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  • She fears her revert Muslim maid might threaten her marriage

    What is the right way to deal with a young, educated, beautiful, unmarried Christian housemaid recent revert to Islam who has won our hearts with her talents/knowledge, generosity and willingness to learn and be a good Muslim? I fear that continuing to support and guide her in all ways including financially (which my husband says we should do as she.. More

  • General repentance entails forgiveness of all sins

    Assalamuilaikum. In fatwa No. 177059, you said that if a person makes a general repentance for all the kufr/shirk acts that he has committed, even though he forgets some, it would be enough to get his sins forgiven by allah but what if he didn't know that some acts that he committed is kufr/shirk, would he still be forgiven even though he did not know.. More

  • No blame on the husband for accepting money from his wife

    Assalamualikum I am a married man ,in marrige time my wife has 800 gm of gold ornament,i told take the ornament back ,but they are telling the same gold given to other sisters ,and equal amount money given to their sons ,her father died in her child hood, her father only distributed this money in life time ,my Question is this distribution is islamic,.. More

  • Living with a father who does not pray

    is it haram for me to live alone while my father and i are living in the same country? my father dosen't pray at all, so what should i do should i live alone or live with my father? .. More

  • Cutting relations with cousin to prevent temptation

    Salam o Alaikum. I have a question regarding severing ties with kinship. Actually what happened was that one day my male cousin was asking me for my number. Feeling that this was just too much I tried to divert the conversation and was able to not give it to him. He became a little sad at this. But he came to know that I was not interested in him. Few.. More

  • How to handle guests who overstay their welcome

    I have a family member who came to live in our house unexpectedly (forced their way here). Now, she has also brought her daughter and they eat our food, make us spend on them with no limits, and they make fun of how our family women wear hijab and that we are religious. We don't want to tell them to leave because we know if we do they will tell others.. More

  • Her father is addicted to watching pornography

    Assalamu Alaikom! My father is addicted to pornography since I was a child. Our family is in a mess now. I feel disturbed and don't want to stay at home. I felt like our house is not a home. Will my prayers be accepted at our house knowing that my father is committing zina(watching porn is zina, right?)? I really hate him for that. .. More

  • Training oneself to use Islamic forms of greeting is not hypocrisy or ostentation

    Alsalama 'alaikum warahmatullah. I am struggling to become a better Muslim and I'm finding myself having a difficult time adjusting. What I'm noticing about a lot of Muslims that I admire, is that they have beautiful speech. By this I mean they often say things like the salam and jazakallah khr rather than just hello or thank you. They say alhamdulillah.. More

  • A Muslim is allowed to help non-Muslims who are not warring with Muslims

    A muslim and a christian persons asked for my help to forward their CVs to apply in a vacancy in the company I'm working in. Kindly note that I'll only be sending CVs, not interviewing them and not deciding who gets approved or rejected. Also note that sending CVs this way is legal and official as the company asked the employees to send CVs of their.. More

  • Praying for Salah for the Prophet, sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam, before supplicating

    salam alaykum.what is the authenticity of the hadith that no supplication is accepted until salat is sent on the prophet peace be upon him.and how is it that there are many supplications from the prophet himself and his companions as well as righteous salaf in which they did not start or end with salat.may Allah reward you .. More

  • How to console a person who was afflicted during childhood

    Assalamualaikum, sometimes when people are faced with trials and hardships they tend to become bitter, and deviate from Islam, so as a fellow muslim, we try to console them and explain that these trials are for the better, a reminder for them to turn to Allah, or are part of a greater plan, for Allah is the best of planners. My question is; how would.. More

  • The supplications of Prophet Daawood, may Allaah exalt his mention

    Assalam walekum, i just want to ask what is the dua of Hazrat Daud Alayis Salam which melted iron for him i want to know the full dua and how i can recite this upto how many daya and if moharram comes can i recite it in moharram also or stop at that time plz guide me im very much confused. .. More

  • Reciting Athkaar in congregation to learn them is not a Bid‘ah

    Is it alright to make dua'a with your husband before sleeping or to say the dhiker with him at night? I have been Muslim for three years but having trouble remembering all of my dhiker so I like for my husband to recite his dhiker out loud and I recite with him. I have recently been told that making dua'a in congregation is a bid'dah so I cannot do.. More

  • Expiation not required for an oath based on strong belief

    salaam aleikoum wara7matoe Allah, I am very interested in fiqh. I read on the site of abdurrahman bin salaah as-sudais that one can take an oath based on most likelyness (source http://www.saaid.net/Doat/sudies/29.htm). One may even take one of the most serious oaths based on most likelyness. I read on islamqa that if the husband is certain or thinks.. More

  • Withholding partially relevant information to get a job

    Salaam, I have question about halal earnings. I was unemployed for a long period and it was causing me heavy mental stress, depression and hopelessness. Also, I had to lower my dignity and borrow from people as a result. I applied for a job at a food factory. When asked whether I had any allergies, I admitted nut allergy. However, I did not disclose.. More