Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question Am I sinning if I take out a student loan, live only on the bursary, and hold the loan untouched to return it before the interest begins, when the Canadian government pays the bank’s interest until then? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Merciful and Compassionate Your concern […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question Is my half-sister from my mother’s previous marriage unmarriageable kin (mahram) to me, and are her daughters unmarriageable kin to me as well? Answer Your half-sister through your mother is your unmarriageable kin (mahram) for life, and so are her daughters and their daughters after them. In the Hanafi […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question One of the problems we have is gender interactions. We have male-only and female-only channels, but there is a general channel that both males and females can access, and sometimes conversations there can be unnecessary. We have rules in place to keep things modest and moderators who check the […]

Answered by Shaykh Abdul-Rahim Reasat Question May one write intense violence in fiction where the point is to condemn it rather than glorify it? And may one create characters that function as metaphors or antitypes for figures and themes from Islamic history — a character standing for Pharaoh or the Dajjal, or for the soul, […]