Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question Can a husband and wife agree together that the wife is the head of the household, rather than the husband? If not, would such an agreement be sinful, invalid, or simply a practical arrangement? Answer A husband and wife are free to agree on how to divide roles, chores, […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question Throughout my childhood and teens, I longed for outgoing friendships but could not pursue them because of a social developmental delay and a confusing upbringing; others saw me as “normal” until I was about twenty-three. How do I make sense of the gap between what I longed for, what […]

Answered by Shaykh Irshaad Sedick Question Is it permissible in Islam to question Allah by saying that a person should not have been created with social and developmental delay in childhood, such as delayed speech, difficulty understanding others, including the ways of one’s own family, and difficulty understanding friendships at school, and that Allah should […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question May a Muslim work as a Crown prosecutor in Canada, given limited freedom to choose cases, the prosecution of some offenses with no explicit basis in the Shariah, and evidentiary standards that differ from Islamic ones? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Benevolent, the Merciful. May Allah’s blessings […]