Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question I have gotten legally married to a Non-Muslim. He was ready to do a nikah and ready to learn from me about Islam. He believes in God. But nobody supported us and my family has asked me to move out. So now I have become helpless for I can’t […]

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question I went out of my way to find a suitable spouse, and I found someone decent. I did istikhara and felt positive. Now that we are married, I am not sure he is the one. I do not feel any butterflies around him, and it doesn’t excite me when […]

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question May Allah guide us and strengthen our iman and love for Him and His beloved Prophet. I am a divorced woman with a son and daughter, 3.5 years old and 5.5 years old. I follow the Maliki school. My parents want my children and me to move back in […]

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad  Question I heard before that a business run by women won’t have baraka, is there something in Islam against women having their own business and hiring other women to work for them? Answer Thank you for your question. A woman can have a business of her own in Islam and […]

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question It is very commonly known that if you start talking with a girl that you like, and if you succeed by marrying her, you’ll lose love after marriage. Many speeches by scholars mention this. In Islam, if one just looks at a girl and marries her for her looks, […]

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question I fell astray in the last year as I spent time on, donated money, and subscribed to some Twitch channels that were not Islamic-friendly (for example, music, women with free hair, etc.). I deeply regret and feel remorse for this and for other actions that constitute sin jariyah (continuous […]

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question When we love our spouse, we try to please them the best and never displease them. Yet when we claim we love Allah and want to be the best to Him, it’s difficult and requires a lot more effort to avoid sins completely and to act with utmost excellence […]

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question I am a university student and I live alone. I help students with their homework from elementary school up to high school. It’s a means for me to earn spare money so that I can save up for emergencies or future expenses. This time I have to teach a […]

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question I am 17 years old. When I was in 8th grade, I fell in love with a boy we started dating when I was 16 years old. We talk every day and I love him so much. After a year together, I don’t want to do anything haram but […]

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question I was approached by someone for marriage. I told my parents and they wanted istikhara to be done before the two families meet. They meant something different where one was talking about our stars not aligning for a happy marriage and the other one simply predicting that their istikhara […]

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question I am a practicing Muslim, alhamdulillah, and have proposed to a practicing Muslima, however, her parents rejected me. To provide some background, her family mocks her for wearing the niqab. They believe in pirs (spiritual teachers) and do not practice the deen. They have tried to force her to […]

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question I am 25 years old and badly addicted to pornography. I came to know about madhy and maniyy. I tried to understand my discharge fluid according to the definitions I found, but it seems mine wasn’t yellow. The consistency is either thick or thin, and the color is transparent […]

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question I got angry in my salah because I had forgotten which rak’a I was in and in doing so, I hit my forehead with my palm in a way that didn’t cause harm. Is my prayer valid or did the anger break it? The time for the prayer is […]

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question This is serious, I’m curious and want to know. Can I watch anime in Heaven? Or play PlayStation/pc/Xbox in Heaven? Can I feel the pleasure from this world in Heaven like watching new movies? Can I access the internet? Thank you. Answer Thank you for your question. Of course, […]

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question Can I make dua that Allah gives me back the same exact skin and face I had a few years ago? It’s impossible but Allah can do anything. Answer Thank you for your question. Yes, what you ask is permissible. Supplication Of course, you can make dua for anything […]

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question I have introduced a suitor to my parents for marriage. What do I have to know about marriage to be ready for it? Answer May Allah reward you for wanting to fulfill half of your religion and for wanting to learn about it before intertwining your life with someone […]

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question I cry and feel sad all the time. I think about death. l am not as happy as the day of my wedding. I love my husband but I am not sure if we are still married and if he loves me.  He has said to me, “Why even […]

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question I am an unmarried woman but have sexual fantasies (no masturbation or porn, just my imagination) and I noticed some madhiy (arousal fluid) NOT maniy (orgasmic fluid). Should I perform a ghusl (ritual bath) or wudu? Answer In the Shafi’i school, you only need to wash the area, wash […]

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question I read a fatwa online stating that Muslims should not respect non-Muslims. Is this true? Is it permissible to stand up for non-Muslim elders and teachers? Answer Thank you for your question. This could not be further from the truth. All mankind has a right to be respected. Islam […]

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question My mother’s backbiting and scandalizing my past is pushing me towards suicide. I have committed ill deeds in the past because of my parents which are impacting me greatly. I read that Allah covers one’s sins, but Allah never did for me. It has become extremely difficult for me […]

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question I wanted to ask about choosing a future spouse. We know that his religiosity is the most important thing, but how religious should they be? How do I define how religious I am? How do I determine how religious he is if I don’t know him? Everyone has faults, […]

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question How unfocused does the performance of the prayer have to be before the need to repeat it? Answer Thank you for your question. May Allah reward you tremendously for striving to fulfill your duties to Him physically and spiritually. Please see your answer and some excellent tips below and […]

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question I was 5 years old when a guy showed me porn. Other guys sexually harassed me as a homosexual during a great part of my childhood and I couldn’t differentiate what was right from wrong. Many of my relatives and others showed me and did heinous things with me. […]

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question I was 5 years old or when a guy showed me porn. Other guys sexually harassed me as a homosexual during a great part of my childhood and I couldn’t differentiate what was right from wrong. Many of my relatives and others showed me and did heinous things with […]