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Precedence of Arabs and Quraysh vs. equality of all people
Assalaamu alaykum. I heard a shaykh say that having the lineage of Quraysh give's one excellence over another, which I found conflicting with what I was always familiar with in Islam; that all humans are from Adam 
and that Adam is from dust. Then I saw the same principles of equalityon your website, but afterwards I saw.. More
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Husband not obliged to spend on recalcitrant wife
Assalaamu alaykom. My wife is American and I am a Pakistani national. We got married in Saudi Arabia and live here. I am responsible for the expenses when she is living here with me. She has her business in America and has been staying there for two months in order to manage her business. I feel bad because I live here alone and long for wife. Instead.. More
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Attributing a child to the grandfather's name or the mother's name
Is it compulsary to name a son after the father's name? In india/pakistan, we give the family name to the son and not the father's name. For example, a father named Saajid Mohammed names his son Waajid Mohammed. Mohammed is his father's name while the father's name Saajid is not added to the name. Is this acceptable/permissible/allowed/haram/impermissible?.. More
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Giving suitor a photograph of girl he wishes to propose to
Assalaamu alaykum. Ruling on giving a photograph of the female-match to the male-match for marriage according to the Hanafi School. My arguments here are: seeing a woman whom one wants to marry is permissible. However, can we make use of a hard copy of a photo, not a soft copy. In case it is a soft copy, then is it permissible, because the photo may.. More
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The ruling on divorce if husband merely signed divorce papers
Respected Mufti, please help me to save my future and to rectify my mistake. I got married in secret with a man that was already married without informing my family and in the presence of two friends of my husband in April 2013. There is a wide professional and educational gap between us (I m a MD doctor, He is a bus driver). Ever since, I have not.. More
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Why hijab should be plain
I understand and agree with the concept of a Muslimah's dress in public being simple, but is it really required to wear plain clothing with no designs and so on it? I am obviously not talking of big, bold, colourful designs, but is there any evidence that requires plain garments that do not have any flowery designs or dots/stripes to be worn bywomen?
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Abstaining from marriage because one's parents want him to spend lavishly on his wedding
Assalaamu alaykum. I am 27 years old and my question is that my parents want me to get married and spend a lot money on my marriage because all they talk about is what the people will say if we have a low key wedding. Also, I do not have enough money to spend for marriage is it okay to stay single for the rest of my life?
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Ruling on a woman traveling abroad for studying
Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu. As I asked question 2592233 before, I feel that I have not found a relevant reply to my question as it was compared to a previous case of a sister which I feel was a completely different scenario compared to my question. I hence repeat my question: I am a 22-year-old female from India, I just completed.. More
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Ruling on divorce depends on its type
Assalaamu alaykum. The Prophet, sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam,said, "The pen has been lifted from three: from the sleeper until he wakes up, from the minor until he grows up, and from the insane until he comes back to his senses or recovers." the Prophet, sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam,said, "The deeds are considered by the intentions." In light of the.. More
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A woman touching a blind non-mahram man to guide him
Assalaamu alaykum. Is it permissible in Islam for a women to be a guide for a blind male work collegue (they are not married or related). The blind male would require to hold on to the girl's elbow as she walks. Is it permissible for him to touch her in this way as she guides him to the canteen, meeting rooms, etc.
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The ruling on whether defective marriage requires divorce to be terminated
Assalaamu alaykom. I got married in the Philippines in a Christian way and my husband is a Lebanese Muslim. When I reverted to Islam in Fanar after our marriage, he did not marry me again according to the sharia. When I got pregnant, I went back to the Philippines to deliver the baby. Last August, in 2014, after one month, my husband stopped financially.. More
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An invalid marriage does not require divorce to be terminated
I received an answer related to fatwa no. 285583, and I would like to ask another question related to this case. After I received the answer, I was morally devastated. As I wrote before, I was just a new muslim when I said the shahadah (testimony of faith) in the UK, and when I afterwards returned back to my home country I started to learn about islam,.. More
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Staying out the house without husband's permission is recalcitrance
I am from Saudi Arabia. I have been married for the last six years (since 2009) with one daughter and one son. Every year, I visit India two or three times and leave my wife at her parents home for four to eight days. This time, we were going for the Eid to India, and I took three weeks off. I told her several times that I would send her for one week.. More
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Whether to accept marriage proposal of a repentant fornicator
Dear scholars. My question is the following: if people can make whatever mistake they want - including major sins - and then repent, and then their misconduct and sins would be removed or even replaced with good deeds, then what is it that differentiates those who commit major sins from those who do not do so? The second part of the question, and the.. More
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Women who become mahram through marital relationships
Is the stepparent of one's stepparent a mahram (permanently unmarriageable) to the stepson?
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