Answered by Shaykh Irshaad Sedick Question I struggle with severe OCD about divorce. I heard a speaker on YouTube say that if a man jokingly tells a friend he has “left” his wife, without meaning divorce, and when she is not present, and she later hears about it, divorce happens because the wife acts as […]

Answered by Shaykh Irshaad Sedick Question I struggle a lot with waswasa. Before tawaf, I felt a few small hairs at the back of my head under my hijab. My sister looked at me directly and said nothing was showing. Later, when I checked the hijab, I noticed a few hairs were visible through the […]

Answered by Shaykh Irshaad Sedick Question I had an extramarital affair, but I ended it and repented. After I ended things, the woman threatened me in public, saying she would tear off my clothes unless I divorced my wife. She had done this before, so I was afraid and said the words of divorce. In […]

Answered by Shaykh Irshaad Sedick Question In the Shafi’i and Maliki schools, does a guardian have the right to compel a marriage upon an adult virgin, and does her silence count as agreement? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate. May Allah’s peace and blessings be upon His Messenger, Muhammad (Allah […]