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Women may go to public bath in certain cases
I have read on another website that ʻAa'ishah 
went to a public bath due to her illness. 1. What is a public bath? 2. Are women allowed to take a public bath, and why?
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Children mother's primary obligation, not work or studies
Assalaamu alaykum. I have a question about a situation that our sisters are facing today. There are so many sisters that are choosing to work/study and leave their child in kindergarten, where the disbelievers are raising them. I know about some sisters that were leaving their eight-month-old baby in kindergarten so that they could study, and the people.. More
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Duty of Muslim father towards his stepdaughter
My wife was a non-Muslim who embraced Islam just before we got married. She has a daughter from a previous relationship who was eight years old when we married. My stepdaughter is not a bad girl, but she spent most of her life with no knowledge of Islam and fell into some bad habits. I knew that Islam would benefit her, so I focused on teaching her.. More
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Divorce conditional or not
Assalaamu alaykum. I have a question. There is a sister who lives with her family in a foreign country, and she is suffering because she misses her home town and is mentally ill as well. One day, she had a dispute with her husband, and he said "There are only two options: either you stay with your family or divorce," or maybe he only said, "Either you.. More
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Paying dowry and having intercourse before marriage
Assalaamu alaykum. My question is the following: what is the ruling on the marriage in which a man pays dowry and has intimate relations with the girl before they get married. Is the dowry given affected by the intimate relations that they have. Must he give another dowry and repeat the marriage?
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Ruling on joining mixed color run
Is it haram for me to go to the color run, which is mixed, given that I will be accompanied by my friends (all girls) and an adult who will be there to supervise?
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Removing niqaab because people stare
I have a serious issue regarding my wife, and I need a fatwa on this issue. My wife wears the hijab and niqab (maa shaa Allaah), but when we go to a restaurant during the weekend, people stare at her because of her niqab! My question is: is it permissible to remove my wife's niqab?
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Naming boy ‘Saifan’ or ‘Muhannad’
Assalaamu alaykum. Arabic names that mean sword (like Mohaned); are those good names? My sister want to keep her son's name Saifan, which means "Sword of Allah" but she is confused on whether it is a good name or not. Is Saifan a good name? Please answer these two questions.
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Adulterous husband wants wife to sever ties with family
Assalaamu alaykum. I need to seek advice for my marriage. I have been married for ten years with two boys aged seven and eight. My husband has been committing adultery for the last six years with different women. They are all non-Muslim. He always lies about his affairs and never admits it till I discover it. He never repented as he is still with the.. More
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Touched his mother-in-law with lust
Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu. I was ignorant about mahrams (those permanently unmarriageable). I suspect (very very strongly) that I touched my mother-in-law's open forehead/hands with lust in a situation that she could not understand. I repented to Almighty Allaah, The Exalted, for this incident. Now my wife would be unlawful to.. More
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Marrying Indian Christian woman of Hindu ancestry
Assalaamu alaykum, dear Scholar. Can a Muslim marry an Indian Christian woman? Are Indian Christians part of Ahl Al-Kitaab, that is, the People of the Book? I am asking because their origin is not really Christian; their parents or ancestors were Hindu or belonged to other religions.
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Calling person 'Rahmaan'
Assalaamu alaykum. I have heard that being called by the names of Allaah, such as ‘Rahmaan’, is shirk (polytheism). I know that Abdul Rahman is one of the best names for us, and a lot of people have this name, but in two parts. Living in the West, an individual may write his first name as ‘Abdul’ and his surname as ‘Rahman’ in forms. This.. More
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Children can perform prayer movements without ablution
Assalaamu alaykum. Is there a problem if a child that has not yet reached the age of seven (maybe three, four, or five years old) performs the movements of the prayer, without having performed ablution,in a rowin the mosque or at home, in order to instill love of the prayer in the child?
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Definition of ‘hurmat musaaharah’ according to the Hanafi School
Assalaamu alaykum. What is hurmat musaharah (nullifiction of marriage due to, for example, a mother touching her son with lust)? This is said to nullify the marriage of his parents. What proof is there for this?
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Wife not obliged to care for step-children
Assalaamu alaykum. I have six children and my husband has four from his ex-wife. My husband is a guest in my home as he works out. I get to see him for a weekend once a month or two weeks every three months at most. His ex-wife has sent their adult kids to live with me without asking our permission, they just showed up one day. Well, I guess it is their.. More
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