How much importance should one give to a potential spouse’s height? I am 6’1″ while she is 5’0″. I am very much satisfied with the piety and emaan she has. So should I overlook our significant height difference?

Fiqh of Marriage
02 Mar

ANSWER: Are you going to marry her or compete with her? You should overlook the height if she’s a righteous Muslimah who would bring up your children in an Islamic way. 

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Is it permissible to use hygiene products such as facecreams, shampoo,soap and etc… that contain Alchol?

Beautification & Cosmetic Suregry, Halal/Haram Matters
02 Mar

ANSWER: No problem in this for external use.  

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Is it ok to give charity to street beggars whom we are not sure whether they are really deserving of charity? We hear many conspiracies that they are part of a network of begging business or they might be using the money for illegitimate use like alcohol, drugs, etc.

Charity
02 Mar

ANSWER: You should not give it to them and these stories are usually indeed true.  Give charity to real poor Muslims that you know and not beggars. 

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As i know when a child is born 2 angels are givn charge to write the deeds till he dies. Now as fr angels don know what is in the mind and heart of a person. So if i make Doa in my mind – without uttering words – how will that be acknowledged ? Or i need to pronounce it ? Pl guide

Halal/Haram Matters
02 Mar

ANSWER: You must at least move your tongue and lips while making dua, dhikr, reciting Qur’an or while praying. 

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Seeing someone in hajj when he’s not there & Sufis claiming something like this – Assimalhakeem

Articles, Hajj and Umrah, Q&A/Fatwas
01 Mar

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I invited a friend to join a whatsapp group for an Islamic society at the university but I think the group is sufi because one of the leaders celebrates mawlid and I have seen other things which seem strange. Is it upon me to tell my friend to be wary of the group and to leave the group because their beliefs may not be correct?

Sects, Social Media
01 Mar

ANSWER: You must inform your friend and both of you must stay away from this.

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If a woman is having her monthly menstruation, can she give ghusl & shroud her dead mother, sister, grandmother, specially if others are present. People say that women at the time of menstruating are impure, so shouldn’t touch the dead body during ghusl or during or after shrouding, and shouldn’t be present or near the deceased or touch them for that matter, is it correct?

Funerals
01 Mar

ANSWER: This is absolutely baseless. No problem in giving her ghusl.

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Can I wear skin tight clothes in front of my mother only. Skin tight clothes like jeans and tops till my waist (covering the body),legins and all.

Women clothing
01 Mar

ANSWER: This is not permissible. 

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Is it permissible for me to cover the spots on my right cheek and left cheek by wearing a hood when meeting a potential spouse for marriage. Her wali invited me to their house. I am an attractive man but want to hide the spots until they fade away.

Fiqh of Marriage
01 Mar

ANSWER: This is cheating them!  If she had something like that and she concealed it with make up, would you feel ok about it after marriage or you would accuse them of cheating you? 

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I saw on ……. wiping the ears is mustahab and not obligatory (majority opinion) is this correct?

Ablution (Wudhu)
01 Mar

ANSWER: It is an issue of dispute and I believe that it is mandatory.

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