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  • Taking advantage of asylum benefits

    Assalaamu alaykum. I asked the question of fatwa No. 342220 before, and I would like to get some more details. It is not 100 percent certain that the government would withdraw asylum from the wife, because the one who is persecuted is the husband and not the wife. In this country, the asylum rulings are such that if the husband receives asylum, then.. More

  • Telling someone their supplication was not answered although it was

    Assalaamu alaykum. Is it haram to say to someone that their supplication was not answered although it was? .. More

  • Bitterness of tongue is dispraised trait

    What does Islam say about people with bitter tongues? .. More

  • Lying to retain political asylum and family unity

    Assalamu alaykum. A Husband got asylum in a European country because he cannot go to his homecountry for fear of his life. His wife and children also got asylum in order to keep the family unit together. The wife and children are not persecuted in their homecountry. Then the wife went to their homecountry to visit her relatives even though the one who.. More

  • Reporting those who abuse asylum program to authorities

    Assalaamu alaykum. I am a Muslim citizen of a Western country, and I appreciate that everybody respects the law and abides by the rules. Where I live, the government started a program so that individuals and organizations can sponsor Syrian refugees. Unfortunately, some immigration consultants are using this program to make a huge profit and use this.. More

  • Giving false information to receive welfare

    I am young and have finished high school. However, my grades were poor, so I took a pause of one year to improve my grades and start university next year. So I am unemployed, and I may also seek social welfare in my country because I do not have a job. While seeking social welfare, I fullfilled every criteria for it, but I did make a misstake twice... More

  • Mocking people unbecoming of Muslims

    What is the ruling on mocking one of the customs or rituals of the non-Muslims even though one fears that this may have been a custom sent down by Allaah to earlier specific generations? One such custom may be putting stickers on one's head, which Hindus do. I thought that this might be a custom sent by Allaah to a specific generation through an earlier.. More

  • What to do when others backbite

    Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu, Shaykh. If one cannot leave the place where backbiting is going on and people either do not stop when being asked to stop or do ot accept that what they do is backbiting and start arguing, can one put their fingers in their ears to block out their voices or put on a headset and listen to something beneficial?.. More

  • Resorting to talebearing to ward off harm

    Assalaamu alaykum. I have a question regarding something that my husband and I were talking about. My husband's youngest uncle has a child aged four. The uncle and his wife work very much, so the uncle's mom takes care of the child. I am often around at this family's house (my husband lives in other country), and I always see the uncle's mother hitting.. More

  • Ruling on cursing people and things

    Assalaamu alaykum. Is the expression 'Goddammit' a very great sin, Islamically? .. More

  • Degree of authenticity of Ibn 'Abbaas's report about masturbation

    My question is the following; there is a hadith of Ibn 'Abbaas, may Allaah be pleased with him, in which one person came and asked him about masturbation and he turned in dislike and and said, "Marrying a slave girl is better than that, and it is better than fornication." My question is: is this hadith authentic? Please answer this question. .. More

  • Doubtful statement expressing amazement

    Assalaamu alaykum. If I get surprised at a person's wit and say, "If only I could see what Allaah made him with," am Ia sinful? .. More

  • Abiding by terms and conditions of university

    Assalaamu alaykum. My university requires me to perform one year of practical training in any organization. I started it in a company. Due to the bad environment there, I made a contract with the owner that allowed me to work in my dad's company, and I have to pay him a monthly sum in return for being outsourced. Afterwards, I convinced my dad to relieve.. More

  • Presenting fake certificate impermissible under all circumstances

    My father works in a haram bussinness, his bussinnes has been doing bad for the last two years and he barely provides for the family. Our other source of income is my sister. I am a high school graduate and I want to study medicine. In order to get into med school, I have to do a two-year pre-med course. My question is, since my sister is the one who.. More

  • Saying 'O mother' or 'O father' as exclamation

    Assalaamu alaykum. Sometimes, when we are surprised or hurt or find something funny, we say 'O my mother' or 'O dad'. Is there any sin on us for this? .. More