Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question I’ve heard that if you are ashamed of your sins in front of others and hide and sin, then your good deeds will be wiped away; what does this mean? Does this mean that you will have to redo all the obligatory things you have done? Is it true? […]

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question If a person passes an exam and someone says to the person, “Good job, wow,” is this sinful because he is ascribing the credit for a blessing to someone other than Allah Most High? Answer Thank you for your question. Shaykh Jamir mentions: Numerous hadiths have been passed down […]

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question When I would get mad at my mom, I would say awful things like “I hope she dies” or “When will she die” but I don’t know if this counts as dua. I think I might have also said a dua at some point, but I’m unsure. I regret […]

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question If the girl is unsure about the right time to get married but feels like she’s met the right guy who has approached her family. What are your opinions regarding this in the Islamic Shari‘a? How does she deal with the fear of getting married while still studying? Answer […]

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question I used to steal money from my father. After repenting, I tried to pay it all back, but firstly, I don’t know the exact amount, and secondly, it’s much for me because my income is not a lot. I thought about confessing to him and seeking his forgiveness so […]

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question My sister-in-law’s wedding is in a few days, and my wife’s parents had a women’s party in their home for her. I allowed my wife to go but asked her to return home by 10–10:30 pm as she was leaving at 4 pm. I also asked her to wear […]

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question There is a girl in our country I’d like to marry; I have known her for a year. She, her mother, her sister, and her sister’s husband are religious people. But her father doesn’t pray and drinks in private. She is looking for a religious person who prays, etc. […]

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question I am a university student, 23 years old, and all my life, I have had low confidence and been an introvert. I had many childhood crushes in the past, but now in my class, I have started to like this girl so much that I have started praying five […]

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question I’m unsure if I should continue waiting for a boy who claims to want to marry me. I prayed istikhara many times and received signs that were too hard to ignore, so I decided to go through with everything. We cannot marry right now due to family and personal […]

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question My parents are forcing me to get married to someone I don’t want to marry. They say they’ll not pay for my education if I don’t get married and a whole year of my course is left! They are also going to cut off all ties with me if […]

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question I’ve been married for almost six years now. My husband and I are trying to conceive. We had a miscarriage at the beginning of our marriage but no success afterward. I was diagnosed with a hormonal disorder two years ago, making it hard to conceive. Now, my husband wants […]

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question I want to get married. Sorry, I’m ashamed to say this, but I am tormented by dreams of intimacy. I’m a 27-year-old girl (this age is like the end of life for me), and suitors are not coming. The same ones are not coming back, and my situation is […]

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question My parents are Muslim, but they’re kind of Islamophobic. They oppose my avoiding the haram, such as not listening to music and wearing a niqab & burqa, and they oppose anything that’s commonly not considered haram by others. They want me to study medicine which I hate. I got […]

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question I am in love with someone who isn’t Muslim. We want to get married, and I would only marry him if he became Muslim. Is his taking the Shahada enough, or must he also commit to practicing the religion? I have done research but I am getting very confused […]

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question I loved someone very truly, I started to pray tahajjud for him. Yet after a year, I fell in love with someone else. That the decision was not in my control and I believe that Allah’s plan is the best. Why did Allah have to bring the first man […]

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question My sister has moved out and has moved in with a man when she told my father it was a woman. She has a boyfriend who is not the man she lives with. When we found out, my father told her to move back home, as he never approved […]

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question I confessed my love to a girl yesterday, and my intentions are to marry her. I talked to her for a few months, but I’m not ready for marriage because I’m still a student. I wanted to lay the foundation so I could speak to her father when I’m […]

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question I want my mom to pray, she started to pray, but she is lazy, doesn’t pray regularly, and watches TV. It makes me angry when I tell her about prayer, and I explain to her about the torment of the grave. I tell her that she will be asked […]

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question Can I name my child “Arham”? Answer Thank you for your question. May Allah bless you with a healthy and God-fearing child, and may He be the coolness of your eyes and pleasing to Allah Most High. The word Arham (أرحم) is famously known for describing Allah Most High. […]

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question I know we should concentrate on our duas while making them. But what if our mind gets diverted while making dua (especially to thoughts about how my dua is imperfect)? Sometimes I remain mentally stuck on my previous dua while reciting the current one; then, I get anxious about […]

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question I am a 26-year-old Muslim woman who has been married for two months. It was hard in the first month of living together because of leaving my mom’s house. I have been very depressed, and I sometimes neglected my husband because of frustration and anger. Now, I discovered that, […]

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question I really hope there is no race in heaven because if I get there, I hope I won’t be black again. I don’t want to be black. In Paradise, we get whatever the soul could ever desire, so of course, I would want all my good and honorable desires […]

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question I am a 31-year-old Muslim male, and two years ago, I got to know a girl who is practicing Muslim alhamdulillah. We got engaged but then broke it off three months ago. We got in contact again, and we wish to get our nikah done. However, my parents are […]

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question My parents, my mother, in particular, do not treat me well and try to find ways to abuse me verbally daily. I am a 20-year-old man, and I also have some dignity, but she always tries to find reasons to shout at me and use abusive language with me […]