I know that reading books in which kissing and intimate relations take place are forbidden. But what about if you read the book but skip the parts where this takes place? Would it then be permissible to read the book? I mostly talk about books for young adults.
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I am doing a degree course in English that contains lots of immorality in evil poems, novels, dramas, essays, and so on, which is contrary to Islam. It also contains many elements that are not contrary to Islam, like grammar, phonetics, good poems, and so on. Besides this, we have to read two other subjects with it, Economics and Public Administration,.. More
Is it halal to learn a foreign language from a biased news source? I mean that in their report, for example, they do not tell the truth about the brutality of Israel and they lie about certain things in order to benefit Israel.
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Assalaamu alaikum. A good Muslim brother who is known to prescribe homeopathic remedies asked me to hold a packaged medicine in my hand while he prepared a teardrop-shaped piece of metal with a thin string tied to one end; he called it a pendulum. I tried to touch it, but he would not let me do that, saying that it would not be effective anymore after.. More
Assalaamu ulaykum. I am currently a 3D animation student and recently found out that it is haram to draw anything with a soul in it, what I do in my course is just move the animated characters and give them dialogue and actions, and there is rough sketching as well, but this is the only option I have right now and I already paid my tuition fee. Can.. More
Assalaamu alaykum. Is it permissible to keep educational magazines (about wildlife) written by non-Muslims if they contain images of animals and the names of Prophets in the same magazine? May Allaah reward you.
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Assalaamu alaykum. I have three questions all connected to each other. My questions are about video games. Ever since my childhood, all my siblings, including me, have been addicted to video games and have spent a lot of our time and money on video games till date.
My first question is whether spending time and money on video games and such activities.. More
Shaykh, assalaamu alaykum. Please, I am in trouble. Help me by answering my question in detail and do not direct me to another fatwa. May Allaah help you. I am in danger of falling into trouble. For a period of my live, I did not pay attention to purity; I used to go the toilet and come without washing my private parts and (urine) would splash on my.. More
I am interested in taking part in Muay Thai as I wish to learn how to defend myself, I understand that the participants are asked to bow to each other and undertake exercises that are derived from religious rituals of Buddhism, but I would not take part in either of these. Muay Thai allow blows to the head; however, participants can wear gloves and.. More
I have a non-Muslim tutor. On select days of the week, I have to go to his house to study. My teacher is Hindu. His house has a picture of someone who might be some important figure in Hinduism, I do not know. I do not know if they worship this person. What I wish to know is if it is permissible to go to this teacher if my alternatives are not good?.. More
Assalaamu alaykum. In reference to the fatwa number 107024; in that very fatwa, you said that using homeopathic medicines is permissible if the two conditions mentioned in the fatwa are fulfilled, and homeopathic medicine actually do fulfill those two conditions, but there is one more point. It is usual for homeopathic medicines to contain 65-90 % alcohol... More