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  • Online teacher is a woman

    asalam I intend to study online and I wonder whether is it permissible to be taught from a non muslim woman online (there is teaching one to one coaching and other with multiple people like a webinar ? and is it permissible to watch the news in tv when the journalist is non muslim woman and the second question is ;is it permissible to listen to a female.. More

  • Brother refuses to divorce wife who criticizes Islam

    I have a very complicated situation so please forgive me if my question is slightly lengthy.Myself and my brother currently live in the UK. My brother married a woman who was a Muslimah but didn't seem very practicing at the time. She has since committed Riddah and openly speaks against aspects of the Deen. She has mocked our mother Aisha in my presence.. More

  • Evil thoughts are pardoned unless spoken or practiced

    Dearest scholars. I kindly ask that you answer my questions specifically rather than referring me to other answers b/c I desperately need assurance, with all due respect. My question is regarding the conditions of repentance. If I masturbated (I have repented greatly for this) and imagined filthy thoughts about members of my close family (I am so ashamed.. More

  • Seeing Ibn Taymiyyah in a dream after his death answering Fiqh questions

    Assalmualaikum. Sheikh is it true that shaykh ibn taymiyyah would answer complex fiqh issues after his death (ref kitaab ruh hafidh ibn qayyum) .. More

  • Judging dissolute people and dealing with them

    salama aleikoum brother, A faasiq is one who commits big sins or is consistent in doing smaller sins according to the defintion of your site and many others. But can we still call one faasiq after he does tauwbah?Then another point is, we know the reality of today that many people do big sins like not doing hajj while having money, threating parents.. More

  • Being patient when afflicted with passive-aggressive behaviours

    Salaam, I live in Canada and one of the habits of the non-Muslim white Canadians is to have a way of behaving that is known as "passive-aggressive". What this behaviour type involves is to make fake gestures such as loudly "sniffing" with the nose or loudly coughing around someone in order to make other people in the room feel as if the person who is.. More

  • Not obligatory to finish meal if hunger satisfied

    My mum said to eat all of a chapati as it would do dua for me or say or on judgement day i didnt waste it and i covered it when not eating it - is this a bidah or anything i cant find anything online .. More

  • An individual Muslim is required to have general not detailed knowledge about faith

    As-salaamu 3laikum. When I became a Muslim I did not learn much about aqeedah except for the central points. I had one book about tawheed but after that I went for a while without learning more becauseI didn't know what I had to learn or how. Now I try to learn what I can but I always feel there are still gaps in my knowledge and understanding of aqeedah.. More

  • How to treat idleness and disinterest in work

    I am a practicing Muslim. I pray 5 times a day. I recently joined a company a mechanical engineer. However this is my biggest problem that I always look for excuses and breaks. I am unable to work as I lack interest in working at all. I simply like to waste time. Please advise how to increase my interest in working. I have wasted many months being jobless... More

  • Dying drunk or without repenting from drinking

    Salam Alaykoum, If a muslim dies while intoxicated or he had drunk the day before and the day next he dies while not intoxicated whether he had the intention that day to drink or not and he dies in the week where he prayed the Friday prayer with the intention to be forgiven by Allah (swt) for the case he dies that week while he drinks whether he is.. More

  • Not wrong to relate names of objects of worship

    salaam aleikoum ustad,One guy on tv was saying that that is a god and for other cultures Allah and he said the dirty names buda and krisna and the kaafir even said that for some people singers are their god and named some names.This got me excited and i directly said 'your mother!' because your mother is a kind of cursing in my country. So i cursed.. More

  • The Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, did not command the Companions to kiss his hand

    Asslam'alaykum, Please advise me if Rasoole Karim(sallallah'alayh'wasallam encouraged to kiss his hands to show respect and honour. In some parts of subcontinent peoples use to kiss hands of a person who recently performed hajj and also hands of Islamic scholars. Moreover, please let me know the reference of hadeeth which narrates that 'Hazrat Ma'az.. More

  • Masturbating for medical purposes

    asalamu alaekumcan one do masturbation to correct (make straight) his bent penis (crooked penis). .. More

  • No evidence that backbiter sins whenever slander remembered

    Assalamu 'alaikum.I understand that backbiting is a heinous crime and we should all seek refuge in Allah from doing such an act. However, I wanted to know if, for instance, person A backbites (meaning he says something negative) about person B to me. Now every time I think about this negative thought in my head about person B, does this mean Person.. More

  • Laughing at someone's misfortune

    Dearest scholars. I laughed at somebody else's misfortune one day and at the time I didn't see it as a big deal. But looking back I feel really awful for having laughed at that person who helped me and in return I laughed at their misfortune as much as I didn't see it as a big deal. This was about a test mark, the person had received a lower grade than.. More