It is forbidden for a woman to expose herself to the opposite sex. A 13 year old girl is a woman or almost going to be one. She must cover her body and wear the Hijab. It is human nature that both sexes are attracted to each other. That is why Islam wants to protect […]
Read moreWhat you have done looks OK as long as they didn’t respect your beliefs and turned off what was forbidden. It goes without saying that you should say this in a very nice and gentle way but at the end, you must not sit with them or join them. You could have stayed in the […]
Read moreListening to music is prohibited but what about dancing and watching somebody dancing is it allowed?
Dancing to music is prohibited and so is watching it. But if it is in a wedding and women are dancing to the duff, this is permissible providing that such dancing is respected and of the type that does not provoke desire among women.
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ANSWER: If it is not delaying you from obligations such as all prayers on time and your other day to day responsibilities and there is no forbidden things attached to it such as cheating and cursing and one is not obsessed with it to the extent that it is taking most of his time, if […]
Read moreWe are not allowed to watch movies because it involves sending our gaze to what Allah is not pleased with and it also involves music. It goes without saying that movies make people live in fantasy and in a different world than ours. It makes people imagine themselves as worriers, lovers or heroes. It also […]
Read morePraise be to Allaah. If these stories include lies, such as Darwin’s theory (evolution), and other things that are contrary to the facts stated by Islam and the facts of natural science, then the Muslim should avoid them, and keep himself busy with something that will be of use to him, such as learning good […]
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ANSWER: Playing chess is not gambling unless it involves money from both parties. It appears that it is permissible to play it providing that it doesn’t consume a lot of time, become an oppression or makes people delay prayers. It is advisable to remove the statue of the horse or cover the head.
Read moreRuling on music, singing and dancing Praise be to Allaah. Ma’aazif is the plural of mi’zafah, and refers to musical instruments (Fath al-Baari, 10/55), instruments which are played (al-Majmoo’, 11/577). Al-Qurtubi (may Allaah have mercy on him) narrated from al-Jawhari (may Allaah have mercy on him) that ma’aazif means singing. In his Sihaah it says […]
Read moreYou have to leave them as they are not good friends.
Read morePraise be to Allaah. Firstly: There are differences of opinion among contemporary scholars on the ruling on practising yoga. Some of them are of the view that it is not allowed at all, others are of the view that it is permissible without any reservations. Yet others differentiated between some of its practices and others; […]
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