Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question Two months ago, I prayed istikhara about a woman who intended to marry me, and I wanted the same. I had a good dream, a good feeling, and a settled mind, which I understood to be the signs to look for; she said her istikhara gave her the same, […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question My fiancée was forced by her family to wear the hijab as a child, about twelve years ago, against her own will. She has wanted to remove it ever since, but has never been allowed to. She only recently told me this. It has been affecting her mental health, […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question We married only three months ago, and for all three months, I have heard from him that I am old, ugly, and do not meet his expectations. I am three and a half years older than him, and it is a cross-cultural marriage, so I do not look like […]

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 […]