Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question Is it permitted to purchase a book, read it, and then return it for a refund if the seller’s policy allows this? Answer In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful and Compassionate. I pray you are well and in the best of states, by Allah’s grace. If you do […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question I want to follow the Hanafi view that allows taking easier valid opinions and combining opinions (talfiq) in certain cases. The scholars mention a condition: the muqallid may not return to what he has acted upon (la yarji‘ al-muqallid fīma qallada fīh). What does this condition mean, and how […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question If one questions how a hadith stating that a people led by a woman will not succeed applies in specific cases—such as if a woman rules strictly according to Islamic guidance—does this does it require repentance? Answer In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful and Compassionate. What you are […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question Can principles like maslaha (public interest) or istihsan (juristic preference) be used to address systemic harms in areas such as women’s rights in marriage or divorce, or to justify publicly exposing injustices like imprisonment or exploitation for the sake of reform? Answer In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful […]