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  • Suspecting that wife has committed immorality and contracted STD

    Assalaamu alaykum. After reading many of the fatwas about a wife suspected to have engaged in fornication with another person besides her husband during time of marriage, the answer that I found is to advise the woman to confess her sin to Allaah and repent and that she is not required to confess her sin to her husband. My question is: what if the husband.. More

  • Refusing suitor because of his poverty

    Assalaamu alaykum. I am a Indian Muslim on the path of the pious predecessors. I have a daughter for whom I am looking for a suitable spouse. I need some clarification on selection criteria to which I should abide. I came across some proposals in which the groom was on the proper (religious) path, but I was not satisfied with the skillsets of the candidate,.. More

  • Woman who converts to Islam cannot stay married to Non-Muslim

    Assalaamu alaykum. My husband and I bought a house with a mortgage twelve years ago. I became muslim five months ago. Initially, I did not know that the one who consumes interest is a sinner. I lost income last year and could not help my husband replace his damaged car. So we re-mortgaged and used the money to replace the car, pay off old debts, and.. More

  • Imaam Ahmad's view on triple divorce

    Assalaamu alaykum. There is a quote by Ibn Taymiyah that circulates on internet and claims that he said that Imam Ahmad changed his verdicts on the triple divorce at a time: Ibn Taymiyah said: “Imam Ahmed used to consider combining three divorces permissible, then he retracted from that and said, '(When) I contemplated over the Quran, I found the.. More

  • Pronouncing divorce after accepting khul‘

    Assalaamu alaykum. If a woman asks for a Khul‘ (divorce requested by the wife in return for a compensation) andher husband refuses but she gives him her bridal gift before he accepts the Khul‘ and then one hour later he sends her a message on her phone and tells her, "It is OK, I accept to divorce by Khul‘." Is this Khul‘accepted, or does she.. More

  • Hadeeth about wife licking husband's puss flowing from head to toe

    Hi there, I have a doubt about the status of women in islam. 1.) As scholars state that Islam has given great rights to women, why does a hadith say, “Even if a women licks the puss of her husband flowing from head to toe, she has not showed enough gratitude?” Is this hadith authentic? 2.) My second question is: why does Islam state that a.. More

  • Providing medical treatment to homosexuals

    Assalaamu alaykum. According to Islam, what is the ruling on providing medical treatment to homosexuals as a doctor? Please also provide sources of evidence from the Quran and Hadith. .. More

  • Her husband's parents want him to divorce her

    On the 45th day of my marriage, I was sent back home. Later, word came from my father-in-law saying that they do not want me to continue there. I could not understand the reason; neither is anyone contacting me. My husband once called and said that the reason, among other, is my illness. Later, however, I found out from other sourcesthat his father.. More

  • She and her husband live with her stepfather who makes lewd comments to her

    I went on a vacation two months ago and just came back. I totally changed. I do not like to go near my stepfather anymore. I feel very uncomfortable. What happened is that my husband and I were having sexual intercourse and caught my stepfather watching us. My stepfather would call me all sorts of names prior to being caught. He would say many things,.. More

  • Raising child born of rape

    Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu. If a man's wife is raped by a man who breaks in the house when she is alone and he escapes and is never seen again afterwards, then she gives birth to the child of this evildoer, what can be done with this child? Can it be given to someone else to raise it? Yes, it is not the child's fault, but, please,.. More

  • Wife not obliged to serve in-laws

    Assalaamu alaykum. My mother and father are fighting almost daily on the topic that my mother has to do the work of my grandparents since we all live together. My mother feels that she is not free to make her own choices and urges my father to live separately. My father tells her to be patient because he cannot leave my grandparents alone since they.. More

  • Suckling child to join it to household

    Hello. My husband and I are planning to adopt a daughter, we already have a biological son who is 21 months old. I was unable to breastfeed my own son because I do not produce enough milk, so I doubt that I will be able to personally breastfeed the adopted child. So how else can I manage the Mahram (permanently unmarriageable) issue? Can I have my sister-in-l.. More

  • Basic rights of wife over husband

    Assalaamu alaykum. I have been married for thirteen years and have not gotten any children. I stayed with my in laws and husband. Now, because over a period of a few months many misunderstandings have developed between my in-laws and me, he made me stay with my parents since several months without any relation between us; we just speak on the phone... More

  • Delaying wedding banquet for financial reasons

    I am unemployed and do not have money for a wedding now, but both my parents and those of my wife are in support of our relationship. She has given me a child and we are living together, but we are still not financially able to go through a wedding for now. Is what we are doing accepted in Islam, and can she prepare food for me during Ramadan? .. More

  • Useful tips to convince girls to wear the Hijab

    How can I convince my daughters to wear the Hijab? They perform the prayer, but whenever I talk to them about wearing the Hijab, they tell me that they will wear it later on! I am fed up with repeatedly bringing up this issue. I have informed them that the punishment of Allaah Almighty for such a sin is severe, and I wish that they will be blessed with.. More