Answered by Shaykh Irshaad Sedick Question A mother is facing a family crisis: her adult daughter suffers from severe suicidal thoughts and self-harm and has threatened to end her life unless her mother divorces her disabled husband (the daughter’s stepfather). Despite medical treatment, Ruqya, and living arrangements that limit contact, the daughter’s condition has not improved. […]

Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel Question I underwent fat dissolver treatments due to an eating disorder, a mental illness. These non-surgical injections use deoxycholic acid to break down and permanently remove small fat pockets, often under the chin. This caused loss of submental fat and psychological distress from regret. I am considering facial fat grafting […]

Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel Question Is it Islamically permissible to marry a man with a chronic psychiatric illness who has been abusive during episodes, requires lifelong medication, and has unstable behavior, even though he claims repentance? What are the conditions for nikah in such a case, because the girl wants to marry him, but […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question If a person has severe, long-term mental health conditions that prevent them from remembering or maintaining the daily prayers, are these obligations lifted? If not, what is the minimum they need to do? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Merciful and Compassionate. May Allah make this trial a […]