What is the ruling on someone who has recently converted to Islam and drinks alcohol? What is the prescribed punishment in such a case? Is it lashing or Ta’zeer (discretionary punishment)?
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I have a seventeen-year-old female friend whose family suffers from difficult financial conditions. She believes in Allaah, the Exalted, and performs prayer, but she sometimes steals. The strange thing is that she does not steal for herself, but to give to those in need. She does not like to turn down whoever asks her for money or tell him that she.. More
It is a common practice in our country to entirely deprive the wage-earning worker of his wages if it is proven that he has stolen something, even if insignificant. This is based on the assumption that theft has been a persistent stable attitude of him. According to principle, should we deduct the stolen amount of money from the worker's wages based.. More
Someone accused my sister of committing unlawful sexual intercourse with him. He even claimed that she got pregnant and had an abortion! We asked a Muslim female doctor to check her, and she told us that she is still a virgin and nothing of what this man claimed is true. Please note that we are living in a country that does not implement the Hudood.. More
I have been married since six years and have two children. I filed for Khul‘ (type of divorce requested by the wife) last year because my husband did not provide for me or for his children and was spending all his money unlawfully. I got a divorce although he did not want it. Six months ago, he came back to me, crying, asking me to be together again.. More
Is it permissible to kill one's daughter or sister if she commits unlawful sexual intercourse? What is the Sharee'ah ruling on killing her for this reason?
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Here in Libya, some people claim that robbing the properties of the state is lawful because it does not observe justice in dealing with its citizens. For example, the citizens who belong to the hard working class are not able to seek treatment outside the country while some people would travel abroad to receive treatment for the flu. Recently, a certain.. More
I have a very serious problem. I have been engaged since a year, and only one week is left until our wedding. I have kissed my fiancée, touched her, and intensively engaged in foreplay to the extent that I ejaculated. This happened more than once, knowing that we were wearing our clothes. Each time, I felt remorseful and severely reproached myself... More
Can the judge prescribe a Ta‘zeer (discretionary punishment) that exceeds the Hadd (prescribed corporal punishment) in some crimes that entails Hadd or Qasaas (retribution)?
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When I was a child, my mother used to host a man in her house, and it was known that the devil was their companion and tempted that man into having unlawful sexual intercourse with her. I was young and afraid of all things. I hate my mother and do not know what to do given the fact that she raised us after my father died. After I have grown up, this.. More