Assalaamu alaykum. Is it ok to call a child Al-Arqam, after the Companion? Some people say that the meaning of this name is bad in Arabic as it means snake; is that true? May Allaah bless you.
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Assalaamu alaykum. In my office, female colleagues regularly manipulate and sometimes order male colleagues to do favors for them, like bringing them water and snacks from the shop, do photocopies for them, and so on. It really embarrasses me to see men running errands for these women. If the females ask me to do the same and I say no out of self-respect,.. More
Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi, Shaykh. What is the correct way of walking for women according to the Sunnah? For men, it is to walk briskly (fast), so what about women? May Allaah reward you.
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Assalaamu alaykum. I want to ask whether it is good to keep the name of a newborn baby as Aazaan (meaning the call to the prayer); and what is the other meaning of this name?
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Assalaamu alaykum. A friend of mine has the following question. He married according to Islam with a valid marriage, but he lives in a non-Muslim country and also went to the goverment to register the marriage. After doing this and paying 400 euros to the goverment, the problems began. They decided to end the official marriage because of the problems.. More
I live in Holland. Some people here say that it is obligatory to marry for the law of the country before doing the ceremony. They say that it will protect to rights of the women, but we do not agree. They say that when there is a problem, the disbelieving judge can divorce them. We have a problem with that because this will lead to conflicts with the.. More
I heard in my childhood that my mother breastfed my cousin (father's nephew). However, as we grew up, this rumor faded, and I have been engaged to that cousin and am likely to marry him in a few months. Now, I have seen thrice ina dream that I am marrying my brother. It put me in severe doubts and revived the rumor related to the breastfeeding. I asked.. More
Assalaamu alaykum. Let me go straight to the point. My wife and I moved to a new country. During Ramadan, my wife got to know a guy and started dating him in my absence. She did not tell him that she was married. He introduced her to his family as a friend, and during their dates, they fornicated. She says that he raped her. I do not believe that and.. More
Assalaamu alaykum. I have been blessed with a baby boy. I want to name him after the Companion Dhirar, may Allaah be pleased with him, who was a great Islamic warrior. However, some of my relatives rejected the name and argue that in the Quran there is a description of 'Masjid e Zarrar', which was built to harm Islam. I want to ask if it would be fine.. More
Assalaamu alaykum. I have come across some anti-Islam sites that allege that 'Aa'ishah, may Allaah be pleased with her, breastfed people who wanted to come in and see her. Could you please clarify this. I have read somewhere that she made her sister and daughter pour milk into a utensil and had people drink from that. Is that true? I also heard that.. More
My father's name is Shawkat Ali. Having said that, I have the following two questions:
(1) If my name is Sakib Shahadat, is it obligatory to add the title ''Ali'' to my name?
(2) Do I have to add the title ''Ali'' to my children's names as well, or would adding the title ''Shahadat'' (instead of ''Ali'') to their names be sufficient?
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Assalaamu alaykum, Scholar. This is the sister whom you gave permission to a day ago to resend her question. My question was about any evidence in the Quran that proves that divorce does not take place automatically after the spouse committed adultery. Islam Q&A gave me the following answer: Divorce does not take place merely due to the wife committing.. More
Assalaamu alaykum. We had one divorce, and then after six months, my husband said, “If you go out of the room, you would be divorced.” I left. I did not know much about the conditional divorce, but it always bothered me, but I did not ask him. Then we had another divorce a few years later. After this divorce, I asked him about the conditional divorce,.. More
I have been married for three years now, and I have a one-year-old son. I live in an Arab country. Recently, my husband started texting with a girl in a European country. I suspected it because has changed with me, became more distant, changed his phone password, and always hid his mobile when I would pass by him. I asked him in the very beginning,.. More