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  • Money taken unjustly may be returned to owner indirectly

    Assalaamu alaykum. I happened to arrange some money for some emergency form the organization where I was working way back in 1997, without their knowledge, with the right intention of putting back the money. Unfortunately, I could not put the money back, and I soon had to leave the job. The management did not know about it and I still have a good relationship.. More

  • Giving false opinion is lying

    Thank you very much for all your previos answers. I have a new question. Is presenting an undefined fact considered a lie? For example, someone asks we what I prefer, and then I answer him that I prefer A when I actually prefer B, but I do not dislike option A. This is not an exact fact; rather, it is like an opinion, which can change. Is that a lie?.. More

  • Calling non-Muslim 'brother'

    Can a Muslim say 'brother' to a Christian or a Jew? Is it permissible according to Islam to consider them brothers? .. More

  • Lying to receive internet connection at reduced cost

    Assalaamu alaykum, Shaykh. I have a question to ask. I recently took got a broadband internet connection. I asked my senior brother in college to talk with his internet service provider (suppose A) to give me the connection so that the monthly cost can be reduced. So he talked with his internet service provider (A), but internet service provider (A).. More

  • Posting one's Quran recitation on instagram

    Assalaamu alaykum. I have a question that has been bothering me for a while now. My name is Yassin, and I recite Quran on video and then upload it on social media. I have been doing this for nearly two years now. I have a Following of 62 thousand people on Instagram, where people watch me recite the Quran to the best of my ability. I keep convincing.. More

  • No harm in describing commodities as 'flawless'

    Is it permissible to order clothing from an online shop that describes the clothes as 'flawless', meaning that the stitching, the material, or the design and so on is 'flawless,in order to get it delivered to my house? .. More

  • Children sleeping in same bed with parents

    Assalaamu alaykum, Mufti Saheb. I understand that children should have their own beds to sleep in. But if there is any reason, like a lack of space, can a child (boy or girl) of just over the age of 10 and below 11 sleep with the parents in their bed? What if this happens? Is there be any problem; does this affect the parents' marriage? .. More

  • Seeing Hoor in dream

    Assalaamu alaykum. Is it possible to see Hoor in a dream? .. More

  • Fabricating stories to make someone quit smoking

    A close relative of mine smokes. I am doing my best to help him quit. Is it permissible for me to make up false stories about my friends to emphasize its adverse effects and how it destroyed them in the hope that this may lead him to stop smoking. .. More

  • Answering written salaam may be done orally

    Assalaamu alaykum. May Allaah reward you for all the good that you do and increase you in goodness. I noticed that you never answer the Salaam greeting in your fatwas although most questions do start with it, and it is known that answering it is obligatory. Or is that not the case when giving fatwa? May Allaah bless you. .. More

  • Fearing that income might be unlawful

    Assalaamu alaykum. I want to ask about a very serious matter. It may be silly, but it has effected me very much. I used to pray very much Tahajjud (voluntary night prayer), give Sadaqah (charity), and recite Quran every day, but suddenly something thing happened to me, and it lead me to doubting my faith and even lead me to thinking about suicide. The.. More

  • Stark injustice towards wife

    My ex-husband divorced me and would not let me have my kids. Before he divorced me, he forced me out of the home and drugged me, trying to make me fornicate, and he lied and said that I was adulterous. What kind of ruling can be given? .. More

  • Repentance from cursing believer

    Assalaamu alaykum. On your website, it says that one of the sins that Allaah may not forgive even if one repents is killing a believer. Please see: https://www.islamweb.net/en/fatwa/87847. You also said that the majority believe that there is complete repentance for killing a believer but that a minority of scholars nevertheless believe that Allaah.. More

  • Repentance after missing three consecutive Friday prayers

    Assalaamu alaykum. I had missed three Friday prayers in a row in my old days, but now, praise be to Allaah, I do pray the Friday prayer. However, there is a hadith which says that Allaah will seal the heart (of one who misses three consecutive Friday prayers) and that he will not recieve guidance. I have read the answer of a brother to a similar question.. More

  • Staging crime scene to study people's reaction

    I have a question. Sometimes, people make a staged crime etc. to experiment; to observe people and study the society and benefit from this. Is this considered lying, and is it sinful? Also, is filling in false information when making an account (at a bank) which requires us to be of a certain age or more sinful? What about the accounts? .. More