Question My husband married another woman, and he was preparing divorce papers for me, but I got pregnant, and now he says that he’s going to leave me after the baby’s birth. I already have a baby girl, and now I’m expecting again. My husband wants to divorce me at any cost, So my question […]

Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel Question I have a question about a hadith found in the Musnad of Ahmad. The hadith can be found here. I read some hadiths mentioned in Bukhari about the resemblance of a child to either the mother or father, depending upon which fluid dominates. Some versions of the hadith say […]

Answered by Shaykh Irshaad Sedick Question  I understand that the newborn baby’s hair is Sunna to shave on the seventh day of his birth and the ‘aqiqa. But what if I would like to do his ‘aqiqa, Tahnik, and shave on the same day next month after I recover from my cesarean section operation? Is […]

Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel Question Is it permissible for a child whose mother recently remarried to change his surname and adopt a new father’s name? The child, only seven years old, claims his birth father was mean and bad and thus refuses to take his name. What does Shari’a have to say about this? […]