Answered by Shaykh Irshaad Sedick Question What evidence from the Quran and the Sunna shows that watching permissible cartoons is not only for children and is permitted for people of any age? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate. The question rests on a misunderstanding worth correcting: Sacred Law does not […]

Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel Question My wife and I, Sunni Hanafi, in our forties, are researching kafala. The child will soon reach the age of discernment. If we take an opposite-gender child through kafala, how should we manage non-mahram boundaries under Hanafi law? What are our duties and precautions as guardians, given that we’re […]

Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel Question In Islam, are parents required to explain to a child that: (1) nobody except God can fully know what is in his mind; (2) even family members cannot automatically know his actual likes, dislikes, even though they know your childhood struggles; (3) maintaining uncertain friendships can become mentally tiring […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question What religious obligations apply to a child with a cognitive disability, and how should caregivers approach expectations and discipline in such cases? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Merciful and Compassionate. I pray you are in good faith and health. Thank you for your question, and may Allah […]