Fiqh of the family

QUESTION: Can I disobey my mother and fast on Mondays, Thursdays, and the 13th, 14th, and 15th of the month? I’ve often fast, but due to long bus travels and extreme weather in India, my mother worries and only permits fasting on weekends. Will I still receive the same reward for obeying my mother and not fasting? Can I still enter from ar-Rayyan?

Fasting, Fiqh of the family

01 May

ANSWER: You are not obliged to obey your parents in leaving voluntary fasts when there is no hardship on you and fasting won’t hinder you from serving them properly.

QUESTION: My parents are pressuring me to get married, but they consistently find fault with any potential suitor. When I decline, they urge me to reconsider, but when I agree, they criticize my choice and taunt me for considering it.

Fiqh of Marriage, Fiqh of the family

01 May

ANSWER: You can’t accuse them of gaslighting you like that! They want the best for you, otherwise they wouldn’t have insisted that you get married. However, they want you to choose someone who would be good for you. Think positively about them and try to work with them until Allah grants you a good righteous […]

QUESTION: I have 2 kids and my husband started sending me to my mother’s place whenever he has work outside or when we get sick. Even though I tell him I can handle the situation staying with in-laws he says his parents can’t look after the kids & he can’t stay stress free if he goes outside.And now he is sending me to my mother’s house without valid reason Is my husband doing right?

Fiqh of Marriage, Fiqh of the family

29 Apr

ANSWER: This is not right as he must get you a separate home where you can live without burdening his parents or yours. Your parents got you married so that you would live in your marital house and not to pop up in their house with your children every now and then and cause them […]

QUESTION: Sheikh as a son I don’t party, smokes,drugs,haram relationship or anything that my friends and this generation is doing and still my parents complain me that I failed as a good son.what should I do in this situation

Fiqh of the family

26 Apr

ANSWER: Hold on tight to Islam and know that Allah will reward you for being a practicing Muslim! Keep being dutiful to your parents and never raise your voice or argue with them and expect the reward from Allah

QUESTION: Couple got divorced and have a child.Child is living with his father.So whoever is taking care of baby does she has the same status as mother(heaven lies under her feet).And does biological mother has any status/value in child’s life or not,if baby isn’t with her due to some reason but she loves that baby

Fiqh of the family, Pedagogy education and upbringing, Step Relations and Related Matters

25 Apr

ANSWER: The reward and the responsibility of being dutiful is only to the real biological mother. The step mother is rewarded for her kindness and that is it. She has no rights on her step child at all.

QUESTION: I show love and respect to my parents outwardly, but I don’t love them from the heart. I think it’s due to their controlling behavior since childhood. I act only to please them and Allah. I’m unsure if my actions please Allah or if I should change

Fiqh of the family

24 Apr

ANSWER: What you’re doing is correct.

QUESTION: How should a son handle a situation where his father is preventing him from attending nearby mosque prayers, claiming it affects his studies, despite having good grades? The father insists on stopping mosque visits or leaving home. Should the son comply until he finishes school and can support himself, or go out and live with relatives?

Fiqh of the family, Prayer

27 Mar

ANSWER: The son must try his level best with all the means he has in his ability to persuade his father to let him attend the masjid as this is an obligation from Allah and he is obliged to obey Allah even if this angers his father. His father must also go to the masjid […]

QUESTION: Father mother separated because of father’s unholy behaviours ( domestic violence, extra marital affairs,) he was also not provided for the family. Sometimes I miss that fatherly love and instantly I am trapped in guilt. Is it sinful to remember him or is it sinful to be trapped in guilt.

Fiqh of the family, Halal/Haram Matters

23 Mar

ANSWER: It’s obligatory for you to maintain ties of kinship with him no matter what went on between your parents! Severing ties with him is a major sin that would prevent you from entering paradise.

QUESTION: I remember taking money from my father’s wallet without asking him when I was young. Now how should I repay him, is it permissible if I make it up by buying him food?

Fiqh of the family, Sins

17 Mar

ANSWER: You must return the amount even if you have to do it discreetly or give that amount as a gift to him without specifying anything or tell him the truth and ask him for forgiveness

QUESTION: Am I sinful as I failed in exam…as I hurted my parents and wasted their money .

Fiqh of the family

11 Mar

ANSWER: If you didn’t work hard and wasted your time instead of studying then you’re sinful

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