A person takes a Covid test.
1) If the isolation is selfimposed, not forced by the zaalim government, and if this person has been informed that disease is not contagious, then his belief based on what the…
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I am faced with a dilemma and I‟m hoping for your esteemed advice.
The Shariah has granted a woman the right to have her own private quarters to live where her in-laws may not intrude without her permission. Most in-laws labour under the…
My brother and his wife are travelling by car to Cape Town from Johannesburg.
It is not at all permissible for you to be in the car if your brother‟s wife will also be there. You have to find some other transport for travelling. Travelling with them is…
Although the court has ordered my ex-wife to allow me access to my children, she violates the order.
Islamically you are the Guardian of your children. Your ex-wife is the custodian. It is haraam for her to deny you visitation and access without valid reason. As long as you are…
Whose right is it to name the baby: the mother‟s or the father‟s or the grandfather‟s?
In today‟s time of gross ignorant and nafsaani enslavement, one should not be concerned about whose right it is to name the child. One should be concerned about keeping the…
A young girl and boy would like to get married.
The arrangement between the girl and boy as explained by you, is corrupt and not permissible. The objective of Nikah is not sport, play and nafsaani gratification minus the…
A couple committed fornication, then got married.
The child will not inherit in the estate of the man who had fathered him illegitimately. However, the man can make a wasiyyat (bequest) for him. The bequest may not exceed more…
I went into my husband's cell phone and discovered that he was chatting to women, even non-Muslims.
What you have discovered about your husband is not at all surprising for us. Almost every man, including molvis and sheikhs, are involved in this type of filth - cellphone zina.…
My husband wrote 3 Talaaqs for me.
The three Talaaqs which your husband had written are valid and final regardless of him having torn or burnt the paper. Your Nikah had ended the very moment he wrote the three…
A woman was separated from her husband for 40 years.
In view of Talaaq not having been issued, her nikah is still valid regardless of the 40 year separation. If he dies, she will have to be in Iddat. She will also inherit in his…
A man gave his pregnant wife Talaaq.
It is not permissible to issue Talaaq during the pregnancy of the wife. It is a major sin. Nevertheless, if the Talaaq is issued, it will be valid.
Is marriage between humans and jinn permissible?
Marriage between human beings and jinn is not valid. Jinn is entirely another species. It is like cohabiting with an animal.
How much can a husband demand in a khula' agreement?
He may ask for only the Mahr amount. More than this is not permissible. However, if the woman wants the marriage terminated and the husband is insistent on claiming much more than…
Is it Sunnah to embrace the bridegroom after nikah?
Embracing the bridegroom after a nikah is a nonsensical custom. It has no basis in the Sunnah.
When will a mahram be disqualified from acting as the Wali of his daughter for the purpose of marriage?
According to the Hanafi Math-hab, while the consent of the Wali for marriage is Waajib (compulsory), the validity of the Nikah is not reliant on his consent. If the girl marries…
I had uttered kufr, but have repented and renewed my Imaan.
Yes, you have to perform a new Nikah and pay Mehr as well. The Nikah may be quietly performed at home.
I request advice on the following : A married man has proposed marriage to me.
While the nikah will be valid, it is inadvisable to contract a secret marriage. It will not remain a secret for long. It is also unbecoming to live like a mistress. Nikah is a…
Is it Sunnah to embrace the bridegroom after Nikah?
Embracing the bridegroom after a nikah is a nonsensical custom. It has no basis in the Sunnah.
In a divorce granted by a secular court the wife was awarded half the assets of her husband in terms of their community of property marriage.
The community of property arrangement is not valid in terms of the Shariah. The wife has no Islamic right of claiming half the assets of her husband on the basis of the haraam…
My wife has a small business which she operates from home.
As long as the wife remains within the precincts of the house, the husband is responsible for her Nafqah even if she earns. Only if she works outside the home, will she not be…