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  • Bridal showers and Islamic weddings

    I live in US and was wondering if bridal showers allowed as part of an Islamic wedding?.. More

  • Changing one's name

    I am a Muslim who came to US in 1984. During my 18 years of living here, I found it easier for me to use my middle name and shortened my last name to ease transactions. My full name was Zouhir Omar Abdul Baki, and after becoming a US citizen, I changed it to Zouhir Omar Baki. My children's last name is Baki as well. Is this sinful and against God's.. More

  • Has A Girlfriend Whom He Hopes to Marry in Six Years

    I have found your site very useful for me and acquired a lot of knowledge because of your site. I have a girlfriend and I did search in your site if it is Haram or not and from what I have read it does not apply to me. This girl is the one I love and the one I will always love and we are taking it seriously, meaning that there is no touching between.. More

  • Divorce of Ibn ‘Umar When His Wife Was in Her Menses

    I have read in many books of Fiqh that Ibn Omar when he divorced his wife during her menses he was commanded to return her and divorce her when she was purified. Did that divorce count as one or not? .. More

  • Nights when sex is prohibited

    Is it prohibited to have sex during dark nights, i.e. First night of moon, 29th night of moon, 30th night of moon and also 15th night of moon? Is also prohibited to have sex during the night of Wednesday and Sunday. I have read the prohibition of having sex in marriage during mentioned nights due to the fact that Shayateen and other such creatures have.. More

  • Committing Zina and Seeking Repentance Afterwards

    Some people commit Zina knowing that it's a sin, but they plan to ask for repentance from Allah later on. Some other people don't do it knowing that it's a major sin and they know that they shouldn't be doing it. 1) Will the people who were committing Zina and asked for repentance from Allah be treated the same? 2) What if I commit Zina knowing that.. More

  • Intercourse during wife's menses

    A man had sex with his wife who then reported she was feeling the pain of her menses starting. What does Islam say about this and how can he seek forgiveness of Allah?.. More

  • Stage three-science book teaches sex education

    I am 13 years old, yesterday I got a key stage three science book and as soon I opened the book, it shows you about growth and how humans develop, and it tell you what happens to boys and girls at the age of puberty and how babies come. So it is really sex education. Should I read it or skip the page? I have not started yet; I just took a quick glance... More

  • Relations with Wife's Sisters

    What is the ruling in Islamic law regarding the limits of my relations with my sisters in-law (my wife's sisters)? Can I sit with them in same room, talk, joke with them, eat with them, take them school in my car as long as they wear Hijab? Are they considered as my real sisters? .. More

  • Muslim Marriage in Czech Republic

    I would like to have an Islamic opinion on marriage with another woman in European countries [Muslim and non-Muslim]. One Czech Muslim man married two women together in one day without Wali [one is Muslim, one is Christian]. He has given interview about it to the newspaper with non-Islamic photo [he kissed one of his wives and other wife was looking.. More

  • Wearing Hijab when working around males

    I study at a women university, but the laboratory staff is male. Please guide me by Qur'an and Sunnah whether I have to wear Hijab... More

  • Questionable Third Divorce

    My husband divorced me in front of the judge in a different country during my period. When he came back to my country I told him about that and we started thinking about the possibility of getting back together if the Islamic rules allow that knowing that this is the 3rd divorce. If there are two different opinions about this please let me know. Can.. More

  • Wife Wants Divorce as Husband Returned To US and Issue of Fostering the Child

    My wife wants a Khul'a divorce not due to any harm I have done to her but she says we are not compatible. She is 5 months pregnant. I was living in the UAE and had to return home to the US to find work to take care of the two of us until she has the baby. I asked her to come to New York until the baby is born but she refused. She said she does not want.. More

  • Wife left husband who did not provide for her

    My husband gave all his money to his father and he did not give me any. I left him but there is no divorce. Is it allowed for a do just anything?.. More

  • Marrying to Get Green Card

    Is it Haram to get married to just get a green card? .. More