Answered by Shaykh Faraz A. Khan Question: I have been helping my mother to learn how to pray and she now feels comfortable to be led in prayer by myself (i.e. just her and myself together) but at this stage she is still learning and cannot pray alone without being led. I have recently begun […]
Answered by Ustadha Zaynab Ansari Question: What is the guidance that Islam gives for a child suffering emotional abuse by their mother. How should one go about rectifying the feelings of insecurity, self pity and worthlessness as a result of being raised with constant emotional abuse. Answer: In the Name of Allah, the Gracious, the […]
Answered by Ustadha Zaynab Ansari Question: Assalaam alaikum, I’m a practicing Muslimah, and I have a friend, a practicing Muslimah, who seems to be in love with me. What can I do about this? Answer: In the Name of God, the Gracious, the Merciful Dear Sister, Assalamu alaikum. Thank you for your question. Sadly, Satan–and […]
Answered by Ustadha Zaynab Ansari Question: Bismillah arahman araheem I am a convert to Islam, and would like to get married soon. Like many converts, I do not have a wali. I realize how valuable this role can be, and would like to have an imam or other pious/learned man serve as mine while I […]
Answered by Ustadha Zaynab Ansari Question: Asalamualaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakahtu. I have been Muslim for eight years now. Before that, I had two failed marriages. As the advice from all Islamic guidance is to marry if able I indeed had nikkah four years ago which ended in a bad divorce a year later. I […]
Answered by Ustadha Zaynab Ansari Question: Assalam Alaikum, I heard a shaykh say that a husband doesn’t need to tell his wife how he spends his money. He said that a wife has a right to a portion of it that fulfills his duties to her, but everything else is up to the man’s discretion. […]
Answered by Shaykh Faraz A. Khan Question: My mum recently had a stroke and is incapacitated in bed. Her left side is paralyzed. She is in no way capable of performing wudhu and I gather that she is allowed to perform tayammum instead. Would a person be exempt from performing wudhu (and hence qualify for […]
Answered by Shaykh Faraz A. Khan Question My university is some 95 miles from my home address and I stay there five nights a week and return home for two. When not at university, I attend an unpaid placement some 200 miles from my home address and approximately 125 miles from the university. I usually […]
Answered by Ustadha Zaynab Ansari Question: As Salaamu Alaykum Warahmatullah, I hope this question finds you in good health. Can you please give some advice on finding a suitable spouse. I am a Muslim lady in my 30’s who has had no luck whatsoever at finding a suitor. Prospective suitors have come and gone but […]
Answered by Ustadh Salman Younas Question: My question is that if i follow the Hanafi fiqh and pray my Zuhr after the Shafi Asr has taken place, is my Zuhr still considered to be on time or am I late for it? Answer: assalamu `alaykum Your Dhuhr prayer will be considered performed on time if […]
