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  • Doubting whether husband was Muslim or not at time of marriage

    I am a Muslim woman born in a Muslim family. I live in france. Six years ago, I had stopped the prayer during the period before and after my marriage. I got married six years ago to a man who was Buddhist (from a Buddhist family), but he pretended that he wanted to convert or said that he was Muslim (his version changed many times), so I really do not.. More

  • Ruling on participating in model United Nations

    What is the Islamic perspective regarding participating in a model United Nations program? Is it a competition that is haram? I have very little knowledge of what it is exactly and of what participants have to talk about and ignore if anything that is done there goes against Islam. I hope that you can give me an Islamic perspective. .. More

  • Ruling on gun control by banning guns at school

    I am asking this on behalf of a friend. He wants to know what the Sharia ruling is on gun control and if Sharia law would support banning guns from school in order to stop anyone in the school from using it and keep children safe. .. More

  • Why attending mixed schools is mostly forbidden

    Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu. You said that it is haram to attend coeducational schools if we feel inclined towards doing haram. Are you talking about fornication? Touching or looking? Falling in love? You must be aware that Muslim coeducational schools do not have free mixing (during class time at least); the boys and girls just.. More

  • No hadeeth says that women are deprived of possession of their body in Islam

    I have seen a very strange hadith on a website regarding propaganda against Islam, and this hadith is mentioned there as a reference. Can you please check that hadith and tell me about the level of its authenticity is as I do not have a Hadith book at hand? “A woman is deprived of the possession of her own body in many ways,even her milk belongs to.. More

  • Issuing Khul’ in writing while conditions of Khul’ are not met

    Assalaamu alaykum. Please tell me, if a man wrote, "I divorce by Khul’," but all the conditions of theKhul’ (divorce requested by the wife and in which she returns the bridal gift)were not met and not present to make the Khul’ happen, so there is no Khul’, but the fact is that the word 'I divorce' was written, is it a divorce anyway? The writing.. More

  • Husband insists son from previous marriage resides with second wife

    Assalaamu alaykum. I have a question regarding a man whom I would like to marry. He has kids from his previous marriage. I have not been married and have no kids. At first, we agreed that the kids will come to live with us after two years, but he subsequently changed his mind and insists that his son moves in with us as soon as we marry because he discovered.. More

  • Girls travelling with parents for conference or recreation

    My sisters want to travel to a scientific conference while accompanied by our father and mother. I see it as seeking knowledge and a change of routine at the same time. What do you think? Is it halal or haram for us to go? .. More

  • Father preventing daughter from visiting divorced mother

    Assalaamu alaykum. I am a 21-year-old girl. My parents have been divorced for several months now, and I live with my dad to take care of him and go to my mom's house to sleep there during the weekends and holidays. However, dad was not very welcoming to that idea; he hates mom so much although she did not do anything to him. He used to abuse her emotionally.. More

  • Husband works in other city and visits wife during weekends

    Assalaamu alaykum. I wish that you understand my situation well. My husband works out of the city where I live and only comes to see me during the weekends. We got married more than two years ago, but if I count the days that we have been together, it is not even a year. We still have not been blessed with a baby. All the other women in my neighbourhood.. More

  • Marrying girl one had oral sex with

    Assalaamu alaykum. A girl and a boy have had oral sex; he also rubbed his member on hers, but no intercourse took place. Can they immediately marrywithout waiting for the menstrual cycle given that no intercourse and so there is no risk of pregnancy? .. More

  • Marrying convert to Islam before her divorce is finalized

    Assalaamu alaykum, respected Scholar. I would like your advice on an issue that I have. I would like to marry a Filipina who converted to Islam in 2011. Her Husband has not converted and took another woman even before she converted to Islam. They have been separated ever since. She is a practicing Muslimah and very devout and loyal to Islam. Now the.. More

  • Whether name reflects on personality

    Assalaamu alaykum. There's a fatwa that I saw here where it says that a person's name reflects on their personality, so if a child is named "Arif", will that reflect on him, Allaah willing? .. More

  • Advice to women who do not abide by proper hijab

    Assalaamu alaykum. As we have seen, many ladies in Western countries were the hijab without the niqab and put on makeup and go outside with that makeup on while wearing fancy abayas. I want to know whether this is allowed according to Islam. Also, whenever anyone tells them that wearing these types of clothes is not permissible in Islam,these women.. More

  • Starting preschool in non-Muslim country

    Is it permissible to start a preschool in a non-Muslim country? The purpose of this is to try to make an Islamic preschool with halal food, Muslim teachers and nurses, and other possible benefits. However, since it will be located in a non-Muslim country, it will be bound by a curriculum based on the idea of democracy, meaning that there will be rules.. More