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  • Stem cell research in Islam

    What is the Islamic view on Stem Cell research?.. More

  • Plants, animals and their after life

    According to Hadith we cannot draw pictures of living beings. But today we know that plants have also life and latest studies say that plants can also feel pain. The Hadith which forbids pictures mentions living beings with souls. Is that why we are allowed to draw sceneries as plants do not have souls though they have life? We cannot draw animals.. More

  • Is spreading Islam through internet permissible?

    A brother associated with the Tablighi Jamath has presented a question to me. He says that:" The spreading of Deen (religion) through internet is not the right way and this would benefit none. The way of Anbiya (prophets) and Muhammad (SAW) and the Sahabah (RA) was door-to-door, not web-to-web. (I seek refuge in Allah). Give me the proof from Hadith.. More

  • Addicted to online gaming

    I have a problem where I'm addicted to online gaming. I'm in a gaming clan, most of members are non-Muslims, where we play every week night and week ends. We play a game called Counter-Strike. Are these types of game allowed, and is being in this clan allowed? What can one do in his spare time that is ok to do in Islam?.. More

  • Taking pictures of wedding ceremony

    During our wedding my husband and I took pictures to send to his mother back home in Yemen. Is it Haram that we took pictures, and the pictures were only for his mother, no one else?.. More

  • Beware of Satanic whispers

    As I have asked this question earlier that the Shaitan comes between me and my prayers and makes me remember such things that are highly offending to Allah. When I say, Allah is the greatest of all!!! Or Allah will help us!!! Or anything like that, the Shaitan makes to thinnk about creatures.Do you have any Dua's that I may say to stop them? Please.. More

  • Ruling on Dancing

    Is dancing approved, for example, during a wedding so as to enjoy oneself? .. More

  • Dancing to music

    I would like to know the punishment in the grave (hereafter) for dancingto music... More

  • Giving his father a TV may cause problems

    I understand that my father will be happy if I buy a colortv for him as the existing one is out-of-order. Though he did not ask me directly to buy this for him, my understanding is that he will be very happy if I would give him a newtv .My father spendsmuch of his time watchingtv to pass his loneliness. But I don't want to give him such a thing.. More

  • Angels avoid homes with picture of living creatures

    Angels do not enter a house where there are images of people or any other living creatures. Is this ruling applicable only for pictures that are exposed or does this also imply to pictures that are not kept open, i.e. for pictures in our school books (in their closed state)?.. More

  • Removing Life Support from A Coma Patient

    If doctors advise to take machines away from a coma patient and they say he is brain dead, is this ok? .. More

  • Surgery to correct a male's large breast

    28 years male having problem of enlarged breast called ganomacitcia, surgery to remove is the best solution. Is it allowed Islamicly to have the surgery performed? .. More

  • Disturbed by misleading website

    Recently I read a website which disturbed me much. I am very much worried that our Muslim brothers have not put an answer to the site... More

  • Learning good Islamic terms

    How can I learn good words like saying Bismillah?.. More

  • Permissible photographs

    I have some question on photos. I read some of your fatawa on photography and want to make something clear. I know that it is forbidden to hang photos, to take photos, but is okay to take photos of mosques, nature such as trees, lakes etc.? I have photos of myself alone and some photos of family members before my reversion to Islam, Alhamdulillah.. More