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  • Residence requirements of a wife from her husband and other matters

    I know from learning Islam that maintenance (al-Nafaqah) is Wajib (on the husband) and is the right of one's wife to get food, cloths and a residence, some other essential services and medicine, even if the wife happens to be a rich lady. My question is regarding her residence. What I would like to know is if a husband provides every thing to his wife.. More

  • Calling Stepfather 'Dad'

    I hope you can help me dear Muslim brothers, I am in a dilemma. When I was 2 years old my mum and dad got divorced, since then I haven't seen my dad, he always knew where I was but never came to see me. When I was 3 years old my mum got re-married to my step dad, from an early age I started calling him dad and still do till this day. But I have just.. More

  • Celebrating Child’s Beginning to Eat Food

    Is there any ruling in Islam that a baby's feeding of food to be commenced by a function (commeration) at four months, four days with dates and fish or it is an innovation? .. More

  • Ill treated, beaten wife wants divorce

    I have a question. 6 years ago I was married Islamicly to my husband. Shortly after our marriage I converted to Islam. I fasted, prayed, and did my best to be a good Muslim wife. My husband started to beat me on a regular basis, stopped praying, and fasting. He even began to have many affairs with different woman. I am aware of this because they would.. More

  • Should Husband and Wife without Intimate Relationship Divorce?

    I live with my wife and her two kids; she does her duties as a housewife but she does not respond to me when I ask her to bed and there is no love between us. We do not hate each other, but we are more like brother and sister than husband and wife. Should we get divorced? .. More

  • Giving the name Shahed

    My brothers name is Shahed, could you please give me the meaning and can we keep this name... More

  • Swedish divorce case

    We live in Sweden, I am an engineer, but I have to fill the place of Imam, as much as I can. (Imam in our city mosque). A man came to me, he wants me to give him a divorce paper from his wife who lived with him 31 years, without this paper he is not allowed to bring a new wife to Sweden. (New rule in Sweden) His old wife said that: according to the.. More

  • Rights of husband

    Can you help me? I have been married for nearly 2 years now and I am quite happy, but my problem is that for 1 and a half years nobody knew we were married because my husband was afraid that people would talk about him being with me, because I used to be non-Muslim. I reverted to Islam 2 years ago and I don't understand why people don't realise that.. More

  • Can Muslim woman get divorce in US court

    Can a Muslim woman obtain Khula or Divorce from United States Court?.. More

  • Islamic Ways To Discipline Children

    What are the proper ways according to the Qur'an and Sunnah to discipline children? .. More

  • Masturbation between Husband and Wife

    1) Is it allowed for a husband to masturbate his wife and wife to masturbate her husband? I have heard two opinions the main opinion (majority) is that it is permissible, and the second opinion is that it is Haram. The one scholar that said it is Haram stated that masturbation is unlawful (Haram) in every way, if a person masturbates alone or together.. More

  • Conditional divorce

    After a fight with my husband I attempted to go out of the house, but he said if you go out of the house you are divorced (Talaq).I just got out of the flat door about 2 feet, stopped, thought and then returned back to the house. The door was still open. For your information we live in a flat on the 3rd floor of the building.Please advise ASAP.Is this.. More

  • Virgin Muslim Male Wants to Marry a Non-Virgin Non-Muslim

    I am a (virgin) Muslim male. I have a non-Muslim female friend who I've known for a while. I know that she has committed fornication in the past. I've tried over and over to cut relations with her but I can't because I have very strong feelings for her. I am afraid to commit Zina. I want to marry her. Does that make me a fornicator? I'm very afraid.. More

  • Family relations broken by sister's fabricated story

    What does Islam say about a sister who damaged the relationship between the son who is 36 years old and his entire family by fabricating a story about the lady he is marrying and hence the son's mother disowned him?.. More

  • Parents Not Blessing Marriage of Son to Older Woman

    What does Islam say about parents not blessing a son's marriage just because the lady he is marrying is 3 years older than him? Bear in mind the son is 36 years old. .. More