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  • Breaking a promise

    In what case can a person break his promise? If I made a promise to my daughter, but my daughter disrespected me and called me all kinds of names, do I still have to keep my promise?.. More

  • Revealing one’s Past Sins If Asked about Them

    I committed Zina once in my life and God covered me and nobody know about that, and I feel sorry for what I did and I ask forgiveness from God.I'm going to get married, what if the girl I'm going to marry asked me if I committed adultery before and what if she asked me to swear to God? .. More

  • Ignoring a sister who speaks to her male colleagues

    What do you say of a man who is highly strict with his sisters to the extent that he ignores his sister for 5 months for speaking to other men who are just her colleagues? When he married he married a woman of disgusting morals who commits what is almost Haram, insane relationships with men and so on and he is aware of all that... More

  • Wants a Verse or Du’aa for Her Fiancé to Get A Job in Muslim Country

    I am a frequent visitor of your site and what you all have done for the Muslim by the grace of Allah is marvelous and I have no words to describe it. I have many books about Du'a. But I have come to know that the Ayats from the Glorious Qur'an for the acceptance of Du'a said by the Prophet Muhammad (Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam) are the correct ones... More

  • Marriage without Parents' Approval

    What do you say of a man who decides to marry in secret while knowing that what he is doing is going to anger his parents very strongly after consulting them in the marriage? The reasons for the parents' rejecting the marriage were: 1. He is 20 years old. 2. He didn't get a degree. 3. The woman he wanted to marry is known for bad morals committing what.. More

  • Muslim Mother Raising Two Non-Muslim Children

    A mother is raising two Kafir children. She accepted Islam when they were older and they live with her and her husband. What is her responsibility towards them? They do not oppose her in anyway. She is very displeased with them. .. More

  • Punishment for Revealing His Wife's Secret

    What is the punishment of a person that didn't keep his wife's secret which she told him to keep as a secret, and he began to publish it to all the people? This secret is that she had a problem and can't get pregnant and he began to say that "she cheated me and she knew about her situation before?" .. More

  • Shaking hands with non-Mahrams

    Recently I visited a Fatawa website. In response to a question the mufti stated it is permissible to shake hands with non-Mahrems, if it is done without desire. I have never read anything in the Hadith that state such. Can you please throw light on this matter?.. More

  • Studying in USA, working around forbidden things, and relations with father

    1) I went to USA for study, but they told me that is forbidden to live in a non-Muslim country and it's forbidden to work in places when there is, for example, pork or other forbidden things even though no other Halal jobs exist. As you know, its difficult to find a job there.2) My father makes a lot of differences between his sons and its difficult.. More

  • Being betrayed by friends

    Many of my friends (Muslims and non-Muslims) have hurt me and treated me very badly in spite of me helping them so many times. They have used me when they needed me and then left me or ignored me whenever I needed them. Because of them I have spent many hours and days in depression. Sometimes I would hate them in my heart and sometimes I would just.. More

  • Du'a for special problems

    We have a very common practice in our society for making Du'a for a special problem or what ever, by reciting a particular verse or Surah or a Du'a at a particular time for some period or number of days, is it a right Sunnah?.. More

  • Wife Prevents Husband from Contacting or Visiting His Mother

    My wife had a hard time with my mother that effected her personality so badly that she became mentally ill. Now she refuses to let me visit my mother at all, and I know that she will apply for a divorce if I visit her or even phone her. Can I visit my mother secretly and swear to my wife that I didn't if she asks me? .. More

  • Family relations, etc.

    Should I keep visiting my male cousin as often as I visit my sister or aunt or daughter especially if that cousin is away from Islam? Is it okay to stay away from him to avoid Fitna? I've told him to change his ways but he does not?My aunt (wife of my father's brother) is 55 yrs old, she has lots of sons; one of them is my age. When she visits my.. More

  • Saying "Allah Hafiz"

    Is saying "Allah Hafiz" allowed when we are leaving? In Pakistan, it is very common practice, and if some one says al-Salamu Alaikum when we are leaving, it is considered awkward. So I want to know if it is allowed to say "Allah Hafiz" instead of al-Salamu Alaikum?.. More

  • Meaning of the Word 'Al-Lamam' Mentioned in the Quran

    What is the meaning of the word "Lamam" mentioned in the Qur'an at Surah al-Najm? And what is the difference between Lamam and Zina or any deeds that involve sex (for example watching sex movies or pictures)? .. More