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  • Child's best interests should determine who takes custody of it

    My question is regarding the custody of a child when the parents divorced. I have recently asked for a release from my husband while being pregnant. I am having difficulty understanding the custody situation in the issue that comes with divorce. The man that I married came from Yemen for medical reasons and during this time he took me as his third wife... More

  • There is no harm in carrying the name 'Baasit'

    Assalamo alikum Brother, My name is Basit Minhas and i am from Pakistan.Unfortunately my parents named me Basit Minhas without using Abdul.Now i am named Basit minhas on all my official Documents and all my family members and friends call me Basit without saying Abdul.Kindly tell me is there any sin or not because i heard that some names of Allah can.. More

  • Her daughter's future in-laws seek help from Awliaa' and visit their shrines

    Assalamu walikum I Need help and advice on wat to do for my daugher who's marriage is being fixes at the moment, I have just found out that the family she will be marring into have a different Muslim belief then us they believe in phir awalia and do every thing according to that, they have shrines that they visit (azmi sharif) for example and also shrines.. More

  • She suffers from tense relationship between her husband and her mother

    AoA. I've a very serious question i am confused between my husband and mother. My husband don't wants very frequent phone calls and meetings with my family although he is always there to help them whenever is required but he is not very friendly with them. And my mother wants him to act as his son and not son in law. She wants frequent phone calls from.. More

  • Her husband and in-laws abuse her and insult her family

    Assalam I alaikum I wrote to you in the month of rajab last year ah I got a reply from you. The problem I am facing is getting worst. My husband bought me all the way from my country to the us.we signed the papers here and got married. My husband has been very harsh to me all through out and very insulting. He insults me on a daily basis about my looks,.. More

  • Needs to marry to keep away from her alcoholic uncle

    Salam, a woman lives with her two maternal uncles, she doesn't know her father nor her father side of the family. She was raised by her mother's side of the family. One of the uncle she lives with is alcoholic for the last 9 years, is she sinning by living with him? In general is it harram to live in the same roof as a relative who drinks and does not.. More

  • 'Iddah starts only when court issues a final divorce verdict

    Assalamalaicum, There are two verdicts by Islamic court (lower islamic court and higher islamic court) in my case. My question is that my ex wife follows only first verdict issued by lower islamic court and accordingly completed her iddat and at same time the trial of higher Islamic court under process. At the time of appeal higher islamic had also.. More

  • Child of Zina has nothing to do with his biological father

    My young son was seduced by an older married woman. After 1 instance of intercourse she became pregnant and hid away. later she made contact with my son and allowed him to grow to love his daughter. She also asked him for money giving sob stories. She maintained secrecy over her identity - "Aishah". After the amounts of money and complications became.. More

  • Imprisoned husband is obliged to provide for his wife and child

    In Islam, imprisonment of husband, is he liable to pay maintenance of child and wife? .. More

  • Permissible to marry one's sister's step-daughter

    Assalamu alaikum is it permissible for a persion to marry the step daughter of his sister? .. More

  • Bathing and removing pubic hair of a physically or mentally ill woman

    ASSALAMUALIKUM WA RAHMATULLAHI WA BARKATAHU SIR , 1. IF A WOMEN IS MENTALLY OR PHYSICALLY ILL MARRIED OR UNMARRIED HER MALE MEHRAM EXAMPLE :SON,GRANDSON ,BROTHER YOUNGER OR OLDER GIVE BATH TO HER AND CLEAN HER PUBLIC HAIR . (IF THERE IS NO ONE TO DO SO ) 2. IF WOMEN IS MENTALLY OR PHYSICALLY ILL HER HUSBAND CAN HAVE SEX WITH HER IF SHE BECAME PREGNANT.. More

  • Implicit words of divorce are ineffective without the intention

    I once said to my wife some words that would be considered implicit divorce. My intention wasn't to divorce her but to let her know my displeasure. I had always thought that the words have to explicit for divorce to occur. Later on, I read on IslamQA there is an opinion that even implicit words lead to divorce. The shaykh said the strongest opinion.. More

  • Marrying a woman whom one's father or son touched with desire

    assalamualaikum,brother...my question is a bit confusing i guess..i want to ask that if a person touches a girl with emotion,does the girl become haram for the person's son to marry that girl?...and if the father in law touched that daughter in law with no emotion before the marriage of the son and the girl..can the son marry the girl? .. More

  • A case of conditional divorce

    Salaam, I have divorced my wife 3 times and returned her back based upon a scholars advice that I can invalidate on of the divorce since it was out of anger. We encountered another issue and she wrote me an email asking for divorce. I swore/vow that upon a second request for divorce in any form from her, I shall honor her request. She wrote me another.. More

  • Wife is sinful for using contraceptives without husband's permission

    if the woman using birth control without husband permitting, one year age she used plaster on her arm to, when I see it she lied and say is just head pain, then after had argument with her she stopped using that method and was sorry then since last year to date I was trying to have baby and last week told me she is used pregnant pills I was very upset.. More