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My husband is obsessed with something I find sick and unreasonable
Ustadha Shazia Ahmad
My problem is that my husband finds me immensely attractive physically and he is obsessive about making love to me. This is fine, but he is also obsessed with licking my anus (I say with embarrassment) for long periods o…
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Housing for two wives
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, SunniPath Academy Teacher
Assalaamu alaikum, I would like to ask about the housing conditions between two wives. I am a second wife and my husband wants me move and live in the same house as his first wife and children. I would have a separate ro…
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Married Converts and their Marriage
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Do married converts have to enter into a new marriage contract with themselves upon accepting Islam, or are their pre-Islam marriage valid? Answer Walaikum assalam wa rahmatullah, I pray that this finds you well, and in …
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Allowing customers to bring their own alcohol to one's restaurant and then serving it
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, SunniPath Academy Teacher
Can a Muslim resturant allow customers to bring their own wine and provide glasses to serve the win in? Can the employees serve it? Answer Walaikum assalam wa rahmatullah, I pray that this finds you well, and in the best…
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Preparation for Returning to Allah
Imam Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani
Preparation for Returning to Allah Answer Preparation for Returning to AllahThe Chapter of Tens by Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani Translated by Shaykh Zaid Shakir Ibn Abbas, may Allah protect his soul, said that the Prophet, peac…
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My mother hates my husband, though I think he's fine....
Ustadha Shireen Ahmed
I have a problem. My mother gets upset at my husband a lot, for the smallest and strangest of things, and doesn't seem to understand the stress it causes him.
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Why is it obligatory to wash the mouth and nose in ghusl?
Naielah Ackbarali
I was wondering why it is obligatory to wash the mouth and nose in ghusl, and whether this has a textual basis or not (in the Quran and Sunnah) Answer Assalamu aliekum wa rahmatullah According to the Hanafi school, there…
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Making up supererogatory prayers after having made up all obligatory prayers
Shaykh Hamza Karamali, SunniPath Academy Teacher
Reliance of the Traveller mentions that one can make up supererogatory prayers that have a specified time (such as the rawatib, witr, and duha prayers) any time after they are missed (f10.7).
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Touching the Qur'an without Wudu
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
I just wanted to know if it was ok to touch the Quran without Wudu? My wife seems to think she can but my belief is that you cannot. Answer Walaikum assalam wa rahmatullah, I pray this finds you in the best of health and…
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Are bad thoughts haram, or merely acting on them
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Is it haram in Islam to have homosexual thoughts (i.e.. lust beyond whispering of shaitan) or is it only sinful if you act upon those thoughts (i.e. sodomy)?
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'Are prayer beads an innovation?'
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
‘Are prayer beads an innovation?’ Answer Shaykh Hajj Gibril: Imâm al-Suyûtî recounted in one of his fatwas entitledal-Minha fîl-Sibha (“The Profit InDhikr-Beads”) the story of ‘Ikrima, who asked his teacher ‘Umar al-Mâli…
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Religious upbringing of children in Muslim-Christian marriages
Shaykh Hamza Karamali, SunniPath Academy Teacher
Dear Sir or Madam, I have a question concerning religious education of children in Muslim-Christian partnerships. I know that the dominant opinion among the Muslim community is that these children have to be raised solel…
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Does the husband have to pay the zakaat of the wife?
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, SunniPath Academy Teacher
Does the husband have to pay the zakaat of the wife? Answer Walaikum assalam wa rahmatullah, I pray that this finds you well, and in the best of health and spirits. May Allah grant you all good and success in this life a…
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Expiation for missed fasts due to nursing
Shaykh Abdul-Karim Yahya, SunniPath Academy Teacher
I found in al-fiqh al-manhaji that a breastfeeding mother should pay an expiation (fidya) for every day and should also fast every day of the Ramadan she lost. What should my wife do now?
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Repentance, Talking About Past Sin, and Avoiding That Which Does Not Concern One
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, SunniPath Academy Teacher
If one commits some sin, lets say he/she killed someone or committed zina. The person is truly sorry and makes sincere istighfaar and never does this again. Is it true that if asked sometime in the future if has ever pre…
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Do forgotten debts have to be repaid
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, SunniPath Academy Teacher
Assalaamu Alaykum, I understand that on borrowing money we should write these down aswell as fix an agreed repayment date. Not documenting this can result in one party forgetting that they owe money to another.
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Sidi Gibril on: The Permissibility of Loud Dhikr
Shaykh Gibril F Haddad
The Permissibility of Loud Group Dhikr Answer Salam `alaykum: Sunan Abu Dawud: Book 25, Number 3659: Narrated Anas ibn Malik: The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: That I sit in the company of the people who remember All…
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Sufism and Shariah
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
What is the relationship between Islam and Sufis? Answer Assalamu alaikum, A good article on this: http://www.haqq.com.au/~salam/sufishar/sufishar.html] Shaykh Ahmad Sirhindi Assalamu alaikum, The Shari`ah is of fundamen…
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Fundraising for the mosque with tickets with prizes
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari
Assalam Alaikum, Some brothers in the community are planning to arrange a fund raiser for the new local musalla. They are planning to sell tickets of about $100,000.
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Putting gold on a male child
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, SunniPath Academy Teacher
I recived a gift from freinds for my child to come inshallah,the gift was a gold broche to wear,with ALLAH SWT & MOHAMMAD PBUH name on it,is this permissable?the child will be a boy inshallah Answer Walaikum assalam wa r…
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Does inhaling flour invalidate my fast?
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
I work in a bakery where the air is full of particles of flour. Does it invalidate my fast if I inhale this flour? Answer In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful and Compassionate Things that are difficult to avoid do not in…
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Will taking a blood test break my fast?
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
My doctor wants a sample of my blood to do some tests on me. Does it break my fast if he sticks a needle into my arm?
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Dyeing one's hair
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
Is it permissible for a woman to dye her hair? What is the ruling for one who is married and for one who is unmarried in the Shafi'I school? Is it permissible to use commercial hair dyes?
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Sexual thoughts of one's spouse
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
Is it permissible for a man who has traveled far from his wife, or if he has not but she is menstruating to fulfill his desire sexually by thinking about her? Does this require her permission, and what is the proof?
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Two `aqiqahs
Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
Is it permissible to perform two `aqiqahs [s. animal sacrificed when the baby's hair is cut-a confirmed sunna] for a newborn? One would be after the birth by seven days and the other would be later on in a different coun…
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Impermissibility of performing ablution while naked
Shaykh Hamza Karamali, SunniPath Academy Teacher
Would you please clarify the statement given in a previous answer? Must one cover one's nakedness while performing wudu in the shower, or is one's nakedness irrelevant while in the shower? Answer 1.
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Taking Bay'a with a Shaykh?
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, SunniPath Academy Teacher
A lot of people say that taking a baya with a sheikh is bida. Can you please tell me, other than taking baya with RasulAllah (sallal lahu alaihi wassallam) as noted in the seerah, what is the Hanafi position on taking ba…
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Taking out a loan with the intention of not paying it back
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari
>A man takes out a loan of £30,000 with the intention of NOT paying it back. >He tells the bank he is living at another address when he is not so he >does''nt get caught. He then builds a house with that money on his own…
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Working for a life insurance company
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari
I work for a life assurance company dealing with bonds, pensions and life assurance. I work as an administrator taking quote details and answering phone calls but do not directly sell to people. What is the position with…
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Giving Qurbani (udhiya, the ritual slaughter) in another country for past obligations
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari
I only found out qurbani was wajib not long ago. according to Mufti Muhammad's answer i must make qadha for my past years. now i am a student and i have the money but it will slightly inconvenience me next year when i ho…