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  • Joking about bad conditions in one's country

    Assalaamu alaykum, Scholar. In Algeria, things do not work well. Algeria is very dirty (I mean the streets and the roads), and there are many other things. Sometimes we make fun of the country regarding the things that happen in Algeria which should be the opposite of what actually happens in Algeria. We also make jokes. However, notice that we do so.. More

  • His parents always nag about him getting better paying job

    Assalaamu alaykum. I am a B.Tech engineer; I currently work in the Middle East and earn a fair salary. I live with my child and wife here. I manage to give some amount to my parents; my father still works in a company. Whenever I speak to my parents, they are sad that my salary is not that much compared to so-and-so. I always make the point that whatever.. More

  • Sending greetings of peace to person with another person

    Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu, Shaykh. Is it allowed to convey one’s Salaam (greeting) to another individual? For instance, my friend says to me “Send my Salaam to your mother and father;” or “Give my Salaam to your uncle when you reach your home.” This method of conveying one’s Salaam to another individual is very widespread.. More

  • Father denies sons share in house which they all paid for

    Assalaamu alaykum. I have a question. My father-in-law build a home (meaning that he paid someone to build it), and my husband and his brother helped financially to build the home. The home is in my father-in-law's name. My father-in-law now denies today that my husban and his brother gave a lot of money for this home. He says that the home is all his... More

  • Praying in field where Tableeghi annual meeting is held

    Assalaamu alaykum. Can we say that praying in the field where a Tablighi Ijtema is held every year (in Bangladesh) is worth 490 million good deeds? .. More

  • Eating to one's fill not sin

    Assalaamu alaykum. I take medication to protect my bones due to a condition I have. I am unsure about eating extra food, in light of Islam. I was advised to do things like eat an extra slice of toast in the morning and so on. However, most of the time, I tend to hold back from eating too much of one thing. I would like to know; if I do eat extra portions.. More

  • Whether weeping out of fear of Allah erases sins

    Two different scholars gave two different legal opinions. One said that weeping out of fear of Allaah erases the past sins only, and not the future ones. The other scholar said that it also includes the future ones. My question is: does weeping out of fear of Allaah erase the past and future major and minor sins, or just the past major and minor sins? .. More

  • Saying ‘Astaghfirullah Rabb-al-'Aalameen’ to seek forgiveness

    Assalaamu alaykum. What is the ruling on randomly saying 'Astaghfirullah Rabb-al-Aalameen' (I seek forgiveness from Allaah, the Lord of the worlds), meaning not at the end of specific acts of worship but, rather, when driving, or when someone gives me excessive accolades which I do not deserve, or when seeing something that is a Fitnah (temptation,.. More

  • Neglecting one's wife and child because of work and studying

    Assalaamu alaykum My husband is of good character generally. However, I believe him to be selfish and feel that he puts his needs before myself and our six-month-old son. He is a busy man who works and studies and as a result has neglected us. His excuse is that he is busy and that I should be understanding and patient. I have been so ever since we.. More

  • Unintentional mistakes of Muslims are pardoned

    Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuh. What is the ruling on hurting someone unintentionally, like when you bump into them, for example, or when your pockets are full of things, so the person praying beside you gets hurt or feels uneasy. .. More

  • Saying to another: ‘Give me some of your rewards’

    Assalaamu alaykum. Oftentimes, a man says something like, "Brother, give me some of your rewards, as you have earned much reward by doing much good deeds,"to another who is more pious. Is this Shirk (polytheism) given that no one except Allah can give this reward? .. More

  • Supplicating Allah to vanish because of not wanting this life or Paradise

    If somebody does not want anything from this world and also does not want Heaven and supplicates God to make him vanish, will God answer such supplication or not? .. More

  • Muslim should ask about what benefits him

    Salam. I would like to know if there was any black Prophet in Islam; why are all the Prophets which we heard of all white or asian? .. More

  • Supplication may be said once or thrice or otherwise

    Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu, Shaykhs. It is from the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam,to repeat the supplication thrice. Hence, if I am making a supplication that has multiple things in it, but I repeat one part of the supplication thrice, will it be Sunnah or not? Or will it be an innovation? For example,.. More

  • Writing false information in CV

    I work as an IT engineer for an engineering firm. When I applied for the job, I listed a Microsoft certification on my CV, under the college where I studied at, but I have not passed it yet, and it does not say specifically say that I have passed it, but it could have deceived the recruiter into thinking that I passed it. (My recruiters for the job.. More