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  • Pictures of animate things

    Why it is that Islam says that it's wrong to have pictures of animate things, yet Islamic nations have pictures if people and they also have TV?.. More

  • Taking photographs of the needy in order to help them

    I work for a charitable organization. I have to report to my directors in order to help the needy. It is allowed for me take photographs of the needy in order to submit them to my directors to help them. .. More

  • Definition of Zakat

    What is definition of Zakaat?.. More

  • Earning money conducting surveys and selling e-books online

    Nowadays a lot of US sites offer money for giving surveys. Is it Haraam or Halaal to earn money by giving surveys? Also is it proper to sell e-books online? I ask this because e-books can be sold in online format many times without buying them? In Islam is it compulsory to buy things before selling?.. More

  • Questionable computer games for children

    There are some new network gaming shops being opened, where there are lots of computers, and in the computers they offer children to play many different games.They charges you per hour to play the games. I wanted to ask if this sort of playing is gambling or not? .. More

  • Music that praises the Prophet

    Is it permissible to play music that is in praise of the Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam? My friends chant the Dhikr every Thursday, but use the frame drum. Is this Haraam? .. More

  • Getting a gold cap on a tooth

    I have a tooth in the upper front of my mouth that needs dental work due to decay. A part of the tooth has changed color because of the decay. I would like to know if getting a gold cap or lining around the perimeter of the tooth in order to cover the decayed part and the new filling that the dentist will use permissible? Will it render Wudu.. More

  • A man and woman contacting by e-mail

    Is it permissible for two people, a man and a woman who are thinking to marry, to get to know each other through e-mail before committing to one another? .. More

  • Husband needs castration as cancer treatment

    I have a question about marriage and divorce. My husband is suffering from prostate cancer, and his doctor urgently recommended him to have his testicles removed (castration) to save his life, because the hormones produced in the testicles support the cancer to grow. A friend however said that for Muslims castration is strictly forbidden and.. More

  • Doubtful medication to increase sperm count

    I have low sperm count, and had an operation and the count improved but not to the desired volume and making a lot of Istighfaar prayers and Du’aa, specially at the last third of nights and taking medication, after all I know and confirm that Allaah can make it happen even without medication. I was advised to drink ginseng, it is a natural.. More

  • 40-years-old and wants abortion

    Is it permissible to go for abortion after 3 months pregnancy, although there is no health problems to the mother but because of her age of 40-years and with grown up children she fills very shy and insists on abortion? .. More

  • Watching films, cartoons with songs

    If I want to watch a movie that it has not something bad or what Islam hate it is just a movie about social problems or children's cartoons but its has some song so I can watch it or not? Can I say just happy birthday without going to a party or giving a presents? .. More

  • Animal extract as medicine

    Some people use animal extract as medicine like they take out deer antler from live deer and use it as medicine similarly insulin from cow etc., is this allowed in Islam to use such medicine... More

  • Regrets having an abortion

    I want to know what is the ruling for a woman who is five months pregnant and then takes the child out of her stomach because she is told by her doctor which is American that her baby will come out with a mental problem and will live up to 3 days only and also told her that she has to take this baby out no matter what. And also her husband told.. More

  • Viewing movies

    Can I watch movies like horror movies, action, thriller movies by forwarding the songs if any in the movie or by forwarding romantic scenes if any but often the horror, action and thriller movies are empty from songs and romantic scenes? .. More