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Marriage - Issues
29th September 2024

Khulwat e sahiha with doors closed but not locked.

If a nikaah has happened but consummation didn't take place and that couple sit in a dining room which is usually accessible by everyone. The event goes out like this: 1) couple are in the room with the slightly opened door. People are in the house and that couple are not assured privacy. Brother of the husband enters the room without permission and the husband asks him to go out. Then either the.....
Marriage - Issues
29th September 2024

Talaq while being threatened for life

Assalamualaikum. I am asking on behalf of my friend Dr. Mamoun and his wife. Both of them are physicians and married for about 5 years and have a 1 year old daughter. They are going through a lot now so I am asking this question on their behalf. Their marital life is apparently healthy except some intimacy issues. Last week they started a quarrel over a small thing which turned into a b.....
Marriage - Issues
29th September 2024

Missing my ex and starting to questioning my marriage

Assalamu aleykum I am married two years now. I was Muslim before I met my husband but didn’t pray regularly and didn’t follow all rules. My husband wanted to marry me before he really knew me and before he started to practice Islam. After he got to know me, he started to send me Islamic books and really tried to get me to an Islamic circle. Well I really started to feel guilty, when I didn’.....
Marriage - Issues
26th September 2024

Nikkah

Hi I was married and my husband is infertile so he gave me talaq so I can have child. Me and third person had temporary nikkah to have child we done online nikkah My question is online nikkah is allowed in Islam ? And after this temporary nikah can I marry to my ex husband again as he knows everything and in shia religion temporary nikkah is allowed we ask some of the mufti he said these all are.....
Imaan / 'Aqaaid
26th September 2024

Kufr in video game

There is a game tutorial that you have to complete to play the game. The game prompts you to press a button to revive/teleport a character. The character says he will be reborn through fire. I know the game is impermissible but is it kufr if I do this just to complete tutorial?.....
Halal and Haram
20th September 2024

Is working for large retail companies that sell alcohol and pork halal or haram?

I like to clarify whether working for large retail companies such as Amazon and Tesco is halal or haram? Both Amazon and Tesco are selling alcohol, pork and haram food. If I work for these companies as a data analyst where I don't sell haram products nor carry them nor promote them, will my job and income halal? Or is it still haram, because Amazon and Tesco are making their money also through .....
Imaan / 'Aqaaid
17th September 2024

Clicking multiple choice options - is this option kufr?

At work I have mandatory "Compliance Training".One questions about a man who doesn't hire a woman as he thinks the travel for the job is too much for her.It asks what my advice is and gives two options.The only "correct" option is that he is being prejudiced/stereotypical. Is it kufr to click this?Could we say it IS stereotypical to say a woman can't travel a lot(as she can travel but a mahram is .....
Tafseer, Hadeeth, Du'aa
17th September 2024

Talaq if these books are not Authentic.

Assalamualaykum brother, How are you. I’m a Muslim by birth, married with three kids. After all these years of marriage a big issue has creeped up. I have been given a few Hadith’s and a book on Hadith to check and follow. I’m not that educated as my other half, I do hijab but not much into Islamic studies. I am forwarding the Hadith books, can you please check and clarify if they ar.....
Marriage - Issues
10th September 2024

I am confused whether i gave first talaq?

Brothers i may have given a 1st divorce to my wife and i am confused as well please advise for context - years ago my father out of nowhere said to my mother i give you my first talaq now. Because she speaks very rude to him anyway i was very angry at my wife as she was rude to me and recently shes been quite aggressive i do so much for her but i feel the appreciation isnt there, i try make.....
Marriage - Issues
10th September 2024

Talaaq question

My wife has PCOS. We were having a heated argument on phone. She kept asking me for divorce on phone. I kept refusing her and then she asked to me for divorce again and i hung up the call. I gave it a thought and decided not to give her divorce. she kept on calling me and i was not picking her call. Then i decided to pick her call and says words to scare her. The conversation that i remember goes .....
Ramadhan and Fasting
10th September 2024

Using lip balm while fasting

As-salam Alaykum My question pertains to using lip balm while fasting (this is more complicated than you might think). I have developed a condition on my lips in which it has become compulsory to use lip balm after every 15-20 mins. This came about as a permanent side effect of an acne medicine which I took many years ago. The problem is that the lip balm is always going down my throat as I.....
Salaah - Tahara
10th September 2024

Splashes from the sink

Salaam, 1. If I wipe my newborn child with wet wipes after defaecation or urination, and then wash the private parts with water in the sink, are the splashes which fall back on me and my clothes Najis? 2. when the child is born, the nurses just wipe the blood with a towel. When I m going to bath the baby ( after some days ) are the splashes which fall back on me Najis? I would like to .....
Todays Issues
10th September 2024

Is Bike/Car racing, stunting or drifting Halal?

I have seen a hadith about camel and horse racing, but if we are to take the literal meaning of this, it wont apply for this question. Therefore need your help in this. The mode of transport over the years have changed and new industries have come into the picture. One is the profession of racing of cycles and cars in different forms, stunting and drifting. What is the view in islam for this? A.....
Marriage - General
10th September 2024

Authenticity of istikhara

Salam Sheikh, is it permissible to use my mother's name and date of birth when doing Istikhara for marriage? The other family hasn't met me or my family even once, yet they performed Istikhara based on my name, date of birth, and my mother's name. Additionally, someone interpreted their dreams and shared some future insights about me. I wanted to ask if this is an authentic way of performi.....
Death - Janaazah
10th September 2024

Is it possible to hear the mayat speak

Asalamualaikum Most respected Moulana A family member of mine passed away while studying as an Alim (Shaheed). An Alim who was instrumental in the ghusal and kafan (who had only met my marhoom a few times) Narrated this story anonymously That on the way to the qabrestaan for the burial while carrying the janaza he heard the marhooms voice tell him Moulana you must please be the last to .....
Salaah - Recitation
10th September 2024

Error in recitation during sunnah salah

Al-salaamu 'alaikum I was praying a sunnah prayer and when I got to ayah 21 of surah Ya Seen I accidently recited ...اتبعوا ما لا يسألكم instead of ...اتبعوا من لا يسألكم. Does this error require me to repeat that prayer?.....
Salaah - Performing
10th September 2024

Validty of prayer of person w Dementia

Assalamu Alaikum, My mom is diagnosed with Dementia. Lately, she started to forget how many times she performs her sujud and ruku, My sister who is taking care of her sometimes stop her while praying and let her perform again, sometimes she doesn't because she pities her. Questions: Is my mom's prayer valid? Should my sister not stop her in the middle of prayer? .....
Salaah - Performing
9th September 2024

Assalamualaikum Akhi I\\\'m in prison and I have a ? That the Muslim community really needs help wit

Assalamualaikum Akhi I\\\'m in prison and I have a ? That the Muslim community really needs help with a answer. Would it be permissible for the Imma to lead the salat in this setting by being in the middle when we line up to pray due to lack of space to prostrate......
Transactions
9th September 2024

Indirect use of stolen money in business

firstly, Who does profit belong to if someone invests in a business with stolen capital, the owner of the money (opinion 1) or the thief (opinion 2) ? also has Mufti Taqi usmani said his opinion on this? Secondly, let’s say someone followed opinion 1 and used minimal stolen money to pay for their house . They are aware that using something stolen in a business may require a person to return t.....
Transactions
9th September 2024

Business with stolen money as capital

if someone invests in a business with stolen capital, does the profit need to be returned to the owner along with the capital or just the capital ? if someone follows the opinion that profits from a business that's invested with stolen capital belong to the owner of the capital and not the thief and they followed that opinion from a scholar they trust but overtime they followed another scholar .....