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  • Conditional divorce

    After a fight with my husband I attempted to go out of the house, but he said if you go out of the house you are divorced (Talaq).I just got out of the flat door about 2 feet, stopped, thought and then returned back to the house. The door was still open. For your information we live in a flat on the 3rd floor of the building.Please advise ASAP.Is this.. More

  • Virgin Muslim Male Wants to Marry a Non-Virgin Non-Muslim

    I am a (virgin) Muslim male. I have a non-Muslim female friend who I've known for a while. I know that she has committed fornication in the past. I've tried over and over to cut relations with her but I can't because I have very strong feelings for her. I am afraid to commit Zina. I want to marry her. Does that make me a fornicator? I'm very afraid.. More

  • Family relations broken by sister's fabricated story

    What does Islam say about a sister who damaged the relationship between the son who is 36 years old and his entire family by fabricating a story about the lady he is marrying and hence the son's mother disowned him?.. More

  • Parents Not Blessing Marriage of Son to Older Woman

    What does Islam say about parents not blessing a son's marriage just because the lady he is marrying is 3 years older than him? Bear in mind the son is 36 years old. .. More

  • Wife wants divorce because husband hit her

    Islam allows the husband to punish his wife by beating her without harming her. I hit my wife on her hand and her leg few times in one incident; that was the only time I ever used force with her. Now she asks for divorce because I hit her; can she do that?.. More

  • Removing young daughter from mixed school

    I recently removed my two young daughters from a mixed school they were attending and even my own family members opposed me by saying that the local Shaikhs have their daughters in school as opposed to my stand. I am trying to teach them at home because here in Kenya where I stay there are no school for girls only. Have I done the right thing? I'm trying.. More

  • Telling wife she is divorced if she is in sister's home and her husband arrives

    I said to my wife that she is divorced TRIPLE if she entered her sister's house in the presence of her sister's husband. The question is: if she went to her sister's house in the presence of this person is she divorced once or triple? if she went there in absence of this man and he came in, is she divorced triple or not?Thank you.. More

  • Rulings regarding Aqiqa

    Is the Aqiqah for a child Fard, and if so, if the parents did not do this obligation at the birth of the child, do they have to do it at a possible time? What can a mother do who did not know due to ignorance that she had to do Aqiqah for a girl and not only for a boy? (The children are now about 30 years old and the mother has the means to do Aqiqah)If.. More

  • Dependent Student Paying Mahr

    If a male Muslim student who is dependent upon his parents wants to marry, does he have to establish the Mahr? If so, in what amount and what are the limits for it? .. More

  • Dealing with Son Who Has Daughter by Zina

    My son had a daughter by an Italian girl without being married which I learned later. Can he marry her in an Islamic way and ask Allah to forgive him? Or, should I sever ties and forget that I have a son? .. More

  • Sister leaving the house without a Mahram

    Can my sister get out of the house on her own or with some girl friends alone without a guy?.. More

  • Having sex with wife after miscarriage

    Recently my wife had a miscarriage; are the conditions of giving birth applicable here and the pregnancy was three months? Can I have sex with her even before she stops bleeding? Or do I wait for it to stop and for how long?.. More

  • Confused about wanting to marry boy she once saw kissing another girl

    My problem seems to be more social than religious I know a boy and every body says that he loves me and from my side I can say that I like him, but the problem is that he knows a girl and he says that he doesn't love her and she is like a friend but I saw him once kissing her but I didn't tell him so not to make him feel shy of me (and I'm sure he hasn't.. More

  • Muslim Men Can Marry Christian Girls But Not Vice-Versa

    I'd like to ask you why a Christian person can not marry Muslim girl, but Muslim boy can marry Christian girl? I am Muslim living in Malta, and my friends here told me this is not respect, but I do not know how to answer them, so can you help me please as fast as you can, and please try to explain in words not from Qur'an because they are Christian.. More

  • Husband and wife unable to have sexual relations more than year after marriage

    If a wife and a husband are unable to have a sexual relationship after one and half year of marriage, because the wife is shy or afraid of the act, what Islamic teachings apply to this bond? Does this sort of marital life stand? What help or advice you can provide to overcome her fear? Are there any prayers for strengthening this kind of weak relationship?.. More