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  • Forgiving is better than returning harm with harm

    Asaalam aleykum!I had a company and closed it to start a new one with a muslim brother,i showed him all info on how to start and where to get the merchendise,the deal was for us to start together so while he was waiting for company papers he had started on his own with his blood brother while i waited for him 1 year.After that i found out he had started.. More

  • Thanking Allaah with the heart, tongue and body

    AsalamoAlikum ShaykhI was wondering if we are allowed to say "Allah found it for us" or "Allah helped us found it". What would be appropriate way of thanking Allah if I found something valuable of mine that was lost for couple of months .. More

  • Returning money stolen from a bank

    Assalamu allaykum! I have one questions and i would really really appreciate if you colud give me an answer. My question is, if i a person is involved in a crime, where there have been some money stolen from a bank and he did not get caught, to whom sholud he pay the money? The things is, it is hard for the person to find the real owner beacuse from.. More

  • Doing good deeds to be praised is forbidden

    Can a muslim/ Organisation propagate what good Events or programs he/ it have done. Does it spoils Ikhlaas of the Deed. Does expecting a greeting for doing a good thing is prohibited in Islam? .. More

  • The receiver of sodomy may enter Paradise after truly repenting

    I found this passage on the Islam QA website and I want to know if what is said is of the correct view according to Islam (i.e. there is no hope of a person reforming after such a thing or entering Paradise etc.). Please be as specific as possible. Thank you.Ibn al-Qayyim said: Both of them – fornication and homosexuality – involve immorality that.. More

  • Attending the funeral prayer to avoid bad thoughts from others

    AsalamoALikum I attended asr salat at a mosque. then the imaam said there would be a janazah salat. i didn't know the person. i wanted to leave. i also didn't remember the munajat and niat correctly.(though i remeberd most parts of it.) but i thought the people would think bad of me since it was my neighbourhood and a few days ago my own father's janazah.. More

  • Evil thoughts are pardoned unless spoken or practiced

    Dearest scholars. I kindly ask that you answer my questions specifically rather than referring me to other answers b/c I desperately need assurance, with all due respect. My question is regarding the conditions of repentance. If I masturbated (I have repented greatly for this) and imagined filthy thoughts about members of my close family (I am so ashamed.. More

  • Being patient when afflicted with passive-aggressive behaviours

    Salaam, I live in Canada and one of the habits of the non-Muslim white Canadians is to have a way of behaving that is known as "passive-aggressive". What this behaviour type involves is to make fake gestures such as loudly "sniffing" with the nose or loudly coughing around someone in order to make other people in the room feel as if the person who is.. More

  • Laughing at someone's misfortune

    Dearest scholars. I laughed at somebody else's misfortune one day and at the time I didn't see it as a big deal. But looking back I feel really awful for having laughed at that person who helped me and in return I laughed at their misfortune as much as I didn't see it as a big deal. This was about a test mark, the person had received a lower grade than.. More

  • Rights usurped before embracing Islam must be returned to their owners

    Like many misguided people, I did many forbidden acts before converting to Islam, among them, purposefully running up my phone bill and not paying it (Since then, I left that country). I also stole things from people's homes. Am I obligated to reimburse the property that I illicitly acquired before converting to Islam? (I am aware that one must either.. More

  • How a non-Muslims gets retribution from Muslim oppressors in the Hereafter

    I have a query about this hadith: "The Prophet , said in a Qudsi (Sacred) Hadeeth: "Allaah will say on the Day of Judgment, 'I am the King. I am the Judge. It is not for any one of the people of the Fire to enter the Fire when someone from the people of Paradise has a right that belongs to him until I avenge him, and it is not for any one of the people.. More

  • Muslims may respond equally to abuse without excessive force

    Asalaamulaykum. My question is regarding the rights of an individual when someone (verbally) abuses or insults them. If someone insults a Muslim (e.g. by constant swearing, name calling, swear at Allah, mocking the Prophet(PBUH) etc...), the Muslim then moves away from the person but the person persists in their behaviour (either by following the Muslim.. More

  • If a Muslim oppresses a non-Muslim, the latter will be avenged on Judgment Day

    If a disbeliever doesn't forgive me in this life for wronging him, is it possible that Allah can punish me in this life instead of punishing me in the hereafter? .. More

  • The correct intention in following the Sunnah

    Assalaamualaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuhu, This is with reference to Fatwa id 2542982. In the answer to this you have given me reference to some similar Fatwa but I am still not convinced and my doubt is not clear yet. I would request you to help me understand and clarify my doubt. I would also like to request you to provide me answer not by referece.. More

  • His father says he will never forgive him

    My Step mother is pretty & was engaged with an other man. when I came to know that i was disappointed first. with the passage of time, Shataniyat encouraged me to take it as opportunity. I made some kiss. one day i became fully rude and want to do zina. But Allah Saved me. after that my step mother told this story to my father. my father is angry.. More