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Worried about my relationship with Allah (swt)
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Due to physical problems, I can't go any where without someone escorting me. I am discouraged about life and my lack of capabilities to do things for the sake of Allah (swt). I don't understand why Allah (swt) would want…
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What Happens After the Touch? RE: Marriageable relations being forbidden by touching
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, SunniPath Academy Teacher
However, it does mean that some degree of care should be taken when around one's mother or father-in-law and contact should be proper and restrained. I was wondering what happens if one does touch one's mother-in-law wit…
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Does smoking require wudu?
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Does smoking require wudu? Answer Walaikum assalam wa rahmatullah, Smoking is either blameworthy or prohibited.
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Counsel regarding relations with a girl...
Mufti Mohamed Umer Ibrahim
I have started to feel that I love a girl. Actually I usually talk to her and find her very pleasing and I'm very comfortable with her.
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Share of money after sale of house
Mufti Mohamed Umer Ibrahim
We live in the UK. My husband and his brother 'A' bought a house together about 15 years ago in both their names. My husband paid the deposit. During that time, 'A' went abroad for a couple of years. His brothers 'N' and…
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Fiqh of Hair Dyes
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari
Is it permissible to use hair dyes, and which ones?
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Troubles in marriage, between wife and in-laws…
Mufti Yusuf Mullan
I have been married approximately for 2 years now and alhumdulillah, in general, the relationship between my wife and I is a fruitful happy one. However, from the very first instance that I actually said I wanted to get …
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What relationship must one have with one's in-laws? What rights do they have?
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari
I would like to know the relationship that a husband and a wife must have with their parents in law. I have read many articles talking extensively about the wife's relation with her husband's parents, but none about the …
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Married, but husband left me and does not support me
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari
About 3 years ago I got married and my husband stayed with me 10 days then he left me and went to another country. In the first one year we had contact with each other he used to send me (nafaqa) but after that he did no…
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RE: Fake Letters
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
I happened to go through your reply regarding foolish letters calling for their copies to be distributed, failing which something drastic is promised to happen to the "non-believer".
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If I literally bite my brother on his back, would that be considered backbiting? Would I have t
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, SunniPath Academy Teacher
If I literally bite my brother on his back, would that be considered backbiting? Would I have to restart my muraqaba dars? Answer Walaikum assalam wa rahmatullah, If he enjoys it, it is fine in private, but unmanly in pu…
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When May Parents be Disobeyed, and How?
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, SunniPath Academy Teacher
A sister is facing difficulties with her parents. It seems nothing she does pleases her parents. Her parents are always suspicious of her.
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How to remove filth from carpets and sofas - RE: dried urine on carpet and sofas
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, SunniPath Academy Teacher
a) My 3 year old daughter sometimes wets herself whilst sitting on the sofa, and on the carpet. Sometimes she will not say where on the carpet she has urinated, and we are not able to find it.
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When it is permitted to have an abortion
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari
When it is permitted to have an abortion? Answer In the name of Allah, Most Compassionate, Most Merciful, Abortion and the termination of pregnancy is the expulsion of a foetus from the womb of a woman.
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It is Disliked to Pray the Sunna of Wudu & Other Non-Obligatory Prayers During the Disliked
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Whenever we perform wudu it's sunnah to use miswak and offer 2 rakats afterwards. if we have performed wudu around Asr and Maghrib time can we pray 2 rakats or not.
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When does nose bleeding break wudu and does it break wudu when I blow my nose and a very little
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
When does nose bleeding break wudu and does it break wudu when I blow my nose and a very little amount of blood comes out, too? Answer Walaikum assalam, When blood flows down to the nose—even if only to the bony upper pa…
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My husband does not like kissing or other displays of physical affection. He is religious, thou
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari
My husband does not like kissing or other displays of physical affection. He is religious, though, and may listen to religious advice…
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Calling to Allah: from the best of spiritual works
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, SunniPath Academy Teacher
Calling to Allah: from the best of spiritual works Answer In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful and Compassionate. May His abundant blessing and most perfect of peace be on His Beloved Prophet, the best of creation, and hi…
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The job of a lawyer, barrister or solicitor in the West
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari
Sidi, could you please clarify the position of a Muslim who wishes to work as a solicitor in the UK. is it permissible? in part or whole?
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Confused about zakat
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari
I just started working this year (at the end of July 2003) and I have accumulated about $5500 (USD) before taxes and maybe $4400 after taxes. I thought that if one accumulated $1000 (USD) or more in a year then zakah wou…
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My Wife Wants To Work...
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, SunniPath Academy Teacher
My wife wants to work despite my strong view that she should not, as Allah has given me the ability to earn and financially provide for her (alhamdolillah) and what the quran says about men being the maintainers of women…
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Marriage, Divorce, Re-Marriage, and My Daughter’s Marital Future
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
I am a convert to Islam …. I left my husband… because he was going to force our daughter to marry someone that she did not want to marry. He had threat to kill her many times if she did not marry who he wanted her to mar…
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Sanity and supplication: My parents are now retired and at home alone, and it is very taxing
Shaykh Abdurrahman ibn Yusuf Mangera
I am writing to you at the request of my mother. She wanted to know if there was a wadhifa [set of duas] she could read for her marriage. Alhamdolillah my parents are excellent practicing Muslims and have raised all chil…
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Friend not feeling herself… magic?
Shaykh Gibril F Haddad
A friend of mine has not been feeling herself for the past 2 years or so. She gets angry over small things and feels a ''presence'' around her, which scares her.
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A Wife's Right to Housing Separate From Her In-Laws and Others
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari
I would like to know what the husband's obligations are towards his wife regarding providing shelter for her.
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What is the reason for moving to another position after fardh for the sunnah prayer
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
What is the reason for moving to another position after fardh for the sunnah prayer Answer Walaikum assalam wa rahmatullah, It is recommended—particularly for the imam—to move to another place to perform the post-fard su…
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Musical instruments and spiritual states
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, SunniPath Academy Teacher
I have read in many books that mehfil-e-sama is permissible. But What is sama - as each book defines it slightly differently - Some say that sama is only permissible without musical instruments and some say that it is pe…
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Photographs: please clarify where you stand
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
I say this with no offense to you because this website is amazing… but in terms of photography, you say that it is forbidden to have pictures of living beings, but some of the advertisements on this website contain pictu…
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One Page Hajj Guide (Tamattu)
Shaykh Nazim Mangera
One Page Hajj Guide (Tamattu) Answer Tamattu Hajj Guide Assalamu alaikum, Attached are two files: MS Word and Acrobat PDF For those intending to go for Hajj, you could print it out and give it to your group leader who sh…