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  • Woman eloped and judge conducted her marriage

    Assalaamu alaykum dear Brothers. I am from the Indian state of Kerala and follow the Shaafi'i mathhab. Two years ago, my wife's sister's daughter ran away with her lover. My wife's family was not ready to arrange a marriage because he was not following an Islamic way of life; he was drinking and had a criminal background. The case reached the court,.. More

  • Masturbating while imagining mother-in-law does not affect marriage

    One person masturbated while imagining his mother-in-law .He imagined having sex with his mother-in-law and masturbated. Later, he realized his mistake and repented and stopped doing such bad things. Now he is worried about his marriage status with his wife. Is it nullified now? He has not touched her mother but looked with lust some times and masturbated.. More

  • Husband's rights after divorce regarding what he spent on his wife

    Assallaamu alaykum. My wife was good after the marriage, but I do not know what happened to her. She became disrespectful towards me and started to say bad words against my parents. She started to accuse me of spending a portion of my monthly income on my parents, whereas I only spend on our home and on her. I even havecredit card debtsbecause of fulfilling.. More

  • Telling an illegitimate daughter truth about her birth

    I am a mother who has a child out of wedlock who vaguely remembers her "biological father" when he was around. I repented from it and married someone else a few years later; he explained the opinions of the scholars regarding the child's ascription to me. My question is: do I have to tell my daughter that she was born out of wedlock? What if she asks.. More

  • Husband does not pray and deals with women in casual way

    Assalaamu alaykum. Do I have enough reason to ask for a divorce? I am currently in the29th week ofpregnancy of my husband's second child. We live different countries, but I try to travel and see him when I can afford it as he does not have a visa to come here. He applied for it but has been refused a couple of times. The quality of my marriage hasdramatically.. More

  • Naming child 'Subhaan'

    Having the name Subhan for my kid is right in Islam, but some people say that we should change it. .. More

  • Having second child while husband has cancer

    My husband is suffering from brain cancer. We have one son and want a second child, but we do not know about the consequences of my husbands disease. We are already listening to ruqyah (healing through the Quran and supplications), but we are not sure about his life. In this case, we are concentrating on our first child. Does the sharia allow us to.. More

  • This statement is not conditional divorce

    Dear Brother/Sister, assalaamu alaykum. I would like to know whether the following phrase is considered a conditional divorce: A man tells his wife, "The day you become angry in this house is your last day here." Thank you. .. More

  • Divorce does not take place by merely signing divorce papers

    Assalaamu alaykum. I seek your advice to, if at all possible, save my marriage. In Q3 2014, I got married to my wife, who was actually my parents' choice, but we both really fell in love with each other. Then my parents started to resent her, said that she has an attitude, is not good with house chores, and is too weak to lead a life and things like.. More

  • Conditional divorce cannot be revoked

    My husband's anger sometimes gets out of control. He was angry with my behaviour and did not want me to share anything personal with his relatives. One day, he started saying things on messages; he said, "If this reaches Faseeh, Fadhim, and their wives (his brothers), then you will automatically be divorced." Afterwards, he realized that it is not a.. More

  • Woman sharing bed with ten-year-old boy

    I am a 23-year-old girl. I am a university student. I boarded near by my campus in a house belonging to one of my relations. They live on the ground floor. I am staying on the first floor. They have a 10-year-old boy. His mom asked me to teach him, to which I agreed. So he will come to my room for study. Sometimes, he sleeps the whole night on my bed... More

  • Wife not obliged to serve in-laws or live with them

    Assalaamu alaykum. I have a question. My husband's younger brother is not married, so my mother-in-law wants to find a wife for him, the problem is that he lives in Europe and does not have money to move to his country. So my mother-in-law wants to find a wife for him, but this wife is going to stay in their country and live with my mother-in-law and.. More

  • Calling person Ghafoor or Razzaaq

    Assalaamu alaykum. (1) Is it considered shirk (polytheism) or is it just a sin if someone calls a person Ghafoor or Razzaq (while his actual name is Abdul Ghafoor or Abdur Razzaq)? (2) What should a latecomer (who joined in the third rak’ah [unit of prayer]) say in the last tashahhud with the imam? .. More

  • Niqaab is part of Islam

    Assalaamu alaykum. What is the ruling on the one who says that the niqab is not part of Islam and that it is a Persian custom that seeks to enslave women and rob them of their rights? Has the niqab been proven to be a part of Islam through textual evidence? And is the one who denies it considered a nonbeliever? .. More

  • Marrying woman possessed by jinn

    Assalaamu alaykum. Please, there is a lady whom I would like to marry in the future if Allaah wills. She is a good lady, but she has a problem. She is overtaken by jinn who sometimes, as you all know, worry her a lot. Can I go ahead and marry her given that I fear that something may happen to me because she is married by the jinn? Or is there any prescribed.. More