FILED UNDER: ANS General Counsel
/by sufyanAnswered by Ustadha Raidah Shah Idil Question: Assalam aleykum, My father does not pray and indulges in forbidden activities. Can I give him spending money even if I know he will spend it on drugs? Answer: Assalamualaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, I pray this finds you well. May Allah reward you for reaching out to […]
FILED UNDER: ANS General Counsel
TAGGED WITH:: father, fear, hate
/by sufyanAnswered by Ustadha Raidah Shah Idil Question: Assalam aleykum, Can a you fear or hate your father because of some bad opinions your mother taught you from a young age? Answer: Assalamualaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, I pray this finds you well. May Allah reward you for reaching out to us. Father This is a […]
FILED UNDER: ANS General Counsel, ANS Marriage and Divorce
TAGGED WITH:: best friend, brother, father
/by sufyanAnswered by Ustadha Raidah Shah Idil Question: Assalam alaykum, I want to marry my best friend’s brother, but my father is not happy with this. His family approve of me, but my father doesn’t want anything to do with this. I am already in love with him. What do I do? Answer: Assalam alaykum wa […]
FILED UNDER: ANS General Counsel, ANS Marriage and Divorce
TAGGED WITH:: affair, extra-marital affair, father
/by sufyanAnswered by Ustadha Raidah Shah Idil Question: Assalam aleykum, My father has had a string of extra-marital affairs, and does not know that I know. What do I do? Answer: Assalamualaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, I pray this finds you well. May Allah reward you for reaching out to us. Support Dear sister, you are […]
FILED UNDER: Article-General, Community Building, Good Character, Health & Wellbeing, Parenting, Prophet Muhammad, Social Issues, Video, Worship
TAGGED WITH:: adab, Allah, charity, children, community, du`a, family, father, islam, Knowledge, love, marriage, mercy, mother, Muhammad, parenting, parents, prayer, Prophet Muhammad, righteousness to parents, seeking knowledge, spirituality, sunna, Ustadh Uthman Bally, Video
/by AishaSometimes a door to Allah is opened in the form of a good deed, such as praying or giving charity but then the door of acceptance is still closed. Through parents, this final door can be opened. Ustadh Uthman Bally recounts story upon wonderful story of how the relationship with our parents can have a major effect on our futures. […]
FILED UNDER: ANS Hanafi Fiqh, ANS Marriage and Divorce
TAGGED WITH:: conditions in marriage contract, father
/by sufyanAnswered by Ustadh Tabraze Azam Question: Assalam alaykum Is it a must for my father to be there when I will marry my wife? I have left my father in very bad terms a while ago. Answer: Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullah, Yes, it is possible to have a valid marriage without parental approval, yet this […]
FILED UNDER: ANS Hanafi Fiqh
TAGGED WITH:: abuse, changing name, father, last name, name
/by sufyanAnswered by Ustadha Raidah Shah Idil Question: I have undergone extensive trauma therapy to recover from a childhood that has scarred me for life. I have confronted my father about my painful experiences and it was a disaster. Since this confrontation, my last name has triggered anger and resentment because it is associated with my […]
FILED UNDER: ANS General Counsel
TAGGED WITH:: commanding the good and forbidding the evil, father, marriage, mosque, parents, sacred knowledge, teaching
/by sufyanAnswered by Ustadha Raidah Shah Idil Question: My father has a deep aversion to the scholars of Islam. Despite this, he has persisted in teaching at the local Sunday School at the mosque. He spreads his strange ideas but his eloquence lends him an outward appearance of authority and people are swayed by him. 1) […]
FILED UNDER: ANS General Counsel
TAGGED WITH:: artificial insemination, breaking family ties, daughter, family, father
/by sufyanAnswered by Ustadha Raidah Shah Idil Question: My daughter is not a practicing Muslim and does not want to talk about Islam. She chose to be artificially inseminated. Her divorced mother supports her. She did this because she did not find the right man. What is my status, as her father? What can I do? […]
FILED UNDER: ANS Hanafi Fiqh
TAGGED WITH:: children, divorce, father, financial support, marriage, nafaqa
/by sufyanAnswered by Ustadh Tabraze Azam Question: As salam alaykum, A man marries and has 2 daughters from this marriage but later divorces this first wife – taking no financial responsibility or responsibility of any sort for the two daughters. He then marries a second wife and has three daughters from this second marriage. Are the […]
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