Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question Four witnesses are required to prove zina. Does the same standard apply to someone who has been sexually assaulted? Is she proven innocent only if she brings witnesses? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Merciful and Compassionate. No. The four-witness standard is the evidentiary bar for convicting someone […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question Is uncovering the face without a need impermissible? Are modest, colorful, or patterned clothes permitted if they do not reveal the body’s shape or attract undue attention? And: I once suckled milk from my aunt— does that make my cousin (her son) my mahram? Answer In the Name of […]

Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel Question I’m asking about Tirmidhi 2784, which states that imitating the opposite gender is cursed and a major sin. Does this major prohibition also extend to things like YouTube skits where some content creators make jokes or skits in which a guy either changes his voice to sound higher and […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question I am a Hanafi in the United Kingdom. Is a “celebrity crush” (finding a celebrity attractive and feeling romantic attraction, with no sexual desire or fantasy) haram, makruh, or permitted, and where does the line fall between a permitted feeling and an impermissible attachment? Answer In the name of […]