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  • Husband does not pray, work or support his family

    I'm really confused. I'm married but my husband seven years did not working due to his laziness. I have to work and raise my children. What he does is only eating and sleeping. I feel frustrated every time I come back from work, what he does is just watching TV. 15 years of marriage I never see him pray, he never even fasting during month.. More

  • Troubled marriage due to lack of children

    My husband and I have been having troubling conceiving children and he is always depressed and upset and complaining about what he needs. He never considers what I may need. My actually question is should I give him a divorce? It has caused a large stress issue on our marriage due to his depression. I have offered him a divorce several times.. More

  • Older Muslim wants to marry young Muslim wife to start a family

    I am 48-years-old, but new Muslim (2 years). I am divorced from non-Muslim woman from my non-Muslim life. I met a young Muslim woman, only 22-years. Is it good way to build a family together? .. More

  • Difficulty deciding how to keep his wife

    I have been separated from my wife for a long time. Please advise me what Du'a or actions I can take to ask Allaah to foster love between our hearts, to draw out malice from her heart and to bring her closer to me instead of her getting further away from me and in the process causing pain to me and our young children. Her family wants her.. More

  • Muslim child calling the parents 'Mama' and 'Papa'

    Is it allowed to a Muslim child to call his/her parents as 'Mama' and 'Papa'? .. More

  • Changing the surname of an adopted child

    I have a brother who is adopting a child and he wants to change his surname to ours. Please can you tell me if it's Haraam to do this as he my brother is a religious guy and he asked and they told him it's ok as long as he don't put in the birth certificate that he is the father, but I want to make sure as other people told me it's Haraam... More

  • Continuously being questioned by a man about Hijab

    At work there is a man who continuously asks me questions about Hijaab. Sometimes he'll ask questions regarding other Islamic issues but he always returns to the Hijaab. The problem is that I'm not sure if he really wants to learn about Islam or if he's trying to dissuade me from wearing it. Al-Hamdu Lillaah, I'm certain of my faith.. More

  • Divorced his ex-Ahmadiyya wife but she did not accept it

    We were me and my wife both born Ahmadis. However I have left the Ahmadiyya quite publicly with the publication of articles,- etc. My wife decided to follow me out but her prime motivation was to keep the marriage. We were have separated on and off since 1999 and I have pronounced the Islamic Talaaq on various occasions, definitely more.. More

  • Claiming that homosexuality is normal

    Reading your Fatwa concerning homosexuality you say that it is unnatural. But it is common to observe homosexuality between animals, does this not mean that Allaah has created these acts and they must be natural? .. More

  • Wants to marry but faces problems

    If I am typing in English but my laptop is not supporting Arabic, any way I’m living in a country with a lot of bad habits, and the life is too expensive in the same time I need to get marry because I can’t take any more. Now the problem is that I don’t have enough money for this step, I’m now planning to get a lone from the bank for this,.. More

  • Wearing Hijab before her father's step-brother

    I would like to know whether a woman has to take Hijaab in front of her uncle (father's step-brother). .. More

  • Wants to marry an agnostic non-Muslim

    I have a woman that I'm planning to marry her, but she told me we should wait until May of 2005. The reason she wants to get married 2005 is because of her parents, she wants her parents to know me well before getting married. Also, she is a non-Muslim; and she is planning to convert to Islam, she is agnostic. So, do you think I should wait.. More

  • Difficulty having his wife with him

    I'm out of my house and far away for job, my wife is in my house with my parents and brothers, as my mother is ill and can't work, but afford to have a servant, I want to take my wife and children with me, but due to mother's illness, I can't, as my brothers are Baligh, I'm from Pakistan, and also have cultural probe. What Islam says Fatwa?.. More

  • Meaning of name 'Mishkar'

    I would like to find the meaning of my brother name called "Mishkar.".. More

  • He denies his wife's claim that he divorced her

    I would like to clarify the rulings on divorce. For 8 months my wife and I have been separated, but have been seeing each other on a regular basis. The reason for the separation being, my wife believes that in a certain argument I gave her a divorce in anger. However I refuse to believe that I gave her a divorce, but since then she has found.. More