Character and Morals

QUESTION: When relatives stay at our house especially cousins childrens as their parents allow them to stay as per their choice for weeks during summer holidays, we lose our privacy and can’t do our work properly. Is it okay in Islam to politely ask them to go back home, or is it wrong? We feel very guilty about wanting them to leave.”

Character and Morals, Dealings and Attitudes with Relatives

18 Jul

ANSWER: Guests in Islam are to stay for not more than 3 days.

QUESTION: In my govt medical clg BSc students are treated as unpaid hospital workers than learners with little proper teaching. I skip abt 90% of my postings by saying I have classes practicals or academic work only to selfstudy using library books I cant afford to buy I also work partime so I dont have enough time to study at home Is this lie haram?

Character and Morals, Halal/Haram Matters

14 Jul

ANSWER: If these tasks assigned to you are part of your study that you must accomplish and finish, you are sinful for skipping them and lying about it.

QUESTION: Am i correct to take the qudsi hadeeth of( O son of Adam, I fell ill and you visited Me not. He will say: O Lord, and how should I visit You when You are the Lord of the worlds?) as compelitly metaphorical as allah is self sufficent and this was only to emphasise the importance of visiting and caring for the ill?

Character and Morals, Commentary on Hadeeth

13 Jul

ANSWER: Correct

QUESTION: A boy getting lot of proposals due to his degree. But, he unable to pass degree due to 1/2 arrears. So, he moved from it. Got a job related to what he studied, & earns well. But all people assuming he completed degree as he got top ranked in School. Is he obliged to reveal ‘he haven’t completed degree’ to his villagers, every proposal he get, or to his potential spouse?

Character and Morals, Fiqh of Marriage, Marriage Contract

09 Jul

ANSWER: He must inform that to every proposal he wants to go ahead and proceed with.

QUESTION: Sheikh, when I help someone, should the thought that I am helping them and making them happy cross my mind, or should all my helping be purely for the pleasure of Allah? Does feeling glad that my help made someone happy affect my sincerity or reduce the reward?

Character and Morals

08 Jul

ANSWER: It can be a combination of both as making them happy is a byproduct of pleasing Allah.

QUESTION: If someone asks me why I don’t listen to music and I tell them it’s because I’m stressed—so as not to say it’s haram because I don’t want to be criticized or asked uncomfortable questions—is that considered haram for withholding information about Islam?

Character and Morals

06 Jul

ANSWER: This shows his lack of iman! He must be proud to follow his religion and must proclaim why he avoids haram

QUESTION: Those people who commit their sins openly will they have a harder reckoning then those who hide them or these people will be thrown into hellfire without forgiveness or mercy according to the hadith

Character and Morals, Sins

28 Jun

ANSWER: This is in Allah’s hands. Those who conceal their sins are more likely to be forgiven than those who do them openly

QUESTION: Is it haram to ask or beg my teachers to give me higher final grades than I deserve according to school rules? I attend a non-Islamic school with free mixing and other haram influences. Higher grades could improve my chances of transferring to an Islamic school.

Character and Morals

14 Jun

ANSWER: This is not permissible! Have some dignity & remember you’re always representing Islam so behave accordingly!

QUESTION: If a person is facing difficulties since many years even after trying his best to improve his situation and ease shows no signs of coming and he start losing faith especially after seeing people around him enjoying life and getting everything smoothly. What should he do?

Character and Morals, Etiquette, Morals and Heart-Softeners

10 Jun

ANSWER: Your friends might be more appreciative of what Allah has given them and more grateful than you! Allah is testing you just as He tests everyone else, and some people pass while others sadly fail the test. You must imagine how you would feel if Allah were to punish you by depriving you of […]

QUESTION: Is it ok to not be afraid about death…I am not being like ”I hav done everything nd am waiting for death”. I am in my 20s only I have much more good deeds to earn InshaAllah Make dua for me.but I am not particularly afraid that any day death might come.i am kinda accepting about it

Character and Morals, Etiquette, Morals and Heart-Softeners

10 Jun

ANSWER: No problem as we don’t fear death but rather fear our own sins and what Allah will do with them and whether such sins would block us from saying the shahadah while dying.

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