Answered by Ustadha Shireen Ahmed Question: Assalam alaykum, I am a single mother raising a Muslim son who is nearing the age of puberty. Without a man to model the religion for him and take him to be among the men, how can I best encourage his development of religion and chivalrous character? Answer: Wa […]
Answered by Shaykh Jamir Meah Question: Assalamu alaykum I bought my son a school bag. It has a drawing of a fictional superhero deity on comic books called Thor. If my son uses this bag would that invalidate our Islam? Answer: Wa’alaykum assalam. Thank you for writing in. I pray this finds you in the […]
Answered by Shaykh Jamir Meah Question: Assalamu alaykum A few years ago I got married to someone who was already a father. During these years we lived together only for 6 months. Now I don’t have any understanding with him. I don’t like to see his face or listen to his voice. I don’t want […]
Answered by Ustadha Raidah Shah Idil Question: Assalam aleykum, I live with my mother, wife, and child. My wife doesn’t get along with my mother. If my mother tries to give her advice, she takes it the wrong way. My mother is old and I don’t want to leave her and move out. What do […]
Answered by Ustadh Salman Younas Question: Assalam aleykum I believe that a prayer in which men and women are mixed is forbidden. Is it true? Answer: assalamu alaykum If by the term “mixing” you mean men and women standing side-by-side in prayer then the general rule is that this would not permitted. However, if you […]
Answered by Ustadh Salman Younas Question: Assalam aleykum I have learned that nisab is the amount of wealth that one has kept for one lunar year. What do you do if you never have that? Is one then exempt from paying zakat? Answer: assalamu alaykum In order for zakat to be obligatory upon an individual, […]
Answered by Ustadha Raidah Shah Idil Question I want to marry a married man with 3 children and have been trying for 4 years to persuade my family to give me their blessings. They refuse to because they say it is dangerous to marry a man who is already married. I don’t want to lose […]
Answered by Shaykh Abdurragmaan Khan Question: Assalam alaykum, I got a little angry against my son and all of the sudden I uttered a word in the punjabi language: “haraam da” which means “bastard”. And ever since it happend I have been getting misgivings of “kufr” and “divorce”. Does this constitute disbelief or divorce? Answer: […]
Answered by Shaykh Jamir Meah Question: Assalamu alaykum I know that my intentionally missed prayers from the past do not make me a disbeliever. However, I can’t shake this feeling. Also, my male cousin combined the prayer with a popular song at the time which made me laugh. Also my female cousin made a comment […]
Answered by Shaykh Jamir Meah Question: Assalamu alaykum When reading Reliance of the Traveller, I read that adding a surplus integral action invalidates the prayer. In the past I have been under the impression that I may have missed my second prostration and the sitting before it. I went back to perform the first prostration, […]
