Answered by Sidi Faraz A. Khan Question: Assalamu Alaikum, My wife and I wish to understand the rules and responsibilities on paying with zakat. She has gold jewelry, and earnings from property assets. I do not have any gold but have savings and earnings in my bank. I also have a significant amount of outstanding […]
Answered by Ustadha Zaynab Ansari Question: How should a child respond to smothering and help return confidence to a mother who may have themselves been through an emotionally abusive relationship? Answer: Assalamu alaikum, I pray this message finds you and your family well. This is a difficult question and one that might require you and […]
Answered by Sidi Tabraze Azam Question: assalaamu 3laikum wa ra7matullah Is it true that 2 rak`at of the married person is better than 70 rak`at of the unmarried person? Can you give me the sources? Also, can you please add some more detail of the kinds of benefits that are provided after getting married? Answer: […]
Answered by Sidi Abdullah Anik Misra Question: I have heard of a hadith of a Yemeni man who wanted to see the Prophet (pbuh) but his mother was elderly and needed him, so the Prophet (pbuh) told the man to stay where he was. (If know of a reference for this hadith or its authenticity, […]
Answered by Ustadha Sulma Badrudduja Question: As’Salamu Alaykum, I don’t get along with my stepmother. She treats her own children better than my own siblings. I do everything I can to make her happy. Most the time she is nice but sometimes she can make my life a misery. When she doesn’t get her way […]
Answered by Sidi Salman Younas Question: Is it haram to say things like “medicines cure illnesses” or “police officers protect you” to non Muslims? Non-Muslims might not believe that all good/cure/protection etc come from Allah only. Most of my teachers are non-Muslim and sometimes in my assignments I write things like this. Say if for […]
Answered by Sidi Faraz A. Khan Question: Salam, I have heard that if someone commits fornication they must repent before they get married otherwise the marriage will not be accepted. Are there any scholars who do not hold this opinion, or is there unanimous agreement amongst the scholars regarding this? Answer: Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullah, […]
Answered by Sidi Faraz A. Khan Question: Assalam alaikum I recently got married. My father-in-law told the following to me when the proposal was made. These were the pre-marriage promises made if i would agree for the match: 1. His daughter would contribute all of her salary towards my household. 2. He would also give […]
Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question Is it permissible to buy and/or sell children’s books with illustrations? These would be early reading picture books. Answer The fatwa of leading Hanafi scholars from Syria, Iraq, and elsewhere, is that pictures in children’s books take the same ruling as dolls for children: they are permitted to buy […]
Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question The question is the permissibility of drawings for, say, educational purposes. I have read the reliance and agree with what Sh. Nuh mentions, but it doesn’t mention for example, the ruling on drawing for educational purposes I am aware that there is ikhtilaf [difference of opinion] on this issue, […]
