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  • Names should not be changed based on superstition

    ASLAM-O-ALAIKAM,My son's name is Muhammad Nehan(we call him nehan). I have noticed that the meaning of his name is secret/ hidden. He doesn't mix with people and has not started talking though he is 3 years old. I am really worried and depressed to a point where i can collapse anytime. I want to know if the name has any effects on the personality. If.. More

  • Her children's defiant bad behavior is getting worse

    As salaamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu. I have listened to many lectures and read many books and articles in regards to raising children, but one situation has seem to have not been addressed, to my knowledge anyway, and this is how do you react to a child who is repeatedly defiant even after you've spoken to them several times about their.. More

  • Who is responsible for caring for children with severe learning disabilities?

    Assalamu alaikum,I would like to ask two questions about severely learning disabled children/adults. These are children who might have been born like that or following an accident. They were cared for most of their lives by the parents unto adulthood. The pen is completely lifted for them as they do not even have the understanding of life of a 4 or.. More

  • Illegitimate child may use biological father's name to avoid embarrassment

    Salam alaykum My question is I am a revert and after I become muslim I had a child out of zina i am a single mother and am very well supported by my non muslim mother father. My question is can my son inherit off my family it's all the family he knows and can I we are both muslim my son and I but my family are Catholic? .. my second question is my son's.. More

  • Compound names are permissible but may cause confusion

    In what way shall i name my child. Seeing my name is Mohammed Safiuddin Khan and my fathers name is Mohammed Imaduddin Khan. Should i name him as Eg: Mohammed Salahuddin Khan or Mohammed Salahuddin Safiuddin Khan but that would make it long. Is there any other way that I can name him.I know 'Mohammed' name was not as this during the time of Salafs but.. More

  • How children should defend themselves against bullying

    I have a query regarding bullying.My son is 4 yr old and quite shy and emotional. He has friends who at times bully him..by either pushing or hiting him or calling him a bad boy and since he is really reserved kind he doesn't fight back instead he just become quiet or cries his heart out. Now my question is what should I tell him to do..should I tell.. More

  • The order of shaving and slaughtering in the ‘Aqeeqah

    Request you to advise us on the sequence cocerning aqiqah. Should the hair of the new born child be shaved first and then slaughter the goat or first the goat has to be slaughtered and then the the head of the new born shaved after the slaughter. Jazakallah.salahuddin .. More

  • Woman may breastfeed in any position

    AsSalamu Alykum . What is the sunnah of breast feeding ? Is breast feeding while lying down is against sunnah? .. More

  • Naming with compound names like 'Muhammad Yoosuf'

    Assalamualaikum WR WB Me and my wife are blessed with a baby boy. Alhamdulillah. Can we name the son as Mohammed Yusuf? Some of my relatives are arguing that you cannot name two prophets (A'laihissalam) names to one person. Please clarify if this is true and why so? Also, I want to add my father's name to my sons name as our family name. My father's.. More

  • Naming one's daughter Hoor Al-‘Een

    asalam alakkum can we keep our girl baby name hoorulain and that affect her character .. More

  • His non-Muslim ex-wife remarried and took custody of his two children

    al slamo alykom my name is ehab ahmed muslim live in Australia devorce with Australian woman I have 2 kides rhiana 16 years and yusef 10 years .after I get devorc my ex-wifeand re-marid and ching hear last name and she puch me to ching my kides last name because they get tees by ather kids in nthe school and they frind because my daughter name rhian.. More

  • Babies born before six months into pregnancy may survive through medical intervention

    As-salaamu 3laikum, In one fatwa you mentioned that the minimum period of pregnancy is six months. Here in a magazine about pregnancy they said that some babies have been born at 23 weeks old and survived. Does this mean that they miscalculated the length of the pregnancy when they estimated it in the first place and it was in reality more than 23 weeks,.. More

  • Being patient with disrespectful, misbehaving step-children

    Salam I am married to a guy ten years older than Who is previously divorced with two children we also have two children together, his previous children used to come every second weekend which was fine by me, all of a sudden on my husbands days off they come and we never have time as our family because his children are always there the main issue is.. More

  • Reciting Quran to infants

    As-salaamu 3laikum, I would like to know if babies and young children can appreciate the recitation of the Qur'an when they listen to it and know that it is special and important even though they can't understand the words. Also there are people who say that their young children relax and are calmer when they listen to the recitation of the Qur'an,.. More

  • A female obstetrician is given precedence to a male obstetrician

    a male gynacologist told me that i can a normal delivary..but most of the female docters says that cesarian is preferable...the problum is that a non mahram man is the male doctor..what can i do? .. More