1) I'm not a religious person but I like to be, because of our situation here in Iraq I want to ask how can a man be a full of faith and love God? I feel a weakness when I'm trying to pray. 2) My wife's sister (my sister in-law) is sharing with my own family the life here because of her bad situation and no one taking care of for her. She is a good.. More
I am 19 now and my parents got divorced when I was only two weeks old, my mother raised me all my life and paid for all my expenses and she worked hard to ensure the best life for my brothers and I, my father got married and didn't take care of us financially, he sent us some money as a gift every few years. My question is: whether my father is a person.. More
I am married with a very smart lady who converted to Islam a year ago. She has done her master's in computer science when she was 17. She usually has many intelligent questions. Some of them I answer, the other I cannot because of my lack of Islamic knowledge. Recently, She has asked these questions below. Could you please answer them for us? 1) Is.. More
I got married with sister and she is, Masha Allah, very strong pious. After one week of our marriage, she told me that she I don't attract her physically and when I hold her she feels that she is hugging her brother not a husband. Please is might him be from Satan or what do you advice me to do because I love her so much and I want her to be happy and.. More
Is my Nikah valid? I have a few questions regarding Nikah, which are very troubling me. I had a Nikah performed with a woman who had been married once before. Her prior marriage lasted only around 3 months. She claimed that she did not have sexual intercourse with her former husband. Our Nikah was performed only one week after her husband gave her Islamic.. More
A family with 4 children: the man gives each week 100 euros to his wife to spend as she likes. After some time, she has 1500 euros. Her husband keeps asking her again and again how much money she has now. She refuses to tell him about the 1500 euros. She does not work and does not have any income other than what her husband gives her. What does Allah.. More
One of the group of people who will be in the shade of Allah's Arasy during Qiyamah is men who says no for the sake of Allah to a woman who invites them to adultery. Does this apply to women as well? I heard maybe not because women are easier to control their desires than men? Is this true?.. More
Before my husband and I were Muslim he had a child (boy) with a lady. The child is now seven; we want full custody, Insha Allah but for now to teach him Islam. But the mother is refusing us to teach him. What can you suggest? For 3 years now she has refused us to see the child. Should the father the boy from seven, or what is the ruling?.. More
I am a Palestinian in Germany, and I will get a new son soon. My mother wants me to give my son the name of my father, a Parisian name called 'Kuzeed'. My question: do I commit a sin if I did or what? I am afraid of this name for many reasons mainly for religious reasons by one hand, and I don't want to anger my parents on the other. Please I need.. More
I have noticed when speaking to sisters that many on receiving marriage proposals are approached by married men who insist they are not married and pretend any existing children are not theirs. Is there nothing in Islam that prevents such deception? I agree that Islam allows polygamy and that's not the issue, but surely a brother should inform any unsuspectin.. More
If a woman does not dress Hijab a Muslimah should she be regarded as someone who perhaps isn't ready to take this step, or as a hypocrite? Please advise as many Muslimahs in my area fit this description. Also, what is the meaning of the Hadith which states that "a woman may wear Hijab, but still naked to the world"?
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I was married in 1999 in the UK and I love my wife very much and I love my little son as well. She and I are 32 year old. I hit my wife a few times during our marriage because I was becoming angry quickly. This anger was controlling me since I came to the UK around 5 years ago, but I regret after I did so every time. I had many problems with her family... More
In our country the nurses wear uniform which do not cover the Awrah. It is a pity that our Muslim woman take nursing as a career but then not able to quit it because of there are very interested in it. But some of them come and go to work with proper Hijab but only at working place they change to uniform. What is the ruling in Islam regarding this?.. More
I am a student in one of the USA universities, and married to an American woman. My wife shares her money with me as she is working and I am a student. What are the restrictions of using her money if she supports me by her own will and without any pressure from me and she knows that I am going back to my country after I get my degree?.. More
I have 3 kids from a former marriage, and they have not entered Islam, as of yet. I entered into Islam 3 years ago. My husband insists he does not have to care for anything they do if he does not agree to it or care for what they do, if he chooses, because the bottom line is that he is not their father, therefore he does not have to help. We struggle.. More