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  • Wife not entitled to know in-laws' secrets

    Assalaam alaykum, Shaykh. I pray this message finds you in the best of health and faith. I would like to request your time to answer a family question which has been troubling for some time. You have always been very helpful; thus I come to you again. May Allaah reward you for all your efforts. My parents sometimeswish to speak to me alone regarding.. More

  • Why Umm Habeebah wore yellow perfume after her father's death

    Hello, I would like to ask about part of the description of the battle of Yarmuk: “When the news of his death was carried to his daughter, Umm Habeebah, she waited until the third day, on which she ordered some yellow paint and covered with it her arms and face, saying, ‘I would not have done that had I not heard the Prophet say, 'A woman should.. More

  • Case of conditional triple divorce

    Assalaamu alaykum. My wife and I have been arguing on and off over the past few months. Two months ago, we had a really big argument, whereafter she forced me to take an oath in orderto reconcile. It was a conditional divorce which she made me repeat after her - if I do something, at any time, which she thinks is wrong and hurts her or of which I know.. More

  • Proposing to a baby girl in jest

    Please help me. A girl was born, and a father declared to a boy (who was a little grown up) that if he gave him one cent, then the girl was his (as a proposal). So the boy hurriedly accepted and gave the money. Now they grew up, and the boy is older and has married another girl, bet he still calling that girl his wife-to-be and irritates the girl's.. More

  • Attraction towards a certain race

    Is attraction to a race forbidden or permissible in Islam? .. More

  • Whether wife is obliged to cook for husband

    Assalaamu alaykum. I heard that our mother, Eve, used to cook for our father, Adam, peace be upon him. Is there any authentic source that confirms this? Should wives cook for their husbands? .. More

  • Wife committed adultery while husband was abroad

    Hello, my wife and I are non-Muslim. We are very kind, so we help all poor people. One day, we invited an old Islamic beggar to live with us. Then, two or three years later. I got a job abroad and worked there for five or six years. When I came back later, I discovered that my wife had been living with that man as a family and had become a mother. What.. More

  • Terminating marriage conducted without knowledge of wife's family

    Assalaamu alaykum. I need some help; I have known a guy for five years and been married to him for one year. We got married without my parents' consent as we believed that it was sinful to keep a relationship. I have come to know that he was already married and has kids. My family knows this guy but does not know of our marriage. I started to accept.. More

  • Ghusl after fornication not condition for validity of marriage

    If a man had illegal sexual intercourse with a woman, and then he gets married to his wife a year later (not the same woman with whom he had sexual Intercourse) without performing Ghusl (ritual bath), is his marriage invali? This is because the man did not know how Ghusl is performed and only learned this after marriage. Before his marriage, he was.. More

  • Proper marriage contract preserves wife's honor and rights

    Assalaamu alaykum. I am very concerned about the "marriage" I am in because I do not feel protected whatsoever. Let me start by saying that both my husband and I were non-Muslim when we met, and we had dated for about two years before finding out that we were expecting out first child. He reverted to Islam knowing that this would be beneficial for our.. More

  • Man lures wife to leave diabetic husband and marry him

    I am 26 years old and have been married for five years and we have no kids yet. My husband has been suffering from diabetics since three years ago. I am not satisfied with my husband at all, and I have met a guy who is 23 years old. We met on Facebook; I have not met him face-to-face, but he proposed to me and wants to marry me. So he told me to get.. More

  • Refuting misconceptions about inferiority of women

    Assalaamu alaykum Shaikh. In summary, in Majmoo Al-Faatawa, it is stated that men are perfect, so he does not need to adorn himself for the person whom he loves, and that women are imperfect, so she needs to adorn herself for the person whom she loves (her husband). I even read a fatwa, the main point of which is that if a man castrates his genital,.. More

  • Helping sister leave husband's house without his permission

    Assalaamu alaykum. My sister and her husband had an argument, and my sister called me to get her because she could not take it anymore, as she said. I went to get her and brought her back to my house, and her husband told her that she had left without his permission. My question is: do I bear a sin because I went to get her? I hope to hear from you.. More

  • Husband works and lives in other country

    Assalaamu alaykum. I have been married for six years and have two little kids. Ever since we got married, my husband and I live seperately in two countries due to his job. He visits us once a year and spends about a month of time with us. We have not ever lived together for three months as he is working abroad. I have managed to live by myself thelast.. More

  • Father rejects suitor for lack of college degree

    Assalaamu alaykum. I love a guy who is from abroad. I wanted my parents' blessing, so I told my parents that I love this person and related everthing about him to my parents. I love that person because of his religion and for no other reason. I did not look at whether he is beautiful or wealthy or anythng, only his religion. Praise be to Allaah, I asked.. More