Fiqh of the family

QUESTION: Does the husband need his parents permission or can his parents order him what to do on being back together with his wife after about one and half year of separation with his wife?

Divorce, Fiqh of Marriage, Fiqh of the family

14 Apr

ANSWER: Of course not, unless he is still suckling!

QUESTION: My mother often asks me to iron her clothes for her when she goes to work. Unfortunatly she does tabarruj. Does this come under the notion of not assisting one another in evil like if my father sends me to buy cigarettes for him? Or can I obey her ?

Fiqh of the family, Halal/Haram Matters, Women clothing

13 Apr

ANSWER: If you are certain that this particular dress she is going to wear outside without any abayah, you must not collaborate with her on such evil and assist her on it.

QUESTION: My family isnt that religious. And my sister goes out with crop and my mother meets with her male “friends” but anything i would say wouldnt chnage a thing for them. And my father isnt that religious. I am not an authorative person so is my father. Am i considered a dayouth if i dont give advice(they wouldnt listen)will i never enter jannah?

Fiqh of the family, Women clothing

11 Apr

ANSWER: The son/brother has no authority over his mother/sister and all he can do is advise them with good manners, wisdom, knowledge and diplomacy, therefore once he has done this, he is not a dayooth. This is the father’s job to enforce that on them.

QUESTION: Sheikh my younger brother accidentally discovered that our father watches p@rn , he showed me but none of us ever saw him watching but it’s in his phone’s history. Our dad is mostly out of the country and comes for a few months he also prays his salah . After seeing that I am a little worried and confused & all sorts of mixed emotions I don’t know what I do

Fiqh of the family

09 Apr

ANSWER: Don’t do anything! You both are sinful for spying on your father in the first place, as this is a major sin in Islam. Shame on you trying to judge him and parenting him as if he is the child and not your father!

QUESTION: I saw some videos so was wondering that is it permissible to kiss parent’s feet ?

Fiqh of the family, Halal/Haram Matters

05 Apr

ANSWER: It is permissible to kiss parents feet without bowing down to them as when they are sitting and their feet are up on the chair for example.

QUESTION: Is it a sin to lie to my elders (father, grandfather) that i am fasting or that i have prayed, even though i am on my period. my mother and aunt have told me that my father and grandfather shouldn’t know that i am on my period, and told me to lie about it.

Fiqh of the family, Menstruation and post-natal bleeding

02 Apr

ANSWER: It is not permissible to lie in Islam Simply tell them you are not allowed to pray or fast

QUESTION: Whenever a relative gives me eidi (money given on Eid) my mother says she wants to keep that money. Is it permissible to keep that money, which was originally given to me?

Fiqh of the family

20 Mar

ANSWER: No, she doesn’t have that right!

QUESTION: My mother is very evil unfortunately and tries to do everything she can to hurt me because old personal issues we had that I moved on from and she didn’t. I’m afraid if I invite her to my wedding that she would try to sabotage it or embarrass me or my in-laws. Can I choose not to invite her?

Fiqh of the family

17 Mar

ANSWER: Of course not! You must mend all what is broken between you and her and apologize and seek her forgiveness It is too obvious that you have not moved on but rather you want to bury the fire under the ashes but this won’t help you on the day of judgment as you won’t […]

QUESTION: Where does it say in the Qur’an and authentic ahadeeth that we cannot defend ourselves or clarify things against our parents, if/when THEY are wrong? You said to admit and say “I am wrong”, even when we are right. Wouldn’t that be lying as well? I understand not disrespecting part but where do you or the scholars get not defending ourselves and just be silent part? Where is the daleel?

Fiqh of the family

21 Feb

ANSWER: No one says to admit your guilt to something you did not do! You don’t have to say you are wrong if you are not wrong but it is immoral and undutiful to argue with them and insist to win such an argument and make them appear wrong and defeated. Where is the respect […]

QUESTION: Can mother kick out adult abusive son? I am single 70 year old mother. My son, 48, is single and unemployed. He moved in with me about a year ago. He has mood swings, questions Islam and is verbally & emotionally abusive to me. He refuses to see a sheikh or a doctor. Is it haram if I kick him out ?

Fiqh of the family

21 Feb

ANSWER: No, you’re not sinful for kicking him out of your house!

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