QUESTION: I do not have any job , my husband hardly provides anything for me financially that’s why I cannot do a lot of things I cannot ask even for my essential things from him, even if I ask him to bring something he hardly brings it, as he does not provide me anything financially am I sinful for stealing money from his wallet or drawer in dire need?

Fiqh of Marriage
14 Oct

ANSWER: You may take only what is needed for your basic needs.

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QUESTION: Please what is the ruling of the inheritance of a child born out of wedlock.

Illegitimate children & Lost property
14 Oct

ANSWER: He cannot inherit his biological father unless he had married his mother and gave him his name. 

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QUESTION: In my culture when someone is married they give the couples a white wrapper to use on their first night to wipe the blood of the virgin, and the wrapper has to be returned to the relatives. I know it’s not islamic to do so. But to protect my wife’s honor, would it be appropriate to prick my finger and put some blood on the wrapper just to protect my wife from harassment.

Fiqh of Marriage, Kind Treatment of Spouses
14 Oct

ANSWER: You must put your foot down and totally prohibit anyone checking your bedsheet at all, this is absolutely degrading and insulting. 

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QUESTION: I want to know why women is tested like this after marriage to keep widow mother n single sister n bear them all the time… what about my wish to live like a nuclear family with my kids and husband and have privacy of my personal space… since they are depend on husband i cant say anything but is it test with all their involvement n intereference amd justify them for every act n will i b compens

Dealings and Attitudes with In-Laws
14 Oct

ANSWER: Everyone in life is given a test on this earth. Even men are tested to provide their widowed mother, unmarried sisters and his own wife and children  Men also think that women have got it made where they sit in their homes and don’t have to worry about financing a family or be responsible […]

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QUESTION: I wanted to know the rulings on the rights to inheritance of a paternal orphan whose father died before his parents(the orphan’s grandparents). I heard someone saying, “An orphan doesn’t inherit if his/her parents die before his/her grandparents”. Does the Islamic sharia say so?

Inheritance
14 Oct

ANSWER: They do not inherit from the grandparents if their father had died before their grandparents’ death and one or more of the paternal uncles were alive at the time of the death of the grandfather 

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QUESTION: Is it a Sunnah to cut nails and our hair on Thursday or it’s just a recommendation done by some Islamic scholars?

Etiquette, Morals and Heart-Softeners
12 Oct

ANSWER: This is not from the sunnah. 

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QUESTION: Is it true that it is prohibited to pray/offer salah on roof of kaaba?I came across a question, where it was asked, the only clean place /space on earth where offering salah is prohibited! (Considering toilets as unclean space) . The answer given was top/roof of  kaaba. Pls shed some light on this question.

Prayer
12 Oct

ANSWER: This is not true.

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QUESTION: In our society, when a man gives money or gifts to his parents, it is appreciated but if a daughter gives her own money that she earned to her parents, in laws usually make an issue about this and call names to such parents on taking gifts from daughters. What is the ruling on this.

Dealings and Attitudes with In-Laws, Fiqh of Marriage
12 Oct

ANSWER: The in laws have no right, none whatsoever to say anything as such and the daughter in law is not AT ALL obliged to tell them or her husband what she does with her own money or how much she earns or have!

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QUESTION: Is it allowed for new born babies to play with trumpet like toys, toys that makes jingle sounds etc.

Pedagogy education and upbringing
12 Oct

ANSWER: Musical instruments are not permitted even for children.

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QUESTION: Can I talk with a boy before marriage  to know what extent our comptability  matches on phone for sometime ?

Fiqh of Marriage
12 Oct

ANSWER: This is not permissible.  You’re allowed only one meeting in front of your mahram where the guy comes to meet you for the first and only time.

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