QUESTION: My uncle works on a high post in a university. I have passed the written admission exam of that University but my serial isn’t enough to get my favourite subject. I may get a subject which I don’t like. Is it permissible for my him to recommend the Univesity authority for me to get my favourite subject?

Halal/Haram Matters
14 Jun

ANSWER: If your marks are less, this is not permissible as you would be occupying a deserving student’s seat.

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QUESTION: If a husband is angry and saying some really bad words to his wife (not threatening to divorce her), how should a wife react? Also, this happens every time whenever the husband is angry. How should his wife calm him down?

Fiqh of Marriage, Kind Treatment of Spouses
14 Jun

ANSWER: By not responding to his insults or defending herself at all and de-escalating things.

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QUESTION: Sheikh is a man countable if he is rich and just marries 1 women will he be asked in the day of judgement why he didn’t marry second wife and didn’t help those who were widowers or divorces if he can’t be just to them interms of emotions and can only provide for them??

Fiqh of Marriage
14 Jun

ANSWER: No, he won’t be asked about that.

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QUESTION: Sheikh, is i am sinful if i go out with my wife and children without asking my mother’s permission? as she always create a fuss when we leave the house without taking her with us, she curse me for leaving her alone in house…I don’t know if this is right or wrong as my wife also don’t want her to go with us. Is my wife has right to object?

Fiqh of the family, Kind Treatment of Spouses
12 Jun

ANSWER: Your mother has no right in interfering in your married life at all. You can DEFINITELY take your wife and kids anywhere you want without taking your mother along or even informing her! You can compensate your mother by taking her alone with you or with your kids without your wife to wherever it […]

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QUESTION: There is an islamic blog that I follow on social media and that blog supports l*b*q (qu*er muslims) and welcomes them saying things like ‘we here you and you are welcome here’ and even slams muslims that reject l*b*q all in the name of promoting peace and equality and respect and that queer muslims deserve to be heard too. Are they doing the right thing? And should I continue following them?

Social Media
12 Jun

ANSWER: Of course they are are not doing the right thing and if they endorse L*B*Q and say that they have a right, then such people are apostates for making halal what Allah has prohibited.  You are like them if you follow them as mentioned in 4:140 in the Quran.

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QUESTION: My wife who is in Pakistan tells me she does not need to obey me in stuff I don’t like , and she says she has her mum and brothers who live with her and till we don’t live together she has to do what they say. But we are newly married and I need to do paper works for her visa. The thing is her mum makes her do staff I don’t agree with. If I live in UK must she not obey me o

Fiqh of Marriage
12 Jun

ANSWER: If she did not move with you yet and you are not providing for her financially, she is not obliged to obey you as she is in her father’s house and her responsibility lies with him.

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QUESTION: There’s a man who has a building.He needs some cash urgently.So he gave us an offer that if we give him ‘x’ amount of cash, he will give us a flat in his building and we can take its rent for a year. After a year, we have to return him the flat and he will return us our cash money. Ruling on this?

Halal/Haram Matters, Riba
12 Jun

ANSWER: This is clear Riba and it is not permissible. 

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QUESTION: I was born outside of wedlock, is it still permissible to get inheritance from my family?

Inheritance
12 Jun

ANSWER: You can only inherit from your mother. 

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QUESTION: You said selling on itch.io (previous question) was not permissible. What part of it makes it impermissible to use? The platform has no submission fee. The minimum amount for payout is because it is too expensive to process payments for small amounts of money. I want to make sure this is haram and not due to misunderstanding before I give up making video games for selling.

Halal/Haram Matters, Sports, Entertainment and Music
12 Jun

ANSWER: It is not permissible to pay such subscription that would allow you to sell things as you may not be able to sell anything and the money would go to waste.  Besides, selling games would most likely include a lot of haram elements such as music and excessive violence in addition to wasting people’s […]

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QUESTION: If a relative/ parent took something that didnt belong to them,eg office supplies, bt dey dont feel its wrong. Can I pay compensation/sadaqah on their behalf?

Halal/Haram Matters
12 Jun

ANSWER: They will be accountable for such theft in front of Allah. Paying sadaqah would not help them as they did not repent from that.

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