Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel Question I am a sister from Pakistan of marriageable age. Due to my short height, my parents are urging me to undergo limb-lengthening surgery, believing it may help with marriage prospects. Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate. I pray you are in good faith and […]

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch Question Am I sinful for hurting a boy’s feelings by rejecting him after years of contact, and do I need to seek his forgiveness, or is turning to Allah enough? I have been making a dua for a long time. Meanwhile, I listen to some Islamic scholars who ask to […]

Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel Question Is it permissible to marry my grandmother’s half-sister from her father’s side? She is my great half-aunt, sharing a father with my grandmother, but not the same mother. Is marriage to her allowed in Islam? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate. I pray you […]

Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel Question If I vowed not to talk to women on Facebook and later broke it multiple times, do I fast once or for each instance? Also, if I meet someone on Facebook and want to marry her, is the vow relevant to the validity of the marriage? Answer In the […]