Shafi'i Fiqh

August 13, 2022 1 min

Is It Permissible to Marry Someone I Slept With?

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question I’m in love and committed zina. We both regret it and want to get a halal nikah instead. Will our marriage have baraka, or is it cursed due to sin? Will our marriage not last because of it? Answer No, your marriage will not be cursed because of your […]
August 13, 2022 2 mins

What Is the Legal Status of Spotting Blood Outside of My Period?

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question I often get spotting outside my period and hardly get any white discharge. This means I can’t pray sunna dhuhr prayer before zuhr because I perform wudu after the time of prayer comes in to pray the fard, and I need to perform wudu for the pre-fard sunna prayers […]
August 13, 2022 3 mins

How to Deal with the Fact That My Wife Was Sexually Abused before Marriage?

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question My wife and I have been happily married for four years and have a son. I recently found out that she committed zina with her school teacher about a dozen times when she was 17-18 years old. He molested her at school, and she never told anyone. She cried […]
August 13, 2022 2 mins

Why Can’t Muslim Women Marry Non-Muslim Men?

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question Why isn’t a Muslim woman allowed to marry a Christian or Jewish man? In a stereotypical household, a woman raises the kid while the man works and can easily teach the kid about Islam at home since the father is busy at work. On the contrary, if a Christian […]