parents according to Islam? .. More

  • Need to help his wife before his parents

    I'm from Africa, and came here running from the poverty back home and to save my family. I'm married so I had to leave my wife behind due to these conditions. Things haven't been easy for me; I haven't been able to send my parents money or my wife for 5 years now. I call my mother and she was so angry with me, thinking I've being sending money to.. More

  • Her husband believes woman should be treated as a shoe-under foot

    There is a saying in Urdu that the place of a shoe is under the foot. My father in-law used to teach all his sons that a wife is like a shoe and she has to be kept under the foot. If she is removed from there she will sit on the head. My husband of all the sons believes and practices it, although he is the most educated and knowledgeable person in the.. More

  • His parents are forcing him to marry

    I am a young Muslim from Asia, presently living in Canada.My parents are back home,they (my parents)are forcing me to get married. I tried very hard to convince them that I am not ready to get married right now due to the following two reasons:1- I am studying Islam and soon, inshallah, I will be leaving to Saudi Arabia for Islamic study.2- I.. More

  • Friend is spreading her misdeeds

    How canI stop someone who I thought was my friend from spreading the bad thing that i did,such as kissing an older man thatI was not married to or does not have any right to touch?.. More

  • Cutting relations with a female who is intent on marrying a non-Muslim

    Is it permissible, to cut relations with a relative or close family friend who is a female, who despite all warnings is intent on marrying a non-Muslim?.. More

  • Her father objects to her choice for a husband

    My parents want me to get married. According to my mum it should be to someone who iseducated and whoI think is suitable for me. My mum doesn't want to force me, but my dad stopped talking to me for more than a year becauseI told him thatI didn't want to marry the man heselected.I told him about the manI want to marrywho lives in Pakistan.I.. More

  • Choosing pious companions

    How do I choose good Muslims friends? I see some who appeared good and pious but then they think themselves perfect, backbiting, slandering and praising themselves about their own prayers and good deeds. How can I avoid such people? Sometimes I regret being their friends... More

  • Respecting the higher level personalities

    It looks and become common practice in the society that people respect the higher level person (health, wealth & position) and in the same place ignore the lower (poor) person in all aspects. This practice has seen even in our Muslims locality. Is this not a kind of Shirk! Appreciate your comment on this issue... More

  • Telling secrets to mother

    Do you need to tell your mother all your secrets? If yes, why?.. More

  • Difficult relations with his brother

    My brother still hates me and avoids me despite all my attempts to reconcile with him. This happened many times already. He even stares at me with a terrible look. I feel always very uncomfortable with this. He prays, fasts and even goes for religious classes many times, but treats me like an enemy and a bad person. What should I do? Must I.. More

  • Wife feels unappreciated by husband who says little except criticism

    Since moving from a Western country to this one 12 years ago, I embraced Islam. I have learned to be satisfied with the simplest of things. I accept that what happens in my fate, but after 12 years of marriage I wonder how long I will have bear my husband seldom talking to me except to criticize me. My husband is a good Muslim in the sense he.. More

  • Wants to disobey strict husband

    Is it ok to disobey my husband because he is too strict? For example, Ican't go out;he wants me to have a Mahram whenever I go out. If he is unhappy with me he says 'no' to any thingI want. Again, is it ok to disobey him and do whatI want?I wanted a legal mediator (Hakam), but herefused... More