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  • Making an Oath in order to Abstain from Prohibitions

    If I said "Wallahi if I smoke again ,everyday my whole life I will avoid listening to music" , only to make a punishment on myself to deter me, does it mean if I smoke I have to expiate everyday I listen to music?.. More

  • Studying Physiotherapy and Touching the Opposite Gender

    I am a male Muslim living in a non-Muslim country wanting to study physiotherapy, but the course involves touching non-mahram women during practicals and clinical training. I want to follow Islam and avoid impermissible contact. If I intend to limit this, request male partners, only do what is necessary, and later work with male patients or in a Muslim.. More

  • Taking an Oath Using a General Statement

    Asalamu alykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatu. If a person swore by Allah that they would not watch something. The wording was general and could include videos, images, books, or magazines, but at the time the person intended only videos. If an image or video of that something appears unexpectedly and they look away immediately without looking at it deliberately.. More

  • Is it permissible to recant an oath?

    Assalamualaikum warahmathullahi wabrakathuhu,Nearly 1 year Before my dad passed away he got promise from my mom not to get married my sister to one of my cousin brother, but they had an affair for more than 6 years, and it's in full deep in between them so is it possible to get married them both and give kaffara for the promise what my mom did? .. More

  • Made a vow over the oath, how one should expiate for it?

    I made an oath not to eat out this month . I made a NADHAR (VOW) over oath that if I break my oath I will donate X Amount.But that X amount is quite high and I don't earn regularly can I expiate for two oaths instead? Or I do have to donate the X amount too? I have the money but it is a large portion of my money .. More

  • If one commits apostasy and then returns to Islam, will his oaths, vows, and rights towards Allah be nullified?

    AssalamoAlaikum. If a person commits apostasy and re enters Islam will his oaths, vows,covenants and debts upon ALLAH be Nullified like his Nikkah. Is there a difference of opinion in this matter. JazakALLAH Khair. .. More

  • A vow is binding when it suggests commitment

    Assalamu alaikum, i have a question regarding a vow i made a few months ago when i was desperate for job so I had said the following sentence " Allah if i get a good job I'll use my first income to get my parents umrah done" is this considered a vow? Kindly help me with this, Assalamu alaikum. .. More

  • A 16-Year-Old Wants to Learn About Marriage and Divorce In Islam

    Is it haraam for a 16 year old to learn about marrige and divorce in islamIn my culture it is considered weird to learn about marriage in my ageJazakallahu khayran .. More

  • The promise is not an oath, and it does not entail expiation

    If one promises Allah while repenting that, " I promise Allah I'll not do so and so sin again, please forgive me." Then does it fall into taking oath to Allah or in name of Allah. Do we need to do Kaffarah if we happen to fall into same sin. Or we just need to sincerely repent again? Jazakallah .. More

  • Is it permissible to overeat if one is underweight?

    Assalamu alaykum the problem is that I am underweight and I don't know how to deal with this . Currently I am 42 kg and if you use the body mass/height formula to know your average weight I come 64 so 64 kg is my normal weight range . My parents advised me that i should eat 5 to 6 meals per day . My normal diet consist of few mouth falls 2 or 3 times.. More

  • How to get rid of disturbing dreams

    I want to ask a question about dreams. Since the beginning of this year I have been have gay sexual dreams that I don't like. they always come and go but there was a time it came too close so I prayed very hard for them to stop they stop from about two months only but then something happened last month I started having different sexual dreams that I.. More

  • Saying ‘Praise be to Allah’ during prostration does not invalidate the prayer

    Assalamualaikum, I was praying and I felt the need to sneeze but I stopped myself from sneezing (I know I shouldn't have done that) and I said AlHamdulilah, is my prayer valid? Because I didn't sneeze, I said AlHamdulilah in prostration and from my knowledge it is permissible to say that in prostration correct me if I am wrong .. More

  • Ruling on bowing down to others

    In a BDSM role play ( slave-master) is it shirk to bow down to the other person as a form of a sexual gratification? ( I wont go in detail as to why a person would do that, as the fetish can be looked on online, it is a well known fetish) The person knows that there is no God but Allah and fully accepts it.I think this is a popular fetish and there.. More

  • Broke an Oaths but Ignorantly Didn't Expiate for It

    salam I have a question. I've broken oaths in the past but didn't know I had to expiate them until now is it sinful that I didn't know and can I make up for them? .. More

  • Studying medicine in a non-Muslim country

    I want to study medicine. I live here in a non-Muslim country. I cannot afford to study in another country for medicine; for example, in a Muslim country. Will I enroll in medicine in my country where I may violate some of the Muslim teachings? The following are some things that I might encounter in studying medicine here in a non-Muslim country: (1).. More