Answered by Sidi Tabraze Azam Question: Is it harmful to have a dog and is it true angels won’t enter your house? Also why are dogs seen so badly by islam? Answer: Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, I pray you are well, insha’Allah. According to the Hanafi school, it is permitted to […]
Answered by Ustadha Zaynab Ansari Question: I recently took Shahada Jan. 2008. I have been struggling with the rules of being a muslimah and backslide a few times. Can I retake Shahada and will Allah accept? Answer: Dear Sister, Assalamu alaikum, I pray you are well. Unless your actions took you outside of Islam, which […]
Answered by Ustadha Zaynab Ansari Question: I went to umrah a while ago. I’ve never experienced anything like that before – the spiritual high and the magnificence of being close to Allah. Ever since I’ve come back I’m always struggling in all aspects of my life and with my practice of Islam. Personal, family, […]
Answered by Ustadha Zaynab Ansari Question: I’m at an age where I’d really like to get married. However, in my culture the eldest gets married first, so I’ll have to wait for my older sister. To prevent committing further sin, I wanted to know if it is permissible to get the nikaah done and then […]
Answered by Ustadha Zaynab Ansari Question: What is the best way to deal with deep depression caused by a husband who doesn’t allow me to go anywhere except grocery shopping and to visit family? We are not compatible, we don’t get along, and he does not communicate with me. At the beginning of our marriage […]
Answered by Sidi Tabraze Azam Question: What are the virtues of a) pregnancy, and b) having a stillborn baby? Answer: Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, I hope you are in the best of health and spirits insha’Allah. One of the benefits Imam Ghazali (Allah be pleased with him) mentions in his tremendous work, The […]
Answered by Sidi Faraz A. Khan Question: In a hadith, a sahabah willing to enter Islam approached the Prophet (pbuh) and informed of his only objection, which was regarding the prohibition of fornication. The Prophet(pbuh) responded by questioning whether he would object against if someone else did the same to his sister or daughter. So […]
Answered by Sidi Abdullah Anik Misra Question: Assalamu 3alaikum In the English translation of Jurisprudence of the Prophetic Biography by Sheik al Buti it is written the the prophet asked Jabir wouldn’t you like to have a slave girl to amuse yourself with? When asking him about his wife. Is this an incorrect translation? If […]
Answered by Ustadha Sulma Badrudduja Question: There is a hadith of a man who killed 99 people, then asked a scholar if there was repentance for him. The scholar said no, so the man killed him. Then he want to another scholar who said there is repentance for him if he leaves his city of bad […]
The Ruling of Masturbation and Pornography What Is the Ruling on Masturbation? Is It Permissible to Masturbate to Avoid Having Sex Due to High Sexual Urge? Is It OK for Me To Masturbate To Avoid Zina? Is Watching Pornographic Videos Considered Zina? Is Reaching an Orgasm Without the Use of Hands Considered Masturbation? Is Masturbation […]
