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  • Installing surveillance cameras in the workplace to overlook the workers

    Assalamu Alaikum I work in a pizza restaurant. The owner is a very nice practicing muslim. All the employee of the restaurant are also good practicing muslims. The owner of that shop is very kind and good with payment. One thing that bothers us a lot, is that he has placed a video camera inside the kitchen to overlook the workers. As all the workers.. More

  • Dinner with Christian relatives who pray to Jesus at dinner

    My christian relatives have family dinners and they pray aloud to Jesus (peace be upon him) and praise his name. They especially mention his name over the food. I told them I can't eat it and asked them to just say "God" but they refused saying Jesus was Son of God! (astafirAllah!) Should I just not accept the dinner invitation? .. More

  • Lying to the government to receive funds

    Assalamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullah. I had read one of your verdicts on lying to a the government for needed funds, what I wonder is what if these government programs are unjust in their laws. I live in an area where many can not afford to live without government assistance. My husband has been struggling to make ends meet while on a program which assists.. More

  • Sexual self-stimulation between spouses for 'medical reasons'

    Assalaamulalaikum, My question is with regards sexual self-stimulation based on medical advice. I’ve read the general ruling regarding the prohibition of masturbation based on the verse from Surah Muminoon. I also understand that it is allowed for one to masturbate their spouse. However, my question is slightly different: My wife has an illness called.. More

  • Investigating the reliability of the available Islamic sources and scholars

    As-salaamu 3laikum, I am living in a non-Muslim country and I want to know how we can know the authenticity of our teachers and books about Islam. There are no real scholars where we live and one or two of the people teaching us have been making doubtful statements. As there are many people in our community who want to learn about Islam, we often make.. More

  • She doubts if she paid her friend the money she owes her

    I am in doubt that I had not paid for some things that belong to a friend of mine which are currently in my possession. However, I am not sure if the sum of money I had paid her a few days afterward for other items compensated her for these which I am currently in doubt concerning. What should I do now as I cannot tell her that I did not pay her? Should.. More

  • He doesn't want 'unfaithful' wife to be his wife in Paradise

    If my wife cheats on me and I don't find her and Allah conceals her sins in hereafter, can I choose to NOT marry her in hereafter, because I don't want to live such a wife forever. Is this possible? If I get into Jennah, can't I wish me to know everything, what has happened in the world and get away from my wife or do I have live with her Forever. I.. More

  • Ruling on throwing away egg yolks for health concerns

    Due to the health concern, I separate yolk (yellow part) from egg before frying. Is it allowable in Isalm as it is a wastage. Can I request my wife to remove yolk for me? She is hesitant to do that for me as she thought she would be held responsible for the wastage. .. More

  • He promised Allaah to pay charity if he did somenthing believing that it was a sin

    Assalaam u alaikum wa rahmat Ullah e wa brakatohu. A person is in the habit of performing some act which he believes to be a sin. He wants to abstain from the act so he promises Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala that he'll give a certain amount as charity if he performs the act. Later he learns that the act is actually permissible and NOT a sin. So the original.. More

  • Supplicating during fall of snow or hail is recommended

    Assalaam alaikum, it is recommended to do duaa at the time of rain. as reported in hadeeth. Does the same apply when it is snowing or when hail falls?? As these are different things?? And if some one dislikes rainy climate due to personal dislike is he loosing reward since rain is blessing from allaah?? .. More

  • Atonement for broken oath if denied access to money

    ASLAM O ALAIKUM!! I want to ask that if someone is not independent and he is dependent upon his parents and has money in the bank account which is under the control of his parents because he is under 18 and that person makes a vow or oath by Allah and breaks it. Now in this condition he is not able to feed ten people or clothe them or free a slave by.. More

  • A fellow Muslim doesn't want to talk to him without reason

    There is a guy who I saw in the mosque and asked him to look on the top shelf for me however he refused and left. I don't know him well at all. I approached him later and asked are you angry with me and basically he said he doesn't want to associate with me and the next time I try to talk to him he will hurt me in my heart I dont hate much and have.. 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

  • She brought upon herself false accusations of adultery

    Assalam aleikoum I did something stupid. Ik had 6 mobile phones, very cheap bought online. So I was texting from several phones tot the mobile I was using at the time. The messages which I sent to my self from the other phones and which I sent from the other phones implied that I was committing adultery. Quitte stupid, I did not mean any harm and I.. More

  • Saying 'Aameen' to the supplications of Christians

    As salamu'alaykum I am a brother whose mother is christian, my father is muslim but married a christian. My question is sometimes when i speak with my mother she tells me may God make this and that for you she said it just like other muslims say when they pray for someone i want to know if it is permissible for me to say ameen because it may make her.. More