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  • Parents who are seperated spending time together

    My husband's friend (who is a Muslim) has been separated from his American non-Muslim wife for the last two years or so. They have two daughters: one of them is a student in Florida and the other one is almost four years old. The agreement that they had regarding the second daughter, who is still a minor, is that she spends one week with her father.. More

  • Treating the elderly, especially women being alone with a marriageable woman

    I work for Age Concern as an outreach worker, and have to make home visits for elderly 50+ disabled people. Although I make sure that someone is present at home such that does not occur, but it is not always possible especially with non-Muslims as they do not care. Is it allowed for me to enter a home, or is the ruling same for someone who has gone.. More

  • Transporting brother's wife

    AmI Allowed to drop my brother's wife by car to her parent's home? .. More

  • Entertaining a non-practicing Muslim and his fiance'

    I have 2 questions. First, what is the opinion of most scholars about having a friend and his fiancé over at my house? When they come over it is usually us three and maybe sometimes my roommate. Her Mahram is not with her when she comes and she is not Muslim. I am under the impression that having her come over with her fiancé is Haram or at.. More

  • Questionable Mahram

    My husband is divorced with children from first wife. I am the second wife, no children. Is my husband daughter's husband my Mahram?.. More

  • Step-father as Mahram

    Is my step-father Mahram for me?.. More

  • Removing Hijab before a step-father

    Is it allowed for a woman to remove her Hijab in front of her stepfather? Also what is the opinion for someone who claims he is a Muslim, but does not pray? Please answer from the Qur'an or a Hadith of Prophet Muhammad (Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam)... More

  • Having wife's married friend living with them

    Can I accept my wife’s friend (married woman) coming from a different country to live with us in the same apartment and with her husband’s permission but he is still in her country, knowing that she is coming without any other Mahram (some man that she cannot marry). If the answer is no, then what should I do if I already accepted her? Also what.. More

  • This Man Is Not Your Mahram

    My Mother is non-Muslim. If she has a boyfriend and he moves into the house with us, I can never ever marry him because he's had sex with my mother, right? So, if I can never marry him, does that make him my Mahram? Do I have to wear Niqab in my house when he is there? .. More

  • His Wife's Sister Is Living with His Own Family

    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

  • Your brother's wife is alien to you

    Is it Halal that I live with my wife and my brother and my wife makes Hijab when my brother is at home... More

  • Relations with Wife's Sisters

    What is the ruling in Islamic law regarding the limits of my relations with my sisters in-law (my wife's sisters)? Can I sit with them in same room, talk, joke with them, eat with them, take them school in my car as long as they wear Hijab? Are they considered as my real sisters? .. More

  • Removing Hijab for brother in-law

    I am wearing Hijab, and for family reasons my husband and I live at my brother in-law's house. Is Halal, Haram, or Makroh to take off my Hijab just in front of him, based on the idea that he is temporarily Mahram on me, as long as my husband is still alive, and we are still married?.. More

  • Removing Hijab before her step-father

    Can my wife remove here Hijab in front of here step-father? Please note that my mother in-law is not a Muslim nor is her husband... More

  • Single Mother and Her Son's Male Teacher

    I would like to seek advice from Islamic view. I am a single mother with a eight years old son. Recently, I enrolled my son in a religious class. Al-Hamdu Lillah, my son met a teacher who is caring and a good role model for him. My son really adores the teacher. Sometimes my son’s teacher will visit him at home and take him out. My questions: 1) Can.. More