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  • His Muslim friend is a homosexual

    I and my best friend have known each other for about 13 years and his family knows me very well. You can say we are like family. I recently found out that my best friend contracted HIV through unsafe sex with guys. Yes, he is homosexual. My question is that as a Muslim, and a good friend; is it my duty to tell his family since they do not know where.. More

  • Drinking alcohol in Islam

    Why was drinking alcohol at the beginning of the Islam? Why is Haraam now? Need Ayah from the Qur'an?.. More

  • Has difficulty being sexually satisfied in marriage and having a second wife is prohibited where he lives

    I'm an Arab living in Japan and I'm married to a Japanese woman. She is Muslim and I have 3 children from her but I always have problem with her about our sex relation as she doesn't like to have this kind of relation with me when I need. Sometimes I commit Zina (adultery). Now I want to get married in another country to never get in Zina any more.. More

  • Trying to prevent homosexual acts

    My best friend and her family were chocked to discover 2 months ago that her brother is in a relationship with another young man close to his age 21. When he was confronted he said that he was sorry and wouldn't do it again but a month later he was caught again and was warn and needless to say he did it again and again and his family doesn't know.. More

  • How to deal with one's mother

    I currently live in the United States and I m a Arab American Muslim who is devoted totally to Islam spiritually and politically. I am the few who desires the political and “struggles” that the Muslims face today. My anger fuels off the occupation and torture of Muslims around the world especially the mistreatment of Muslim women. With.. More

  • Claiming that homosexuality is normal

    Reading your Fatwa concerning homosexuality you say that it is unnatural. But it is common to observe homosexuality between animals, does this not mean that Allaah has created these acts and they must be natural? .. More

  • Prayer after having forced sex

    What are the prayer for someone who was forced to had sex? Or what should someone do to ask Allaah forgiveness?.. More

  • She was a victim of incest with her brother

    What should a sister do if she was sexually abused by her own brother as a child for many years? Both brother and sister are now married. Is the sister guilty of backbiting because she told her family what her brother did? Is it okay for the sister to seek help with her mental state because of what happened to her, e.g. doctors, etc.? Please.. More

  • Proving and punishing fornication

    For my previous query on producing witnesses for proving a case of fornication, you wrote that for convicting a case, the witnesses should have seen the very act. I have still further queries. If a woman becomes pregnant before marriage, she would definitely get the punishment for fornication but a man can easily escape if there were not four witnesses.. More

  • Adultery as cheating

    My friend and I differ in our opinions about "cheating" spouses. Could you please clarify, if his view is the more Islaamicly correct one or whether mine is? I believe that when a married woman commits adultery it is a crime against Allaah and also her husband since he has rights to sexual exclusivity from his wife. Actually it is the only.. More

  • The caste system

    I would firstly like to thank you for the great website that you provide to Muslims around the world. May Allah reward you for this good achievement (Ameen). My question is what does it mean when Allah says I have separated you in tribes and nations so that you can recognize one another? Is this talking about the caste system (where caste.. More

  • Muslims practicing homosexuality

    I have three brothers who are Muslim and they are practicing homosexuals how do I help them?.. More

  • Distressed over poor parental relations

    I would like to start off by saying how wonderful it is to have a site like this to turn to in times of distress. May Allaah bestow his blessing upon whom has created it. I am 25-years and have recently become well acquainted with my religion. I love it. Who could ever deny such purity? However, for years I have been living in the depths.. More

  • The children believe their parents are in a bad marriage

    My parents have throughout their marriage always argued and never liked each other and they have made us really miserable. They have reached divorce many times. Lately, things have gotten worse and although I have tried to keep them together and calm them down so many times they just hate each other. My brothers are now thinking that the best.. More

  • Ruling on use of Qaat

    Is the Qaat (the plant my husband eat and keep it in his mouth like people in Yemen) Halaal or Haraam and why?.. More