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Aqeedah/General
I would like to correct you on a Q&A regarding Aga Khani's, aka Ismaili MUSLIMS. Yes, Aga Khani's are pure Shia Muslims and this has been proven in history. I would appreciate if you could please remove your answer regarding Aga Khani's not...
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Aqeedah/Nafl
Could you explain the method and tarteeb of this salah, wheather, there is any kind of dua etc.
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Aqeedah/Shia
Is there any difference between scholars of Imami Shias and their laymen, as Mufti Rasheed Ahmed Ludhanvi didnt make any distingtuion between them?
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Aqeedah/Fiqh issues
Is it permissible to say "Allah and His Messenger knows best?"
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Aqeedah/Fiqh issues
What is Taqdeer? how much of it is influenced by our own deeds?
It is a grave sin to kill someone, but at the same time for the deceased we say it was his qadr to be there at that time. then what sin is there on the murderer if the victim was...
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Aqeedah/Fiqh issues
Are we allowed to make vows in the name of the awliya?
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Aqeedah/Groups in Islam
I have heard that the work of the Tablighi Jamaat is wrong and books like Fazaaile Aamaal that we use is unreliable, is this work Sunnah and if so could you some Hadiths that support this.
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Aqeedah/Takfir, Kuffar and Shirk
I was wondering, if there is a certain someone who happens to be known as one the greatest scholars but we honestly believe that he promotes and indulges in a certain kind of shirk. Should we use his non-shirk involving works or should we use...
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Aqeedah/Prophet (SAW)
I know it is not possible for the Satan to take the form of the Prophet (saw), but is it possible Satan can take another form and claim to be the Prophet (saw)? I ask this because some people claim that Satan can do this and this is why many...
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Aqeedah/Prophet (SAW)
I was talking to some brothers about the issue of saying ya Muhammed as most the people around me do, they provided me with quotes from hadith of people doing dua and only getting dua answered once they said yaMuhammed. They also told me about...
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Aqeedah/General
I have read in nurul eddah that if najasat turns into salt or is burnt it becomes pure. How does it become salt? A similar case is made regarding alcohol as it can change to vinegar and so is argued that it is jaiz to use it.
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Aqeedah/General
In an athar, Ibn Abbas (ra) said commenting on the verse 65:12 "Seven earths: in each there is a Prophet like your Prophet, an Adam like Adam, a Noah like Noah, an Abraham like Abraham and a Jesus like Jesus" (Imam Hakim, Mustadrak, Bab Tafsir...
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Aqeedah/Allah (SWT)
We say that Allah is characterised by Mercy, and His creation may be characterised by mercy, but that the mercy of the creation is unlike the Mercy of The Creator, because there is absolultely nothing like unto Him.
I have read that we...
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Ramadaan/Start-End
At the start of the month of Ramadan, half of my family started fasting on one day and the other half started one day later, each for there own reasons, however, now in reterorespect this should not have been done.
I would like to know...
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Ramadaan/Breaking Fast
If I intentionally broke a fast, do I have to do 60 consecutive fasts? What do you do during time of menses in Ramadan. I went for Umrah and was fasting and then had to push grandma in a wheelchair etc so basically i was very tired and as...
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Salah [Prayer]/Fiqh Issues
I noticed that the fajr times of a local Imam Hanafi (ra) masjid have crept back and are in line with the local Imam Shafi(ra)following mosque
However when does fajr time actually reappear? And can one pray at 2am or more precisely at 1.41am...
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Salah [Prayer]/Jummah
In our recent Friday sermon, which was delivered by a brother who's not a scholar, the following claim was made:
"It is our responsibility to learn the Quran by reading it and understanding it. Those people that tell you that Quran is for...
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Salah [Prayer]/Fiqh Issues
I know that in Adhan the Muaddhin should turn his head to the right for "Hayya 'alas Salah" and then to the left for "Hayya 'alal Falah" but what about for Iqamah.
Is such a practice Bid'ah/blameworthy?
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Salah [Prayer]/Nafl
I read a hadith in Tirmidhi, were Abu Hurrariah (RA) narrates from Allah's Beloved (SAW) that who so ever pray 6 Rak'ah after Magrib and does not speak anything bad in between them would gain the reward of 15 years of Ibadah. The Hadith i read...
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Salah [Prayer]/Fiqh Issues
Can you please confirm the amount of Raka'aahs is to be performed when you combine Thuhr and Asr and the amount when you combine Maghrieb and Eshaa.
Also, does your Niyyah change during Qasr and Jam Salaah?
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Salah [Prayer]/Nafl
What is the Salat al Hajah? Is it a Sunnah or Bid'ah? How does one perform it?
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Salah [Prayer]/Nafl
What is the authencity of this hadeeth: Hazrat Sa’eed Ibn Jubair (radhiallahu anhu) narrates that the Sahaabah (radhiallahu anhum) used to regard the performing of four rakaats before the fardh of isha as mustahab....
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Salah [Prayer]/Jummah
Is it permissable to lead the Jummah prayer by performing the whole Khutbah in English. After the Adhan A few words are said in Arabic and the remainder is in English and like wise the second sermon is performed in the same way. This is the...
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Salah [Prayer]/Jamaat
I would like to know if it is valid for a late comer to the fard salah to join the prayer with someone who's finishing their sunnah salah? It happened to me where I was praying my sunnah after fard and a brother joined me to pray his fard...
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Salah [Prayer]/Fard and Wajib
As salamu aleykum, What is the authencity of this hadeeth: Hazrat Sa’eed Ibn Jubair (radhiallahu anhu) narrates that the Sahaabah (radhiallahu anhum) used to regard the performing of four rakaats before the fardh of isha as...
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Salah [Prayer]/Fard and Wajib
Please mention the proof from ahadith of Hanafi Witr salaah in regards of:
-That it is 3 rakat with 2 sittings.
-That before qunut the takbir must be pronounced and the hands must be raised up to the ears
-That when reading the qunut the...
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Salah [Prayer]/Fiqh Issues
My aunt was telling us that salaat should not be read in a darkened room. I was wondering what the correct settings would be. I often like having the lights down as it helps me focus, but I wanted to be sure that this would be appropriate.
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Salah [Prayer]/Fiqh Issues
In ruku, is the dua to be recited out loud. It appears to be differences in the schools of thought, though I read in a hadith that says, "when the Imam says: Allah listen to the one who praises Him, then say: O Allah! Ou Lord, to you be all...
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Salah [Prayer]/Fiqh Issues
The Imam led prayer and in the second Salah he read the ayah 'tahiyyatuhum yauma yalqawnahoo salaam. wa a adda lahum jannaat'. It's supposed to be ajran kareema. He went into ruku straight away and finished salah. After salah, a muqtadi got...
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Salah [Prayer]/Jamaat
A relative of mine tells me often that we can join two prayers (zuhur and Assar, or Maghrib and Ishaa) if we are in journey, or if its about to rain or something.
I told him that I have never seen any such hadith, because I asked a nearby...
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Salah [Prayer]/Fiqh Issues
One has woken another Muslim to pray fajr, but the other Muslim struggles to wake. One does not wish to be harsh in waking one's fellow Muslim, but one has duties to attend to. If one leaves the other Muslim, one believes they will miss the...
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Salah [Prayer]/Jamaat
When joining a prayer that has already begun, does one need to wait after making takbir for the equivalent of three subhanallahs before going into ruku' sajda etc.
If the imam starts to say sami Allahu liman hamida before you reach ruku,...
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Salah [Prayer]/Fiqh Issues
What is the fiqh regarding returning to the prayer at the point one left it if one felt a need to use the toilet, broke wudhu and then made wudhu again?
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Salah [Prayer]/Fiqh Issues
I just wanted to know whether we could read salah in a room where there is a poster of birds, also wondering if we could read where there are trophies such as boxing trophies which present statue like figure of a boxer.
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Salah [Prayer]/Jamaat
We have a prayer room at work, alhamdulillah. Sometimes brothers miss the jamat times and often a solitary brother begins praying at that particular time. If a newcomer enters the room, should he join the lone brother, whether he intended to...
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Salah [Prayer]/Jummah
Is it permissible to do perform Jummah at school because going out of school is a bit of a problem.
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Salah [Prayer]/Sunnah
I wanted to know whether it was possible to stagger the times for performing Sunnah Salah for example, reading Isha with Jamaat, then reading the Sunnah and Witr a few hours later.
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Salah [Prayer]/Fiqh Issues
Can you please advise me as to the ruling on offering your salaat on time. if I am very busy I will complete the task at hand than offer my salaat but I have been told that I should drop whatever I am doing, offer my salaat and than resume,...
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Salah [Prayer]/Fiqh Issues
Please could you give a reference for the Ayat or Hadith that shows Zuhur and Asr to be quiet prayers and the rest to be out loud.
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Salah [Prayer]/Fiqh Issues
I don't usually watch the Islam Channel but very recently Yusuf Estes said some things which I found disturbing and I would like some clarification on:
1) He said there was no proof in Hadith that the Prophet (SAW) used to put his hand below...
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Salah [Prayer]/Fiqh Issues
I wanted to know why the Hanafi Madhab requires women to pray salaah differently? Where is the evidence for this? According to the Bukhari hadith where the Prophet pbuh stated that "prayer as you see me prayer..." surely applies to both...
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Salah [Prayer]/Jummah
I have a question regarding Jummah Salah.
The company we work for has been kind enough to provide us with a prayer room and wudu facilities and currently we perform Dhur and Asr Salahs in Jammat.
The nearest Masjid is approximately...
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Salah [Prayer]/Jummah
I have been told by a Mufti not to pray Jum'uah inside my University but to pray Dhuhr instead. Another Shaykh told me to pray Jum'uah. Please could you advise me on what to do and explain why there is this difference of opinion.
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Salah [Prayer]/Nafl
Whenever i try to read Tahajjud Salah or try to do Ibaddah at night my two year old son wakes up and i can not continue with my Salah or Ibaddah.
I started to think why this may be and get very very sad because i am beggining to think that...
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Salah [Prayer]/Jamaat
How strong is the compulsion to pray at the mosque? If one's wife is not praying at the time of Jama'at because, the baby is crying and/or one's wife is cooking, if no one else is around to help, should one leave them for the jama'at, or...
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Salah [Prayer]/Fiqh Issues
What is the sunna of recitation in prayer?
I heard that one should not follow a shorter surah with a longer one. Is this in the whole prayer, or just in a single raka'at. What is the ruling of this?
I also heard one should recite in...
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Salah [Prayer]/Traveller
When going on a journey, for example, after zhur do you pray zhur then go even though you know you will miss asr or do u pray asr as well. What are the rules in combining when traveling for example zhur asr would you do zhur at 530 if asr...
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Salah [Prayer]/Fiqh Issues
Do I have to make up missed salah for the period I was not practising?
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Salah [Prayer]/Jamaat
Arrive promptly for the jama'at...or miss the beginning?
Is it better for me to arrive promptly for the jama'at, or to pick up a friend and miss the beginning?
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Salah [Prayer]/Fiqh Issues
Is it permissable to close your eyes during salah, if it helps concentration?
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Business & Finance/Riba - Interest
At the time of the Messenger (peace be upon him) the medium of exchange was gold and silver thus there was no inflation. The value of one dinar/dirham remains constant.
With the fiat curency system inflation is inevitable.
The student...
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Business & Finance/Riba - Interest
Is paper money haram and riba?
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Business & Finance/Riba - Interest
Can a muslim get interest from a bank in a gayrimuslim country?
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Business & Finance/Riba - Interest
Would the following scheme be permissible: A student takes out a loan on which there is interest (at the rate of inflation). However the student convinces his university to pay the interest (directly to the loan company or indirectly through...
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Business & Finance/Riba - Interest
Is it permissable for me to take out a halal loan for another person who has a bad credit rating or whom has reached his credit limit with other loans. This person promises to make the monthly repayments on time.
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Business & Finance/Riba - Interest
I recently discovered that my company pension scheme is invested into various equitable markets that earn interest on the amount invested. Can this be defined as 'riba' and should I therefore remove myself from the company pension scheme?
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Employment/Halal-Haram work
I have started to work for the local council and have started to work on a controversial issue regarding Islam. My intention is to do the best I can to serve the UMMAH. I will also endeavour that Islam is shown in good light. However some...
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Employment/Halal-Haram work
I have heard that as a Muslim living in the UK we are not allowed to join the police force, because it would mean enforcing man made laws, would this be considered as shirk? Would you be able to point me in the direction of the relevant Hadith...
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Employment/Halal-Haram work
I am a sister who, since Ramadhaan, has been observing the niqaab. I come from a family who do not fully understand my reasons for this change and, since I recently graduated and have still not got a job, I do get pressurised to remove it. I...
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Employment/Halal-Haram work
I have recently received a good job offer to work as a fraud investigator. My job will involve investigating fraud and crime within the gambling industry. The role is with the Gambling Commission in Birmingham, a new regulatory body set up...
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Employment/Halal-Haram work
Is it permissible for Muslims to work as Graphic Designers since this profession is intimately related to the use and manipulation of images? I work for a company that produces packaging designs for confectionery. Some of the confectionery...
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Employment/Halal-Haram work
please can you advise me on wether we are allowed to work for teenage disability care homes. were you will have to restrain children and adults of diffrent sexs at times for their own safety? the situation requires you to never be alone with...
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Appearance/Female Issues
Where in the Hanafi works does it say to lower the garment below the ankles is impermissible?
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Appearance/Female Issues
(1) In hanafi fiqh, is keeping a beard less than a fist considered (a) Haram, (b) Makruh Tahrimi, (c) Makruh Tanzihi or (d) Mubah?
(2) Is a clean shaved person considered a fasiq or does this designation include those with beards less than...
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Appearance/Female Issues
Most of my work trousers are fairly long and cover my ankles. Is it permissible to fold one's trouser's ends in order to raise them above the ankles before the start of salah?
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Appearance/Female Issues
Is a muslim person allowed to trim the sides of his beard (not including the Chin or Jawbone area)? My beard is currently less than a fistful.
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Appearance/Female Issues
Is having it below the ankle in today's society that bad especially since wearing trousers/jeans (which go below the ankles) is normal? The ahadith prohibit wearing it with pride as doing anything with pride is haram. The majority of the fuqaha...
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Appearance/Female Issues
Regarding the Thobes that we wear, is the Sunnah one only the one with the splits on the side, like the Shalwar Kameez? The clothes above the ankles also, is there a hadith wihich says that the cloths that hang lower than the ankles will be in...
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Appearance/Female Issues
Since it isn't allowed to change our appearence (from the contact lenses question) is it allowed to fix your teeth with braces? Also, is it permitted to wear the contact lenses when indoors around mahrams?
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Social Issues/Family Issues
I'm considering a brother for marriage, however one of the things that is concerning me is that he wishes to live in a joint-family system. I, on the other hand would prefer to live seperately for the purpose of privacy and observing proper...
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Social Issues/Drugs and Alcohol
I have a 19 year old brother who is involved in many vices i.e smoking marijuana and soliciting with the wrong crowd for the last two years. His health and character has deteriated dramatically and is causing great concern and distress for his...
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Social Issues/Mosques
Recently, I witnessed a dispute inside one of our local masjids over the issue of shorts and salaah. We have an elderly brother who's happens to be the designated care-taker of the masjid. This masjid also has a full time school. Most of the...
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Social Issues/Pre-marital Relations & Zina
I wanted to know what if you are away from your religion, and are in a relationship with a woman, and later in life your still with her and take up religion and then decide to get married to one another. will the past sins be for given
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Social Issues/Social Interaction
It is related of the prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, that he said "men are already destroyed when they obey women".Could you clarify this hadith? Would you be able to give an example of what would be high character, for a man...
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Social Issues/Family Issues
Is it permissible for two same gender adults to sleep together in the same bed (e.g. mother and daughter, two male friends, two brothers, two sisters etc.)?
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Social Issues/Pre-marital Relations & Zina
If a situation arises where a muslim man and woman who are not married commit fornication and conceive a child and then have a quiet nikka before the birth of the baby, how does the family and community respond to A)the marriage and b)the...
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Social Issues/Pre-marital Relations & Zina
What is a Zina and how it is done? One of my friends is involved in this and when we try to stop him and say he is performing zina he denies it as he only hugs and kisses the girl.
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Social Issues/Drugs and Alcohol
I'm married for 10 years and i have two beautiful kids. but i'm having an issue with my marriage life. my husband like to drink and i hate it. Could you please advice me what should i do?
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Social Issues/Non-muslims
Is it permissible to say 'Asalaamu Alaikum' to Non-Muslims or is the greeting only to be used amongst Muslims?
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Social Issues/Pre-marital Relations & Zina
How should the youth, while in secondary school or college, encourage or advise muslim friends to stop indulging in zinaa and other sinful acts? How should we also keep ourselves away from this sin?
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Social Issues/Family Issues
When should children be taught about death and the Day of Judgement ? My son had the punishment of The Fire explained to him (by his madrassah teacher) and is convinced he has accrued sins and is destined for Jahannam. He was 6 years old at...
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Social Issues/Male Female Interaction
I just wanted to know whether it is permissable to touch a non-mehram woman if she is in need of help
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Social Issues/Family Issues
Is it permissible to move out of the parents home if you find you get frustrated. Although I am terrified to say anything to my parents I find the way they do things very odd. Is this a permissible reason to move away from home so that I...
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Social Issues/Pre-marital Relations & Zina
During my days of Jahiliya, I commited Zina and although, I have asked for forgiveness for this I was wondering what is right of the girl on the guy after this and what is the right of the guy. After asking for forgiveness do you act as if it...
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Social Issues/Male Female Interaction
What is the ruling of talking to non-mehram?
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Social Issues/Male Female Interaction
I know a sister who talks to me about Islam. I am in a position to help her practice her religion, I have tried to refer her to a sister but she has trust issues with other people. Is it permissible for me to guide her by talking over the...
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Social Issues/Pre-marital Relations & Zina
I want to get married but I have been asked to wait until the summer and I am happy to do this, but what level of contact is permitted?
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Social Issues/Social Interaction
With the current situation facing the Muslims in this country, can this country be classified as Darul-Harb?
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Social Issues/Social Interaction
I have a book which gives the meaning of a large part of the Qur'an 'Word for Word' in the English language. Because I hadn't read it much, I gave it to a close family member to read but I didn't tell them to keep it. A few months later I...
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Social Issues/Social Interaction
I know a person who has confided with me and is facing huge personal problems and difficulties. I am asking on their behalf. Any advice you could give will benefit, Insha Allah. Here it is: This person constantly has dirty thoughts of the...
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Social Issues/Social Interaction
A Christian friend has appealed for some help producing posters for a Christian youth group. I don't think anyone else will be able to offer the help, since it's technical, and I'd like to be a helpful person in general, but nor do I want to...
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Social Issues/Male Female Interaction
What is the best way to respond if addressed in conversation by someone who is not mahram? For example in the workplace, one needs to maintain a working relationship with one's colleagues, but not at a cost to one's relationship with Allah. Is...
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Social Issues/Social Interaction
What is the best way to cut ties with people? For example if one had friends of the opposite sex before one entered Islam, and one wished to avoid hurting their feelings.
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Social Issues/Mosques
Is the committee that runs a mosque under any obligation as to the service they provide to the community?
I ask because I was studying fiqh in the masjid this afternoon, and a member of the committee told me that it was inappropriate, since I...
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Entertainment/Music & Nasheeds
Recently, an issue has occured before my eyes and confused me deeply. I have always known that ALLAH only accepts that which is pure. My unversity and others want to work for Islamic Relief for a noble cause. However I know that Islamic...
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