Answered by Shaykh Irshaad Sedick Question My husband arranged for me to be a paid caregiver for our disabled children through a government program. I do most of the caregiving, I am the only authorized caregiver, and the checks are in my name, but he had me deposit them into his account as household income […]

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 […]