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Obeying a Husband in Regard to not Covering the Face
Assalamu alaikum,My husband told me to choose between him and the niqab because he married his wife without one and that's what he wants. I'm more inclined to believe that it's obligatory, Allahu Alam, even if it's mandatory. I want to get closer to Allah. What should I do? Calm conversations don't help, and we live in a country where there aren't many.. More
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Wife Who Wears Immodest Clothing
Assalamu alaykum,I’ve been married for a year. My wife prays, fasts, is respectful, has good principles and gets along well with my family. However, she doesn’t wear hijab and often wears clothes that show her arms and lower legs (below the knee), and swims in a one-piece swimsuit. I advised her many times, but she says she’s not ready and doesn’t.. More
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Choosing between Refusing a Suitor and Pleasing the Mother
A young man proposed to me, and during the shoufa (marital meeting), I felt uncomfortable and sensed right away that he didn’t suit me. I felt suffocated around him and just couldn’t imagine myself with him. But I couldn’t express this discomfort in front of our families.I prayed and did a lot of istikhara, especially the du’a: “O Allah, choose.. More
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Implicit Words of Divorce in the State of Anger
I’m Abdale. I said “I set you free” to my wife after emotional collapse. She had provoked me to divorce her. I was sleep-deprived, in debt, not praying, addicted to video games, and mentally overwhelmed from work, fatherhood, and stress. This was the third time, but all incidents happened within one year during breakdowns. I seek a fatwa: Was.. More
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Ruling on Conditional Divorce in the Present Tense
Assalamu’alaykum.A husband who is handbal in madhab divorces his shafi’iyyah wife and mentioned 3talaq in one sitting and said that it was for ta’keed. His wordings are “We divorce3x as long as you don’t hurt me physically “ he said that what he meant is that “if you still hurt me physically then we divorce “ May I ask what is the hukm.. More
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Naming a Boy ‘Abid al-Awsaf’
Subject: Islamic Validity and Meaning of the Name "Abid al-Awsaf ibn Sharif" deAssalamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh.I am considering the name “Abid al-Awsaf ibn Sharif” for a baby boy and would like to ask if this name is Islamically valid, appropriate, and meaningful.Here is a breakdown of the name:Abid (عابد): Meaning “worshipper”.. More
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Choosing a Suitable Partner
A man proposed. He doesn't earn well yet. prays in the masjid. I try to practice deen. He promises to help me in my deen. (No suitor gets my religious boundaries) After istikhara I came to know he smokes. Earlier he denied. He has smoked max 30 times, not a habit. He swore he wouldn't smoke again. He is changing issues in his character.Should I proceed?.. More
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Her Husband Has Divorced her through Three Legal Notices
My husband has divorced me through 3 legal notices. I want to know the status of this talaq. Is it valid or not? We both want to reconcile ? Is our Nikkah possible again?.. More
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Divorce during a Purity in Which Intercourse Occurred
My husband gave me a divorce whilst I was in a state of purity but after we were intimate. I’ve been in the state of purity for one year now since I’ve been breastfeeding my baby and currently I don’t menstruate (my menses typically return after I wean my child). Is this talaq valid? If so, how long is my idda (90 days or the length of my cycle.. More
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Naming Daughter Khairin Hoor
Assalamu Alaikum. I would like to name my daughter “Khairin Hoor.” “Khairin” means goodness (from the Arabic ‘khair’), and “Hoor” refers to the maidens of Paradise. Is this a permissible and appropriate name in Islam?.. More
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Wear Hijab and Do Not Care What People Think of You
if someone doesn’t want to wear hijab for fear of criticism from other people, is this shirk or riya? please tell me because i want to wear hijab in 2 years once i graduate from school but i fear the amount of judgement ill receive because no one is really religious here and i don’t want to be a mushrik, but im wearing clothes more modestly now,.. More
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Baby Born Out of Wedlock and Restoring Virginity
I have a girl in my family and she met with this non Muslim and have been together for a year and couple months and she is 8 months pregnant and her parents just found out about this they want her to give her baby on the day he’s born to the dad and do a surgery to restore her hymen and no one knows about the baby but she doesn’t want to do that.. More
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Ruling on Uttering Three Consecutive Divorces in Extreme Anger
What if husband gives 3 talaqs in one sitting in anger during argument and immediately denied saying I didn't utter these words it was not my intentions.. further said that if ever I wanted to divorce you I will give you with my intention and consciousness What women should do in such situation?Is talaq valid and there is no chance of reconciliation?.. More
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Slight Movements in Prayer
I realize that my hijab is easily fell off when I do movement from i'tidal to sujud. Then I adjust my hijab twice while praying. Is that movement to adjust my hijab is useless movement that invalidate my prayer?.. More
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Dealing with a Husband Who May Marry a Second Wife
Asalamualacum. I know polygyny is halal in Islam. I accept that but I can’t stop thinking about these things and I feel terrible about myself if it happened to me. If the husband told the second wife that he doesn’t love his first wife and he’s just with her for the kids and told her all her faults, is this allowed? What if the husband who got.. More
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