I wanted to ask as my husband went for some work to his country for 2 weeks and I am living here with my mother in law and father in law in Saudia Arabia. So if I need to go outside like shopping I need to take permission from inlaws?? Is it compulsory ??just want to add that I am a working woman. Kindly reply

Dealings and Attitudes with In-Laws
05 Apr

ANSWER: You are not obliged to take permission from anybody other than your husband.

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I’m planning to build a marriage auditorium (Hall) in my home country India. Where I intend to build for seperate for women & men. but sometimes there will be kafirs or even non practicing muslims will book hall and does haram things like music & mixing will there be any sin on me. what is the ruling?

Halal/Haram Matters
05 Apr

ANSWER: You must not rent the hall to the non muslims to use it for their religious marriages. You also must not rent it to Muslims who would use it for sinful gatherings. 

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Is it permissible to participate in an online based Quran completing competition? Where the participants update how much they’ve read everyday. And everyone who read the whole Quran will get a prize. And the first three will get special prizes.But I think participating in such a competition may harm my intetion of reading the Quran only for Allah. But my friends say my thoughts are from shaitan.

Reading/Reciting the Quran
03 Apr

ANSWER: This type of online competing done in chat groups is not recommended as it includes a lot of showing off and sometimes lying as well. 

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May I know if it is ok if my eyes are focus on a male Islamic teacher’s beard or neck or any area below that when I listen to his lecture on YouTube so that I could see his movements so that I could feel more engaging in a lecture rather than just listening by my ears? Please note that when doing this, I can still blurry see his face and it’s not clear.

Halal/Haram Matters
03 Apr

ANSWER: There’s nothing wrong in looking at a man’s face as it’s not an awrah, providing there’s no fitnah.

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What should i do if someone confronts me about a sin i have done? should i lie about it and say i didn’t. What if they ask me to swear by Allah that i didn’t do it? In this case not swearing would obviosly be like telling that person i have commited the sin? So what should i do in these cases?

Sins
03 Apr

ANSWER: You must not lie as this is a major sin. However it’s not permissible to reveal your sins as well, so you must dodge the question and make them feel that you’re offended by such a question and change the topic. 

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We have adopted a girl and given her our name..Does Islam allow adoption ?

Halal/Haram Matters
03 Apr

ANSWER: This is totally prohibited in Islam. 

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If a person ia going umrah for the 4 – 5 time so is it necessary to shave his full head ?

Hajj and Umrah
03 Apr

ANSWER: Shaving is better as Prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam prayed 3 times for the person who shaves his head in comparison to the one who trims it.  However, trimming the hair is sufficient as well. 

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What should one do when sitting in the masjid and hears the athan. is saying “La illaha illa Allah” with congregation (in the end of athan) from the sunnah?

Prayer
03 Apr

ANSWER: No. You repeat the athan individually after the Muazzin and then recite the prescribed dua after athan to be eligible for Prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam’s intercession on the day of judgment. 

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I have cash that has reached nisaab level and zakaat will soon be due on it. In addition to this, my wife has gold jewellery. Should the monetary amount of this jewellery be added to the cash I have before I calculate the total zakaat due?

Zakat
02 Apr

ANSWER: Your wife’s gold belongs to her. She is obliged to pay it once her zakat is due providing it reaches the nisab. If you want to unite both zakat date and pay one earlier than the other, this is permissible but you need your wife’s prior authorization to you for that.

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I inherited about US$ 62,000 from my parents after their death. The money is in a conventional bank account and has been lying in the account for many years. Can I accept the whole money as halal or should I try to calculate the interest accumulated and take only the capital? Please advise

Inheritance
02 Apr

ANSWER: You can accept it all providing that you don’t take any interest money that occurs after their death as this is now your money and you are responsible for taking it.

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