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Why did you post the "Girls in MSA are so stupid" question?
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Why did you post the "Girls in MSA are so stupid" question? Answer Walaikum assalam wa rahmatullah, I realize that the question was probably wasn't serious, which is why the answer was meant to be a little on the light s…
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Must My Husband Provide Separate Housing For Me?
Ustadha Zaynab Ansari, SunniPath Academy Teacher
Please advise me. I am a new Muslim and recently married. Before marriage, I agreed to live with my husband's non-Muslim family, not knowing how bad their living conditions were. I live with my husband and his father in …
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Which animals are permissible and not permissible to eat?
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
Which animals are permissible and not permissible to eat?
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Is a woman’s voice `awra?
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
Is a woman’s voice considered `awra (nakedness) in our school? Is it permissible for her to recite the Koran in front of men who are not her mahram?
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Should women just pray at home? Can a woman leave her house?
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
Is it recommended for a woman to pray in the furthermost corner of her home and not to come out unless for a legal need?
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Is it haram to speak during conjugal relations?
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
Is it haram to speak during conjugal relations? Answer It is not unlawful to speak during one’s intimate relations, rather it is disliked, unless there is need, as the imams have stated. Amjad Rasheed [Translated by Sr.
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Can I make wudu wearing shorts?
Ustadha Shazia Ahmad
Are we allowed to make wudu wearing shorts above the knees? Answer One’s wudu is perfectly valid if it is performed wearing shorts that fall above the knee.
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Friday prayer with less than 40 people
Ustadha Shazia Ahmad
First of All I would like to thank you for a nice and a knowledgeable website. I have a small doubt concerning the Friday prayer.
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Why Do All Your Answers About Living With In-Laws Encourage People To Move Out And Get A Place
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari
Why do all your answers about living with in-laws encourage people to move out and get a place of their own? Answer In the name of Allah, Most Compassionate, Most Merciful, There are two separate things here, and one sho…
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How Does A Wife Who Has No Source Of Income Pay Zakat On Her Jewelry?
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari
How does a wife who has no source of income pay Zakat on her jewelry?
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Following Another Madhhab Is Allowed
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
The issue is that when a muqalid follows the opinion of his own madhab, in a single issue he is not allowed to follow another madhab in the same issues regardless of the fact that he performed the actions competently fro…
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Is The Death Penalty Proscribed In The West For A Muslim Who Abandons The Prayer?
Shaykh Gibril F Haddad
Is there death penalty for those Muslims who don't pray in the other three schools of thought and lifetime imprisonment in the Hanafi school of thought? How are we supposed to follow this living in the West?
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What Do The Scholars Say About Ibn Taymiyya?
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari
What do the scholars say about Ibn Taymiyya? Answer In the name of Allah, Most Compassionate, Most Merciful, Before answering the question, it is imperative to understand that extremism and immoderation is disapproved of…
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Can we have anal sex if we dont want to have children?
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, SunniPath Academy Teacher
Can we have anal sex if we dont want to have children? Answer Walaikum assalam wa rahmatullah, No. Anal sex is prohibited by scholarly consensus, because of the clear texts prohibiting it.
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Is There An "Athari" Aqida?
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Sidi Musa Furber, in one of his articles, mentioned that the Sunni aqida consists of either the Maturidi, Ash'ari, or Athari ["transmission-based"] school. Yet the majority of Sunni scholars seem to limit aqida to the As…
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How Does A Woman Who Has Irregular Menses Calculate Her Waiting Period?
Shaykh Sohail Hanif, SunniPath Academy Teacher
How does a woman who has irregular menses calculate her waiting period?
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Bank Employment
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari
Bank employment Answer In the name of Allah, Most Compassionate, Most Merciful, As explained in an earlier answer, the principle concerning employment in a bank (or any other financial institution) is that any work or jo…
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A Woman Performing a Wedding (Nikah) Ceremony
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, SunniPath Academy Teacher
At a recent wedding, a woman performed the nikah (i.e. doing the khutbah and presiding over the ceremony). Are there any specific rules to a person officiating a nikah, or is it simply a contract which anyone can perform…
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I Want To Take Off My Hijab…
Ustadha Zaynab Ansari, SunniPath Academy Teacher
I have worn hijab for 3 years now and am 20 years old but I don't want to wear it anymore. I don't feel like I did before. What shall I do? Answer In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful Praise be to Allah.
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Is It A Distortion To Say That Wife Beating Is Allowed In Islam?
Ustadha Zaynab Ansari, SunniPath Academy Teacher
Is it a distortion to say that wife beating is allowed in Islam? Answer In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful Praise be to Allah.
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Does saying, "I'm not Muslim" constitute disbelief?
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
A Muslim was asked "Are you a Muslim?" and they replied "No" - meaning thereby that they are not a good Muslim - does this constitute disbelief ? Would such a person's marriage be annulled?
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How do we reconcile the verses that Allah does not forgive associating partners with Him and th
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
How do we reconcile the verses that Allah does not forgive associating partners with Him and the point of aqeeda that one can repent from riya?
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Wife is unwilling to consummate
Ustadha Zaynab Ansari, SunniPath Academy Teacher
I have recently gotten married, however I have not consummated my marriage. Is my marriage still valid? What shall I do? I feel that my wife does not wish to have intercourse. Answer In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, …
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Do Mere Contemplation, Or Allusive Words Effect Divorce?
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari
I have been contemplating divorce almost since the day I got married, but I have put it off hoping Allah will change everything for the better.
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Is It Haram For Women To Wear Make-up And Kohl?
Ustadha Zaynab Ansari, SunniPath Academy Teacher
Is it haram for women to wear make-up and kohl? Answer In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful Praise be to Allah. May the peace and blessings of Allah shower upon our Beloved Messenger, his family, companions…
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Strange Methods of Issuing Divorce
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari
A couple had an argument about something and the husband in anger picked up three coins and gave it to her. Upon being asked, he said he had intended three divorces. Is his wife considered divorced?
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Why Can't I Take Aqida And Tasawwuf From The Four Imams?
Shaykh Gibril F Haddad
In a previous answer it says: "The way of Sunni Islam is to take the branch of Islam from living jurists who follow one of the four Sunni schools of fiqh: the Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi'i, and Hanbali schools; the branch of I…
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How Does One Deal With An Abusive Father?
Ustadha Zaynab Ansari, SunniPath Academy Teacher
What should one do if their father is mentally abusive to the children as well as his wife? He refuses to allow anyone in the house to meet any relatives (it has been decades) even those nearing death, and verbally/menta…
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How Fiqh is Derived, & Some Sources
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
When a ruling is not clear from sources in the Quran and Hadith, I understand one looks to the opinion of the most knowledgeable Sahabas (Ayesha RA, Ibn Massoud RA, Ali ibn Talib RA, etc.). Where can one find these fatwa…