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  • No Harm for Your Father and his Wife to Come and Stay with You

    As salaamu alaikum. My father remarried about 3 years ago to a Christian woman. I have zero ideas if he married her Islamically. I am only aware that he married her through the court here in USA. I live with his family, while he and his "wife" lives about 30 minutes away. He recently said that he and his wife may be staying at our place this coming.. More

  • Property Requested to be Effective after Death

    Assalaamu 'alaykumMy parents have registered their property in my sisters' and my name and made us the owners of their property according to a ratio which has been agreed upon by my sisters and me. But our parents want us to consume our respective shares only after they die. My sisters have willingly agreed to that. But I feel kind of reluctant to wait.. More

  • Committing Adultery after being Separated from Husband

    I send you this question because I searched everywhere I did not find the answer on this case. Here is the case: the woman committed adultery by having separated from her husband for 6 months. She wanted to return to her husband and took a pill that aims to block or delay ovulation but also to prevent implantation. She took it to be sure she was not.. More

  • Condemning attacks against homosexuals - competing for prize money

    Assalaamu alaykum. I have asked you a question on taking help from homosexuals for common human rights in the West, where homosexuality is allowed. You said that it is generally allowed to take help from them in the causes which benifit the Muslim community. I have another question: A year ago there was an attack on a homosexual club. This attack is.. More

  • Husband's intention is determining factor in promise of divorce

    Assalaamu alaykum. I asked you about my issue before, but I did not get a clear answer; please give me a clear answer regarding my issue because it is urgent as my husband is coming to talk to me. My question was that my sisters and brothers-in-laws abuse me very badly, so I told my husband that I will not cook food for them. Then my husband said that.. More

  • Covering area under chin as part of hijaab

    Assalaamu alaikum. Thank you for referring me to fatwa No. 95515 once more and requesting me to resend my question more clearly. I have gone through it again, but my confusion about the area under the chin mentioned in the fatwa persists, mainly because I have been reading conflicting opinions by many scholars/websites that say that it is not required.. More

  • Woman going to more places than she took permission to go to from husband/guardian

    Shaykh, if a woman takes permission from her guardian (father/husband) to go to her female friend's house, and her guardian gives permission, and so she went there, but she also goes to the market/other place to buy things/other halal purpose, so if she seeks permission to go to one place but also goes to other places besides the main places to fulfill.. More

  • Woman giving gifts to male children

    Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu. Shaykhs,if there are children together, and I want to give them candy or gifts etc., but there are some male childrenamong them who might have reached the age where they are non-Mahram (permanently unmarriageable kin) to me, though I am not sure if that is the case or not, can I give all of them that.. More

  • Color of Hijaab should not attract attention

    I know that color is not a condition of the hijab. However, if a person compliments a hijabi on her color/style of choice while she is wearing a simple and modest dress that meets all other conditions of hijab except that it is not black and perhaps it is a color that suits that person's skin colour, then does that mean that the hijab is an attractive.. More

  • Which gender to pray with if one has homosexual urges

    A Muslim said that he has homosexual urges but knows that that is wrong and fights against it; is he allowed to pray with the men, or must he pray separately, just as how men and women cannot pray together? May Allah reward you. .. More

  • Promise of divorce is not effective divorce

    In the name of Allah. Assalaamu alaykum. About a year ago, I did something with my husband's phone. He saw that and said in anger, "If you do that again, I swear to Allah, those words will come out of my mouth."After saying a few sentences in anger, he said, "If you do it again, I swear to Allah, those three words, those three words." After a few seconds.. More

  • Eating at table where women do not observe proper hijaab

    Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuh. I am temporarily staying in a house where a maid, her husband, and their child are living along with my grandparents. When we eat, the maid refills the food, and her husband also walks past the dinner. The maid does not wear a hijab, but she wears full sleeves and wraps a cloth around her head which.. More

  • Husband must follow steps to discipline wife in order

    Salam. There are three steps in dealing with a disobedient wife. Is it obligatory to follow the steps in order, or can one resort to the second step directly if the situation calls for it? .. More

  • Husband accusing wife of infidelity without evidence

    My husband has recently become constantly suspicious of me that I did something haram with someone else. He says that he has confirmed these thoughts with a shaykh he spoke with and wants me to admit to it. I have repeatedly told him that this is not true and that I cannot admit to something that I did not do and that did not happen. He does not care.. More

  • Letting children watch 'Game of Thrones'

    Assalaamu alaykum. I am a parent to three young kids, two boys and a girl, aged 17, 14 and 12, God bless them. Like other children in our neighborhood, I let them watch TV for limited times during the afternoon and evening hours. Lately, a show called “Game of Thrones” started in Malaysia, and after watching some episodes with my children, I was.. More