One of my non-Muslim friends was recently diagnosed with a very malign brain cancer. I would like him to try "habat al baraka" (nigella, black onion seed) but am not sure if this will work for cancer and for a non-Muslim. If yes, could you, please advise on how he would have to treat it? .. More
My father is 89 years old, Indian origin moved to USA in 1980's. My mother has died in 1983 and since than my father had stayed with me, my brothers, sisters and finally he decided to stay alone. For a year and half he was happy staying alone. Recently he has severe arthritis of knees and cannot walk and has become wheel-chair dependant. By.. More
I have been asked to make a carpet with the picture of (last supper) which painted by Davici I. As you know it's the best picture. I'm fearing that to draw the picture of animals and human being is bad so can I do this or not? Ok that is all what I want to ask... More
Why it is that Islam says that it's wrong to have pictures of animate things, yet Islamic nations have pictures if people and they also have TV?.. More
I work for a charitable organization. I have to report to my directors in order to help the needy. It is allowed for me take photographs of the needy in order to submit them to my directors to help them. .. More
Nowadays a lot of US sites offer money for giving surveys. Is it Haraam or Halaal to earn money by giving surveys? Also is it proper to sell e-books online? I ask this because e-books can be sold in online format many times without buying them? In Islam is it compulsory to buy things before selling?.. More
There are some new network gaming shops being opened, where there are lots of computers, and in the computers they offer children to play many different games.They charges you per hour to play the games. I wanted to ask if this sort of playing is gambling or not? .. More
Is it permissible to play music that is in praise of the Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam? My friends chant the Dhikr every Thursday, but use the frame drum. Is this Haraam?
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I have a tooth in the upper front of my mouth that needs dental work due to decay. A part of the tooth has changed color because of the decay. I would like to know if getting a gold cap or lining around the perimeter of the tooth in order to cover the decayed part and the new filling that the dentist will use permissible? Will it render Wudu.. More
Is it permissible for two people, a man and a woman who are thinking to marry, to get to know each other through e-mail before committing to one another? .. More
I have a question about marriage and divorce. My husband is suffering from prostate cancer, and his doctor urgently recommended him to have his testicles removed (castration) to save his life, because the hormones produced in the testicles support the cancer to grow. A friend however said that for Muslims castration is strictly forbidden and.. More
I have low sperm count, and had an operation and the count improved but not to the desired volume and making a lot of Istighfaar prayers and Du’aa, specially at the last third of nights and taking medication, after all I know and confirm that Allaah can make it happen even without medication.
I was advised to drink ginseng, it is a natural.. More