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  • How to treat non-Muslims in light of verse [109:6]

    What does the Quran state about how to treat Jews and Christians in the following verse? {For you is your religion, and for me is my religion.}[Quran 109:6] .. More

  • Buying Islamic clothes against mother's wish

    Assalaamu alaykum, Scholar. My father has given me pocket money. What should I do if I want to buy a cap or a thawb but I know that if I were to ask my mother if I can buy these clothes, she would not let me? Can I buy them without her noticing it? .. More

  • Joking with parents

    What is the limit to joking for children with their parents in order that it not be offensive? Does Islam allow children to joke with their parents? .. More

  • Helping parents watch TV

    Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu. Can I give the TV remote, setup the TV (or pack the TV when moving), or set up the satellite dish for my parents? They watch Islamic channels as well as normal channels. Please advise. .. More

  • Abandoning fellow Muslim for more than three days

    Assalaamu alaykum. I know that abandoning a Muslim for more than three days is haram. If i have a fight or a disagreement with someone and I do not want to be in contact with him for more than three days so that he cools down and then contact him afterwards, will I be sinful? I am only doing this so that I have a better chance to reconcile with him.. More

  • Improving relations with abusive relatives

    My sister and sister-in-law do not want to keep a relationship with me, but when I try to maintain a relationship with them, they make make fun and also tell lies about me, which is harmful to me, as they are powerful. What can I do? .. More

  • Forbidding son to read news for fear of radicalization

    Assalaamu alaykum. My mum told me that I cannot read the news online because she thinks that if I read about Aleppo and other Middle Eastern affairs, I might get 'radicalised'. This is what I read: With regard to that which is beneficial to the individual and is not harmful to the parents, there is no obligation to obey the parents, whether they forbid.. More

  • Brotherhood endures among Muslims regardless of ill feelings among them

    Assalamu alaykum. Do we have the right to call this person a brother in Islam due to his arrogance as seen in the following story?There is a brother who did not practiced Islam at a young age and who came to America when he was 18 years old in order to receive an education. When he came to America, he witnessed many things and began to drink, smoke,.. More

  • Spending on jobless brother's family to return his favor

    I have been married for more than 19 years and, praise be to Allaah, we have children whom I love dearly. I live abroad with with family for my job. I have been fulfilling all the needs of my family. I was 1 year old when my father died, and my elder brother and mother brought me up. My brother used to work as a laborer to finance my education from.. More

  • Caring for abusive father in old age

    My father-in-law was a very violent man in his youth, and he would regularly beat his wife with knifes and even break bones. He also used to beat my husband and his younger siblings in the same manner. However, he favoured his eldest son, whom he eventually took to live with him while abandoning his wife and his other six children. From the age of 18,.. More

  • Both sons and daughters obliged to serve parents if they need service

    I know that the financial responsibility is for the brothers and the father, but is it the daughters' duty to do housework for her dad when he is oldin Islam? If the father passes away, does it becomes the brother's resposibility to do housework for her, or does she have to do it herself if she is unmarried? I read on a website that it is the man's.. More

  • Controlling anger especially with parents

    Assalaamu alaykum. Is there any way to control our emotions? I always get annoyed and grumpy and moody, and I unleashing it on my mother, who needs to be treated with the best companionship. On the other hand, I treat my fellow Muslims with the best companionship and make sure not to hurt their feelings in any way. This behaviour of mine makes me feel.. More

  • Ending contact with non-Mahram woman not dispraised desertion of Muslim

    Assalaamu alaykum. I have a question about these two hadiths: “The Muslim is not allowed to abandon a Muslim brother more than three days. If three days pass and he meets him, then he should greet him. If he (the other believer) returns his greeting, then they share the reward; but if he does not return it, then he (alone) will incur the sin.” “Th.. More

  • Father appointed daughter as leader over her brother

    Assalaamu alaykum. I am in a strange situation. I live alone with my older sister (at university), and our granddad will come and stay with us for a bit. My dad says that there needs to be one decision maker, and not two, or things will go wrong. He says that I have to listen to my sister even if what I think she is saying is wrong, and so he has appointed.. More

  • Mother commands son to wear clothes he dislikes

    Assalamu alaykum, Shaykh. My mother often orders me to wear certain clothes that I do not like without a sound reason. For example, so that the people would not know that we are Muslims or so that they would not stare at us. And I am not only talking about the thawb; also regarding trousers and t-shirts, she obliges me to wear certain clothes (which.. More