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  • How to treat underage servants

    Salam. I wanted to ask about the rights of servants within Islam. Are children under the age of puberty allowed to be kept as servants and if so, how do the people who keep them have to treat them? Aren't education and kind treatment obligatory? If one's parents do not give proper treatment to the servants, how should the children react? Jazakallah .. More

  • She made a vow that she would fast if her wish was fulfilled

    assalamwalaikum, i made dua that if my wish will be fulfilled i will keep fasting. I heard that we should keep two roza instead of one roza for any wish. If it is true please let me know on which day of week i should keep roza. .. More

  • His manager refuses letting him travel to see his sick father

    im working in ksa and my father in anther country but now he is very very ill and i need to go see him but my manger in work refused .. More

  • She lied to her husband about her age

    By Allah I did a great wrong by not telling my husband my true age that i am a year older than him before we got married 22 years ago. We now have a daughter.My husband is the kindest and most religious husband. He tries very hard to emulate the Sunnah and follow the Quran and i know at this point age would not be a problem in our marriage but the.. More

  • A women praying two-Rak'ahs on arrival from a journey

    Salam alaikum, I have read following in a fatwa by the Noble Sheikh Ibn Uthaymeen, rahimahullah: "... for certainly, it’s from the Sunnah that when a person arrives from a journey and before he enters his house, he first goes to the mosque and prays two units inside. This has been reported in the long Hadeeth of K’ab ibn Maalik ..." Should only.. More

  • Introversion and bashfulness are different traits

    Dear Brother/s, Assalamualaikom. I need your fatwa for the 3 cases below: 1. Shyness is part of our faith but extreme shyness is not good for building relationship with brothers and sisters in Islam. The same as I had observed from a brother who has this problem. It affected his entire life and most of the time breaks some of his relationships with.. More

  • Her mother urges her not to consummate marriage with her husband

    Salam wa alikum May Allah bless you for the work you do and the help you give. May Allah grant you and your descendants jannah and bless you therein. I am 20 years old and recently got married in march 2012 I made istikhara before I made my decision to get married and accepted afterward. The person I Maried is within the family and everyone especially.. More

  • Reporting those who lie to receive government benefits

    Asalamu-Alaikum, I live in Australia and there are many Muslims here that are cheating the welfare system. They do not disclose their earnings and they continue to receive welfare payments and benefits. They also state that they are divorced to earn single parent payments, whilst they are actually married. My question is this, can I inform the tax.. More

  • He is depressed because of his family's disrespect toward him

    Dear Assalamualiakum, I am undergoing mental intense Depression infrequently but it lasts more and has effected me. I have put question in the past also and it is due to my disrespect in my own home among my other family members. I am living in combined family system which is probably against islamic teachings. The social problems in my home has made.. More

  • What to do if one cannot return rights to their owners

    There is a person i know who use to be reckless in her dealings with others when it comes to money. Now that she has repent she has 2 scenarios that she is concerned about 1. She might previously owe money to some guy friends whom she does not keep in contact with at present as she is now married. She cannot remember if she owes them money but she.. More

  • Backbiting a general group, not specific individuals

    Salaam, the prophet pbuh mentioned that if you talk badly about someone even if it is true, then it is backbiting and if it is not true, then it is slander. My question is that does this apply to general groups as well, not an individual. For example, if someone makes the statement "Celebrities are generally greedy and care about nothing but money.. More

  • Refuting Sufi innovations in Thikr

    Assalaamualikum some people follow "silsila" and also "murshid-mureed" concept they say ..a type of zikr was given to our prophet SAWS at miraaj. they say becoming mureed is of great benefit, like when person becomes mureed, he is taught this zikr by murshid (by blowing into his ear) and this zikr (after practising) becomes fixed in his breath.. More

  • Greeting worshippers before performing the prayer of Tahiyyat-ul-Masjid

    Upon entering the mosque, should I greet people in the mosque or perform the prayer of Tahiyyat-ul-Masjid first? Thank you... More

  • His in-laws cut ties with his wife because he cut ties with them

    This question is to help my wife to make right decision. I have serious problems with my in-laws. My brother-in-law cheated me and stolen my money. My father-in-law tried to fool me to get money out of my bank but I managed to safeguard myself. My father-in-law is a kind of guy who did many Umrahs and 3 times Hajj but no hesitation to take Riba. Infact.. More

  • Evaluation of Al-Hisn Al-Haseen by Al-Jazari

    Can we rely on the book 'Hisn e Haseen" of Muhammad bin Al-Jazri?.. More