Answered by Shaykh Irshaad Sedick Question Is it disbelief (kufr) to declare Ibn Rushd a disbeliever for holding that the universe is eternal? If the universe always existed alongside Allah, even while depending on Him, is that a form of associating partners with Him from pre-eternity? Is cursing fate disbelief, since destiny (qadar) is Allah’s […]

Answered by Shaykh Irshaad Sedick Question I am a twenty-year-old Muslim woman. Several years ago I became involved with a Muslim man, and it turned into a relationship without commitment. I realized he was not right for me and wanted to end it. Now he is blackmailing me, and I am miserable. What should I […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question I read that it is not obligatory to obey parents in purely personal matters, “as long as that does not lead to neglecting duties or committing prohibitions.” If an adult child is making a purely personal choice, and the parents explicitly tell them not to do it, but doing […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question There is someone I have known since high school, and now that we are older, I’m 26, and he is 30, we want to get married. I am finishing my undergraduate studies, while he lives overseas and runs a small jewelry business. When I told my parents, they strongly […]