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Khula through Imam: husband claim the divorce being invalid…
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari
I recently initiated a divorce through khula… My husband refused to give me a divorce at first, so I turned to two scholars here in California to help me with my matter.
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Are Women Allowed to Visit Graves?
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
Is it permissible for a woman to visit the grave of her father or a pious person if she observes proper Islamic decorum?
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Contradictions & Difficulty in Practicing
SunniPath Answer Service Team
I have been reading a lot of books on Islam so that I may further my knowledge, but I have been finding so many things that contradict each other. This is really affecting my Iman and my abilities to practice properly.
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Islam's position on prevalent forms of insurance
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari
The imam at our mosque said today in his sermon that Insurance is 'haram'. His explanation was that you can't benefit / profit yourself against something that is hidden, i.e. isn't yet known. Could you please provide som…
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Permissibility to use leather sofa/couch
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari
Is it permissible to buy a leather sofa even though you don’t know what animal the skin has been derived from?
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Telling Husband About Old Boyfriend?
SunniPath Answer Service Team
I had a boyfriend, and now I have repented, but during that time we had kissed. I am soon going to marry someone else and I am worried that if he asks me about this issue, am I allowed to lie, so as to not ruin the marri…
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Hajj and Menstruation
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
1.If a woman and her husband are planning on making Hajj next year but the woman is sure that she may get her period during the time of Hajj what are the alternatives she can consider that wouldn't be haram?
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Making Up Faulty Past Prayers
SunniPath Answer Service Team
Having recently begun to follow the shafii madhab I wanted to know whether I have to repeat all my prior salats.
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Mufti Taqi: Language of the Khutbah: A Detailed Answer
Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani
Is it allowed to give the khutba in any other language apart from Arabic. One person told me that only imam Abu Hanifa out of the four imams gave permission to give khutba in any other language apart form Arabic. Is this…
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Quran and Sunnah: Both needed
SunniPath Fiqh Q&A Support Team
My friend follows only the Quran. She says it does not say anywhere that we must follow Hadith and Sunnah. Could you please tell me a way I could teach her that Hadith and Sunna are what we should follow in addition to t…
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Giving Salams to opposite sex
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
Is it permissible to give salams to a woman or to respond to her salams if I don’t fear any fitna from it? What if I know that not saying salams would cause harm, for example when dealing with a converted lady who isn’t …
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Chronic annulment of wudu: making up prayers and touching the Qur'an
Shaykh Hamza Karamali, SunniPath Academy Teacher
1. Is it necessary for someone who is in a chronic state of wudu annulment to repeat the ablution for every obligatory makeup (missed) prayer. Is there any dispensation for this? Answer In the Name of Allah, Most Mercifu…
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Switching madhhabs due to not being able to find a teacher?
Shaykh Hamza Karamali, SunniPath Academy Teacher
I live in the USA and have been looking for a shafii fiqh teacher for a while to no avail. I am thinking strongly maybe to migrate to find one out of the USA but don't know what Allah will decree for me. I do know of han…
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One's neighbors' mangoes: to eat or not to eat…
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
A family has a neighbor with a huge mango tree. Branches of the mango tree hang over the fence and sometimes mangoes fall into our friends' yard.
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Medical students & physicians: Patient examination and opposite gender
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Are medical students or medical practitioners allowed to examine patients of the opposite gender? What about when it comes to doing genital exams? Since medical schools require you to learn to do genital exams on the opp…
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Haram hats and the nature of legal rulings…
Shaykh Ilyas Patel
Recently I went into a mosque with a brimmed hat from the Kangol Company and the Imam who was there told me not to wear it and especially not to pray with it because the Muslims in Turkey were forced to wear this hat aga…
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I am an animal doctor. Can I treat pigs?
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
I am an animal doctor. Can I treat pigs?
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How can a male orphan become one’s mahram? And what are his rights? And what is the sunna way o
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
How can a male orphan become one’s mahram? And what are his rights? And what is the sunna way of dealing with him? Answer An orphan is: a child whose father has died.
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Can children be given the names of angels? Is this better to avoid?
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
Can children be given the names of angels? Is this better to avoid?
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Making Claims on One's Car Insurance
Shaykh Abdurrahman ibn Yusuf Mangera
In UK you have to have car insurance if you own a car. As a law I know that you have to have a car insurance. Now if you have an accident can you make a claim? Answer Assalamu alaykum In the name of Allah, the Inspirer o…
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Does one attain unto the reward of night vigil worship (tahajjud) if one sleeps before Isha tim
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
Does one attain unto the reward of night vigil worship (tahajjud) if one sleeps before Isha time and then gets up in the middle of the night, and prays Isha and a few rakats?
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A cat died in front of my house. Is it obligatory for me to bury it? How?
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
A cat died in front of my house. Is it obligatory for me to bury it? How?
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What do the scholars say about Ibn `Arabi? Is he a disbeliever or one of the greatest saints (a
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
What do the scholars say about Ibn `Arabi? Is he a disbeliever or one of the greatest saints (awliya)? Answer Scholars have differed about Shaykh Muhyi al-Din Ibn `Arabi.
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What do the scholars say about Ibn `Arabi? Is he a disbeliever or one of the greatest saints (a
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
What do the scholars say about Ibn `Arabi? Is he a disbeliever or one of the greatest saints (awliya)? Answer Scholars have differed about Shaykh Muhyi al-Din Ibn `Arabi.
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Mortgages in Cases of 'Need'?
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
I have read about the above two subjects and spoken to a number of contemporary alims of the hanafi azhab but still confused - I have also noted Mufti Taqi Usmani's contribution.
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How do I get to Know a Girl to Decide if I want to Marry Her?
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, SunniPath Academy Teacher
Since I started practising I have been really trying my hardest to keep away from looking at women.
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Permissibility of leasing one’s property
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari
I have heard that it is not good for a Man to buy a house and give it on rent (Because Rent money makes a man lazy). What Islam says about that matter? Secondly, is there any difference in issuing a House on rent and a w…
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Giving Things to Others Behind Husband’s Back
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, SunniPath Academy Teacher
What happens when the wife is hiding/giving small things to parents/sisters behind the husbands back?
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MUFTI TAQI: Can Interest Income Be Applied Toward Taxes?
Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani
As a self employed person working in the main for UK public departments, my earnings are all paid directly into a UK bank account. As these sums build up, interest is accrued in the usual way.
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Piercing for Husband’s Pleasure?
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, SunniPath Academy Teacher
Would it be permissible for my wife to pierce her nipples or navel for my pleasure?