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  • Husband works in other city and visits wife during weekends

    Assalaamu alaykum. I wish that you understand my situation well. My husband works out of the city where I live and only comes to see me during the weekends. We got married more than two years ago, but if I count the days that we have been together, it is not even a year. We still have not been blessed with a baby. All the other women in my neighbourhood.. More

  • Marrying girl one had oral sex with

    Assalaamu alaykum. A girl and a boy have had oral sex; he also rubbed his member on hers, but no intercourse took place. Can they immediately marrywithout waiting for the menstrual cycle given that no intercourse and so there is no risk of pregnancy? .. More

  • Marrying convert to Islam before her divorce is finalized

    Assalaamu alaykum, respected Scholar. I would like your advice on an issue that I have. I would like to marry a Filipina who converted to Islam in 2011. Her Husband has not converted and took another woman even before she converted to Islam. They have been separated ever since. She is a practicing Muslimah and very devout and loyal to Islam. Now the.. More

  • Whether name reflects on personality

    Assalaamu alaykum. There's a fatwa that I saw here where it says that a person's name reflects on their personality, so if a child is named "Arif", will that reflect on him, Allaah willing? .. More

  • Advice to women who do not abide by proper hijab

    Assalaamu alaykum. As we have seen, many ladies in Western countries were the hijab without the niqab and put on makeup and go outside with that makeup on while wearing fancy abayas. I want to know whether this is allowed according to Islam. Also, whenever anyone tells them that wearing these types of clothes is not permissible in Islam,these women.. More

  • Starting preschool in non-Muslim country

    Is it permissible to start a preschool in a non-Muslim country? The purpose of this is to try to make an Islamic preschool with halal food, Muslim teachers and nurses, and other possible benefits. However, since it will be located in a non-Muslim country, it will be bound by a curriculum based on the idea of democracy, meaning that there will be rules.. More

  • Living with in-laws and wishing for private time with spouse

    Assalaamu alaykum. I live with my husband and his parents, and his parents do not plan to move. I can accept this with one condition. I want to ask my husband to take me somewhere once every two or three months without his parents or without anyone else, just me and him, because I am really grieving the loss of privacy with my husband. If my husband.. More

  • Status of wife who converts to Islam with regard to husband and children

    I have friends who have been married for 16 years with two children aged 18 and 11. The mother now calls herself Muslim and has abandoned her husband and two children. She has filed for divorce and visits the children sparingly. What does the Quran say about such behavior? Is this lawful. The husband, wife, and children were all Christians up until.. More

  • Naming girl Tabassum, Tasneem, or Humayraa’

    Assalaamu alaykum. Is it permissible to name a girl Tabassum, Tasneem, or Humayraa’? .. More

  • Naming child ‘Al-Arqam’

    Assalaamu alaykum. Is it ok to call a child Al-Arqam, after the Companion? Some people say that the meaning of this name is bad in Arabic as it means snake; is that true? May Allaah bless you. .. More

  • Interacting with female colleagues at work

    Assalaamu alaykum. In my office, female colleagues regularly manipulate and sometimes order male colleagues to do favors for them, like bringing them water and snacks from the shop, do photocopies for them, and so on. It really embarrasses me to see men running errands for these women. If the females ask me to do the same and I say no out of self-respect,.. More

  • How women should walk in the streets

    Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi, Shaykh. What is the correct way of walking for women according to the Sunnah? For men, it is to walk briskly (fast), so what about women? May Allaah reward you. .. More

  • Naming baby ‘Azaan’

    Assalaamu alaykum. I want to ask whether it is good to keep the name of a newborn baby as Aazaan (meaning the call to the prayer); and what is the other meaning of this name? .. More

  • Issuing civil divorce in non-Muslim country

    Assalaamu alaykum. A friend of mine has the following question. He married according to Islam with a valid marriage, but he lives in a non-Muslim country and also went to the goverment to register the marriage. After doing this and paying 400 euros to the goverment, the problems began. They decided to end the official marriage because of the problems.. More

  • Marriage and divorce in Holland

    I live in Holland. Some people here say that it is obligatory to marry for the law of the country before doing the ceremony. They say that it will protect to rights of the women, but we do not agree. They say that when there is a problem, the disbelieving judge can divorce them. We have a problem with that because this will lead to conflicts with the.. More