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  • Whispers about traces of menstrual blood on body or clothes

    Assalaamu alaykum. My question is regarding menstrual blood. I had a sister approach me who was extremely conflicted by this situation. The sister states that during her period, the menstrual blood dried up and turned it into little black particles. These particles look exactly like black pepper. She said that she was wearing a pad but that due to the.. More

  • Using alarm clock that plays music as alarm tone

    Assalaamu alaykum. Someone told me that if one does not have any choice, then haram things are allowed. They base this on the fact that it is haram to eat swine but that if one does not have any other possibility, then one can eat swine. For me, it seems very strange, because then, in a way, everything haram will be halal. This person has an alarm clock.. More

  • Hybridization of plants

    Assalaamu alaykum. Nowadays, hybridization of plants is popular. I am very fond of gardening. There are three types of plants: autogamous, xenogamous and geitonogamous. Either the plant pollinates by self-pollination where there is no scope of natural hybridization or by pollinating with different flowers either on the same plant or on different plants.. More

  • Placing ads on blog about Islam

    Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu. I have made a blog about Islam in Hindi/Urdu which provides authentic Islamic content. Can I place ads on my blog through the Google AdSense program and use this money? Is it halal for me to use this money for personal use? .. More

  • Waswasah regarding impurity of desk surface

    I am a convert, and I have an old desk in my roomat which I used to eat when I was a kafir (disbeliever). I used to eat haram meat, and I am 100% sure that it must have fallen on the desk many times and was only wiped with a wet cloth (I do not know how many times this happened) and was not wiped with a dry one afterwards. Its surface is not smooth,.. More

  • Paying Diyah of aborted fetus

    I made the premature and ignorant decision to have an abortion. I am so disgusted with myself that I cannot even stomach food. Both my husband and myself made the stupid decision. The fetus was aborted around 40-45 days. I took a medication that killed the fetus before it came out. Then a few days later I took a different medication that passed the.. More

  • Fears that she made fun of Islam

    Assalaamu alaykum. I would like to ask whether joking in the following way equals making fun of islam. If I were to relate to my friends of my past experience at a hospital where I was afraid of a needle and tell them that when the nurse brought a syringe to give me an injection, I started to pronounce, I testify that nothing is worthy of worship but.. More

  • Watching TV interviews online

    Assalaamu alaykum. My question is regarding watching interviews for leisure. We have not had a TV, praise be to Allaah, for many years. However we do watch it online on a laptop. My dad comes home very tiredfrom the office, and it is not easy for us to go out everyday in the evening for leisure. He always experiences a lot of tension, which he never.. More

  • Ruling on transformer toys

    Assalaamu alaykum. I have some questions regarding toys. There are a type of toys called transformers - toys that can change from a vehicle (like car or plane) to a robot resembling a human (but clearly not human as the car parts are still visible and most do not have human faces).1. Are these allowed for children (e.g. for young boys)? 2. Are these.. More

  • Fighting urge to cuss

    Is waswaas (devilish whisperings) necessarily always deen-related? I think that I am suffering from waswaas about cuss words. I think of cuss words all the time now, even regarding people whom I really care about like my parents and siblings and friends. I feel guilty because I am now saying them out loud due to frustration from having these thoughts... More

  • Video chat between male teacher and female student

    Assalaamu alaykum.I would like to know the ruling regarding using a video chat with a male Islamic teacher. Are there any valid reasons for male teachers to see their female students' appearance? Thank you. .. More

  • Partaking in love poetry contest

    Assalaamu alaykum. My college is arranging a poetry recitation competition in which the winner will be awarded a certain sum of money. I read in one of your fatwas that love poems about indefinite women are allowed. Can you please tell which body parts of a woman can be described for the poem to remain lawful? If I recite such a poem and become the.. More

  • Choosing the lesser of two evils in medical treatment

    Assalaamu alaykum. I had a biopsy on my right breast and they found a lesion. The doctor said that with this kind of lesion, they sometimesfind cancer around it but will not know about this until it is checked after the surgery. I was told that it should be removed because of my health history. My concern is that if it is removed and turns out to be.. More

  • Playing games that include interest or drawing of cross

    Assalaamu alaykum. I have three question about games: 1. I am playing a game about farming, and the games gives the player loans with interest (it is not real money). So is this allowed? 2. How about games that have first aid kits that have the red cross on them, are those allowed? 3. There are games that have blocks and triangles and other.. More

  • Listening to bigoted news sources to criticize them

    Assalaamu alaykum. Sorry for my reply. Anyway, I follow the Maliki madhab, and I received the fatwa for my question, fatwa No 312007; the title is 'Learning a language from a source prejudiced against Muslims'. I just want to clarify my question so that there is no misunderstanding. I mean, let us say that you are learning English and that you are using,.. More