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  • Parents have no right to control their son's life or that of his wife

    My parents in law are always interfering in every matter after marriage. Even in my husbands absence I am expected to be at their home and they decide when I can go to my home and for how long. They are interfering in our money matters and telling me which dress I should or should not buy and the price range. They compel me to wear jewellery. They decide.. More

  • Her father wants her to cut her hair against her wish

    Assalamu Alaykoum, As a child, my hair was always cut short to my father's likings however now I do not want to have short hair anymore and I have been growing it for the past couple of years and it has grown quite long but not too long (about 15cm down from my shoulders). My dad continuously asks me to cut my hair short and I refuse because when I.. More

  • He wants to leave his abusive parents

    السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ I got a very bad education from my parents, they were always offensive, aggressive and me and my brothers were almost beaten by them in the past(childhood), because little unimportant things. We don't get a islamic education, but elhamdulillah, me and.. More

  • Her mother treats her in a provocative manner

    I have a question regarding how to deal with my mom. I am married with two kids and I have recently realized that my mom is trying to compete with me in how happy I am with my husband and how much money I spend. She even gets very insecure when I talk to my father or he gives me an expensive gift. For the last 15 years my mother has been making fun.. More

  • How to deal with a sexually abusive father

    Asalamu aleykum. My father has abused (inappropriately touching and kissing) three of my older sisters when they were teenagers. They came forward with this when my father also started to abuse our 10 year old niece. My father is now 60 years old and very sick. As a family we decided to not go public with this as it will diminish our family name and.. More

  • One is blameless for not telling parents about the reason for not having children

    I married a relative of mine two years ago, but we still do not have children. I am suffering from sperm weakness and we are trying to seek a treatment for this secretly. Is it permissible for us to conceal the cause of not having children as well as the problems that we are facing from our parents? Knowing that we try to achieve our goals secretly.. More

  • Impermissible to use mother's belongings without her consent

    assalamu 'alaykum my mom bought a music player long time ago, and she used to tell me to download so and so songs to it. after some time, i then stopped listening to music, and i didnt even want to support anyone else to carry on sinning. i then told her politely that i cannot download music on to it, but Qur'an recitiation im prepared to download for.. More

  • How to deal with an abusive, sinful mother

    this is a story of my mom...once she saw she dint like me..she hated me..she never wnted ppl know dat am her daughter..coz she wnted to look young..i saw my mom wen i was 16 yrs old...my mom used to call my dad and everyone in the family and speak bad abt me and she called me a prostitute wen i do a mistake.wat i knw if i do a mistake my mom shuld correct.. More

  • He wants to buy a car for his wife but his father refuses

    If a man wishes to buy a second car for his wife to use, with his own money, and his father tells him not to, is it right to go ahead and still buy the car, which he sees as a requirement for her movements, even though he knows that this would displease his father? .. More

  • You are not obliged to obey your parents in asking your husband for divorce

    Assalamo Aalaykom wa Rahmatou Lah Taala wa Barakatoh, Brothers in Islam I need to ask you a big doubt/problem that I have.. I've got married last month with a brother and everything Hamdolilah was clear, as we've decided to celebrate our Wedding next year Inshaellah. So we made just a small dinner between our nearest familiars celebrating our "Quiran"... More

  • Dutifulness to parents does not require that one serves them himself

    I am living in Saudi for six years with my wife and kids. After coming to Saudi, in three years, Allhamdolillah, I managed to save & build house in home country as my parents did not have a house but had land only. I registered house in my wife name. My parents are living alone in this house as I dont have brother and sister. I want to serve my.. More

  • A man is not obligated to tell his family about his marriage

    Asalamu Alaikum. Jazakallah for your time beforehand in reading and replying. I was married for around 1.5 years, in an arranged marriage through family, unfortunately this marriage ended in divorce, my mother became extremely unwell after this news of my divorce, and i was disowned by family, although at this point our relationship is better. My question.. More

  • Son's obligation to provide for his mother

    Assalamu alaykum, Dear Sheikh, My mother is living with my sister as it is the tradition in our community. My mother is not willing to give the inheritance share that belongs to me and is planning to give to my sister. I had been providing monthly expenses to my mother. Is it obligatory in Islam for me to give monthly expenses to my mother since she.. More

  • It is not undutifulness to let old parents cook for adult sons

    Salaamu Alaykum dear Shaykh, I am in urgent need of an answer for my Situation. May Allah guide us to his truth. Ameen. I have two Questions bi ithnillah ta ala : 1. I am 22 years old and my Parents have reached an old age (Mother is over 60 and Father over 70, both live seperate) and they still cook food for us (2 brothers who live with them) when.. More

  • Sacrificing profitable job to be dutiful to parents

    Asalam alikum wr wb Sheikh, my queston is that i was working in saudi till last year.i came back and decided to stay with my parents as i am only son of my parents and my sister got married.i tried to bring my parents to saudi but there passport is not yet ready bcoz in kashmir it takes years may be 2 to 3 years.now i am searching job in kashmir and.. More