Character and Morals

QUESTION: Everyone around me drinks, promiscuously, sins, and prays sometimes, while I’ve always feared Allah and stayed away from sin. I’ve heard all Muslims will eventually go to heaven, so what’s the point of being so careful and disciplined?

Character and Morals, Sins

21 Sep

ANSWER: Your question is the sad result of being surrounded by such sinners which Allah warned us from as per 4:140. Instead of you giving them dawah and calling them to Islam, you are now inclined towards being like them and feeling inferior to them as if to prove that your practice of Islam and […]

QUESTION: My brother-in-law has married a non Muslim girl and she has not accepted Islam. They don’t live with us. But visit us once a year. Should I maintain distance or should I present the best of myself in front of her since Prophet pbuh used to be best of himself with non Muslims. As this might change her mind towards Islam.

Character and Morals, Religions

18 Sep

ANSWER: You can behave in a respectful way with her to soften her heart towards Islam if she is a Christian or a Jew and you are a female like her. If she is of any other religion, this marriage is invalid and they are living in zina and you can’t accept or endorse such […]

QUESTION: Sheikh , the school is giving a free pass for a haram festival to every student Since I wont go, one non muslim student wants to take my pass for an extra memeber of his. Since I know he will already go and will try to get the extra pass from others who wont go, will I be sinful if I give it to him, or is giving him lesser of two evils to prevent him possibly asking from non mahram women

Character and Morals, Halal/Haram Matters

15 Sep

ANSWER: No, it’s not permissible for you to give it to anyone as this would be assisting in haram & evil. Tear the pass and throw it away

QUESTION: Someone told me don’t tell anyone that i gave you this information and I said ok and after about 5 months i forgot and told someone about this information and from where did i get it so am i sinful and what to do?

Character and Morals

12 Sep

ANSWER: Yes, you’re sinful for breaking that person’s trust!

QUESTION: Sheikh, I am 22 and struggling in Germany with fitna and pornography addiction. I want to make Hijra back to my Muslim country. Should I leave now to protect my faith, or stay 1–2 more years to repay debts and save money for business and marriage?

Character and Morals

12 Sep

ANSWER: You should try to migrate as soon as possible as long as you are unable to tolerate such fitnah and fear falling into sins over and over again because of being in such a country

QUESTION: My friend gave a software job interview which had 1 test and then 5 online interview rounds. He did all the rounds by himself, but in the final round, he briefly took unauthorized help from his tablet for 1-2 questions (lasting 4-5 minutes out of 45 minutes of interview). He received the offer but is feeling guilty about it. Is the income from the new job halal?

Character and Morals, Halal/Haram Matters, Jobs

12 Sep

ANSWER: He is sinful for cheating but if he is qualified for the job and meets the expectations or exceeds them, his income is halal

QUESTION: I have a question regarding the etiquette of lowering the gaze. If a man is married but also open to the possibility of marrying another wife, is he still required to lower his gaze in public settings, or is there a different ruling in such a case?

Character and Morals, Fiqh of Marriage

28 Aug

ANSWER: Yes he must still lower his gaze! The only time he can look at a woman is during the marriage interview conducted by the girl’s wali

QUESTION: Should the intention on nikah be for life? or can you do nikah with the intention of getting to know each other for a few years and breaking up if you don’t get along?

Character and Morals, Fiqh of Marriage

26 Aug

ANSWER: This is totally prohibited! Your intention should be to marry to live with the spouse for good! This is not a test drive!

QUESTION: My wife wants me to go out with her brother and his girlfriend for dinner, permissible? Her brother is non Muslim.

Character and Morals, Halal/Haram Matters

20 Aug

ANSWER: No, you must not go as this is normalizing or halalizing their Haram relationship!

QUESTION: Can one be in a group chat with one’s previous classmate(boys and girls) with no elderly person in the group?

Character and Morals, Halal/Haram Matters

13 Aug

ANSWER: This is not permissible even if there’s an elderly person in the group cuz this comes under free mixing between non mahrams which is prohibited in islam

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