Answered by Ustada Shazia Ahmad Question For the past five years, I’ve been dealing with a seemingly impossible situation due to family issues. I want to marry someone, but there is a dispute involving my father’s brother. The issue doesn’t directly concern us, and both parties share responsibility for it. However, my family, especially my […]

Answered by Ustada Shazia Ahmad Question I have been living with my husband’s family for 11 years during which my life has been a big mess. My in-laws have interfered in our marriage which has caused me and my husband to argue and have paranoia toward each other. My father-in-law is a very strict man […]

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question I do not wear a hijab yet but I want to buy crop tops and shirts (which expose the arms) and I’m going to wear them in public since I’m not a hijabi yet and my parents don’t allow me to wear the hijab. My question now is: Is […]

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question I am the eldest daughter in the family, a full-time college student and have several siblings to look after. My parents are often busy and I often find myself doing household tasks such as cleaning, cooking, and caring for my parents, alongside my schoolwork. At times I feel overwhelmed […]

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question I met somebody on a matrimonial website and after talking for a bit, he made it clear he wanted to marry me. He involved his family and started the process, soon after. He is exactly the kind of practicing Muslim man I have always wanted to marry. He is […]

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question My husband and I named our daughter, but my sister and father-in-law didn’t like the name and changed it. I couldn’t bring myself to call my daughter by that name as I’ve been calling her by the name we chose since the 8th month of pregnancy. My husband sided […]

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question I am 26 years old and have felt ready for marriage for a year or two. I have been talking to a potential spouse for a few months. I am very desperate because I feel that our ideas of the future (Islamic and worldly) and our characters match, but […]

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question I’m navigating family challenges with a narcissistic brother and strained relationships, especially with my sister. Despite my brother’s promised change after a police incident, distance remains. My mom dismisses my efforts to share Islamic values due to cultural beliefs. The family dynamic feels toxic, and my dad’s self-centeredness, despite […]

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question Recently, I met someone who is non-Muslim. This man is quite attractive and I like him. Can I confess to him that I like him? I don’t talk to him and I keep a physical distance always. Am I sinful that I like a non-Muslim man? Do you think […]

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question Before menses, I was junub, so I did ghusl. I believe I committed kufr in the ghusl because of a misunderstanding, so my ghusl was invalid. I decided to do a ghusl again, and then I looked close and found a few drops of yellow, and it smelled like […]

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question I used to be friends with people who support LGBT. I also submitted and committed the acts. I got my ex-partner involved in this haram, even though she was the one who reminded me of Allah. One day, Allah removed everything from my heart, and I told her that […]

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question I observe my hijab properly, but my friends from school are Muslims who don’t wear the hijab properly or don’t wear it at all. This is common in the West but of course haram. I go out with them but only once in a while just to catch up […]

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question I want to go to the mosque and start seeking knowledge of deen there alongside my worldly studies (I am in AL first year), but my parents’ ideas, especially my mother’s, are extremely twisted. She says these maulvis will brainwash me, that agency agents are roaming around, teachers beat […]

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question I am a 24-year-old sister. After a few years of medical school, where we shadowed doctors as students, I realized that medicine causes me great mental distress and decreases my iman. I never wanted to be a doctor, and I hated the idea of it for myself. My parents […]

Answered by Ustada Shazia Ahmad Question The man I had intentions of marrying has fully cut me off. We kept it halal for the sake of our marriage to be blessed. He recently has been suffering through his battles which he didn’t want to talk to me about. Rather he just cut me out of […]

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question I am a boy, and I have a female friend that I went to school with for a while. Ever since we graduated, we have been talking a lot, and I have come to care so much about her. Often I am very scared that she may not go […]

Answered by Ustada Shazia Ahmad Question Is wearing a niqab because I’m insecure about my looks and because I’m embarrassed by how I was as a person, sinful? Is it allowed to wear niqab for feelings of insecurity? Answer Thank you for your question. No, what you describe is not sinful. You may wear a […]

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question If I want to learn the Quran verse by verse, can I then stop at signs like the Lam-Alif? For example, I want to learn Sura ‘Adiyat. But at the end of each of the first five verses, there is a Lam-Alif. Can I stop after each aya, memorize […]

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question I am currently studying in 9th grade. Next year will be a turning point because I will have to focus on my studies. My problem is that I’m unable to balance Islam and school. I always have doubts about Islam and low iman. I obeyed my parents when they […]

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question My husband doesn’t help with the kids. He thinks his only job is to earn. He works from home and still refuses to pick up our kid from school. He yells at me and forces me to go out and pick her up. I’m currently pregnant and waking up […]

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question My husband is starting to make videos on YouTube with his mosque about religious questions, their Quran classes, and so on. Now I am a very private person and I thought he would be too. He never told me that he wanted to do YouTube, and I don’t like […]

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question I have a long-term illness and have been struggling. I have been unwell recently causing me to be fatigued most of the time, have difficulty breathing, and suspected irregular heartbeat that causes frequent dizziness. Alhamdulillah it is not the sickness that is causing me difficulty but rather not knowing […]

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question I’m trying to cut a guy out of my life. He is Muslim but showed me pornography for fun, and I didn’t like that. All my life, I’ve tried to stay away from it, and he does inappropriate actions like touching me in haram places. I’ve forgiven him for […]

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question At school and work, a dentistry student has to wear hospital scrubs. She chooses the biggest size and tries her best to hide her body, with the shirt long enough to cover her until the upper or mid-thigh. the pants are kind of loose, but they cling to the […]